specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
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/
provider: DataHub
providerId: datahub
publisherName: Acryl Data, Inc.
serviceCategory: Data Catalog
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: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Data Catalog
  - Data Governance
  - Open Source
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: 'FOCUS-aligned FinOps for DataHub: bifurcated billing model. DataHub Core is open
  source and produces no vendor invoice — cost is the underlying Kafka, Elasticsearch, and SQL
  infrastructure. DataHub Cloud is a managed subscription from Acryl Data sized by data scale and
  user count; per-unit prices are not public.'
sources:
  - https://datahub.com/
  - https://datahubproject.io/docs/
notes: No public per-unit pricing for DataHub Cloud; Core is OSS. Meters describe likely billable
  shape (assets cataloged, users, ingestion volume) but cannot be reconciled to a public price.
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription + Open Source
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Usage
    - Purchase
    - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: DataHub
  ServiceCategory: Data Catalog
  ServiceSubcategory: Metadata Management
  ProviderName: DataHub (Acryl Data)
  PublisherName: Acryl Data, Inc.
  InvoiceIssuerName: Acryl Data, Inc.
  PricingCategory: Subscription
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
meters:
  - name: catalog_assets
    description: Count of metadata entities (datasets, dashboards, ML models, etc.) cataloged in
      DataHub. Common scaling dimension for the Cloud SKU.
    unit: asset
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - environment
      - tenant
      - asset_type
  - name: active_users
    description: Active user count consuming DataHub UI and APIs.
    unit: seat
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - tenant
      - role
  - name: ingestion_events
    description: Metadata change events written through the emitter / CLI / Actions framework.
    unit: event
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - source
      - tenant
  - name: storage_gb
    description: Underlying storage for the metadata graph (Elasticsearch indices, Kafka retention,
      SQL primary store). Self-hosted operators see this on their cloud bill; Cloud customers see
      it as part of the subscription.
    unit: GB-month
    aggregation: avg
    dimensions:
      - backend
      - tenant
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: For DataHub Core, join Kafka / Elasticsearch / SQL cost from the underlying cloud
      provider. For DataHub Cloud, use the customer admin console for asset, user, and ingestion
      counts and join with the Acryl invoice.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag deployments by team and environment; allocate DataHub Core spend through the
      cloud provider's tag-driven cost report. For Cloud, attribute the contract by the originating
      data domain or platform team.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Prune unused or stale entities to keep asset counts under contractual ceilings,
      tune Elasticsearch shard sizing, and reduce ingestion frequency for slow-changing sources.
      Use scheduled rather than streaming ingestion where freshness allows.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Platform / data-engineering teams typically own the DataHub bill; downstream
      consumers should be assigned ownership of their entities so unused assets can be reaped.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com