generated: '2026-08-19'
method: derived
source: Derived from plans/nus-plans-pricing.yml and the 2026-08-19 university pipeline probe sweep; NUS
  publishes no API billing of any kind.
specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: National University of Singapore
providerId: nus
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-08-19'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- FinOps
- FOCUS
description: FinOps profile for National University of Singapore. As a non-commercial higher-education
  institution, its APIs carry no usage-based billing; there is no invoiced cost to allocate or optimize.
  FinOps relevance is limited to the institution's own internal cloud/infrastructure cost management,
  which is not publicly disclosed.
notes: No public usage-based API billing exists anywhere in the NUS estate. Access to gated NUS APIs is
  granted on institutional affiliation, not purchase, so there is no invoiced API cost to allocate or
  optimise.
sources:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- https://www.finops.org/framework/
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: National University of Singapore
serviceCategory: Education
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Free / Non-Commercial
  billingFrequency: None
  billingCurrency: N/A
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: National University of Singapore APIs
  ServiceCategory: Education
  ProviderName: National University of Singapore
  PublisherName: National University of Singapore
  BillingCurrency: N/A
  ChargeCategory: Usage
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: No external API invoicing; internal infrastructure cost is managed by the institution.
- name: Allocation
  description: Not applicable - no chargeable API spend to attribute.
- name: Optimization
  description: Harvest open endpoints efficiently to reduce load on institutional infrastructure.
- name: Accountability
  description: Respect terms of use and non-commercial conditions on open data.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com