Compute Units (CUs) | Conduit Documentation

We use Compute Units (CUs) to measure how many computational resources (CPU, RAM, disk, etc.) an API method uses. This allows us to provide fair and transparent pricing (e.g. no over spending for simple requests).

Method	Cost
debug_traceTransaction	300
debug_traceCall	300
debug_traceBlock	300
debug_traceBlockByHash	300
debug_traceBlockByNumber	300
net_version	0
eth_chainId	0
eth_syncing	0
eth_protocolVersion	0
net_listening	0
eth_uninstallFilter	10
eth_accounts	10
eth_blockNumber	10
eth_subscribe	10
eth_unsubscribe	10
eth_feeHistory	10
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas	10
eth_createAccessList	10
eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex	10
eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex	10
eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash	10
eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber	10
debug_getBadBlocks	10
debug_getRawBlock	10
debug_getRawHeader	10
debug_getRawReceipts	10
debug_getRawTransaction	10
eth_blobBaseFee	10
eth_getAccount	10
eth_getRawTransactionByHash	10
eth_simulateV1	10
eth_getTransactionReceipt	15
eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex	15
eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex	15
web3_clientVersion	15
web3_sha3	15
eth_getBlockByNumber	15
eth_getStorageAt	15
eth_getTransactionByHash	15
eth_gasPrice	20
eth_getBalance	20
eth_getCode	20
eth_getFilterChanges	20
eth_newBlockFilter	20
eth_newFilter	20
eth_newPendingTransactionFilter	20
eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash	20
eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber	20
eth_getProof	20
eth_getBlockByHash	20
eth_getTransactionCount	20
eth_call	75
eth_getFilterLogs	75
eth_getLogs	75
eth_estimateGas	75
eth_sendRawTransaction	200
eth_sendRawTransactionSync	200
eth_sendRawTransactionConditional	200
eth_getBlockReceipts	200
alchemy_getTransactionReceipts	200

Other methods generally priced at 10 CUs.