specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Plane
providerId: plane-so
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Project Management
- Issue Tracking
- Open Source
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Plane spend. Plane is not metered per API call; cost is driven
  by seats. Self-hosting the open-source Community Edition (AGPL v3.0) has no
  license fee, so cost is the underlying infrastructure you run it on. Plane
  Cloud bills per Admin/Member seat (Free up to 12 seats, Pro, Business), with
  Guests free at 5 per paid seat, and a custom Enterprise plan. The Commercial
  self-hosted edition is also per seat. Optimization is primarily a matter of
  seat allocation and choosing self-hosted vs. managed.
notes: >-
  Per-seat rates are subject to change; verify against the Plane pricing page
  during reconciliation. The REST API does not incur separate usage charges.
sources:
- https://plane.so/pricing
- https://docs.plane.so/workspaces-and-users/billing-and-plans
- https://developers.plane.so/self-hosting/editions-and-versions
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
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: Plane
serviceCategory: Developer Tools and Productivity
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Seat-Based
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Plane
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools and Productivity
  ProviderName: Plane
  PublisherName: Plane
  InvoiceIssuerName: Plane
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Seat-Based
meters:
- name: paid_seats
  description: Admin and Member seats billed per month per Cloud or Commercial plan.
  unit: seats
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
  - plan
- name: guest_seats
  description: Guest seats, free at 5 per paid seat; tracked for allocation, not billed.
  unit: seats
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
- name: self_hosted_infrastructure
  description: Compute, storage, and database cost of running the self-hosted Community or Commercial Edition.
  unit: hours
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - instance
  - environment
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track active Admin/Member seats per workspace against the plan; for self-hosted, monitor underlying infrastructure spend.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map workspaces and projects to teams and cost centers; use the free Guest allowance for external collaborators.
- name: Optimization
  description: Right-size seat counts, reclaim inactive seats, and evaluate self-hosting the free Community Edition versus managed Cloud based on team size and ops capacity.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign workspace owners; review seat counts and plan tier on the annual billing cycle.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com