Issue
I'm trying to understand the relation between performance units and spans.
Applies To
Organizations on any plan
Resolution
Our legacy plans used Performance Units to track the root span as a Transaction, which counted as 1 performance unit.
On our latest plans, we track every individual span in a trace as 1 span.
Two major benefits of the span-based approach to quota metering is that:
spans are indexed for search on our latest plans
our latest plans include more span units out of the box which can accommodate more traces per month before upgrading than in the past (based on typical usage patterns).
Note: You can view our legacy pricing structure here: Pricing & Billing (before June 11, 2024).
For our legacy Pricing Calculator please check this archived page.