specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: LangWatch
providerId: langwatch
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - FinOps
  - LLM Observability
  - Cost Management
  - FOCUS
description: >-
  FOCUS-aligned FinOps definition for the LangWatch Cloud offering. Two
  primary billing dimensions — a per-core-seat subscription (Growth plan) and
  metered event ingestion overage — plus an optional extended-retention
  storage dimension. Self-hosted deployments incur infrastructure cost but
  no software license cost on the Apache-2.0 core.
sources:
  - https://langwatch.ai/pricing
  - https://langwatch.ai/docs/self-hosting/overview
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: LangWatch
serviceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription + Usage-Based
  pricingUnits:
    - core seat / month
    - event ingested
    - GB-month of extended retention
  billingCurrency:
    - EUR
    - USD
  invoiceFrequency: Monthly
  marketplaceChannels:
    - LangWatch direct
    - AWS Marketplace (Enterprise)
    - Google Cloud Marketplace (Enterprise)
    - Azure Marketplace (Enterprise)
costDimensions:
  - id: core-seat
    label: Core seat subscription
    metric: seat
    unitPrice: 59
    unitCurrency: EUR
    period: month
    description: Growth-plan per-core-seat subscription; volume discount above 20 seats.
  - id: events
    label: Event ingestion overage
    metric: events
    unitPrice: 0.0005
    unitCurrency: EUR
    description: >-
      Growth-plan per-event price beyond the included 200,000 events per month.
      Developer plan has a hard 50,000-event quota with no overage option.
  - id: extended-retention
    label: Extended retention storage
    metric: GB
    unitPrice: 3
    unitCurrency: EUR
    period: month
    description: Per-GB storage for retention beyond the included 30 days.
  - id: enterprise-custom
    label: Enterprise custom
    metric: contract
    unitPrice: null
    unitCurrency: USD
    description: Custom contract terms with SLAs, audit logs, and dedicated support.
focusMapping:
  ServiceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
  ServiceSubcategory: LLM Observability and Evaluation
  ChargeCategory:
    - Usage
    - Purchase
  PricingUnit:
    - Seat
    - Event
    - GB-Month
  CommitmentDiscountStatus: Available above 20 seats
governance:
  budgets:
    supported: true
    api: /api/gateway/v1/budgets
    description: Per-virtual-key and per-project spend caps configurable via the AI Gateway.
  cacheRules:
    supported: true
    api: /api/gateway/v1/cache-rules
    description: Semantic cache rules reduce upstream provider spend.
  usageReporting:
    supported: true
    surface: LangWatch Dashboards and Analytics API