spec: FinOps Framework 1.0
focus: FOCUS-aligned
provider: LMNT
providerId: lmnt
created: 2026-06-12
modified: 2026-06-12
billingModel: subscription-plus-metered
description: >
  LMNT uses a subscription plus metered overage billing model. Each paid plan
  includes a monthly character allotment billed as a flat subscription fee.
  Characters consumed beyond the included allotment are billed at a per-1,000-
  character rate that decreases with higher-tier plans. The free tier provides
  15,000 characters monthly with no billing.
focusColumns:
  - name: ChargeCategory
    value: Usage
    description: Primary charge type is usage-based on characters synthesized.
  - name: ServiceName
    value: LMNT Speech API
  - name: ResourceType
    value: text-to-speech synthesis
  - name: BillingCurrency
    value: USD
  - name: ChargeFrequency
    value: Monthly
  - name: PricingUnit
    value: 1000 characters
meters:
  - name: Characters Synthesized
    unit: characters
    description: >
      Total number of text characters submitted for speech synthesis across all
      API calls within a billing period, including both included allotment and
      overage consumption.
    aggregation: sum
    period: month
    pricing:
      - plan: Free
        included: 15000
        overageRate: null
        overageUnit: null
      - plan: Indie
        included: 200000
        overageRate: 0.05
        overageUnit: per 1,000 characters
      - plan: Pro
        included: 1250000
        overageRate: 0.045
        overageUnit: per 1,000 characters
      - plan: Premium
        included: 5700000
        overageRate: 0.035
        overageUnit: per 1,000 characters
      - plan: Enterprise
        included: custom
        overageRate: custom
        overageUnit: negotiated
principles:
  - name: Understand Usage
    description: >
      Monitor character consumption via the LMNT usage dashboard at
      app.lmnt.com to track spend against included allotments and anticipate
      overage billing.
  - name: Optimize Rates
    description: >
      Upgrade to higher subscription tiers to reduce per-character overage
      costs; the overage rate drops from $0.05/1K on Indie to $0.035/1K on
      Premium, providing meaningful savings at scale.
  - name: Rightsize Subscriptions
    description: >
      Choose the subscription tier whose included character volume matches
      average monthly usage to minimize both over-provisioning and overage costs.
  - name: Track Requests
    description: >
      Leverage the request-id response header (API v1.1+) for per-request cost
      attribution and troubleshooting in multi-tenant or high-volume environments.