name: Agorapulse FinOps
description: Financial operations guidance for teams integrating the Agorapulse Reports Open API, including cost considerations, plan requirements, and optimization strategies.
url: https://www.agorapulse.com/pricing/

api_access_requirement:
  plan: Custom
  note: The Reports Open API is exclusively available on the Custom plan. Organizations must upgrade from Standard, Professional, or Advanced to gain API access. Contact Agorapulse sales for Custom plan pricing.

cost_drivers:
  - name: Custom Plan Subscription
    description: A Custom plan subscription is required per user to access the API. Pricing is negotiated directly with Agorapulse and is not publicly disclosed.
    billing: Per user, custom quote
  - name: Additional Social Profiles
    description: Additional social profiles beyond the plan default cost $15 per profile per month.
    unit_price: 15
    unit: per profile/month
  - name: X (Twitter) Add-ons
    description: X Lite is included in paid plans; X Plus is an additional paid add-on for extended Twitter/X functionality.
    billing: Add-on pricing

cost_optimization:
  - Use annual billing to receive approximately 20% savings compared to monthly billing.
  - Consolidate API access under a single org owner or manager API key to avoid needing multiple Custom plan seats solely for API use.
  - Cache API responses where possible, as the 500-requests-per-30-minute rate limit means unoptimized polling can exhaust the quota quickly.
  - Batch date-range queries to minimize the total number of API calls when pulling historical analytics data.
  - Limit social profile count to only those needed for API reporting to reduce additional profile fees.

budget_planning:
  - API access requires at minimum one Custom plan seat; factor this into budget as the baseline cost.
  - Plan for potential overage in profile count if your organization manages many social accounts.
  - Evaluate whether the Reports Open API (read-only analytics) meets your use case before committing to a Custom plan, as publishing and inbox automation via API are not supported.

integrations_included_on_custom:
  - HubSpot
  - Salesforce
  - Slack
  - Microsoft Teams
  - Reports Open API

notes:
  - There is no pay-per-call pricing for the API; access is bundled into the Custom plan subscription.
  - Standard, Professional, and Advanced plans do not include API access.
  - Contact Agorapulse at https://www.agorapulse.com/pricing/ to get a Custom plan quote.