specification: API Commons FinOps
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/FinOps
provider: Digitail
providerId: digitail
created: '2026-07-04'
modified: '2026-07-04'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Veterinary
- PIMS
- FinOps
- Cost Management
description: >-
  Digitail's Open API is not usage-metered or separately billed. "Open API
  access" is bundled into the per-practice SaaS subscription (Mobile, Growth,
  Growth AI, Enterprise), so there is no per-call or per-token cost to forecast -
  API cost is subsumed by the practice's monthly plan. The relevant FinOps
  levers are therefore subscription-tier selection and staying within the
  operational 200 requests-per-minute rate limit rather than metered spend.
notes: >-
  No metered API pricing exists to model. FinOps attention centers on choosing
  the right per-practice tier and designing integrations to respect the
  200 req/min limit (pagination, caching, incremental sync) rather than
  controlling per-request spend.
sources:
- https://digitail.com/plans/
- https://documentation.digitail.io/
- https://digitail.com/api/access
model:
  billing: subscription
  apiMetered: false
  unit: per-practice subscription
  freeTier: false
  notes: >-
    API access is included with the subscription; no incremental API charges
    are published. Cost is driven by plan tier and number of practices/locations.
practices:
- name: Right-Size the Subscription Tier
  description: Match the plan (Mobile / Growth / Growth AI / Enterprise) to the practice's feature and location needs, since API access rides along with the subscription.
- name: Respect the Rate Limit
  description: Design integrations to stay within 200 requests/minute using pagination, incremental sync, and caching to avoid throttling rather than incurring cost.
- name: Reuse Tokens
  description: Reuse the long-lived bearer access token and refresh it rather than re-running the authorization flow, reducing auth overhead.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com