aid: mlsgrid
name: MLS Grid FinOps Surface
description: FinOps alignment for MLS Grid. The MLS Grid commercial surface is private (negotiated per-vendor, per-MLS contracts). No public billing API exists. This file documents the FinOps-relevant attributes a data consumer should track internally.
specification: FinOps Framework / FOCUS 1.0 (aligned, not native)
billingModel:
  type: Subscription
  publicPricing: false
  contractTerm: Negotiated
  invoicing: Direct (MLS Grid)
costDimensions:
- dimension: Subscription
  description: Flat or tiered per-vendor subscription fee, negotiated.
  billingFrequency: Monthly
- dimension: PerMLS
  description: Some pricing arrangements scale by the number of participating MLSs included in the feed.
  billingFrequency: Monthly
- dimension: UseCase
  description: License terms differ across IDX, VOW, BO, and PT use cases. MlgCanUse on each record reflects what may be displayed.
  billingFrequency: Contract
usageSignals:
- name: Records Replicated
  source: MLS Grid account dashboard import status
  description: Count of records ingested per MLS per period.
- name: API Requests
  source: Client-side instrumentation
  description: Track against documented rate limits (2 RPS / 7,200 hr / 40,000 day).
- name: Data Volume Downloaded
  source: Client-side instrumentation
  description: Track against the 4 GB/hour cap; media downloads dominate.
reporting:
  publicAPI: false
  notes: No programmatic Usage API is publicly documented. Track usage via the MLS Grid web application dashboard and client-side metrics.