specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.1'
  dataSpecVersionsSupported:
    - '1.0'
    - '1.1'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/
  dataSpecSource: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloudability-commercial/cloudability-essentials/saas?topic=cloudability-connect-custom-data-focus-ingress
  dataSpecNote: >-
    Corrected 2026-09-05 from a bulk-sweep scaffold value of '1.3', which
    Cloudability never claimed. IBM's own custom-data page states: "Cloudability
    currently supports 1. FOCUS version 1.0 2. FOCUS version 1.1" and requires a
    matching `focus_version` field in every upload manifest.
provider: Cloudability
providerId: cloudability
publisherName: Cloudability
serviceCategory: API
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
tags:
  - Cloud Cost Management
  - Cost Optimization
  - FinOps
  - Multi-Cloud
  - Recommendations
  - Reporting
  - FinOps
  - Cost Management
  - FOCUS
description: FinOps framework definition for the Cloudability API surface. Provides a FOCUS-aligned mapping
  for cost allocation, usage measurement, and unit-economics reporting across the provider's APIs.
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Make API consumption costs visible to engineering, product, and finance teams in near
      real-time.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag every chargeable API call with the consuming team, environment, application, and
      feature so cost can be allocated.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Continuously evaluate request patterns, caching, batching, and tier selection to reduce
      cost per useful unit of work.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Establish budget owners and chargeback or showback flows for each consuming team.
domains:
  - name: Understand Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Data Ingestion
      - Allocation
      - Reporting and Analytics
      - Anomaly Management
  - name: Quantify Business Value
    capabilities:
      - Planning and Estimating
      - Forecasting
      - Budgeting
      - Benchmarking
      - Unit Economics
  - name: Optimize Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Architecting for Cloud
      - Rate Optimization
      - Workload Optimization
      - Cloud Sustainability
      - Licensing and SaaS
  - name: Manage the FinOps Practice
    capabilities:
      - FinOps Practice Operations
      - FinOps Education and Enablement
      - Invoicing and Chargeback
      - Onboarding Workloads
      - Intersecting Disciplines
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Usage
    - Purchase
    - Tax
    - Credit
    - Adjustment
  chargeFrequency: Recurring
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Cloudability
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools / API
  ProviderName: Cloudability
  PublisherName: Cloudability
  InvoiceIssuerName: Cloudability
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
  PricingUnit: request
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
meters:
  - name: api_requests
    description: Count of billable API requests
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - endpoint
      - tier
      - region
      - consumer
  - name: data_egress
    description: Bytes returned over the network in API responses
    unit: GB
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - region
      - consumer
  - name: compute_seconds
    description: Server-side compute consumed by the request, where applicable
    unit: second
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - endpoint
      - tier
apis:
  - name: Cloudability API v3
    baseURL: https://api.cloudability.com/v3
    tags:
      - Cloud Cost Management
      - FinOps
      - Recommendations
      - Reporting
    serviceName: Cloudability API v3
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: Cloudability API v1 (Legacy)
    baseURL: https://app.cloudability.com/api/v1
    tags:
      - Cloud Cost Management
      - FinOps
      - Legacy
    serviceName: Cloudability API v1 (Legacy)
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: Cloudability Reporting API
    baseURL: https://api.cloudability.com/v3/reporting
    tags:
      - Cost Reporting
      - Dimensions
      - FinOps
      - Metrics
    serviceName: Cloudability Reporting API
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: Cloudability Business Mappings API
    baseURL: https://api.cloudability.com/v3/business-mappings
    tags:
      - Allocation
      - Business Mappings
      - Showback
      - Tagging
    serviceName: Cloudability Business Mappings API
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: Cloudability Rightsizing Recommendations API
    baseURL: https://api.cloudability.com/v3/rightsizing
    tags:
      - Cost Optimization
      - Recommendations
      - Rightsizing
    serviceName: Cloudability Rightsizing Recommendations API
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: Cloudability Anomaly Detection API
    baseURL: https://api.cloudability.com/v3/anomalies
    tags:
      - Alerts
      - Anomaly Detection
      - Cost Optimization
    serviceName: Cloudability Anomaly Detection API
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: Cloudability Vendor Credentials API
    baseURL: https://api.cloudability.com/v3/vendors
    tags:
      - AWS
      - Azure
      - GCP
      - Onboarding
    serviceName: Cloudability Vendor Credentials API
    serviceCategory: API
unitEconomics:
  - name: Cost per 1K Requests
    metric: billed_cost / (api_requests / 1000)
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per Active Consumer
    metric: billed_cost / active_consumers
    target: TBD
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com