name: Pantheon FinOps
description: >-
  Financial operations guidance for teams using the Pantheon WebOps platform.
  Costs on Pantheon break into two independent dimensions: Workspace Plans
  (team/organization features) and Site Plans (per-site capacity). Understanding
  both is essential for accurate budget forecasting, especially for agencies and
  enterprises managing large site portfolios.
url: https://pantheon.io/plans/pricing

cost_model:
  type: Two-dimensional subscription
  billing_cycles:
    - monthly
    - annual (discounted)
  dimensions:
    - name: Workspace Plan
      description: >-
        Controls team features, support tier, and organization-level capabilities.
        One workspace plan covers all sites in that workspace.
      tiers:
        - Silver: Free
        - Gold: $500/month or $6,000/year
        - Platinum: Custom
        - Diamond: Custom

    - name: Site Plan
      description: >-
        Per-site capacity plan controlling traffic, app containers, and custom
        domain limits. Each live site requires its own plan.
      tiers:
        - Basic: $55/month or $500/year
        - Performance Small: $200/month or $1,925/year
        - Performance Medium: $350/month or $3,300/year
        - Performance Large: $700/month or $6,600/year
        - Performance XL: $1,150/month or $11,000/year
        - Elite: Custom

cost_optimization:
  - strategy: Annual billing
    description: >-
      All site plans and Gold workspace plans offer significant savings on
      annual versus monthly billing. Performance Small annual ($1,925/yr)
      saves ~$475 vs. monthly ($2,400/yr).
    savings_estimate: 10–20% vs monthly billing

  - strategy: Sandbox sites for development
    description: >-
      Sandbox sites (included in all workspace plans) do not require a paid
      Site Plan. Use sandboxes for development and testing to avoid paying
      for non-production traffic capacity.

  - strategy: Right-size site plans
    description: >-
      Match Site Plan to actual traffic needs. Pantheon's Global CDN caches
      aggressively — actual container load is often a fraction of raw visit
      counts. Audit actual uncached traffic before upgrading.

  - strategy: Multidev on Gold+
    description: >-
      Gold workspace plan includes Multidev environments, eliminating the need
      for separate staging or QA site subscriptions. For agencies managing
      many sites, a single Gold workspace can replace multiple additional
      environment costs.

  - strategy: Terminus automation
    description: >-
      Use Terminus CLI for bulk operations (create, clone, deploy) to reduce
      manual effort and operational overhead. Automate routine deployments
      via CI/CD to reduce time-to-live and lower developer costs.

overage_risks:
  - type: Traffic overage
    description: >-
      Exceeding monthly visit limits triggers Pantheon notifications. Prolonged
      overages may require upgrading the Site Plan. Monitor traffic regularly
      via the Pantheon Dashboard or `terminus env:metrics` command.
  - type: Custom domain limits
    description: >-
      Each Site Plan caps the number of custom domains. Plan for domain growth
      when choosing a tier for multisite or multilingual deployments.

budget_forecasting:
  example_small_agency:
    workspace: Gold — $6,000/year
    sites: 10 x Performance Small — $19,250/year
    total_annual: ~$25,250
    notes: Covers unlimited sites in workspace; each site has its own plan cost.

  example_enterprise:
    workspace: Platinum — custom pricing
    sites: Mix of Performance Large and Elite — custom
    notes: >-
      Enterprise accounts typically negotiate volume discounts on site plans
      and consolidated billing. Contact Pantheon Sales for custom quotes.

key_links:
  - label: Pricing overview
    url: https://pantheon.io/plans/pricing
  - label: Account billing management
    url: https://docs.pantheon.io/guides/account-mgmt/plans
  - label: Site plan management
    url: https://docs.pantheon.io/guides/account-mgmt/plans/site-plans