specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Cognition Labs
providerId: cognition-labs
created: '2026-07-02'
modified: '2026-07-02'
reconciled: false
tags:
- AI
- AI Agent
- Devin
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Devin spend. Cognition meters all Devin usage - whether
  driven through the web app, IDE/CLI/Desktop clients, or the API - in Agent
  Compute Units (ACUs). ACUs accrue for the work Devin actually performs in a
  session (planning, context gathering, task execution, browser actions, code
  execution, VM time, and networking), not for time spent waiting on a human
  response, running test suites, or cloning a repository; Windows sessions run
  roughly 9% higher than equivalent Linux sessions, and idle sessions sleep
  (and stop accruing ACUs) after about 0.1 ACU of inactivity. Self-serve
  customers draw against a plan quota plus optional on-demand credits;
  Enterprise customers are billed directly in ACUs at a rate set in their
  order form and can cap consumption per organization.
notes: >-
  Cognition does not publish a flat USD-per-ACU rate; self-serve plan quotas
  and on-demand credit pricing are on the pricing page, and Enterprise ACU
  rates are negotiated per contract. Verify current numbers directly rather
  than assuming a fixed conversion.
sources:
- https://cognition.ai/pricing
- https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing
- https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/usage
- https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/enterprise
- https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/self-serve
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
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: Cognition
serviceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Devin
  ServiceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
  ProviderName: Cognition
  PublisherName: Cognition
  InvoiceIssuerName: Cognition
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
meters:
- name: acu_consumption
  description: Agent Compute Units consumed by session work - planning, context gathering, task execution, browser actions, code execution, VM time, and networking.
  unit: acu
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - session
  - user
- name: on_demand_credits
  description: Prepaid on-demand credits purchased by self-serve Pro/Max/Teams customers to fund usage beyond plan quota; roll over monthly, never expire once purchased.
  unit: acu
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: enterprise_acu_spend
  description: Enterprise ACU consumption billed at the contracted order-form rate.
  unit: acu
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - enterprise
  - organization
- name: seat_subscription
  description: Flat monthly seat fees for Pro, Max, and Teams full seats.
  unit: seats
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track ACU consumption per organization, session, and user via the v2/v3 consumption endpoints (daily consumption, session metrics, user daily consumption) to see where spend concentrates.
- name: Allocation
  description: Attribute sessions to individual users via create_as_user_id (v3) or requesting_user_email, and tag sessions, so ACU spend maps to teams and initiatives.
- name: Optimization
  description: Scope max_acu_limit on session creation to bound runaway tasks; rely on automatic sleep-on-inactivity; split large efforts across parallel sessions rather than one long-running session with idle gaps.
- name: Accountability
  description: Enterprise admins set per-organization ACU consumption caps so a single team cannot exceed its allocated budget; self-serve teams monitor shared on-demand credit burn across full and flex seats.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com