specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: MyShipTracking
providerId: myshiptracking
created: '2026-07-12'
modified: '2026-07-12'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Vessel Tracking
- AIS
- Maritime
- Real-Time Data
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of MyShipTracking API spend. Cost is driven by a credit meter:
  every successful call deducts credits by endpoint and response detail (1 for
  simple, 3 for extended, 5 per distinct date for history and port calls; no
  charge on empty results), capped at 500 credits per request. Credits come
  either from a monthly subscription allowance (Basic 50,000 / Standard 200,000 /
  Unlimited) billed in EUR, or from a pay-per-use "Coin Charge" balance.
  Subscription credits expire at the end of each billing period and do not roll
  over, so the primary optimization levers are choosing simple over extended
  responses, narrowing bounding boxes and date ranges, and right-sizing the plan
  to actual monthly credit burn.
notes: >-
  Subscription list prices captured 2026-07-12 (EUR, excl. VAT): Basic EUR 90,
  Standard EUR 185, Unlimited EUR 350 per month. Coin-package unit prices for the
  pay-per-use model are not published and are not reconciled here.
sources:
- https://api.myshiptracking.com/api-pricing
- https://api.myshiptracking.com/
- https://api.myshiptracking.com/docs/account-info
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
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: MyShipTracking
serviceCategory: Maritime and Location Data
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription and Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: EUR
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: MyShipTracking API
  ServiceCategory: Maritime and Location Data
  ProviderName: MyShipTracking
  PublisherName: MyShipTracking
  InvoiceIssuerName: MyShipTracking
  BillingCurrency: EUR
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Subscription and Usage-Based
meters:
- name: api_credits
  description: Credits deducted per call by endpoint and response detail (simple 1, extended 3, history/port-calls 5 per distinct date).
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - endpoint
  - response_detail
- name: vessels_returned
  description: Per-vessel credit charges on zone and nearby queries scale with the number of vessels returned.
  unit: records
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - endpoint
- name: distinct_dates
  description: History track and port-call queries are billed 5 credits per distinct date in the result set.
  unit: dates
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - endpoint
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track credit burn by endpoint and response detail via the Account Info endpoint (available_coins); watch monthly allowance depletion.
- name: Allocation
  description: Attribute credit spend to workloads by endpoint and response detail so extended/history-heavy consumers are identified.
- name: Optimization
  description: Prefer simple over extended responses, tighten bounding boxes and lookback windows, batch vessel lookups, and right-size the subscription tier to actual monthly credit usage since credits do not roll over.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner to the subscription; review monthly credit consumption against the plan allowance and against the 500-credit per-request cap.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com