name: NearBlocks Explorer API FinOps
description: Financial operations guidance for NearBlocks NEAR Protocol explorer REST API. Plans are billed monthly via Stripe. Payments are non-refundable and accounts activate instantly upon payment.
url: https://nearblocks.io/apis
finops:

  billing:
    model: subscription
    period: monthly
    payment_methods:
      - VISA
      - Mastercard
    processor: Stripe
    activation: instant
    renewal: automatic
    refund_policy: non-refundable

  cost_management:
    - strategy: Start on Free plan during development and testing
      note: Free plan requires attribution but has no cost
    - strategy: Monitor daily call usage against plan quota
      note: Free plan caps at 333 calls/day; exceeding requires upgrade
    - strategy: Upgrade to Startup plan for production APIs with moderate traffic
      note: Startup plan at $67.15/mo supports 500,000 calls/month
    - strategy: Evaluate per-call cost across plans before scaling
      note: |
        Cost per 1,000 calls:
          Free:         $0.00 (attribution required)
          Startup:      $0.13
          Standard:     $0.068
          Professional: $0.068
          Enterprise:   negotiated
    - strategy: Enterprise plan for large-scale or SLA-required deployments
      note: Contact NearBlocks directly for custom pricing and SLA terms

  plans_summary:
    - plan: Free
      monthly_cost_usd: 0.00
      monthly_calls: 10000
      cost_per_1k_calls_usd: 0.00

    - plan: Startup
      monthly_cost_usd: 67.15
      monthly_calls: 500000
      cost_per_1k_calls_usd: 0.13

    - plan: Standard
      monthly_cost_usd: 254.15
      monthly_calls: 3750000
      cost_per_1k_calls_usd: 0.068

    - plan: Professional
      monthly_cost_usd: 764.15
      monthly_calls: 11250000
      cost_per_1k_calls_usd: 0.068

    - plan: Enterprise
      monthly_cost_usd: custom
      monthly_calls: custom
      cost_per_1k_calls_usd: custom