# HTTP Monitor DEM Consumption: Is there a difference between Public and Private locations in Dynatrace Managed?

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/http-monitor-dem-consumption-is-there-a-difference-between-public-and-private-locations-in-dynatrace-managed/55994>\
**Category:** Dynatrace Managed\
**Tags:** dynatrace-managed, synthetic-monitoring, licensing\
**Created:** [May 24, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/http-monitor-dem-consumption-is-there-a-difference-between-public-and-private-locations-in-dynatrace-managed/55994 "2026-05-24T17:29:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aboud1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@Aboud1](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Aboud1)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/http-monitor-dem-consumption-is-there-a-difference-between-public-and-private-locations-in-dynatrace-managed/55994/1 "2026-05-24T17:29:13Z")

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Hello Dynatrace Community,

I am currently reviewing the Dynatrace Classic licensing documentation for **Dynatrace Managed** to do some capacity planning.

According to the official documentation, an **HTTP monitor** consumes **0.1 DEM units per synthetic request**.

My question is: Does this 0.1 DEM rate apply equally whether the HTTP monitor is executed from a **Public Location** or a **Private Location** (on-premises ActiveGate)? Or is there a differentiation in the consumption?

I would appreciate it if you could clarify how Dynatrace Managed handles this currently.

Thank you.

Aboud

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**Author:** ![AntonPineiro](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/antonpineiro/32/49_2.png) [@AntonPineiro](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AntonPineiro)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/http-monitor-dem-consumption-is-there-a-difference-between-public-and-private-locations-in-dynatrace-managed/55994/2 "2026-05-25T06:35:16Z")

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Hi,

I am not aware of any difference.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![sujit\_k\_singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@sujit\_k\_singh](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/sujit_k_singh)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/http-monitor-dem-consumption-is-there-a-difference-between-public-and-private-locations-in-dynatrace-managed/55994/3 "2026-05-25T10:50:40Z")

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Hi&nbsp;[@Aboud1](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/90253)

The Dynatrace documentation explicitly states:&nbsp;_“It doesn’t matter if the monitoring location is public or private”_&nbsp;when calculating HTTP Monitor DEM consumption

> **[Understand and measure consumption for HTTP Monitor (DPS)](https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/license/capabilities/real-user-synthetic-monitoring/http-monitor)**
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> Learn how your consumption of the Dynatrace HTTP Monitor DPS capability is billed and charged.

For DEM unit billing purposes, the consumption rate is identical regardless of location type.

Thanks,

Sujit

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**Author:** ![Julius\_Loman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/julius_loman/32/51_2.png) [@Julius\_Loman](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Julius_Loman)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/http-monitor-dem-consumption-is-there-a-difference-between-public-and-private-locations-in-dynatrace-managed/55994/4 "2026-05-26T06:49:55Z")

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Exactly what is stated - there is no difference. This is one of the reasons we see very limited adoption of synthetic tests among our customer base. It’s simply too expensive compared to other tools, even when executed from your private locations, where the cost of running them is on the customer side.