specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Airtop
providerId: airtop
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Browser Automation
- AI Agents
- Cloud Browser
- Web Scraping
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Airtop spend. Airtop bills a monthly subscription per tier
  that bundles a pool of credits and a simultaneous-session cap. Credits are
  the unit of consumption: page loads, navigations, page interactions
  (click / type / hover / scroll), scraping, screenshots, and AI page-query /
  paginated-extraction operations each draw down credits, with more complex
  work (such as captcha solving) costing more. Annual plans grant all credits
  upfront with a 10% discount. Cost control centers on credit burn per
  operation, session concurrency, and per-call cost/time thresholds.
notes: >-
  Credit-to-operation rates and tier credit pools are subject to change;
  verify against the Airtop pricing page during reconciliation. Airtop does
  not publish a FOCUS billing export; FOCUS columns below are a mapping for
  internal cost normalization.
sources:
- https://www.airtop.ai/pricing
- https://docs.airtop.ai
- 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: Airtop
serviceCategory: Web and Application Services
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Airtop Cloud Browser
  ServiceCategory: Web and Application Services
  ProviderName: Airtop
  PublisherName: Airtop
  InvoiceIssuerName: Airtop
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Subscription-Based
meters:
- name: subscription_fee
  description: Monthly (or annual) tier fee bundling a credit pool and concurrency cap.
  unit: subscription
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
- name: credits_consumed
  description: Credits drawn down by all browser operations across the account.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - session
  - operation
- name: session_runtime
  description: Cloud browser session activity contributing to credit consumption.
  unit: sessions
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - session
- name: ai_operation_credits
  description: Credits consumed by AI page-query, paginated-extraction, and interaction resolution.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - operation
- name: captcha_solve_credits
  description: Additional credits consumed when automatic captcha solving is used.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - session
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track credit burn per session and per operation type; watch the monthly credit pool against tier allotment.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag API keys or sessions per workload/team and map credit consumption to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Bound expensive AI calls with costThresholdCredits and timeThresholdSeconds; reuse profiles to avoid re-login work; avoid unnecessary captcha solving; right-size the tier to actual concurrency needs; prefer annual billing for the 10% discount.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign owners per project/key; review credit spend monthly against the tier budget and upgrade or downgrade tiers as concurrency demand changes.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com