specification: FinOps Framework / FOCUS
specificationVersion: '1.0'
provider: Adafruit IO
providerId: adafruit-io
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
description: |
  Adafruit IO uses a simple flat-subscription billing model. The Free tier costs nothing and is bounded by hard
  quota limits (30 data points/minute, 30 days retention, 10 feeds, 5 dashboards, 5 actions). The Plus tier costs
  $10/month or $99/year (a ~17% annual discount) and removes most quota caps. There is no per-call or per-data-point
  metering and no overage billing — exceeding the rate cap simply causes throttling. Adafruit IO does not publish
  a FOCUS-conformant Cost-and-Usage export; FinOps reporting is limited to the in-product activities log
  (/api/v2/{username}/activities) and the account-level subscription record.
billingModel:
  type: flat-subscription
  currencies: [USD]
  billingFrequencies: [monthly, annual]
  meteredOverage: false
  taxBehavior: exclusive
serviceCategories:
  - id: iot-platform
    name: Adafruit IO Cloud
    description: Cloud IoT platform — feeds, data, dashboards, actions, MQTT broker, webhooks.
    serviceLabel: Adafruit IO
chargeCategories:
  - category: Usage
    description: Not applicable; usage is bounded by per-plan quotas, not metered to a bill line.
  - category: Subscription
    description: Flat monthly or annual subscription fee per user.
costDrivers:
  - name: subscription
    description: Number of Plus subscriptions and their billing cadence (monthly vs. annual).
  - name: quota-utilization
    description: |
      No direct cost driver, but exceeding Free tier quotas (data rate, retention, feeds, dashboards, actions)
      is the typical trigger for an upgrade from Free to Plus.
exports:
  available: false
  description: Adafruit IO does not provide a FOCUS-conformant CSV/JSON cost export. Subscription invoices are
    available via Adafruit account billing history.
sources:
  - https://io.adafruit.com/plus
  - https://www.adafruit.com/privacy
  - https://io.adafruit.com/api/docs/