specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Publer
providerId: publer
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Social Media
- Scheduling
- Publishing
- Content Management
- Marketing
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Publer spend. Publer is billed as a recurring SaaS
  subscription (Free, Professional, Business) priced per connected social
  account and per team member, rather than per-API-call. The Publer API is
  available exclusively to Business subscribers, so API-driven workloads carry
  the Business subscription cost plus any incremental per-account and
  per-member charges; annual billing is discounted versus monthly.
notes: >-
  Publer does not publish usage-based per-API-call pricing; cost is driven by
  subscription tier, number of social accounts, and team members. Verify
  current rates and the Business-tier API requirement on the Publer pricing
  page during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://publer.com/pricing
- https://publer.com/docs/api-reference/introduction
- 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: Publer
serviceCategory: Management and Governance
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription
  billingFrequency: Monthly or Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Publer
  ServiceCategory: Management and Governance
  ProviderName: Publer
  PublisherName: Publer
  InvoiceIssuerName: Publer
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription
meters:
- name: subscription
  description: Recurring subscription charge for the selected plan tier (Professional or Business).
  unit: subscription
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
  - plan
- name: social_accounts
  description: Number of connected social accounts billed per account beyond the included base.
  unit: accounts
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
  - plan
- name: team_members
  description: Number of additional team members billed per member beyond the included base.
  unit: members
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
  - plan
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track the Publer subscription tier, connected account count, and member count per workspace.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map each workspace and its connected accounts to the owning team or client for chargeback.
- name: Optimization
  description: Right-size connected accounts and members; choose annual billing for the ~20% discount; consolidate workspaces where possible.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner per workspace and review subscription and per-account spend against budget.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com