name: Coalesce FinOps
description: >-
  Coalesce uses a unified credit-based billing model across all platform
  capabilities. Credits are the single currency for Transform node executions,
  Catalog asset management, and Quality checks. Development environments are
  always free — credits are only consumed when pipelines run in production,
  making it straightforward to track and optimize cloud spend.
url: https://coalesce.io/product/pricing/
costModel:
  type: credit-based
  currency: credits
  description: >-
    A single credit type covers all Coalesce platform activities: pipeline
    execution (Transform), data catalog assets (Catalog), and automated quality
    checks (Quality). This unified model eliminates the need for separate
    budgets across platform features.
  productionOnly: true
  developmentCost: free
  notes:
    - >-
      Credits are not consumed during development or testing; production
      pipeline runs trigger credit usage.
    - >-
      The Starter plan provides 2,000 credits/month at $500/month billed
      annually (~$0.25 per credit at list price).
    - >-
      Enterprise and Business Critical plans offer volume discounts — more
      credits per dollar as usage scales — negotiated via credit commitment.
creditUsage:
  transform:
    description: Credits consumed per node execution when pipelines run in production
    unit: per node execution
  catalog:
    description: Credits consumed for catalog asset management and AI-assisted discovery
    unit: per catalog asset
  quality:
    description: Credits consumed for automated quality checks and Scout AI agent runs
    unit: per quality check
costOptimizationTips:
  - >-
    Use development environments freely for testing and iteration; only
    production runs consume credits.
  - >-
    Upgrade to Enterprise or Business Critical for volume discounts if monthly
    credit consumption regularly exceeds the 2,000 Starter allocation.
  - >-
    Leverage Coalesce's metadata-driven approach to minimize redundant node
    executions by reusing common transformation logic across pipelines.
  - >-
    Monitor pipeline run frequency via the Runs API to identify and eliminate
    unnecessary scheduled executions consuming credits.
  - >-
    Use the Environments API to audit inactive environments and consolidate
    workloads, reducing per-run overhead.
billingReferences:
  - type: PricingPage
    url: https://coalesce.io/product/pricing/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.coalesce.io/docs
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.coalesce.io/
  - type: SupportContact
    value: support@coalesce.io