finops:
  - name: Fatcat API Cost Profile
    description: Fatcat is a free, open scholarly infrastructure project with no monetization or API pricing. It is operated by the Internet Archive and has received funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support perpetual access to the scholarly record.
    url: https://fatcat.wiki/about
    costModel: free
    pricingTiers: []
    costDrivers:
      - name: API Calls
        description: No cost per API call. All endpoints are freely accessible.
        unitCost: 0.00
        currency: USD
    budgetConsiderations:
      - No usage-based costs for API consumption
      - No authentication costs; editor accounts are free via OAuth2 providers
      - Bulk data access recommended via public metadata dumps to minimize API load
      - Service funded by Internet Archive and grant funding, not user fees
    funding:
      - funder: Internet Archive
        url: https://archive.org/
      - funder: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
        url: https://mellon.org/
        purpose: Capture long-tail open access works on the public web