specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Forter
providerId: forter
created: '2026-07-12'
modified: '2026-07-12'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Fraud Prevention
- Identity
- Payments
- E-commerce
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Forter spend. Forter is an enterprise, contact-sales fraud
  prevention and identity platform; there is no public price list or usage-based
  self-service billing for the Decision API. Cost is governed by a negotiated
  enterprise contract, commonly structured around protected transaction / order
  volume and the set of enabled products (fraud management, chargeback recovery,
  abuse prevention, payment optimization, identity protection). Because pricing
  is bespoke and not published, the meters and per-unit rates below are modeled
  cost dimensions for allocation, not reconciled figures.
notes: >-
  Per-unit rates are not reconciled; obtain them from your Forter agreement.
  Some Forter commercial models are performance-aligned (for example, chargeback
  recovery is often tied to recovered/guaranteed chargebacks) - confirm the
  billing basis for each enabled product with Forter.
sources:
- https://www.forter.com/
- https://www.forter.com/platform/
- https://docs.forter.com/docs/api-overview
- 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: Forter
serviceCategory: Fraud Prevention and Identity
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Contract-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Forter Decision API
  ServiceCategory: Fraud Prevention and Identity
  ProviderName: Forter
  PublisherName: Forter
  InvoiceIssuerName: Forter
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Contract-Based
meters:
- name: protected_transactions
  description: Orders / transactions submitted to Forter for a decision - a common commercial basis.
  unit: transactions
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - site
- name: enabled_products
  description: Set of Forter product modules enabled under the contract (fraud, chargeback recovery, abuse, payment optimization, identity).
  unit: modules
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: recovered_chargebacks
  description: Chargebacks recovered or guaranteed - a performance-aligned dimension for chargeback recovery products.
  unit: chargebacks
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track protected transaction volume per site and the set of enabled products against the contract.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map site IDs to business units / brands so decision volume and product costs map to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Enable only the products in use; scope integrations (orders, accounts, disputes) to the flows that need decisions.
- name: Accountability
  description: Review transaction volume and any performance-aligned charges (for example recovered chargebacks) against the negotiated agreement each billing period.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com