specification: FinOps Framework alignment (FOCUS-inspired)
specificationVersion: "0.1"
provider: factorial
name: Factorial FinOps Definition
description: >-
  FinOps view of the Factorial billing surface. Factorial is sold as a modular
  per-seat SaaS subscription with a published anchor of $8/user/month plus
  optional add-on modules priced on request. There is no public usage-metered
  pricing for the API itself; API access is included in the seat subscription.
billingModel: per-seat-subscription
currency: USD
chargeCategories:
  - id: subscription-core
    name: Core Subscription
    description: Per-user-per-month seat fee for Factorial Core.
    pricingMechanism: per-seat
    unit: user
    timeFrame: month
    publishedPrice: 8
  - id: subscription-addon
    name: Module Add-ons
    description: >-
      Time, Talent, Finance, and IT modules added on top of Core. Priced per
      user per module and quoted by Factorial sales.
    pricingMechanism: per-seat
    unit: user
    timeFrame: month
    publishedPrice: null
  - id: api-usage
    name: API Usage
    description: >-
      API access (OAuth2 and API keys) is bundled with the seat subscription;
      no per-request charges are published.
    pricingMechanism: included
    unit: request
    publishedPrice: 0
allocationDimensions:
  - companyId
  - legalEntityId
  - costCenterId
  - moduleId
  - userId
costRecoveryHooks:
  - apiSurface: /api/2026-04-01/resources/finance/cost-centers
    description: Cost centers in Factorial can be used to allocate Factorial license cost back to internal cost owners.
  - apiSurface: /api/2026-04-01/resources/finance/cost-center-memberships
    description: Per-employee cost center membership percentages enable splitting seat cost across cost centers.
practices:
  inform:
    - Tag licenses to cost centers via cost-center-memberships to enable showback.
    - Use the Reports surface in the Factorial console to view seat consumption per legal entity.
  optimize:
    - Deactivate seats for terminated employees promptly via the employee_terminated lifecycle.
    - Audit unused modules and renegotiate add-on bundles annually.
  operate:
    - Configure webhook subscriptions for employee_created and employee_terminated to keep downstream HRIS/finance systems aligned in real time.
sources:
  - https://factorialhr.com/pricing
  - https://apidoc.factorialhr.com/
updated: "2026-05-25"