{"id":565952,"date":"2026-02-26T13:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=565952"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:26:13","slug":"managing-credits-in-arcgis","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis","title":{"rendered":"Managing credits in ArcGIS Online"},"author":5791,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37501],"tags":[775642,27551,239942],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-565952","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","tag-administrative-reports","tag-credits","tag-organization-administration","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcGIS Online users and administrators - learn best practices and tricks for managing credits in ArcGIS Online.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> This article was originally published on January 27, 2023 by Princess Guzman and Liz Todd, and has been updated. The most recent updates to this article reflect design changes in the ArcGIS Online website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Credits are the currency of ArcGIS, and are consumed for specific transactions, such as performing analytics and storing features. You can consume credits when working in ArcGIS Online or when interacting with ArcGIS Online while using other ArcGIS products such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and ArcGIS Business Analyst.<\/p>\n<p>ArcGIS Online offers tools and workflows that help you manage credits and monitor credit usage in your ArcGIS Online organization. This article offers credit management tips and best practices for organization administrators and members.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"administrators\"><strong>Tips for administrators <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>1. Enable credit budgeting<\/h3>\n<p>Administrators can allocate credits to users by <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/configure-credits.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_B5EFEED377214C4E96236C121A528F7B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enabling credit budgeting<\/a>, which has the following benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allows administrators to assign a specific quantity of credits to each member. Credit budgets can be assigned to members during the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/invite-users.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invitation process<\/a> or at any time through the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/manage-members.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_E36DC11579664B8C88DE0C69F516927F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Organization page Members tab<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Allows members to see their available credits on their <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/get-started\/profile.htm\">settings page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Gives members the flexibility to use credits any way they choose.<\/li>\n<li>Displays an additional column of information on the Organization page <strong>Members<\/strong> tab that shows administrators the number of credits remaining for each member.<\/li>\n<li>Helps members avoid mistakes by preventing transactions that would consume too many credits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Turn on credit budgeting by clicking <strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Credits<\/strong>, and turning on the <strong>Enable credit budgeting tools<\/strong> toggle button. You also have the option of showing each member\u2019s available credits on their settings page.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2958707,"id":2958707,"title":"credit-budget","filename":"credit-budget.jpg","filesize":106394,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/credit-budget.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/credit-budget-3","alt":"Credits setting with Enable credit budgeting tools toggle button turned on","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"credit-budget-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-02-26 21:16:42","modified":"2026-02-26 21:16:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1431,"height":970,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/credit-budget-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/credit-budget.jpg","medium-width":385,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/credit-budget.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":521,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/credit-budget.jpg","large-width":1431,"large-height":970,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/credit-budget.jpg","1536x1536-width":1431,"1536x1536-height":970,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/credit-budget.jpg","2048x2048-width":1431,"2048x2048-height":970,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/credit-budget-686x465.jpg","card_image-width":686,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/credit-budget.jpg","wide_image-width":1431,"wide_image-height":970}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>2. Create custom member roles with privileges<\/h3>\n<p>When administrators know which tools members need, they can create and assign <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/configure-roles.htm\">custom member roles with privileges<\/a> to limit access to credit-consuming tools.<\/p>\n<p>Create custom roles by clicking <strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Member roles<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Create role<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2958710,"id":2958710,"title":"create-member-role","filename":"create-member-role.jpg","filesize":94294,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/create-member-role.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/create-member-role","alt":"Member roles setting with Create role button indicated","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"create-member-role","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-02-26 21:17:30","modified":"2026-02-26 21:17:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1118,"height":788,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/create-member-role-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/create-member-role.jpg","medium-width":370,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/create-member-role.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":541,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/create-member-role.jpg","large-width":1118,"large-height":788,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/create-member-role.jpg","1536x1536-width":1118,"1536x1536-height":788,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/create-member-role.jpg","2048x2048-width":1118,"2048x2048-height":788,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/create-member-role-660x465.jpg","card_image-width":660,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/create-member-role.jpg","wide_image-width":1118,"wide_image-height":788}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>When creating a custom role, administrators can control access to credit-consuming tools and content by enabling and disabling privileges in the <strong>Premium Content and Services<\/strong> section\u2014such as <strong>Geocoding<\/strong>, <strong>Network Analysis<\/strong>, and <strong>Demographics<\/strong>\u2014under <strong>General<\/strong> <strong>privileges<\/strong>. Administrators can use the privileges listed in the <strong>Content<\/strong> section\u2014such as <strong>Create, update, and delete<\/strong>, <strong>Publish hosted feature layers<\/strong>, and P<strong>ublish hosted scene layers<\/strong>\u2014also under <strong>General<\/strong> <strong>privileges<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2958712,"id":2958712,"title":"privileges","filename":"privileges.jpg","filesize":82312,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/privileges.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/privileges-2","alt":"Create role window with General privileges section expanded and Content and Premium Content sections highlighted","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"privileges-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-02-26 21:18:02","modified":"2026-02-26 21:18:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":845,"height":865,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/privileges-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/privileges.jpg","medium-width":255,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/privileges.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":786,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/privileges.jpg","large-width":845,"large-height":865,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/privileges.jpg","1536x1536-width":845,"1536x1536-height":865,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/privileges.jpg","2048x2048-width":845,"2048x2048-height":865,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/privileges-454x465.jpg","card_image-width":454,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/privileges.jpg","wide_image-width":845,"wide_image-height":865}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>3. Monitor organizational usage<\/h3>\n<p>Administrators can monitor their members&#8217; credit usage through <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/view-status.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_95492A38F2204E568A9E310F2FB2534E\">reporting tools and information on the Organization page<\/a>. The following are some ways to monitor credit usage in your organization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See a summary of your organization\u2019s credit usage on the <strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Overview<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2958713,"id":2958713,"title":"overview-credits","filename":"overview-credits.jpg","filesize":29486,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/overview-credits.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/overview-credits","alt":"Credits section of the Organization page Overview tab","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"overview-credits","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-02-26 21:18:34","modified":"2026-02-26 21:18:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":541,"height":467,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/overview-credits-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/overview-credits.jpg","medium-width":302,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/overview-credits.jpg","medium_large-width":541,"medium_large-height":467,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/overview-credits.jpg","large-width":541,"large-height":467,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/overview-credits.jpg","1536x1536-width":541,"1536x1536-height":467,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/overview-credits.jpg","2048x2048-width":541,"2048x2048-height":467,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/overview-credits-539x465.jpg","card_image-width":539,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/overview-credits.jpg","wide_image-width":541,"wide_image-height":467}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<ul>\n<li>Run a <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/reference\/report-fields.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_50384B95ABA84F298E26322F9F0927BA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">credit report<\/a> (<strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Reports<\/strong>) or drill into <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/view-status.htm#ESRI_SECTION2_78CDA6ADF28147D7B35281F681DB2640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charts<\/a> (<strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Dashboard<\/strong>) that show credit usage over time and usage by type.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2411122,"id":2411122,"title":"sample-credit-report-small","filename":"sample-credit-report-small.png","filesize":120790,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-credit-report-small.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/sample-credit-report-small","alt":"Sample credit report with a few credit-consuming tools and capabilities and storage columns highlighted","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"sample-credit-report-small","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2024-06-28 16:33:42","modified":"2024-06-28 16:34:30","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":650,"height":232,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-credit-report-small-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-credit-report-small.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":166,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-credit-report-small.png","medium_large-width":650,"medium_large-height":232,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-credit-report-small.png","large-width":650,"large-height":232,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-credit-report-small.png","1536x1536-width":650,"1536x1536-height":232,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-credit-report-small.png","2048x2048-width":650,"2048x2048-height":232,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-credit-report-small.png","card_image-width":650,"card_image-height":232,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-credit-report-small.png","wide_image-width":650,"wide_image-height":232}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2411172,"id":2411172,"title":"storage-usage-chart","filename":"storage-usage-chart.jpg","filesize":25942,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/storage-usage-chart.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/storage-usage-chart","alt":"Storage usage chart","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"storage-usage-chart","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2024-06-28 16:35:34","modified":"2024-06-28 16:36:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":677,"height":295,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/storage-usage-chart-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/storage-usage-chart.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":202,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/storage-usage-chart.jpg","medium_large-width":677,"medium_large-height":295,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/storage-usage-chart.jpg","large-width":677,"large-height":295,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/storage-usage-chart.jpg","1536x1536-width":677,"1536x1536-height":295,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/storage-usage-chart.jpg","2048x2048-width":677,"2048x2048-height":295,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/storage-usage-chart.jpg","card_image-width":677,"card_image-height":295,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/storage-usage-chart.jpg","wide_image-width":677,"wide_image-height":295}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> A new organization status dashboard is now available in beta for ArcGIS Online organizations that have <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/configure-security.htm#ESRI_SECTION2_CE007AFEA465444887036BD6D7038639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enabled beta apps and capabilities<\/a>. For more information, refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/announcements\/announcing-the-new-credit-management-dashboard-beta-key-changes-and-what-to-expect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement blog article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Run an <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/reference\/report-fields.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_41ABB66B8185459DBE9252C6F86836E4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">item report<\/a> (<strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Reports<\/strong>) to see a detailed list of all items in the organization, including size, owner, and when the item was last created and modified. Because feature storage is calculated for the organization and charged hourly, it may be helpful to identify feature layers using large amounts of storage space to help control credit spending. You can filter the item report to only show feature layer items and assess whether the largest ones can be modified or deleted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2411222,"id":2411222,"title":"item-report-feature-storage","filename":"item-report-feature-storage.jpg","filesize":287169,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/item-report-feature-storage.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/item-report-feature-storage","alt":"Item report with Feature Storage Size column sort options displayed","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"item-report-feature-storage","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2024-06-28 16:37:24","modified":"2024-06-28 16:38:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1164,"height":525,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/item-report-feature-storage-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/item-report-feature-storage.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":209,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/item-report-feature-storage.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":346,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/item-report-feature-storage.jpg","large-width":1164,"large-height":525,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/item-report-feature-storage.jpg","1536x1536-width":1164,"1536x1536-height":525,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/item-report-feature-storage.jpg","2048x2048-width":1164,"2048x2048-height":525,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/item-report-feature-storage-826x373.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":373,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/item-report-feature-storage.jpg","wide_image-width":1164,"wide_image-height":525}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Administrators will also receive an email notification when a member has consumed all their credits (when credit budgeting is enabled), when the organization has consumed 75% or more of its credits, and when the organization has consumed all its credits. Additional service credits are sold in blocks of 1,000 and can be purchased at any time through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/store\/arcgis-online\/arcgis-online-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 id=\"everyone\"><strong>Tips for everyone<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Organization members who are not administrators can also help with credit management by applying the following tips:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Monitor your usage<\/h3>\n<p>Visit your <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/get-started\/profile.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_63F0EA6DAF5D41E18B1DFCA34C8AF0D7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setings page<\/a> to see the number of credits available to you. (If you don\u2019t see this information, ask your administrator to enable it in the organization\u2019s credit settings.)<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2958714,"id":2958714,"title":"my-credits","filename":"my-credits.jpg","filesize":66973,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/my-credits","alt":"Credits tab in My settings showing credits remaining and credits assigned","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"my-credits","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-02-26 21:19:43","modified":"2026-02-26 21:19:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1105,"height":490,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":206,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":341,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","large-width":1105,"large-height":490,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","1536x1536-width":1105,"1536x1536-height":490,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","2048x2048-width":1105,"2048x2048-height":490,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits-826x366.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":366,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","wide_image-width":1105,"wide_image-height":490}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>2. 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For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/tips-for-managing-credits-consumed-by-analysis-tools\/\">Tips for managing credits consumed by analysis tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feature storage is the only credit-consuming service that cannot be calculated with the credit estimator. As mentioned in the previous section, feature storage is calculated for the organization, not individual members, and is charged hourly. If you are concerned about storing a large or complex item, upload the item and ask an administrator to run an <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/reference\/report-fields.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_41ABB66B8185459DBE9252C6F86836E4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">item report<\/a> in an hour to check the item\u2019s storage cost. If you see that the item is consuming too many credits, you can modify or delete it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Understand what consumes\u2014and doesn\u2019t consume\u2014credits<\/h3>\n<p>Know what capabilities consume credits and at what rate. This <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/credits.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_709121D2C7694DCAB9B8592F36F7A5BA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">informative table<\/a> includes a list of credit-consuming capabilities, the rate of consumption, as well as examples of where the capability is used.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Learn more<\/h2>\n<p>To learn more about credit management in ArcGIS Online, refer to the following resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/credits\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Credits overview<\/a> (web page)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.esri.com\/playlist\/dedicated\/238048082\/1_rhsmdl36\/1_tgmlrqct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Online Credits<\/a> (video series)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/credits.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understand credits<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/configure-credits.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Configure credits<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/analyze\/credits-analysis-mv.htm\">Understand credits for spatial analysis<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/view-status.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View and report status<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/reports.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create reports<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/supercharge-your-arcgis-online-organization-management-with-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supercharge your ArcGIS Online organization management with reports<\/a> (blog article)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/tips-for-managing-credits-consumed-by-analysis-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips for managing credits consumed by analysis tools<\/a> (blog article)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/store\/arcgis-online\/arcgis-online-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purchase additional credits<\/a> (web page)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":5401,"user_firstname":"Jennifer","user_lastname":"Wrightsell-Hughes","nickname":"Jennifer Wrightsell-Hughes","user_nicename":"jenn2596","display_name":"Jennifer Wrightsell-Hughes","user_email":"JWrightsell-Hughes@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:17:08","user_description":"Jennifer Wrightsell-Hughes is a product writer on the ArcGIS Online team. She has a degree in Journalism and over 20 years of experience creating and editing content, including product documentation, tutorials, blog articles, guides, and videos.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jenn-Sept-2025-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":2664002,"post_author":"5401","post_date":"2026-02-26 12:46:30","post_date_gmt":"2026-02-26 20:46:30","post_content":"","post_title":"How to manage storage credits in your ArcGIS Online organization","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-to-manage-storage-credits-in-your-arcgis-online-organization","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-02-26 12:51:32","post_modified_gmt":"2026-02-26 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