name: aWATTar API FinOps
description: >-
  FinOps Framework FOCUS-aligned cost profile for the aWATTar Market Data API.
  The API is fully free with no direct monetary cost to API consumers. However,
  it enables significant energy cost optimization for end users by exposing
  real-time electricity spot prices that drive dynamic consumption scheduling.
specificationVersion: "1.0"
focus:
  provider: aWATTar GmbH
  service: Market Data API
  serviceCategory: Energy Data
  chargeCategory: None
  billingCurrency: EUR
  listUnitPrice: 0.00
  effectiveCost: 0.00
  billedCost: 0.00
  pricingUnit: Request
  consumedQuantity: 0
  invoiceIssuer: None
costDrivers:
  - name: API Requests
    description: >-
      All API requests to both Austria (api.awattar.at) and Germany
      (api.awattar.de) endpoints are free. No per-request charges apply.
    unitCost: 0.00
    currency: EUR
  - name: Authentication
    description: >-
      No authentication, API keys, or account registration is required.
      Zero onboarding cost.
    unitCost: 0.00
    currency: EUR
optimizationOpportunities:
  - name: Energy Cost Reduction via Dynamic Pricing
    description: >-
      By consuming this API, applications can shift electricity usage to
      hours with the lowest (or negative) spot prices. In Austria, EPEX Spot
      prices have ranged from -31.50 to 96.92 EUR/MWh within a single day.
      Smart scheduling of EV charging, heat pumps, and pool pumps can
      yield meaningful energy cost savings for end users.
    type: Indirect
  - name: Request Caching
    description: >-
      Since data is updated only once daily at 14:00 CET, consumers should
      cache the response and avoid polling more than necessary. Caching
      reduces unnecessary requests and stays well within the 100/day limit.
    type: Efficiency
notes: >-
  The aWATTar API itself has zero direct cost to API consumers. FinOps value
  is realized indirectly through energy cost optimization enabled by the data.
  No invoicing, commitment, or reservation constructs apply.