name: DISCO FinOps and Cost Management
description: Financial operations guidance for managing DISCO eDiscovery API and platform costs.
url: https://csdisco.com/offerings/ediscovery/pricing

cost-model:
  type: per-gb-hosted
  unit: gigabyte
  scope: processed-data-in-active-review-and-eca
  variable-factors:
    - data-volume-ingested
    - deduplication-applied
    - hosting-duration

cost-controls:
  - name: Deduplication at Ingest
    description: >
      Enable global or family-level deduplication during ingestion to avoid
      being charged for duplicate data. Reduces hosted GB and corresponding cost.
    impact: reduces-billable-gb

  - name: Data Usage API Monitoring
    description: >
      Use the DISCO API datasets and metrics endpoints to track data-usage change
      events (INGEST, PROMOTION, CULL) and review database sizes over time.
      Enables programmatic cost visibility and anomaly detection.
    endpoints:
      - POST /datasets/data-usage-changes
      - POST /metrics/metric-reviewdb-size
    use-cases:
      - invoice-reconciliation
      - anomaly-detection
      - subscription-cap-management
      - monthly-budget-tracking

  - name: Subscription Cap Management
    description: >
      Monitor hosted GB against any contracted subscription cap to avoid
      overage charges. Use the API to automate alerts when approaching limits.

  - name: Culling Before Hosting
    description: >
      Apply filters, date ranges, and keyword searches during ECA to cull
      irrelevant data before promoting to Active Review, minimizing hosted GB.

api-finops:
  rate-limit: 100 requests/minute/organization
  cost: included-with-platform
  key-contact: developers@csdisco.com
  budget-alerts: available-via-api-monitoring

contact:
  sales: info@csdisco.com
  phone: 833-653-4726
  developers: developers@csdisco.com