--- title: Dynatrace Pricing Explained (2026): Rates, DPS and Real... description: Dynatrace pricing runs on an annual Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS) drawn down against an hourly rate card, replacing the older classic host-unit/DDU... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dynatrace-pricing-explained-2026-rates-dps-and-real-costs-dlt78w7jt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dynatrace Pricing Explained (2026): Rates, DPS and Real Costs | daily.dev og:description: Dynatrace pricing runs on an annual Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS) drawn down against an hourly rate card, replacing the older classic host-unit/DDU... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dynatrace-pricing-explained-2026-rates-dps-and-real-costs-dlt78w7jt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dLt78W7jT.png og:image:alt: Dynatrace Pricing Explained (2026): Rates, DPS and Real Costs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dynatrace Pricing Explained (2026): Rates, DPS and Real Costs **[Last9](https://daily.dev/sources/last9)** · 11 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Dynatrace pricing runs on an annual Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS) drawn down against an hourly rate card, replacing the older classic host-unit/DDU licensing. Full-Stack Monitoring is billed at $0.01 per memory-GiB-hour (about $58/month for an 8 GiB host), Infrastructure Monitoring at $0.04 per host-hour, Kubernetes pods at $0.002 per pod-hour, and logs at $0.20/GiB ingest plus a choice of two retention models. A worked example for a mid-size team (20 Full-Stack hosts, 10 infrastructure hosts, 200 pods, 500 GiB logs, 300k RUM sessions) totals about $3,723/month or roughly $44,700/year at list prices. Cost-reduction tips include matching monitoring tier to workload, right-sizing host memory, choosing retention models per log bucket, and controlling metric cardinality. The piece closes with a comparison against Last9's flat per-cloud-cost licensing model. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much does Dynatrace Full-Stack Monitoring cost per host based on memory size? Full-Stack Monitoring is billed at $0.01 per memory-GiB-hour, so cost scales directly with host memory. An 8 GiB host costs about $58 per month, a 16 GiB host about $117 per month, and a 32 GiB host about $234 per month. Memory is rounded up to the next 0.25 GiB, with a 4 GiB minimum for physical and virtual hosts, and usage is measured in 15-minute intervals. _Teams sizing observability budgets around host memory can track pricing breakdowns like this on daily.dev._ ### How does Dynatrace's annual Platform Subscription (DPS) commitment work and what happens if I go over it? DPS requires signing a one-to-three-year contract with a minimum annual spend, drawn down against an hourly rate card covering hosts, pods, logs, traces, and sessions. There is no monthly plan, only a 15-day free trial without commitment. Going over the committed amount is not penalized: usage continues at on-demand rates with no overage premiums, though unused committed spend may not roll over. _Anyone negotiating an observability vendor contract can compare commitment models like this via daily.dev._ ### Is pay-per-query or bundled log retention cheaper on Dynatrace? Pay-per-query is cheaper for most teams. For 500 GiB of logs ingested monthly and retained 30 days (about 15,000 GiB-days), pay-per-query retention costs $10.50 a month versus $300 a month for the bundled Retain with Included Queries model. Pay-per-query only becomes more expensive once queries scan roughly 82,700 GiB a month, about 165 times the monthly ingest volume, which favors teams running constant automated dashboard queries. _Engineers choosing a log retention strategy can weigh cost trade-offs like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Datadog Pricing in 2026: Why Your Bill Keeps Growing and How to Cut It by 70%](https://daily.dev/posts/datadog-pricing-in-2026-why-your-bill-keeps-growing-and-how-to-cut-it-by-70--eeqkp1ypj) · Skedler · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AWS CloudWatch Dashboard Cost Efficiency: Logs vs. Custom Metrics](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-cloudwatch-dashboard-cost-efficiency-logs-vs-custom-metrics-nc0lgmaa1) · cloudonaut · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cost allocation for logs: Precise, flexible, and non-disruptive](https://daily.dev/posts/cost-allocation-for-logs-precise-flexible-and-non-disruptive-esbqe5nt2) · Dynatrace · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Updated metrics pricing for Elastic Observability: Best-in-class metrics, now cheaper too\!](https://daily.dev/posts/updated-metrics-pricing-for-elastic-observability-best-in-class-metrics-now-cheaper-too--fbv0hb0me) · elastic · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Snowflake Cortex Pricing in 2026: How Much Does It Actually Cost \(With Real Examples\)](https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-cortex-pricing-in-2026-how-much-does-it-actually-cost-with-real-examples--7dfdju8bg) · finout · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#observability](https://daily.dev/tags/observability) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/dynatrace-pricing-explained-2026-rates-dps-and-real-costs-dlt78w7jt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Dynatrace Pricing Explained (2026): Rates, DPS and Real Costs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dynatrace-pricing-explained-2026-rates-dps-and-real-costs-dlt78w7jt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/dynatrace-pricing-explained-2026-rates-dps-and-real-costs-dlt78w7jt"},"datePublished":"2026-09-30T10:12:00.930Z","dateModified":"2026-09-30T10:12:25.674Z","description":"Dynatrace pricing runs on an annual Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS) drawn down against an hourly rate card, replacing the older classic host-unit/DDU...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e85054a66ba0ac01f88488aef3fc45f6?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e85054a66ba0ac01f88488aef3fc45f6?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Last9","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Last9","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/0542036d401f4cb1885680f1984fb880","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/last9"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/dynatrace-pricing-explained-2026-rates-dps-and-real-costs-dlt78w7jt","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"devops,kubernetes,observability","timeRequired":"PT11M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Last9","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/last9"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Dynatrace Pricing Explained (2026): Rates, DPS and Real Costs"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/dynatrace-pricing-explained-2026-rates-dps-and-real-costs-dlt78w7jt#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much does Dynatrace Full-Stack Monitoring cost per host based on memory size?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Full-Stack Monitoring is billed at $0.01 per memory-GiB-hour, so cost scales directly with host memory. 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