Understand credits for spatial analysis

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This topic explains credit consumption when running analysis tools from the tool pane. For information on credits in ModelBuilder, see Analysis sessions.

Credits are the currency used across ArcGIS and are consumed for specific transactions, such as performing spatial analysis. The number of credits used when an analysis tool is run depends on the type of tool and the size of the dataset (number of input features or number of pixels processed).

You can click the Estimate credits button at the bottom of a tool pane to run a credit estimation before you run a tool. The input parameters and other required parameters must be set before estimating credit usage. The credit estimation is the maximum number of credits that the analysis could require; in some cases, the actual number of credits used by the analysis may be less than the estimated number of credits. You can also update the analysis settings for the web map or web scene to display a warning message for analysis jobs with an estimated credit consumption that surpasses a specified threshold.

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Credits will only be consumed for successful analysis jobs. Credits will not be consumed when the analysis fails or is cancelled.

If your organization has enabled credit budgeting and the expected number of credits exceeds the number of credits allocated to you, an error message appears and prevents you from submitting the job.

Note:

The following tools do not consume credits when run in ArcGIS Online:

  • Create Viewshed
  • Create Watershed
  • Trace Downstream
  • Enrich Layer (when a custom GeoEnrichment service is used and the enrichment area is not defined using a travel mode)

Summarize data tools

The following table summarizes the credit usage by tools in the Summarize data category:

ToolCapabilityCredits used

Aggregate Points

Spatial Analysis

1 credit per 1,000 features

Join Features

Summarize Center and Dispersion

Summarize Within

Summarize Nearby

Spatial Analysis (used when a line distance is chosen for Measurement type)

1 credit per 1,000 features

Service Areas (used if a travel mode is chosen for Measurement type)

0.5 credits per service area

Zonal Statistics (Summarize Raster Within in Map Viewer Classic)

Imagery Analysis

Credit usage for imagery analysis depends on the number of pixels or features processed, which incorporates the number of bands in multiband imagery and the number of slices in multidimensional data.

Zonal Statistics as Table

Find locations tools

The following table summarizes the credit usage by tools in the Find locations category:

ToolCapabilityCredits used

Find by Attributes and Location (Find Existing Locations and Derive New Locations in Map Viewer Classic)

Spatial Analysis

1 credit per 1,000 features queried

Find Centroids

Spatial Analysis

1 credit per 1,000 features

Find Similar Locations

Create Viewshed

Spatial Analysis

None

Create Watersheds

Trace Downstream

Choose Best Facilities

Location-Allocation

0.1 credit per allocated demand point

Locate Regions

Imagery Analysis

Credit usage for imagery analysis depends on the number of pixels or features processed, which incorporates the number of bands in multiband imagery and the number of slices in multidimensional data.

Enrich data tools

The following table summarizes the credit usage by tools in the Enrich data category:

ToolCapabilityCredits used

Enrich Layer

ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service

10 credits per 1,000 attributes (data variables multiplied by total feature records)

Service Areas (used if a travel mode is chosen for Measurement type)

0.5 credits per service area

Analyze patterns tools

The following table summarizes the credit usage by tools in the Analyze patterns category:

ToolCapabilityCredits used

Calculate Density

Spatial Analysis

1 credit per 1,000 features

Find Point Clusters

Interpolate Points

Calculate Composite Index

Find Hot Spots

Spatial Analysis

1 credit per 1,000 features

ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service (used if Esri Population is chosen for Divide by)

10 credits per 1,000 attributes

Find Outliers

Spatial Analysis

1 credit per 1,000 features

ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service (used if Esri Population is chosen for Divide by)

10 credits per 1,000 attributes

Calculate Density (raster analysis)

Imagery Analysis

Credit usage for imagery analysis depends on the number of pixels or features processed, which incorporates the number of bands in multiband imagery and the number of slices in multidimensional data.

Interpolate Points (raster analysis)

Use proximity tools

The following table summarizes the credit usage by tools in the Use proximity category:

ToolCapabilityCredits used

Create Buffers

Spatial Analysis

1 credit per 1,000 features

Generate Travel Areas (Create Drive-Time Areas in Map Viewer Classic)

Service Areas

0.5 credits per service area

Distance Accumulation

Imagery Analysis

Credit usage for imagery analysis depends on the number of pixels or features processed, which incorporates the number of bands in multiband imagery and the number of slices in multidimensional data.

Distance Allocation

Optimal Path as Line

Optimal Path as Raster

Optimal Region Connections

Plan Routes

Fleet Routing

1 credit per vehicle route

Find Closest (Find Nearest in Map Viewer Classic)

Spatial Analysis (used when a line distance is chosen for Measurement type)

1 credit per 1,000 features

Closest Facility Routes (used when a travel mode is chosen for Measurement type)

0.5 credits per closest facilities route

Calculate Travel Cost (Connect Origins to Destinations in Map Viewer Classic)

Spatial Analysis (used when a line distance is chosen for Measurement type)

1 credit per 1,000 features

Route analysis (used when a travel mode is chosen for Measurement type)

0.005 credits per route

Manage data tools

The following table summarizes the credit usage by tools in the Manage data category:

ToolCapabilityCredits used

Extract Raster (available in Map Viewer Classic)

Imagery Analysis

Credit usage for imagery analysis depends on the number of pixels or features processed, which incorporates the number of bands in multiband imagery and the number of slices in multidimensional data.

Remap Values (available in Map Viewer Classic)

Convert Feature to Raster

Convert Raster to Feature

Nibble

Sample

Dissolve Boundaries

Spatial Analysis

1 credit per 1,000 features

Extract Data

Generate Tessellations

Merge Layers

Overlay Layers

Analyze terrain tools

The following table summarizes the credit usage by tools in the Analyze terrain category:

ToolCapabilityCredits used

Derive Continuous Flow

Imagery Analysis

Credit usage for imagery analysis depends on the number of pixels or features processed, which incorporates the number of bands in multiband imagery and the number of slices in multidimensional data.

Derive Stream As Line

Derive Stream As Raster

Fill

Flow Accumulation

Flow Direction

Flow Distance

Geodesic Viewshed (Create Viewshed in Map Viewer Classic)

Stream Link

Surface Parameters

Watershed

Use deep learning tools

The following table summarizes the credit usage by tools in the Use deep learning category:

ToolCapabilityCredits used

Classify Objects Using Deep Learning

Imagery Analysis

Credit usage for imagery analysis depends on the number of pixels or features processed, which incorporates the number of bands in multiband imagery and the number of slices in multidimensional data.

Classify Pixels Using Deep Learning

Detect Change Using Deep Learning

Detect Objects Using Deep Learning

Use multidimensional analysis tools

The following table summarizes the credit usage by tools in the Use multidimensional analysis category:

ToolCapabilityCredits used

Aggregate Multidimensional Raster

Imagery Analysis

Credit usage for imagery analysis depends on the number of pixels or features processed, which incorporates the number of bands in multiband imagery and the number of slices in multidimensional data.

Find Argument Statistics

Generate Multidimensional Anomaly

Generate Trend Raster

Multidimensional Principal Components

Predict Using Trend Raster

Raster functions

Raster functions use the Imagery Analysis capability.

Credit usage for imagery analysis depends on the number of pixels or features processed, which incorporates the number of bands in multiband imagery and the number of slices in multidimensional data.

Custom web tools

Custom web tools created in ArcGIS Notebooks use credits as follows:

ToolCredits used

Running time

1.5 credits per hour, per run using the Standard runtime, calculated per minute

4.5 credits per hour, per run using the Advanced runtime, calculated per minute

45 credits per hour, per run using the Advanced with GPU runtime, calculated per minute

Tools used

Credits required for each tool

Note:

Custom web tools created in Notebooks are hosted as tool items.

Learn more about custom web tools