specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: AirDNA
providerId: airdna
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Short-Term Rental
- Vacation Rental
- Market Data
- Real Estate
- Analytics
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of AirDNA Enterprise API spend. AirDNA bills API access through
  negotiated enterprise agreements covering four data packages (Market Data,
  Property Valuations & Comps, Rentalizer Lead Gen, Smart Rates Data) rather
  than a public usage-based rate card. Because pricing is sales-led and not
  publicly documented, the meters below are modeled as likely cost dimensions
  and are not reconciled against an actual AirDNA invoice.
notes: >-
  Replace the modeled meters and billing model with the real contract terms
  during reconciliation; AirDNA does not publish per-call API pricing.
sources:
- https://www.airdna.co/vacation-rental-data-api
- https://docs.airdna.co/
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: AirDNA
serviceCategory: Data and Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Commitment-Based
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: AirDNA Enterprise API
  ServiceCategory: Data and Analytics
  ProviderName: AirDNA
  PublisherName: AirDNA
  InvoiceIssuerName: AirDNA
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Commitment-Based
meters:
- name: market_data_requests
  description: Requests to Market Data endpoints (search, metrics, future pricing). Modeled; confirm contract metering.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - package
- name: listing_data_requests
  description: Requests to STR listing data endpoints (search, details, history, comps).
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - package
- name: rentalizer_estimates
  description: Rentalizer individual, bulk, and lead-gen summary estimates produced.
  unit: estimates
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - package
- name: smart_rates_requests
  description: Smart Rates base-rate and smart-rate lookups.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - package
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track API call volume by package and endpoint against the contracted entitlement.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag API keys per team/workload and map usage to internal cost centers and use cases.
- name: Optimization
  description: Use bulk/summary endpoints (e.g., rentalizer/bulk) over per-address calls where possible; cache stable market metrics.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner for the AirDNA contract; review usage against entitlement before renewal.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com