---
specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Coder
providerId: coder
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Coder remote development environment platform.
sources:
  - https://coder.com/pricing
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: Coder
serviceCategory: Developer Tools
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Coder
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools
  ProviderName: Coder
  PublisherName: Coder
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: Active User Seats (Premium)
    unit: user/month
    aggregation: sum
  - name: Workspace Hours
    unit: workspace-hours
    aggregation: sum
  - name: Workspace Count
    unit: workspaces
    aggregation: max
  - name: Organization Count
    unit: organizations
    aggregation: max
  - name: AI Governance Add-On
    unit: deployment
    aggregation: sum
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Track Coder active user seat consumption and workspace usage monthly to align license spend with actual developer activity.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Right-size workspace resource quotas per organization and user; enable automatic idle workspace shutdown to minimize unused compute costs.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Leverage Coder's audit logging (Premium) to attribute workspace creation and build costs to individual teams and organizations.
  - name: Governance
    description: Use resource quotas and the AI Governance add-on to enforce spending policies across AI coding agent workloads.