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# Coverage demoted 2026-10-07 (roadmap#942, PLAN.md Stage A): this file was written by an API Evangelist
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# FinOps framework. It is `x-coverage: unmeasured`, and the FOCUS alignment it claimed has been removed.
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name: Ceramic FinOps
description: Ceramic is a self-hosted protocol with no centralized subscription fees.
  Total cost of ownership is driven by the infrastructure required to operate Ceramic
  nodes. The four primary cost components are compute (ceramic-one, js-ceramic), managed
  database (Postgres), and Ethereum RPC access for anchoring.
url: https://blog.ceramic.network/node-production-costs/
cost_model: infrastructure
currency: USD
cost_components:
- name: Compute - ceramic-one
  description: Core Rust daemon responsible for data storage and P2P network coordination.
    Baseline needs 4 vCPU / 4 GB / 100 GB. High-traffic needs 6 vCPU / 8 GB / 500
    GB SSD with 15,000 IOPS.
  url: https://blog.ceramic.network/node-production-costs/
  baseline_monthly_usd: 40
  high_traffic_monthly_usd: 200
- name: Compute - js-ceramic
  description: JavaScript daemon providing HTTP API and stream state management. Requires
    2 vCPU / 4 GB / 10 GB.
  url: https://blog.ceramic.network/node-production-costs/
  baseline_monthly_usd: 20
  high_traffic_monthly_usd: 20
- name: Managed Database - Postgres
  description: PostgreSQL database for data indexing. Requires 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 10
    GB.
  url: https://blog.ceramic.network/node-production-costs/
  baseline_monthly_usd: 20
  high_traffic_monthly_usd: 40
- name: Ethereum RPC - Anchoring
  description: Ceramic Anchor Service (CAS) requires Ethereum RPC node access for
    anchor validation. Third-party providers such as QuickNode offer tiered plans.
  url: https://blog.ceramic.network/node-production-costs/
  provider_options:
  - provider: QuickNode
    base_plan_monthly_usd: 10
    base_plan_credits: 100000000
    base_plan_credits_per_sec: 550
    middle_plan_monthly_usd: 49
    middle_plan_credits: 500000000
    middle_plan_credits_per_sec: 2500
    premium_plan_monthly_usd: 299
    premium_plan_credits: 3000000000
    premium_plan_credits_per_sec: 6000
scenarios:
- name: Small App (~10K MAU)
  description: Single node baseline deployment.
  estimated_monthly_usd: 106
- name: Mid-Sized App (100K-500K MAU)
  description: 2-node high-availability high-traffic deployment.
  estimated_monthly_usd: 967
notes:
- Network egress charges apply on top of base infrastructure costs; ingress is typically
  free.
- Local development runs at no cost on localhost:5101.
- Costs are estimates based on commodity cloud pricing as of 2024; actual costs vary
  by cloud provider and region.