specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Formbricks
providerId: formbricks
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Surveys
- Experience Management
- Feedback
- Forms
- Open Source
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Formbricks spend. Formbricks Cloud bills a flat monthly
  subscription per plan (Hobby free, Pro, Scale) with a bundled monthly
  response allowance and per-workspace and per-feature gating; Enterprise is a
  negotiated contract. The open-source Community Edition has no license fee
  (AGPLv3) and shifts cost to self-hosted infrastructure (compute, database,
  object storage, and operations). The primary cost driver on Cloud is the
  monthly response volume relative to plan tier.
notes: >-
  Subscription prices and response allowances are subject to change; verify
  against the Formbricks pricing page during reconciliation. Self-hosted cost
  is infrastructure-and-ops driven, not a Formbricks invoice.
sources:
- https://formbricks.com/pricing
- https://formbricks.com/docs
- https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks
- 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: Formbricks
serviceCategory: Analytics and Experience Management
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Formbricks Cloud
  ServiceCategory: Analytics and Experience Management
  ProviderName: Formbricks
  PublisherName: Formbricks
  InvoiceIssuerName: Formbricks
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription-Based
meters:
- name: plan_subscription
  description: Flat monthly subscription fee for the active Cloud plan (Pro, Scale).
  unit: months
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
- name: monthly_responses
  description: Survey responses collected in the billing month, measured against the plan allowance.
  unit: responses
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - survey
  - environment
- name: workspaces
  description: Workspaces in use, capped per plan (1 Hobby, 3 Pro, 5 Scale).
  unit: workspaces
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: contacts
  description: Identified contacts under management, used for segmentation on paid plans.
  unit: contacts
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - account
  - environment
- name: self_hosted_infrastructure
  description: Compute, database, and object-storage cost of operating the self-hosted Community Edition.
  unit: hours
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - deployment
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track monthly response volume per environment against the plan allowance to anticipate overage or upgrade triggers.
- name: Allocation
  description: Use workspaces and environments to map survey programs to teams and cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Self-host the AGPLv3 Community Edition for high-volume, cost-sensitive use; on Cloud, right-size the plan to actual monthly response volume and consolidate workspaces.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign owners per workspace/survey program and review response volume and plan fit monthly against budget.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com