# What are the best practices to optimize the license consumption in dynatrace

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/what-are-the-best-practices-to-optimize-the-license-consumption-in-dynatrace/42231>\
**Category:** Open Q&A\
**Tags:** licensing\
**Created:** [October 23, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/what-are-the-best-practices-to-optimize-the-license-consumption-in-dynatrace/42231 "2023-10-23T07:35:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![gargigharat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@gargigharat](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/gargigharat)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/what-are-the-best-practices-to-optimize-the-license-consumption-in-dynatrace/42231/1 "2023-10-23T07:35:11Z")

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Hi Team,

I am looking for any best practices in Dynatrace to optimize the license consumption, when you follow DPS model.

Regards,

Gargi Gharat

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**Author:** ![radek\_jasinski](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/radek_jasinski/32/10432_2.png) [@radek\_jasinski](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/radek_jasinski)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/what-are-the-best-practices-to-optimize-the-license-consumption-in-dynatrace/42231/2 "2023-10-23T10:08:16Z")

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What I can suggest to you is to pay attention to:  
- how many custom metrics (data points) you have added and whether you really need all of them  
- how you have cockpits built and data ranges allocated to them, refreshes, etc.  
- whether you need 24/7 monitoring on test environments. I suggest running monitoring only when tests are executed (you can automate this via API)  
- pay attention to the consumption of custom events (you can easily go crazy with the consumption of a large number of licences)

You can find a lot of information here:

> **[License Dynatrace](https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/license)**
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> Dynatrace Platform Subscription, capability rate cards, hybrid licensing, and previous license models.