specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: PromptLayer
providerId: promptlayer
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: true
tags:
- AI
- LLM
- Prompt Engineering
- Prompt Management
- Observability
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of PromptLayer spend. PromptLayer bills a flat monthly
  subscription per paid plan (Pro, Team) plus pay-as-you-go overage per logged
  request (transaction) above the included monthly volume, with additional
  metered allowances for evaluation cell executions and dataset storage caps.
  Enterprise is a custom contract. Cost is driven by logged request volume,
  evaluation runs, and seat count rather than per-token inference, which is paid
  to the underlying LLM providers separately.
notes: >-
  Subscription prices and overage rates are subject to change; verify against the
  PromptLayer pricing page during reconciliation. LLM provider inference costs
  are billed by the providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.), not by PromptLayer.
sources:
- https://www.promptlayer.com/pricing
- https://docs.promptlayer.com
- 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: PromptLayer
serviceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription-Plus-Usage
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: PromptLayer
  ServiceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
  ProviderName: PromptLayer
  PublisherName: PromptLayer
  InvoiceIssuerName: PromptLayer
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Subscription-Plus-Usage
meters:
- name: subscription
  description: Flat monthly plan subscription (Pro $49/mo, Team $500/mo).
  unit: months
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
- name: logged_requests
  description: Logged LLM requests (transactions) within the included monthly plan volume.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - workspace
- name: request_overage
  description: Logged requests beyond the included monthly volume, billed per request ($0.003 Pro, $0.002 Team).
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - workspace
- name: eval_cell_executions
  description: Evaluation cell executions consumed running evaluation reports.
  unit: executions
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - workspace
- name: dataset_storage
  description: Dataset storage subject to per-plan size caps (10MB/150MB/1GB).
  unit: bytes
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - account
  - workspace
- name: seats
  description: Active user seats counted against per-plan user limits.
  unit: seats
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track monthly logged-request volume and eval executions per workspace against included plan allowances.
- name: Allocation
  description: Use separate workspaces and tags/metadata per team or project; map logged requests to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Stay within included request volume, prune unnecessary logging, and batch evaluation runs to control eval cell execution spend; right-size the plan to actual request volume.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign workspace owners; review monthly subscription, overage, and eval spend against budget.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com