specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: GameAnalytics
providerId: gameanalytics
created: '2026-07-01'
modified: '2026-07-01'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Analytics
- Games
- Gaming
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of GameAnalytics spend. Core game analytics - event collection via
  the Collection API, dashboards, retention, funnels, and monetization/ads
  reporting - is free. Cost is incurred through the PipelineIQ product line:
  programmatic Metrics API access, the Organization API, and raw Data Export
  streaming of JSON events to the customer's own cloud, priced by data volume
  and features and quoted by sales. Downstream cloud storage and warehouse costs
  (AWS S3, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage) accrue in the customer's own
  cloud account, not on a GameAnalytics invoice.
notes: >-
  GameAnalytics does not publish fixed per-event or per-query list prices for
  PipelineIQ; model spend from the negotiated contract and from the customer's
  own cloud egress/storage/warehouse bills for Data Export. Verify packaging
  during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://gameanalytics.com/pricing/
- https://www.gameanalytics.com/pipelineiq
- https://www.gameanalytics.com/pipelineiq/data-export
- 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: GameAnalytics
serviceCategory: Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: GameAnalytics
  ServiceCategory: Analytics
  ProviderName: GameAnalytics
  PublisherName: GameAnalytics
  InvoiceIssuerName: GameAnalytics
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Subscription
meters:
- name: collected_events
  description: Game events ingested via the Collection API or SDKs. Free on the core platform.
  unit: events
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - game
  - platform
- name: metrics_api_queries
  description: Aggregated metric queries against the Metrics API (PipelineIQ).
  unit: queries
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - game
  - metric
- name: exported_events
  description: Raw JSON events streamed out via Data Export (PipelineIQ) to the customer's cloud.
  unit: events
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - game
  - destination
- name: customer_cloud_storage
  description: Storage and warehouse cost for exported events, billed by the customer's own cloud provider (S3, BigQuery, GCS).
  unit: gigabytes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - destination
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Separate the free GameAnalytics platform usage from paid PipelineIQ contract spend and from downstream cloud storage/warehouse bills.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag games/studios and Data Export destinations to internal cost centers; attribute cloud-side costs back to the exporting game.
- name: Optimization
  description: Stay on the free tier where dashboards suffice; scope Data Export to needed event types and destinations; batch and gzip collection traffic; right-size warehouse ingestion.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign owners per game/pipeline; review PipelineIQ contract utilization and cloud egress/storage monthly against budget.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com