specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Roadie
providerId: roadie-io
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Software Catalog
- Internal Developer Portal
- Backstage
- IDP
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Roadie spend. Roadie is a managed-Backstage SaaS billed per
  contributing developer per month (developers who write tracked code; non-coding
  viewers are free), with a Teams tier at a fixed per-developer rate and a Growth
  tier at custom per-developer pricing that unlocks REST API access. A separate
  Enterprise Context product is priced per organization. Because billing is
  seat-based rather than usage-metered, the primary cost driver is the count of
  contributing developers, and the API itself carries no separate per-call fee -
  it is included with the plan tier that grants API access. The comparison point
  is self-hosting open-source Backstage, where there is no license fee but the
  cost shifts to the platform team's own infrastructure and engineering time.
notes: >-
  Per-developer rates are not reconciled here; verify on roadie.io/pricing. The
  main optimization levers are managing the number of contributing seats and
  choosing managed Roadie versus self-hosted Backstage based on platform-team
  capacity.
sources:
- https://roadie.io/pricing/
- https://roadie.io/docs/api/overview/
- 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: Roadie
serviceCategory: Developer Tools and Platform Engineering
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Roadie
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools and Platform Engineering
  ProviderName: Roadie
  PublisherName: Larder Software Limited
  InvoiceIssuerName: Roadie
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription-Based
meters:
- name: contributing_developers
  description: Developers who write tracked code, the per-seat basis for Teams and Growth plans.
  unit: seats
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
- name: enterprise_context
  description: Organization-level Enterprise Context subscription, priced per organization.
  unit: contract
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: self_hosted_backstage
  description: Alternative cost of running open-source Backstage yourself (infrastructure plus platform-team time; no Roadie invoice).
  unit: hours
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - deployment
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track the count of contributing developer seats and the plan tier; API access is bundled, not separately metered.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map contributing seats to teams so the per-developer subscription maps to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Right-size contributing seats, keep non-coding users on free viewer access, and weigh managed Roadie against self-hosting Backstage based on platform-team capacity.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign a platform-engineering owner for the Roadie subscription and review seat counts and tier fit each billing cycle.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com