specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
provider: Bandsintown
providerId: bandsintown
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'

billingModel: free-with-partnership
description: >
  Bandsintown's API is offered free of charge to artists and their management teams
  through the Bandsintown for Artists platform. There is no published per-request or
  per-call pricing for the standard artist-scoped API. Commercial or multi-artist
  integrations require a partnership agreement with custom terms negotiated directly
  with Bandsintown. The primary financial consideration is the partnership agreement
  cost rather than usage-based metering.

focusColumns:
  - ChargeCategory: Partnership
  - BillingCurrency: USD
  - BillingPeriod: Custom
  - ServiceName: Bandsintown Public API
  - SkuName: API Access
  - ConsumedUnit: api_request

meters:

  - name: api_requests
    description: >
      API calls to rest.bandsintown.com endpoints. There is no published
      per-request charge for artist-tier access. Partnership integrations
      may have volume or usage terms defined in custom agreements.
    unit: request
    billingModel: free_or_custom
    tiers:
      - tier: Artist API Key
        included: not_specified
        overageRate: 0
        overageCurrency: USD
        notes: Free for artists via Bandsintown for Artists account
      - tier: Partnership Access
        included: custom
        overageRate: custom
        notes: Terms defined in individual partnership agreements

principles:

  - name: Visibility
    description: >
      No public usage dashboard is documented for the Bandsintown API. Artists
      can monitor their event data through the Bandsintown for Artists platform.
      Partnership agreements may include custom reporting terms.
    controls:
      - type: ArtistDashboard
        url: https://artists.bandsintown.com/

  - name: Optimization
    recommendations:
      - description: >
          Use the date_range filter on event queries to limit response payload
          size and reduce unnecessary data transfer.
      - description: >
          Cache artist and event responses locally when real-time freshness is
          not required to avoid redundant API calls.
      - description: >
          Use artist lookup by ID (id_{{artist_id}}) or Facebook page ID
          (fbid_{{facebook_page_id}}) rather than name lookups where possible
          to improve lookup precision and reduce ambiguous results.
      - description: >
          For artist website integrations, consider the free Bandsintown widget
          as an alternative to API calls to reduce integration complexity.

source: https://help.artists.bandsintown.com/en/articles/7053475-what-is-the-bandsintown-api