Calculate your consumption of Log Management and Analytics - Ingest & Process (DPS)
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- Published Aug 12, 2025
This page describes how the Log Management & Analytics - Ingest & Process DPS capability is consumed and billed. For an overview of the capability, including its main features, see Log Management & Analytics - Ingest & Process.
The usage of 
Distributed Tracing and 
Services is included with Dynatrace.
No consumption is generated by these apps.
How consumption is calculated: GiB
Ingested data is the amount of raw data in bytes sent to Dynatrace before enrichment and transformation. It is calculated per gibibyte (GiB).
Track your consumption
This section describes the different Dynatrace tools that you can use to track consumption and costs.
Track your consumption with Metrics
Dynatrace provides a built-in usage metric that helps you understand and analyze your organization's consumption of Log Management and Analytics - Ingest & Process.
To use these metrics, in Data Explorer, enter DPS in the Search field.
- Log Management and Analytics usage - Ingest & Process
Key:
builtin:billing.log.ingest.usageDimension: Byte
Resolution: 1 hour
Description: Number of raw bytes sent to Dynatrace before enrichment and transformation in hourly intervals.
You can monitor the total number of bytes ingested for Ingest & Process in hourly intervals for any selected timeframe using the metric builtin:billing.log.ingest.usage.
The example below shows usage aggregated in 1-hour intervals between 2023-09-04 and 2023-09-11 (last 7 days).
Track your consumption and costs in Account Management
You can also view usage metrics in Account Management. Go to Account Management > Subscription > Overview > Cost and usage details > Usage summary and select the Log Management and Analytics - Ingest & Process capability.
Track your consumption and costs via API
You can query metrics via the Environment API - Metrics API v2.