specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Explorium
providerId: explorium
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Data Enrichment
- B2B Data
- Web Intelligence
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Explorium AgentSource spend. Explorium bills through a single
  prepaid credit pool consumed by every action - business and prospect match,
  fetch, stats, autocomplete, single and bulk enrichment, and event tracking -
  across both the REST API and the AgentSource MCP server. A free 100-credit
  developer tier seeds evaluation; production spend is prepaid credit packages
  or a custom enterprise agreement. Because one pool spans all surfaces, cost
  control is about which actions are invoked and how many records each call
  touches rather than per-endpoint invoices.
notes: >-
  Per-credit rates and package sizes are set in the Explorium admin portal and
  not reconciled here. The dominant cost drivers are enrichment volume (each
  enriched record consumes credits) and event/monitoring usage; matching and
  stats calls are typically cheaper reconnaissance steps.
sources:
- https://www.explorium.ai/
- https://developers.explorium.ai/reference/credits/credit_plans
- 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: Explorium
serviceCategory: Data and Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Prepaid
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Explorium AgentSource
  ServiceCategory: Data and Analytics
  ProviderName: Explorium
  PublisherName: Explorium
  InvoiceIssuerName: Explorium
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
meters:
- name: credits
  description: Shared credit units consumed by every API action; the primary billing meter.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - action
  - dataset
- name: enrichment_records
  description: Records enriched via single or bulk enrichment endpoints; each consumes credits.
  unit: records
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - enrichment_type
- name: event_lookups
  description: Business and prospect event fetches and monitored enrollments drawing credits.
  unit: lookups
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - event_type
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track credit burn via GET /v1/credits and attribute it to the actions and datasets that consume it.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag workflows (prospecting, enrichment, monitoring) so credit consumption maps to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Use stats before large fetches, match once and cache business_id / prospect_id, batch up to 50 records per call, and enrich only needed fields to reduce credit spend.
- name: Accountability
  description: Review prepaid credit balance and expiry against forecasted volume before topping up or moving to enterprise terms.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com