name: BreezoMeter FinOps
description: Financial operations guidance for managing BreezoMeter API costs. BreezoMeter
  uses a daily object quota model where costs are determined by the volume of data
  objects consumed rather than individual API requests. Following Google's acquisition
  in 2022, new integrations use Google Maps Platform pricing for equivalent environmental
  APIs.
url: https://breezometer.com/air-quality-features/pricing/
costModel:
  type: Object-Based Quota
  description: Costs are measured by the number of data objects returned by API calls,
    not the number of HTTP requests made. A single API request for a 5-day forecast
    returns 5 objects; a request for current conditions for 10 pollutants may count
    as 10 objects.
  billingCycle: daily
  overageModel: Pay-per-object above daily quota threshold for paid accounts. Free
    accounts are blocked until daily quota resets at midnight UTC.
costDrivers:
  - name: Daily Object Volume
    description: The primary cost driver is the total number of data objects consumed
      per day. Forecast APIs with multiple days or pollutants multiply per-request
      object counts.
    impact: high
  - name: API Feature Selection
    description: The 'features' parameter on API calls controls which data features
      are returned. Requesting fewer features reduces object count and cost.
    impact: medium
  - name: Forecast Horizon
    description: Weather and pollen APIs support 1-5 day forecasts. Requesting 5-day
      forecasts consumes 5x the objects of a 1-day forecast for the same location.
    impact: medium
  - name: Geographic Coverage
    description: Queries for many distinct lat/lon coordinates multiply object consumption.
      Batching or caching location results reduces redundant API calls.
    impact: high
optimizationStrategies:
  - name: Cache API Responses
    description: Air quality and weather data does not change minute-to-minute. Caching
      responses for 15-60 minutes significantly reduces daily object consumption for
      high-frequency applications.
    estimatedSavings: 50-80%
  - name: Request Only Needed Features
    description: Use the 'features' query parameter to request only the specific pollutants
      or data types needed. Avoid requesting all features if only AQI score is needed.
    estimatedSavings: 30-60%
  - name: Optimize Forecast Length
    description: Only request the number of forecast days actually needed by the application.
      If showing only a 3-day pollen forecast, request 3 days instead of 5.
    estimatedSavings: 20-40%
  - name: Consolidate Location Queries
    description: Batch multiple location queries where possible. Avoid making redundant
      queries for the same or nearby coordinates within the same caching window.
    estimatedSavings: 20-50%
  - name: Monitor Daily Quota Usage
    description: Track daily object consumption through the developers dashboard to
      avoid unexpected overage charges on paid accounts or service disruption on free
      accounts.
    estimatedSavings: Prevents overage charges
monitoring:
  - name: Developer Dashboard
    description: BreezoMeter provides a developer dashboard at developers.breezometer.com
      for tracking API key usage, quota consumption, and billing metrics.
    url: https://developers.breezometer.com/dashboard
  - name: API Key Metadata
    description: API key configuration includes usage tracking. Monitor quota utilization
      via the dashboard to identify usage patterns and plan tier appropriateness.
googleMigration:
  description: Following Google's $225M acquisition of BreezoMeter in September 2022,
    its environmental intelligence technology is now part of Google Maps Platform.
    Organizations relying on BreezoMeter APIs should evaluate migration to Google
    Maps Platform Air Quality API, Pollen API, and Weather API equivalents.
  googlePricingUrl: https://mapsplatform.google.com/pricing/
  googleAirQualityTier: Essentials
  googlePollenTier: Pro
  notes: Google Maps Platform uses a pay-as-you-go model per API call rather than
    BreezoMeter's object-based daily quota model. Cost modeling must be recalculated
    when migrating.