specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
provider: NocoDB
providerId: nocodb
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'

billingModel:
  type: tiered-saas
  description: >-
    NocoDB charges a flat monthly fee per tier (cloud) or per licensed editor
    seat (self-hosted). Cloud plans include per-seat pricing capped at 9 editors
    regardless of actual headcount (pay-for-9-get-unlimited model). Usage is
    constrained by hard quotas (records, storage, API calls, automation runs)
    rather than billed on a metered pay-per-use basis. Overages are not billed;
    users must upgrade to the next tier.
  currency: USD
  billingFrequency: monthly
  annualDiscountAvailable: true

focusColumns:
  - ChargePeriodStart
  - ChargePeriodEnd
  - BilledCurrency
  - BilledCost
  - ListCost
  - ListUnitPrice
  - PricingUnit
  - PricingQuantity
  - ServiceName
  - ServiceCategory
  - ResourceType
  - UsageType
  - CommitmentDiscountType

meters:
  - name: editor-seats
    description: Number of editor seats billed in cloud Business/Scale/Plus plans
    unit: seat
    pricingModel: flat-cap
    notes: Capped at 9 billable seats regardless of actual editors on Plus and above

  - name: api-calls
    description: REST API calls consumed per calendar month
    unit: calls
    pricingModel: included-quota
    tiers:
      - plan: cloud-free
        includedUnits: 1000
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-plus
        includedUnits: 100000
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-business
        includedUnits: 1000000
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-scale
        includedUnits: 5000000
        overageAction: block

  - name: records
    description: Total number of active rows stored across all bases in the workspace
    unit: records
    pricingModel: included-quota
    tiers:
      - plan: cloud-free
        includedUnits: 1000
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-plus
        includedUnits: 50000
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-business
        includedUnits: 300000
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-scale
        includedUnits: 1000000
        overageAction: block

  - name: storage-gb
    description: Gigabytes of file attachment and media storage consumed
    unit: GB
    pricingModel: included-quota
    tiers:
      - plan: cloud-free
        includedUnits: 1
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-plus
        includedUnits: 20
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-business
        includedUnits: 100
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-scale
        includedUnits: 150
        overageAction: block

  - name: automation-runs
    description: Number of automation/webhook trigger executions per calendar month
    unit: runs
    pricingModel: included-quota
    tiers:
      - plan: cloud-free
        includedUnits: 100
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-plus
        includedUnits: 10000
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-business
        includedUnits: 50000
        overageAction: block
      - plan: cloud-scale
        includedUnits: 250000
        overageAction: block

principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: >-
      NocoDB does not expose granular usage dashboards via API; workspace admins
      can monitor record counts, storage, and API call usage from the cloud
      console. Self-hosted operators are responsible for their own observability
      stack.

  - name: Optimization
    description: >-
      Teams can reduce costs by choosing self-hosted Community (free, unlimited)
      for development/staging environments and using cloud plans only for
      production. The pay-for-9-get-unlimited model on Plus and above removes
      per-head cost growth for teams smaller than 9 editors.

  - name: Accountability
    description: >-
      Quotas are enforced as hard limits with no overage billing; workspaces
      are blocked from exceeding tier limits, making cost predictable. Annual
      billing provides ~20% discount over monthly pricing.