diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/benchmarks/benchmark_test.go b/packages/orchestrator/benchmarks/benchmark_test.go
index 67a70547e7..ca0876f440 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/benchmarks/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/benchmarks/benchmark_test.go
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ func (tc *testContainer) testOneItem(b *testing.B, buildID, kernelVersion, fcVer
 		KernelVersion:      kernelVersion,
 		FirecrackerVersion: fcVersion,
 	})
-	snap, err := sbx.Pause(ctx, templateMetadata)
+	snap, err := sbx.Pause(ctx, templateMetadata, sandbox.SnapshotUseCasePause)
 	require.NoError(b, err)
 	require.NotNil(b, snap)
 
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/cmd/resume-build/main.go b/packages/orchestrator/cmd/resume-build/main.go
index 3af18330ba..dd780e13da 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/cmd/resume-build/main.go
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/cmd/resume-build/main.go
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ func (r *runner) pauseOnce(ctx context.Context, opts pauseOptions, verbose bool)
 
 	// Pause and create snapshot
 	pauseStart := time.Now()
-	snapshot, err := sbx.Pause(ctx, newMeta)
+	snapshot, err := sbx.Pause(ctx, newMeta, sandbox.SnapshotUseCasePause)
 	pauseDur := time.Since(pauseStart)
 	totalDur := time.Since(t0)
 
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/sandbox.go b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/sandbox.go
index 167887600d..8cc61d7a73 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/sandbox.go
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/sandbox.go
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ func (s *Sandbox) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (s *Sandbox) Pause(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	m metadata.Template,
+	useCase SnapshotUseCase,
 ) (st *Snapshot, e error) {
 	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "sandbox-snapshot")
 	defer span.End()
@@ -1092,6 +1093,7 @@ func (s *Sandbox) Pause(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get memfile metadata: %w", err)
 	}
+	recordSnapshotDiff(ctx, "memfile", memfileDiffMetadata, originalMemfile.Header(), useCase)
 
 	// Start POSTPROCESSING
 	memfileDiff, memfileDiffHeader, err := pauseProcessMemory(
@@ -1116,6 +1118,7 @@ func (s *Sandbox) Pause(
 			closeHook: s.Close,
 		},
 		s.config.DefaultCacheDir,
+		useCase,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while post processing: %w", err)
@@ -1200,6 +1203,7 @@ func pauseProcessRootfs(
 	originalHeader *header.Header,
 	diffCreator DiffCreator,
 	cacheDir string,
+	useCase SnapshotUseCase,
 ) (d build.Diff, h *header.Header, e error) {
 	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "process-rootfs")
 	defer span.End()
@@ -1216,6 +1220,7 @@ func pauseProcessRootfs(
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating diff: %w", err)
 	}
 	telemetry.ReportEvent(ctx, "exported rootfs")
+	recordSnapshotDiff(ctx, "rootfs", rootfsDiffMetadata, originalHeader, useCase)
 
 	rootfsDiff, err := rootfsDiffFile.CloseToDiff(int64(originalHeader.Metadata.BlockSize))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/snapshot_metrics.go b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/snapshot_metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4659f6c61a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/snapshot_metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package sandbox
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+
+	"github.com/e2b-dev/infra/packages/shared/pkg/storage/header"
+	"github.com/e2b-dev/infra/packages/shared/pkg/telemetry"
+	"github.com/e2b-dev/infra/packages/shared/pkg/utils"
+)
+
+var (
+	snapshotDiffBytes   = utils.Must(telemetry.GetHistogram(meter, telemetry.SnapshotDiffBytes))
+	snapshotDiffRatioBp = utils.Must(telemetry.GetHistogram(meter, telemetry.SnapshotDiffRatioBp))
+	snapshotTotalBytes  = utils.Must(telemetry.GetHistogram(meter, telemetry.SnapshotTotalBytes))
+)
+
+type SnapshotUseCase string
+
+const (
+	SnapshotUseCasePause SnapshotUseCase = "pause"
+	SnapshotUseCaseBuild SnapshotUseCase = "build"
+)
+
+func recordSnapshotDiff(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	fileType string,
+	dm *header.DiffMetadata,
+	original *header.Header,
+	useCase SnapshotUseCase,
+) {
+	if dm == nil || original == nil || original.Metadata == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	bs := int64(original.Metadata.BlockSize)
+	total := int64(original.Metadata.Size)
+
+	ft := attribute.String("file_type", fileType)
+	uc := attribute.String("use_case", string(useCase))
+
+	snapshotTotalBytes.Record(ctx, total, metric.WithAttributes(ft, uc))
+
+	var dirtyBytes, emptyBytes int64
+	if dm.Dirty != nil {
+		dirtyBytes = int64(dm.Dirty.GetCardinality()) * bs
+	}
+	if dm.Empty != nil {
+		emptyBytes = int64(dm.Empty.GetCardinality()) * bs
+	}
+	for kind, b := range map[string]int64{
+		"dirty": dirtyBytes,
+		"empty": emptyBytes,
+	} {
+		attrs := metric.WithAttributes(ft, attribute.String("kind", kind), uc)
+		snapshotDiffBytes.Record(ctx, b, attrs)
+		snapshotDiffRatioBp.Record(ctx, ratioBp(b, total), attrs)
+	}
+}
+
+// ratioBp returns num/denom in basis points (10000 = 100.00%) so we keep
+// sub-percent resolution. Grafana panels divide by 100 to display percent.
+func ratioBp(num, denom int64) int64 {
+	if denom <= 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	bp := num * 10000 / denom
+	if bp < 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	if bp > 10000 {
+		return 10000
+	}
+
+	return bp
+}
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/server/sandboxes.go b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/server/sandboxes.go
index b2216e0d19..f0ad1901cc 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/server/sandboxes.go
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/server/sandboxes.go
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ func (s *Server) snapshotAndCacheSandbox(
 		FirecrackerVersion: sbx.Config.FirecrackerConfig.FirecrackerVersion,
 	})
 
-	snapshot, err := sbx.Pause(ctx, meta)
+	snapshot, err := sbx.Pause(ctx, meta, sandbox.SnapshotUseCasePause)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error snapshotting sandbox: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/template/build/layer/layer_executor.go b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/template/build/layer/layer_executor.go
index f9d72fa266..642cd09aa2 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/template/build/layer/layer_executor.go
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/template/build/layer/layer_executor.go
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ func (lb *LayerExecutor) PauseAndUpload(
 	snapshot, err := sbx.Pause(
 		ctx,
 		meta,
+		sandbox.SnapshotUseCaseBuild,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error processing vm: %w", err)
diff --git a/packages/shared/pkg/telemetry/meters.go b/packages/shared/pkg/telemetry/meters.go
index dd18e03381..e2a539ee7e 100644
--- a/packages/shared/pkg/telemetry/meters.go
+++ b/packages/shared/pkg/telemetry/meters.go
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ const (
 	SandboxFCBlockRateLimiterEventCount HistogramType = "orchestrator.sandbox.fc.block.rate_limiter_event_count"
 	SandboxFCBlockIOEngineThrottled     HistogramType = "orchestrator.sandbox.fc.block.io_engine_throttled"
 	SandboxFCBlockRemainingReqs         HistogramType = "orchestrator.sandbox.fc.block.remaining_reqs"
+
+	SnapshotDiffBytes   HistogramType = "orchestrator.sandbox.snapshot.diff.bytes"
+	SnapshotDiffRatioBp HistogramType = "orchestrator.sandbox.snapshot.diff.ratio_bp"
+	SnapshotTotalBytes  HistogramType = "orchestrator.sandbox.snapshot.total.bytes"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -352,6 +356,10 @@ var histogramDesc = map[HistogramType]string{
 	SandboxFCBlockRateLimiterEventCount: "Distribution of Firecracker VMM block rate limiter events per metrics flush",
 	SandboxFCBlockIOEngineThrottled:     "Distribution of Firecracker VMM block ops throttled by io_uring engine per metrics flush",
 	SandboxFCBlockRemainingReqs:         "Distribution of Firecracker VMM block queue remaining-request events per metrics flush",
+
+	SnapshotDiffBytes:   "Per-snapshot dirty/empty bytes per file",
+	SnapshotDiffRatioBp: "Per-snapshot dirty/empty as fraction of total mapped size, in basis points (10000=100%)",
+	SnapshotTotalBytes:  "Per-snapshot total mapped size of the file",
 }
 
 var histogramUnits = map[HistogramType]string{
@@ -382,6 +390,10 @@ var histogramUnits = map[HistogramType]string{
 	SandboxFCBlockRateLimiterEventCount: "{event}",
 	SandboxFCBlockIOEngineThrottled:     "{op}",
 	SandboxFCBlockRemainingReqs:         "{event}",
+
+	SnapshotDiffBytes:   "{By}",
+	SnapshotDiffRatioBp: "{1}",
+	SnapshotTotalBytes:  "{By}",
 }
 
 func GetHistogram(meter metric.Meter, name HistogramType) (metric.Int64Histogram, error) {