Monitoring Credit Consumption

Tatum utilizes provides a credit system designed to scale with your project's needs. Depending on your selected plan, ranging from 4 million credits/month to custom Business allocations, you can monitor your consumption in real-time to ensure your application remains within its limits.

You can track your account's real-time consumption via the [Tatum Dashboard] under the Usage section.

Exporting Usage Reports

For internal auditing or deeper analysis, you can export your data directly from the dashboard:

1. Navigate to the Usage section.
2. Click on the Report tab.
3. Select your desired timestamp/date range.
4. Click the Download CSV button to generate your file.

Example View:

Primary Drivers of Credit Consumption

Understanding how credits are spent can help you optimize your costs:

• RPC Calls: Standard calls consume credits, but Archival nodes, specifically those involving debug or tracer methods, are significantly more expensive due to the computational resources required.
• Data API: Automated or high-frequency recurrent queries can quickly accumulate costs if not optimized.
• Daily Charges: Certain [recurrent services] incur daily credit deductions based on active usage or maintained resources.

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Note

For a detailed breakdown of credit costs per operation, please visit our [Pricing Page].

Programmatic Usage Tracking

For automated monitoring, you can retrieve a detailed report of your credit consumption (daily usage breakdown) for the past month via our REST API.

• [REST API Endpoint]