name: Aiven FinOps
description: >
  Aiven's managed open-source data platform uses hourly, all-inclusive billing across
  service tiers (Free, Developer, Startup, Business, Premium, Custom). All costs —
  including compute VMs, networking, storage, backups, maintenance, and monitoring —
  are bundled into a single transparent hourly rate. Services can be powered off
  immediately to stop charges, with a minimum one-hour billing unit. Annual commitment
  discounts are available for qualifying organizations spending $5,000+/month.
  The 30-day free trial provides $300 in credits with no credit card required.
specificationVersion: "1.0"
url: https://aiven.io/pricing
framework: FinOps Framework
focusVersion: "1.0"
costManagement:
  billingModel: hourly
  minimumCharge: 1 hour
  allInclusive: true
  includedCosts:
    - Virtual machine compute
    - Networking and data transfer
    - Automated backups
    - Point-in-time recovery
    - Maintenance and upgrades
    - 24/7 monitoring and operations
    - Credit card processing fees
    - Security (encryption at rest and in transit)
  excludedCosts:
    - Custom enterprise plans negotiated separately
  currency: USD
  annualDiscounts: true
  annualMinimumSpend: "$5,000/month"
costAllocation:
  granularity: per-service
  dimensions:
    - Service type (Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, etc.)
    - Cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, DigitalOcean, etc.)
    - Region
    - Plan tier (Free, Developer, Startup, Business, Premium)
    - Project
    - Organization
  tagging:
    supported: true
    dimensions:
      - Project name
      - Service name
      - Environment
  billing:
    invoiceFrequency: monthly
    paymentMethods:
      - Credit card
      - AWS Marketplace
      - GCP Marketplace
optimization:
  powerOff:
    description: >
      Services can be powered off at any time to immediately stop charge accumulation.
      Minimum billing unit is one hour. Storage charges may continue for powered-off
      services depending on the configuration.
    supported: true
  rightSizing:
    description: >
      Aiven provides multiple plan tiers allowing teams to right-size services to
      their actual workload requirements. Dynamic disk sizing is available on Startup
      and higher tiers.
    supported: true
    tiers:
      - Free
      - Developer
      - Startup
      - Business
      - Premium
      - Custom
  dynamicDiskScaling:
    description: Scale disk storage dynamically based on actual usage without service downtime.
    supported: true
    availableOn:
      - Startup
      - Business
      - Premium
      - Custom
  freeTier:
    description: >
      Always-on free tier available for Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, OpenSearch, and Valkey.
      No credit card or time limit. Ideal for development, experimentation, and small workloads.
    url: https://aiven.io/free-tier
  freeTrial:
    description: 30-day free trial with $300 USD in credits, no credit card required.
    durationDays: 30
    creditAmount: "$300 USD"
    creditCardRequired: false
    limits:
      vms: 10
      vpcs: 1
      vpcPeeringConnections: 10
visibility:
  console: https://console.aiven.io
  billingDashboard: https://console.aiven.io/billing
  costExplorer: true
  realTimeMetrics: true
  monitoring:
    - Aiven Console built-in monitoring
    - Datadog integration
    - AWS CloudWatch integration
    - Grafana integration
    - Prometheus-compatible metrics
governance:
  budgetAlerts: true
  spendingControls:
    - Project-level cost tracking
    - Organization-level billing groups
    - Service power-off to stop charges immediately
  compliance:
    - SOC 2 Type II
    - ISO 27001
    - GDPR compliant
    - HIPAA eligible (selected plans)
resources:
  - name: Aiven Pricing Page
    url: https://aiven.io/pricing
  - name: Aiven Service Pricing Concepts
    url: https://aiven.io/docs/platform/concepts/service-pricing
  - name: Aiven Free Tier
    url: https://aiven.io/free-tier
  - name: Aiven Cloud Cost Optimization
    url: https://aiven.io/optimize-your-cloud-costs-with-aiven-data-platform
  - name: Aiven Console Billing
    url: https://console.aiven.io/billing