Different Dynatrace capabilities are metered in different units. Understanding these units is essential for interpreting your consumption data. You can see all your measurement units on your rate card.
Every Dynatrace capability has a defined unit of measurement that determines how its consumption is metered. This page lists each rate-card capability with its unit (GiB-hours, GiB, host-hours, etc.) and notes any units included in the base rate.
event.type) to their rate-card capability.| Capability area | Consumption unit | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
Full-Stack Monitoring | GiB-hours | Memory GiB per monitored host per hour |
Infrastructure Monitoring | host-hours | Monitored host-hours |
Foundation & Discovery | host-hours | Monitored host-hours (lightweight tier) |
Mainframe Monitoring | MSU-hours | Million Service Units per hour |
Code Monitoring | container-hours | 0.25 per container per 15-min interval |
Kubernetes Platform Monitoring | pod-hours | K8s pod-hours |
Log – Ingest & Process | GiB ingested | Compressed bytes ingested |
Log – Query | GiB scanned | Data scanned per DQL query execution |
Log – Retain | GiB-days | Bytes stored × retention days |
Log – Retain with Included Queries | GiB-days | As above, with bundled query allowance |
Traces – Ingest & Process | GiB ingested | Ingested span bytes |
Traces – Query | GiB scanned | Data scanned per query execution |
Traces – Retain | GiB-days | Bytes stored × retention days (first 10 days free) |
Metrics – Ingest & Process | data points | Individual metric data points ingested |
Metrics – Retain | GiB-days | Bytes stored × retention days (first 15 months free) |
Events – Ingest & Process | GiB ingested | Business, Davis, K8s, custom, security events |
Events – Query | GiB scanned | Data scanned per query execution |
Events – Retain | GiB-days | Bytes stored × retention days |
Files – Ingest & Process | GiB ingested | Billed at Events – Ingest rate |
Files – Query | GiB scanned | Billed at Events – Query rate |
Files – Retain | GiB-days | Billed at Events – Retain rate |
Real User Monitoring | sessions | Browser/mobile sessions captured |
RUM with Session Replay | replay captures | Sessions with full replay recorded |
RUM Property | properties/session | User action & session properties per app |
Browser Monitor / Clickpath | synthetic actions | Actions executed per synthetic test run |
HTTP Monitor | synthetic requests | HTTP requests executed per check |
Third-Party Synthetic API Ingestion | synthetic results | Test results ingested from external providers |
Runtime Application Protection | GiB-hours | Protected process memory GiB per hour |
Runtime Vulnerability Analytics | GiB-hours | Analyzed process memory GiB per hour |
Security Posture Management | host-hours | Distinct K8s nodes scanned per hour |
Automation Workflow | workflow-hours | Distinct workflow IDs active per hour |
AppEngine Functions – Small | invocations | Function executions |
Data Egress | GiB egressed | Bytes forwarded via OpenPipeline (preview, no public price) |
DEM – Query | GiB scanned | Querying user event / RUM data (preview, no public price) |
DEM – Retain | GiB-days | Retaining user event / RUM data (preview, no public price) |
To get a detailed overview of included usage, make sure you check the desired capability page. Capability billing details
Some capabilities include a volume of free units that is deducted before billable consumption is calculated. The following table summarizes those allowances.
| Capability | Included volume | Always billed (no deduction) |
|---|---|---|
Metrics Ingest – Full-Stack hosts | 3,600 data points per GiB-hour (900 per 15-min interval × 4) | None |
Metrics Ingest – Infrastructure hosts | 6,000 data points per GiB-hour (1,500 per 15-min interval × 4) | None |
Metrics Ingest – Discovery / other | None | Always fully billed |
Traces Ingest – Full-Stack (Adaptive) | Included volume limit from Adaptive Traffic Management configuration | Only excess above limit |
Traces Ingest – Full-Stack (Fixed-rate) | Residual included volume after adaptive consumption | Only excess above limit |
Traces Ingest – OTLP (non-Full-Stack) | None | Always fully billed |
Traces Ingest – Serverless | None | Always fully billed |
Traces Retain | First 10 days of retention free | Day 11 and beyond billed |
Metrics Retain | First 15 months of retention free | Month 16 and beyond billed |