specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Nacelle
providerId: nacelle
created: '2026-07-01'
modified: '2026-07-01'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Commerce
- Headless Commerce
- GraphQL
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Nacelle spend. Nacelle is sold as an enterprise, sales-quoted
  SaaS subscription rather than a usage-metered API. Cost is a committed platform
  contract, historically scaled by catalog size, request/traffic volume, number
  of connected data sources, and number of Spaces. There is no public per-request
  or per-token rate card for the Storefront GraphQL API, so cost management is
  about right-sizing the contract and controlling indexing / traffic drivers.
notes: >-
  Nacelle was not acquired; it remained independent and pivoted toward an AI
  personalization engine. The headless-commerce Storefront/Admin API is a legacy
  / maintenance-mode product. Meters below are modeling constructs for internal
  showback, not Nacelle-published billing dimensions.
sources:
- https://nacelle.com/
- https://docs.nacelle.com/
- 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: Nacelle
serviceCategory: Commerce and Content Infrastructure
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription-Based
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Nacelle Headless Commerce Platform
  ServiceCategory: Commerce and Content Infrastructure
  ProviderName: Nacelle
  PublisherName: Nacelle
  InvoiceIssuerName: Nacelle
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription-Based
meters:
- name: platform_subscription
  description: Committed annual platform subscription for the Nacelle contract.
  unit: contract
  aggregation: flat
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: spaces
  description: Number of Nacelle Spaces provisioned under the account.
  unit: spaces
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: storefront_requests
  description: Storefront GraphQL API request volume (a cost/traffic driver in contract sizing).
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - space
- name: indexed_entries
  description: Count of indexed product / collection / content entries per space.
  unit: entries
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - space
  - entryType
- name: data_sources
  description: Number of connected data sources (Shopify, CMS) feeding the index.
  unit: sources
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - space
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track Storefront request volume and indexed-entry counts per space against contract assumptions.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map Spaces and data sources to internal brands / teams / cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Lean on APQ / CDN edge caching to cut origin traffic; prune stale indexed entries and unused data sources; consolidate Spaces where possible.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner per Space; review request and index growth before contract renewal to right-size the commitment.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com