As of January 12, 2026, SaaS platform extensions will no longer be part of the rate card for any new DPS subscription signed on or after that date. Existing DPS customers will continue to have access to the SaaS platform extensions capabilities, while for new contracts the functionality is replaced as described in the following table.
| Platform extensions capability | Replaced with |
|---|---|
Custom Events Classic | |
Custom Metrics Classic | |
Custom Traces Classic | |
Log Monitoring Classic | |
Serverless Functions Classic |
Learn how consumption of Dynatrace platform extensions is calculated using the Dynatrace Platform Subscription model.
You can extend the value of Dynatrace by defining, enabling or ingesting custom metrics. Dynatrace enables you to integrate third-party data sources, ingest custom metrics via API, leverage extensions, cloud integrations, and more.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of custom metric types:
For information about how Custom Metrics Classic consumption translates to your DPS license commit, see Custom Metrics Classic (DPS).
Dynatrace can ingest log records. A log record is recognized in one of the following ways:
For information about how Log Monitoring Classic consumption translates to your DPS license commit, see Log Monitoring Classic (DPS).
You can ingest traces into Dynatrace using OpenTelemetry exporters for applications running on hosts that don't have OneAgent installed. These distributed traces are sent via the Trace Ingest API.
For information about how Custom Traces Classic consumption translates to your DPS license commit, see Custom Traces Classic (DPS).
You have the option to configure custom events and/or event-ingestion channels.
Custom created/ingested or subscribed events that might be configured for an environment include:
For information about how Custom Events Classic consumption translates to your DPS license commit, see Custom Events Classic (DPS).
Dynatrace enables end-to-end observability of serverless Cloud functions based on monitoring data coming from traces, metrics, and logs.
Dynatrace also allows you to ingest logs from your serverless cloud functions.
For information about how Serverless Functions Classic consumption translates to your DPS license commit, see Serverless Functions Classic (DPS).