topic Re: How do the credits work? in ArcGIS Online Questions

How do the credits work?

TedCronin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:15:58 GMT

If I publish and create data does that take away credits? If a user consumes the data, I am sure that is a credit, but does that mean if the user leaves the website open all day, they use 1 credit, or is there a timeline, kinda confused on the credit system.

Re: How do the credits work?

MatthewKing — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:17:23 GMT

If I publish and create data does that take away credits? If a user consumes the data, I am sure that is a credit, but does that mean if the user leaves the website open all day, they use 1 credit, or is there a timeline, kinda confused on the credit system.

It's a somewhat vague answer, but see post #5 http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/59618-Using-ArcGIS-Online-as-the-host-for-map-services

Re: How do the credits work?

TedCronin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:16:20 GMT

Yep, that does sound pretty vague, thanks for the link. I will repost there as well.

Re: How do the credits work?

MatthewKing — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:08:56 GMT

Here's more info:

http://gis-elektrika.blogspot.com/2012/06/arcgis-online-pricing-what-is-service.html

http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2012/06/15/arcgis-online-service-credits-might-not-be-a-good-deal/

Re: How do the credits work?

TedCronin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:17:45 GMT

Yeah good stuff.

Tile generation �?? 1 [service] credit per 1000 tiles generated

Looks like I can cache 1/16 th of my data once at one level.

Re: How do the credits work?

MatthewKing — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:30:07 GMT

Yeah good stuff.

Tile generation �?? 1 [service] credit per 1000 tiles generated

Looks like I can cache 1/16 th of my data once at one level.

I posted this on the other thread, but to me the most outrageous cost is the 2880 credits/yr for 1GB of storage for a feature service. So basically, you can upload 1GB of feature services and do nothing with them and it'll cost you over $2,500. Since when did storage get so expensive?

Re: How do the credits work?

TedCronin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:42:08 GMT

Well this is a new thing, I hope they can resolve the pricing accordingly. Also, seems like Advanced Server is a good deal. Perhaps they could have a couple of tiers. One for big business/government, one for middle size and 1 for a small entity. 1 size fits all does not make sense.