specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
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/
provider: Misskey
providerId: misskey
publisherName: Misskey
serviceCategory: API
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
tags:
  - Open-Source
  - Social Networks
  - Fediverse
  - FinOps
  - Cost Management
  - FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps framework definition for the Misskey API surface. Misskey is AGPL-3.0
  open-source software with no per-request licensing cost. Cost centres for Misskey
  deployments are infrastructure (compute, storage, bandwidth) and optionally managed
  hosting subscription fees. This document provides a FOCUS-aligned mapping for cost
  allocation, usage measurement, and unit-economics reporting for teams consuming
  or operating the Misskey API.
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: >-
      Make infrastructure and API consumption costs visible to engineering, product,
      and finance teams in near real-time, distinguishing software (free) from
      hosting costs.
  - name: Allocation
    description: >-
      Tag every chargeable infrastructure resource with the consuming team,
      environment, application, and feature so cost can be allocated accurately.
  - name: Optimization
    description: >-
      Continuously evaluate request patterns, caching, streaming subscriptions, and
      instance sizing to reduce cost per useful unit of work.
  - name: Accountability
    description: >-
      Establish budget owners and chargeback or showback flows for each consuming
      team or application integrating with the Misskey API.
domains:
  - name: Understand Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Data Ingestion
      - Allocation
      - Reporting and Analytics
      - Anomaly Management
  - name: Quantify Business Value
    capabilities:
      - Planning and Estimating
      - Forecasting
      - Budgeting
      - Benchmarking
      - Unit Economics
  - name: Optimize Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Architecting for Cloud
      - Rate Optimization
      - Workload Optimization
      - Cloud Sustainability
      - Licensing and SaaS
  - name: Manage the FinOps Practice
    capabilities:
      - FinOps Practice Operations
      - FinOps Education and Enablement
      - Invoicing and Chargeback
      - Onboarding Workloads
      - Intersecting Disciplines
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Infrastructure-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Usage
    - Purchase
    - Tax
    - Credit
    - Adjustment
  chargeFrequency: Recurring
  notes: >-
    Misskey software is free (AGPL-3.0). Billing arises from hosting infrastructure
    (VPS, object storage, CDN, email relay) or managed hosting subscriptions from
    third-party providers such as Elestio.
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Misskey
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools / API
  ProviderName: Misskey
  PublisherName: Misskey Project (misskey-dev)
  InvoiceIssuerName: Infrastructure / Hosting Provider
  PricingCategory: Infrastructure-Based
  PricingUnit: request
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
meters:
  - name: api_requests
    description: Count of API requests processed by the Misskey instance
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - endpoint
      - tier
      - region
      - consumer
  - name: data_egress
    description: Bytes returned over the network in API responses and media delivery
    unit: GB
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - region
      - consumer
  - name: drive_storage
    description: Object storage consumed by user-uploaded media files in the Misskey drive
    unit: GB
    aggregation: avg
    dimensions:
      - region
      - consumer
  - name: federation_deliveries
    description: ActivityPub delivery jobs dispatched to remote instances
    unit: job
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - remote_instance
      - region
  - name: compute_seconds
    description: Server-side compute consumed by API requests
    unit: second
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - endpoint
      - tier
apis:
  - name: Misskey API
    baseURL: https://{instance-domain}/api
    tags:
      - Social Networks
      - Fediverse
      - ActivityPub
    serviceName: Misskey API
    serviceCategory: API
unitEconomics:
  - name: Cost per 1K API Requests
    metric: infrastructure_cost / (api_requests / 1000)
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per Active User
    metric: infrastructure_cost / active_users
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per GB Egress
    metric: egress_cost / data_egress_gb
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per Federation Delivery
    metric: compute_cost / federation_deliveries
    target: TBD
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com