specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: QuestDB
providerId: questdb
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Database
- Time-Series
- SQL
- Open Source
- Performance
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FOCUS-aligned FinOps profile for QuestDB. The dominant cost surfaces are
  (a) the underlying infrastructure (your AWS/Azure/GCP compute, EBS/SSD,
  network egress) for OSS and BYOC deployments and (b) the QuestDB Enterprise
  / BYOC commercial license. There is no managed-service per-row, per-query or
  per-MAU charge.
notes: >-
  In BYOC, the cloud invoice (AWS/Azure) carries the infra costs; QuestDB
  Enterprise license/management is invoiced separately. Costs allocate
  cleanly via cloud-account tags on the QuestDB instance(s).
sources:
- https://questdb.com/enterprise/
- https://questdb.com/byoc/
- 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: QuestDB
serviceCategory: Database (Time-Series)
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: License + Underlying Infra
  billingFrequency: Annual (license) + Monthly (cloud infra)
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: QuestDB Enterprise
  ServiceCategory: Database
  ProviderName: QuestDB
  PublisherName: QuestDB
  InvoiceIssuerName: QuestDB / AWS Marketplace
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingUnit: license-year
meters:
- name: enterprise_license
  description: Annual QuestDB Enterprise / BYOC license fee (negotiated).
  unit: license-year
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: compute_instance_hours
  description: Underlying cloud VM hours running QuestDB.
  unit: vm-hour
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - cloud_account
  - region
  - instance_type
- name: storage_gb_month
  description: Block / object storage attached to QuestDB instances.
  unit: GB-month
  aggregation: avg
  dimensions:
  - cloud_account
  - storage_class
- name: network_egress
  description: Egress bytes out of the QuestDB cluster to consumers.
  unit: GB
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - cloud_account
  - region
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Combine QuestDB invoice (license) with cloud cost-export (FOCUS) on the QuestDB-tagged resources.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag QuestDB instances and storage with project / team / environment in AWS / Azure for downstream allocation.
- name: Optimization
  description: Use Hypercore-style tiered storage in Enterprise to push cold partitions to S3-class storage; right-size instance class to ingestion throughput.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an Enterprise contract owner; assign cloud-account owner for infra spend.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com