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Gateway to Marlowe
DCU grant by IOG for projects and individuals looking to integrate Marlowe contracts
Need more DCUs?
Demeter offers two ways of purchasing DCUs that are designed to adapt to projects of different sizes at different stages
Pay as you go
Buy the DCUs that you need, when you need them, no commitments, no monthly fees.
DCUs purchased in this way remain in the project's wallet until they are spent and will never expire.
This is ideal for projects that are just starting out and don't have a clear idea of how many DCUs they will need.
Savings plans
The best way to get DCUs at a discounted price by committing to a pre-defined monthly spending.
At the moment of subscribing, a monthly billing cycle starts and the project's wallet is credited with the plan's corresponding DCUs that are bound to be spent during the following month.
At the end of each billing cycle, unspent DCUs from the plan will be burnt new DCUs will be added according to the plan while the subscription is active.
Do you want to pay with ADA?
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Demeter always includes
Access to all extensions
A growing set of community developed extensions so you have all the tools needed for building on Cardano.
Unlimited collaborators
Easily manage team members in your organizations and grant them access to your projects, no limits!
Full network access
All workspaces and workloads have access to preview, preprod and mainnet Cardano Nodes.
Do you need a private cluster?
Private clusters are available for projects that require a dedicated infrastructure.
What are DCUs?
Measuring usage
Demeter Compute Units (DCUs) are an abstraction layer implemented in Demeter to measure infrastructure usage.
Every enabled feature in your project consumes a certain amount of DCUs per unit of time depending on actual impact on resources consumption.
You can enable just the features that you need at the project level so you have total control over spending.
DCUs calculator
Select features from the grid to estimate your monthly price
Shared extensions instances
Private extensions instances
Hosting
Tips for efficient use of DCUs
Connect only the necessary extensions
All connected extensions will consume DCUs even if they are not being used. Make sure you disconnect unused extensions on your projects.
Pause workspaces while not working on them
Running workspaces consume high amounts of DCUs. You can easily pause your workspaces when you are done for the day and start them back when you resume your work.
Delete unused workspaces
Workspaces consume DCUs even if they are paused. It's recommended to delete your temporary or abandoned workspaces, you can always create new workspaces as you need them.
Don't oversize your workspaces
Running workspaces consume DCUs according to their size. Make sure you select the right size for your project needs. Keep in mind that you can resize your workspace after it was created by editing the settings on your workspace detail page.
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