specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Gcore
providerId: gcore
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Edge Cloud
- CDN
- Streaming
- Edge AI
- Infrastructure
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Gcore platform spend. Gcore bills each service on its own
  usage model: CDN and Streaming on delivered traffic (per GB, regional);
  Cloud compute per instance hour with GPU billed per second; Object Storage
  per GB-hour stored; DNS per query volume / plan; Everywhere Inference per
  second of compute; FastEdge per invocation/compute. Spend is best managed by
  tagging API keys and projects per workload and mapping each metered service
  to an internal cost center.
notes: >-
  Per-unit rates vary by region and service and are subject to change; verify
  against the relevant Gcore pricing pages during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://gcore.com/pricing
- https://gcore.com/pricing/cloud
- https://gcore.com/pricing/cdn
- https://gcore.com/docs/api-reference/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: Gcore
serviceCategory: Compute and Networking
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Gcore Edge Cloud
  ServiceCategory: Compute and Networking
  ProviderName: Gcore
  PublisherName: Gcore
  InvoiceIssuerName: Gcore
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
meters:
- name: cdn_traffic_gb
  description: CDN delivered traffic billed per GB by regional tier.
  unit: gigabytes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - resource
  - region
- name: streaming_traffic_gb
  description: Streaming (VOD/live) delivered traffic billed per GB.
  unit: gigabytes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - region
- name: cloud_instance_hours
  description: Virtual machine instance hours billed by flavor and region.
  unit: hours
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - project
  - region
  - flavor
- name: cloud_gpu_seconds
  description: GPU compute billed per second of usage.
  unit: seconds
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - project
  - region
  - flavor
- name: storage_gb_hours
  description: Object storage billed per GB-hour of data stored over the month.
  unit: gb_hours
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - location
- name: dns_queries
  description: Managed DNS queries billed per million by plan.
  unit: queries
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - zone
- name: inference_compute_seconds
  description: Everywhere Inference compute billed per second by flavor.
  unit: seconds
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - project
  - deployment
- name: fastedge_invocations
  description: FastEdge serverless invocations billed per million.
  unit: invocations
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - app
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Pull Gcore usage/billing per service; inspect traffic GB, instance hours, GPU seconds, and stored GB-hours by region.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag API keys and projects per workload/team; map each metered service to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Lean on cached CDN egress (no extra origin egress charge); right-size instances and volume types; use per-second GPU/inference billing to avoid idle GPU spend; pick the cheapest viable region tier.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign owners per project/key; review per-service spend monthly against budget.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com