specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
provider: Inscribe
providerId: inscribe
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'

description: >
  Inscribe uses a custom enterprise pricing model negotiated per contract.
  Costs are driven primarily by document volume processed and the feature set
  enabled. No public per-unit pricing is disclosed; organizations should
  instrument their usage through API response metadata and webhook event counts
  to achieve cost visibility and optimize spend.

billingModel: custom-enterprise
pricingTransparency: low
contractType: annual

focusColumns:
  - column: BilledCost
    description: Annual contract value negotiated with Inscribe sales
    currency: USD
  - column: UsageQuantity
    description: Number of documents processed or API calls made per period
  - column: ServiceName
    description: Inscribe Document Fraud Detection API
  - column: SubServiceName
    description: >
      One of: Document Fraud Detection, Credit Insights, Transaction
      Enrichment, Collect, Open Banking
  - column: ResourceId
    description: Customer ID or document ID from Inscribe API response
  - column: Region
    description: Not applicable; Inscribe is a cloud SaaS with no region selection

meters:
  - name: DocumentsProcessed
    description: Count of documents uploaded and analyzed for fraud detection
    unit: document
    focusColumn: UsageQuantity
    trackingMethod: >
      Monitor POST /customers/{id}/documents responses (202 status) and
      webhook events to count documents processed per period
    costDriver: primary

  - name: ApiRequests
    description: Total HTTP requests to the Inscribe API base URL
    unit: request
    focusColumn: UsageQuantity
    trackingMethod: >
      Instrument API client to log all requests to api.inscribe.ai/api/v2;
      aggregate by endpoint and time period
    costDriver: secondary

  - name: CreditInsightsQueries
    description: Requests for credit analysis summaries including cashflow, income, and risk
    unit: query
    focusColumn: UsageQuantity
    trackingMethod: >
      Track calls to credit analysis endpoints per customer and bank account
    costDriver: secondary

  - name: TransactionEnrichmentCalls
    description: Transaction categorization and enrichment API calls
    unit: call
    focusColumn: UsageQuantity
    trackingMethod: >
      Monitor transaction listing and recategorization endpoint usage
    costDriver: secondary

principles:
  Visibility:
    description: >
      Inscribe does not expose per-call billing dashboards publicly. Teams
      should implement client-side usage logging against the base URL
      (api.inscribe.ai/api/v2), tracking document uploads, credit insight
      queries, and webhook event receipts to build an internal cost model.
    actions:
      - Log all API request counts by endpoint type
      - Track document processing volumes via webhook event counts
      - Review monthly usage against negotiated contract minimums
      - Use Inscribe's in-app support to request usage reports

  Optimization:
    description: >
      Reduce costs by batching documents where possible, using webhooks
      instead of polling to avoid redundant API calls, and staying within
      default rate limits to avoid overage discussions during renewal.
    actions:
      - Prefer webhook delivery over polling to reduce request volume
      - Upload documents in bulk sessions to minimize API round trips
      - Negotiate contract tiers based on actual measured monthly document volume
      - Request elevated rate limits only when integration patterns require it
      - Monitor 429 rate limit responses as a proxy for over-provisioned clients

medianAnnualCost:
  value: 24500
  currency: USD
  source: https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/inscribe
  rangeMin: 1000
  rangeMax: 59608