aid: bird-rides
name: Bird FinOps Profile
specification: FinOps Framework / FOCUS data spec (alignment)
description: >-
  Bird does not expose a metered API billing surface, so there is no
  consumer-facing FinOps integration. The public GBFS feeds are free under
  Bird's GBFS Data License Agreement. The municipal city-data portal is
  governed by per-city partnership contracts. The Bird Platform program
  charges a revenue-share service fee per ride to fleet operators — this is
  the only billable Bird surface but it is not metered via API. This file
  documents the cost / revenue surfaces for completeness rather than as a
  FOCUS-compliant billing dataset.
modified: '2026-05-25'
costSurfaces:
  - id: gbfs-public
    name: Public GBFS Feed
    billed: false
    license: https://www.bird.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GBFS-Data-License-Agreement-2018-09-25.pdf
    notes: Free to consume under the GBFS Data License Agreement.
  - id: city-data-portal
    name: City Data Portal
    billed: per-contract
    license: Per-city partnership agreement
    notes: Pricing is negotiated per municipality; no published rate card.
  - id: bird-platform-fleet
    name: Bird Platform — Fleet Operator Revenue Share
    billed: true
    billingModel: revenue-share-per-ride
    vehicleCost: at-cost (minimum 50-unit purchase)
    notes: >-
      Bird charges a service fee per ride to the local fleet operator. The
      service fee percentage is not publicly disclosed. Operators receive
      historical analytics in the hosted dashboard but no FOCUS-aligned
      cost-and-usage export.
  - id: rider-trips
    name: Rider Trip Revenue
    billed: true
    billingModel: per-trip (unlock + per-minute, in-app)
    notes: >-
      Trip revenue is collected by Bird (directly-operated markets) or by
      the local Bird Platform operator. Not exposed via any public API.
focusAlignmentGaps:
  - No public cost-and-usage export aligned with FOCUS columns
  - No webhook or stream of trip / billing events for operators outside the dashboard
  - No invoice API for cities partner contracts
sources:
  - https://www.bird.co/platform
  - https://www.bird.co/cities
  - https://www.bird.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GBFS-Data-License-Agreement-2018-09-25.pdf