specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: AlphaSense
providerId: alphasense
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Market Intelligence
  - Search
  - Generative AI
  - Agents
  - Tegus
  - Enterprise Intelligence
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: >-
  FOCUS-aligned FinOps view of AlphaSense. The dominant cost is named-seat
  subscription against the AlphaSense Platform, with add-on lines for Tegus
  Expert Insights, Tegus expert call services (per-call), Enterprise
  Intelligence ingestion + storage, Enterprise Intelligence Private Cloud
  platform fee, and the Agent API + MCP embedding contract (platform fee plus
  per-credit consumption for GenSearch / Deep Research). The Private Cloud
  CLI is free. Specific seat, credit, and per-document rates are negotiated
  and not published, so this artifact stays reconciled:false until paired
  with a real customer contract.
sources:
  - https://www.alpha-sense.com/
  - https://developer.alpha-sense.com/
  - https://developer.alpha-sense.com/api/getting-started
  - https://developer.alpha-sense.com/agent-api/quickstart
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: AlphaSense, Inc.
serviceCategory: Market Intelligence
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Named-Seat Subscription + Add-Ons + Per-Credit Generative AI
  billingFrequency: Annual / Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
    - Usage
    - Adjustment
    - Tax
    - Credit
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: AlphaSense Platform
  ServiceCategory: Market Intelligence
  ProviderName: AlphaSense
  PublisherName: AlphaSense, Inc.
  InvoiceIssuerName: AlphaSense, Inc.
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
meters:
  - name: named_seat
    description: >-
      Annual named-seat subscription for the core AlphaSense Platform.
    unit: seat
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - account_id
      - business_unit
      - user_id
  - name: tegus_library
    description: >-
      Add-on subscription for Tegus Expert Insights library access.
    unit: seat
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - account_id
      - business_unit
  - name: expert_call
    description: >-
      Concierge Tegus expert call services - per-call or pre-purchased pack.
    unit: call
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - account_id
      - project
  - name: ingested_document
    description: >-
      Enterprise Intelligence per-document ingestion line.
    unit: document
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - account_id
      - source_system
  - name: internal_storage
    description: >-
      Storage line for internal Enterprise Intelligence content.
    unit: gb_month
    aggregation: avg
    dimensions:
      - account_id
  - name: privatecloud_platform
    description: >-
      Annual platform fee for Enterprise Intelligence Private Cloud.
    unit: year
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - account_id
      - environment
  - name: agent_api_platform
    description: >-
      Annual platform fee for the Agent API + MCP embedding contract.
    unit: year
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - account_id
  - name: gensearch_credit
    description: >-
      Per-credit consumption against the GenSearch / Deep Research credit pool.
      Deep Research is materially more expensive than fast / auto GenSearch.
    unit: credit
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - account_id
      - api_caller
      - gensearch_mode
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: >-
      Pull the AlphaSense admin usage report and reconcile against the
      per-seat, per-credit, and per-document meters. Track GenSearch credit
      burn by mode (auto / fast / thinkLonger / deepResearch) so customers
      can see where the spend goes.
  - name: Allocation
    description: >-
      Tag every Agent API caller with a business_unit and project so
      cross-charge against internal teams is clean. Separate test and
      production environments to keep canary GenSearch credit burn out of
      the production line.
  - name: Optimization
    description: >-
      Route the right GenSearch mode to the right question - auto / fast for
      lookup, thinkLonger for synthesis, deepResearch only for true multi-step
      analyses. Cache and re-use Deep Research outputs. Move expert-call
      consumption from concierge per-call to the Tegus library wherever the
      already-recorded transcript covers the question. For Enterprise
      Intelligence, batch ingestion at off-hours and prune stale documents.
  - name: Accountability
    description: >-
      Assign an AlphaSense account owner on the customer side. Reconcile
      against the annual minimum commit and renegotiate add-on bundling
      (Tegus, Private Cloud, Agent API credits) at renewal.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com