name: Nylas API FinOps
specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
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/
provider: Nylas
providerId: nylas
publisherName: Nylas
serviceCategory: API
created: '2026-05-04'
method: provider-published
modified: '2026-08-20'
tags:
- Calendar
- Communication
- Contacts
- Email
- Messaging
- Scheduling
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps framework mapping for the Nylas v3 platform, aligned to FOCUS. Corrects a generated scaffold
  that modelled Nylas as a per-API-request platform with a "request" pricing unit and meters for billable
  API requests and compute-seconds. Nylas does not meter API requests and does not bill compute time.
  Billing is a monthly plan fee plus usage overage on connected accounts, Agent Accounts, storage,
  bandwidth, outgoing email and Notetaker minutes. See plans/nylas-plans-pricing.yml.
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: >-
    Make API consumption costs visible to engineering, product, and finance teams in near real-time.
- name: Allocation
  description: >-
    Tag every chargeable API call with the consuming team, environment, application, and feature so
    cost can be allocated.
- name: Optimization
  description: >-
    Continuously evaluate request patterns, caching, batching, and tier selection to reduce cost per
    useful unit of work.
- name: Accountability
  description: Establish budget owners and chargeback or showback flows for each consuming team.
domains:
- name: Understand Usage and Cost
  capabilities:
  - Data Ingestion
  - Allocation
  - Reporting and Analytics
  - Anomaly Management
- name: Quantify Business Value
  capabilities:
  - Planning and Estimating
  - Forecasting
  - Budgeting
  - Benchmarking
  - Unit Economics
- name: Optimize Usage and Cost
  capabilities:
  - Architecting for Cloud
  - Rate Optimization
  - Workload Optimization
  - Cloud Sustainability
  - Licensing and SaaS
- name: Manage the FinOps Practice
  capabilities:
  - FinOps Practice Operations
  - FinOps Education and Enablement
  - Invoicing and Chargeback
  - Onboarding Workloads
  - Intersecting Disciplines
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription plus usage overage
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Tax
  - Credit
  - Adjustment
  chargeFrequency: Recurring
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Nylas
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools / API
  ProviderName: Nylas
  PublisherName: Nylas
  InvoiceIssuerName: Nylas
  PricingCategory: Subscription plus usage overage
  PricingUnit: connected account, Agent Account, GB, outgoing email, Notetaker minute
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
meters:
- name: connected_accounts
  description: Connected mailboxes and calendars beyond the plan allowance
  unit: connected account
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - plan
  - region
  - grant
- name: agent_accounts
  description: Nylas-hosted Agent Account mailboxes beyond the plan allowance
  unit: agent account
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - plan
  - region
- name: storage
  description: Stored data beyond the plan allowance
  unit: GB
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - plan
  - region
- name: bandwidth
  description: Data transferred beyond the plan allowance
  unit: GB
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - plan
  - region
- name: outgoing_email
  description: Outgoing messages sent beyond the plan allowance
  unit: message
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - plan
  - grant
- name: notetaker_minutes
  description: Meeting notetaker time beyond the plan allowance
  unit: minute
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - plan
  - grant
apis:
- name: Nylas API
  baseURL: https://api.us.nylas.com
  tags:
  - Calendar
  - Communication
  - Contacts
  - Email
  - Messaging
  - Scheduling
  serviceName: Nylas API
  serviceCategory: API
unitEconomics:
- name: Cost per connected account
  metric: billed_cost / connected_accounts
  target: TBD
- name: Cost per Agent Account
  metric: billed_cost / agent_accounts
  target: TBD
- name: Cost per Notetaker hour
  metric: billed_cost / (notetaker_minutes / 60)
  target: TBD
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
authored_by: Nylas
source: https://www.nylas.com/pricing/
notes: >-
  There is no per-API-request charge and no compute-time charge on any plan. Rate limits exist but
  are not a billing dimension and do not vary by plan; see rate-limits/nylas-rate-limits.yml. This
  artifact describes how Nylas bills, for cost-allocation purposes. It is not an API description,
  and Nylas publishes no programmatic surface for reading usage or cost. See programmaticAccess above.
programmaticAccess:
  usageApi: false
  billingApi: false
  invoiceApi: false
  evidence: >-
    The Nylas v3 contract exposes no usage, billing, invoice, cost or subscription operation: 0 of
    208. The meters below describe what Nylas bills on, not endpoints that return meter data. Cost
    and usage figures are read from the Nylas Dashboard and from invoices, not through the API.
  docs: https://developer.nylas.com/docs/support/billing/