specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Crunchbase
providerId: crunchbase-data
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Company Data
- Funding Data
- Web Intelligence
- B2B Data
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Crunchbase Data API spend. Crunchbase data is licensed, not
  metered on a public per-call rate: cost is driven by the license tier
  (Enterprise, Applications, or Basic) negotiated by contract, with enterprise
  agreements quoted on user count, API call volume, data-export frequency, and
  term. The dominant cost lever is the license itself rather than incremental
  API usage, though call volume and export frequency influence the negotiated
  price. There is no free full-API tier.
notes: >-
  Per-license fees are not published and are set by contract; enterprise
  data-licensing has historically started in the tens of thousands of dollars
  per year. Reconcile actual contract terms, included call volume, and any
  overage or export charges with Crunchbase.
sources:
- https://about.crunchbase.com/products/crunchbase-api/
- https://about.crunchbase.com/products/data-licensing/
- https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/using-the-api
- 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: Crunchbase
serviceCategory: Data and Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Crunchbase Data API
  ServiceCategory: Data and Analytics
  ProviderName: Crunchbase
  PublisherName: Crunchbase
  InvoiceIssuerName: Crunchbase
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription
meters:
- name: license_tier
  description: The contracted license (Enterprise, Applications, or Basic) that gates API scope and included volume.
  unit: contract
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: api_calls
  description: API calls made against the Data API, bounded by 200 calls/minute and the license's contracted allowance.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - endpoint
- name: data_export
  description: Volume / frequency of data exported under the license; a factor in enterprise pricing.
  unit: records
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - collection
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track API call volume against the 200/minute cap and the contracted allowance; monitor which collections and endpoints drive usage.
- name: Allocation
  description: Attribute the license fee and call volume to the teams and products consuming Crunchbase data (sales, research, enrichment).
- name: Optimization
  description: Use Autocomplete to resolve identifiers before expensive Search calls, select only needed field_ids, and poll Deleted Entities incrementally instead of re-fetching the whole graph.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign a license owner, review call volume against contract terms before renewal, and right-size the license tier to actual usage.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com