How are Explorer Units Calculated?

Last updated: October 22, 2025

SQL queries written and executed with the Allium App are counted towards your monthly credit allotment.

The amount of Explorer Units a particular query costs is determined by:

  1. The query's runtime from start to execution, in minutes

  2. The size of the compute profile selected

Compute Profiles can be managed in your Account Settings. Utilizing a larger profile size will result in faster query times, but will also increase the amount of units consumed per query.

Calculation

Query Runtime (in minutes) * Compute Profile Size = Explorer Units (EUs) Consumed

Example 1:

Query Runtime: 13.44s / 60 = .224 Minutes

Compute Profile Size: 8x

Explorer Units Consumed: 1.79 EUs (.224min * 8, rounded to two decimal places)

Example 2:

Query Runtime: 11.52s / 60 = .192 Minutes

Compute Profile Size: 16x

Explorer Units Consumed: 3.07 EUs (.192min * 16, rounded to two decimal places)