Compute Units

Understanding Compute Units (CUs)

What are Compute Units

Compute Units (CUs) measure the computational resources consumed by your API calls. They provide a standardized way to quantify usage across different types of requests.

Why use Compute Units?

CUs ensure transparent and fair pricing. Instead of flat rates, you pay based on the actual computational cost of your requests. This approach prevents overpaying for simple queries while accurately reflecting resource usage for complex operations.

Rollup Multiplier

Not all rollups require the same computational power to process API requests. Some are lightweight, while others demand significantly more resources. To account for these variations, we apply a Rollup Multiplier to Compute Units (CUs), ensuring that pricing accurately reflects the underlying computational cost.

How Compute Units Are Calculated Method Responses × Rollups Multiplier = Compute Units (CUs)

This ensures that high-throughput rollups, which consume more resources, are fairly priced compared to smaller chains. By aligning costs with computational intensity, Rollup Multipliers prevent inefficiencies, optimize pricing, and help developers scale seamlessly.

Below are the multipliers for different rollups:

Network	Methods	Multipliers
All Rollups	All methods*	1

CU Costs for Common Calls

Method	CU Cost
batch	CU of method # of times the method is called
debug_traceBlockByHash	170
debug_traceBlockByNumber	170
debug_traceCall	170
debug_traceTransaction	170
erigon_forks	24
erigon_getHeaderByHash	24
erigon_getHeaderByNumber	24
erigon_getLogsByHash	24
erigon_issuance	24
eth_accounts	10
eth_blockNumber	10
eth_call	26
eth_chainId	0
eth_createAccessList	10
eth_estimateGas	87
eth_feeHistory	10
eth_gasPrice	19
eth_getBalance	19
eth_getBlockByHash	21
eth_getBlockByNumber	16
eth_getBlockReceipts	500
eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash	20
eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber	20
eth_getCode	19
eth_getFilterChanges	20
eth_getFilterLogs	75
eth_getLogs	75
eth_getProof	21
eth_getStorageAt	17
eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex	15
eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex	15
eth_getTransactionByHash	17
eth_getTransactionCount	26
eth_getTransactionReceipt	15
eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex	15
eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex	15
eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash	15
eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber	15
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas	10
eth_newBlockFilter	20
eth_newFilter	20
eth_newPendingTransactionFilter	20
eth_protocolVersion	0
eth_sendRawTransaction	250
eth_subscribe	10
eth_syncing	0
eth_uninstallFilter	10
eth_unsubscribe	10
net_listening	0
net_version	0
web3_clientVersion	15
web3_sha3	15