specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
provider: Inkit
providerId: inkit
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'

billingModel: hybrid
description: >
  Inkit uses a hybrid billing model combining per-seat subscription pricing for lower tiers
  and usage-based metered billing for API automations and workflow invocations on the Enterprise
  plan. Seat-based tiers (Free, Personal, Standard) are billed monthly or annually. Enterprise
  customers are billed based on actual API and workflow consumption.

focusColumns:
  - ChargeType
  - ServiceName
  - ResourceType
  - UsageQuantity
  - UsageUnit
  - BilledCost
  - BillingCurrency
  - BillingPeriodStart
  - BillingPeriodEnd
  - ProviderName
  - ServiceCategory

meters:
  - name: api_requests
    unit: request
    description: Per-API-call charge for REST API invocations on the Enterprise plan
    chargeType: UsageBased
    serviceCategory: Developer Tools
    resourceType: API Call

  - name: workflow_invocations
    unit: invocation
    description: Per-workflow-launch charge for automated document routing and processing
    chargeType: UsageBased
    serviceCategory: Workflow Automation
    resourceType: Workflow Invocation

  - name: document_generation
    unit: document
    description: Per-document charge for rendering templates into PDF output
    chargeType: UsageBased
    serviceCategory: Document Generation
    resourceType: Generated Document

  - name: digital_signatures
    unit: signature_request
    description: Digital signature requests; unlimited on paid plans
    chargeType: Included
    serviceCategory: Document Management
    resourceType: Signature Request

  - name: storage
    unit: GB-month
    description: Cloud storage consumed by generated and uploaded documents
    chargeType: Included
    serviceCategory: Storage
    resourceType: Document Storage

  - name: user_seat
    unit: seat-month
    description: Per-user-per-month seat license for Personal and Standard plans
    chargeType: Subscription
    serviceCategory: Platform Access
    resourceType: User Seat

principles:
  Visibility:
    description: >
      Enterprise customers should monitor API request volume, workflow invocation counts,
      and document generation throughput via dashboard analytics. Audit logs provide
      immutable records of all document operations for cost attribution and compliance.
    recommendations:
      - Tag API calls by team or application to allocate costs across business units
      - Use batch workflow endpoints to reduce per-invocation charges
      - Monitor the 300 req/min rate limit to avoid throttled retries that inflate usage

  Optimization:
    description: >
      Optimize Inkit spend by selecting the appropriate plan tier, batching document
      generation requests, and leveraging template reuse to minimize per-document costs.
    recommendations:
      - Use /invoke/batch endpoint for bulk document generation to reduce overhead
      - Annual billing on Personal and Standard plans reduces per-seat cost by ~25%
      - Evaluate actual API usage before committing to Enterprise to right-size the contract
      - Reuse templates across document types to minimize template management overhead