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Dynatrace classic licensing

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This page describes a legacy license model and should not be used for pricing estimates related to the current Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS) license model. All new Dynatrace contracts are signed based on DPS, for more information see License Dynatrace.

Monitoring consumption for Dynatrace classic licensing is based on various monitoring units your Dynatrace environment consumes as your organization uses Dynatrace platform capabilities. If you have a Dynatrace Platform Subscription, see the Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS) documentation.

To get started using Dynatrace, contact Dynatrace Sales. Your sales representative will provide you with further details.

This page is for informational purposes only. The terms of the Dynatrace free trial offer or your Dynatrace license apply to any use of Dynatrace products or services.

Dynatrace license lifecycle

Get to know the lifecycle of Dynatrace Managed licenses and understand how licenses affect your consumption of Dynatrace services.

Application and infrastructure monitoring (host units)

Each OneAgent-monitored host in your environment consumes host units.

Davis data units (DDUs)

Davis data units (DDU) provide a simple means of licensing certain capabilities (custom metrics, traces, log monitoring, and custom events) on the Dynatrace platform.

Digital Experience monitoring (DEM units)

Dynatrace Synthetic Monitoring, Real User Monitoring, and Session Replay consume DEM units.

Application Security monitoring (ASUs)

Dynatrace Application Security consumes Application Security units (ASUs).

Track license usage

Track the consumption of host units, Davis data units, and Digital Experience Monitoring units in the Cluster Management Console or the Local-Self-Monitoring environment.

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