finopsFrameworkVersion: '2024'
focusSpecVersion: '1.0'
provider: sas
name: SAS Viya FinOps Profile
description: >-
  SAS Viya is offered as an enterprise subscription rather than usage-metered
  pay-as-you-go. FinOps practitioners typically allocate Viya cost as fixed
  subscription with cloud-infrastructure overlay when deployed on AWS, Azure,
  or GCP.
costModel:
  primary: subscription
  secondary: cloud-infrastructure-pass-through
billingDimensions:
  - dimension: subscription-term
    description: Annual or multi-year subscription fee
  - dimension: cloud-infrastructure
    description: Underlying compute, storage, and networking when self-managed on hyperscaler
  - dimension: support-tier
    description: Support and professional services subscriptions
allocation:
  - method: tag-based
    description: Tag Kubernetes namespaces or cloud resources with SAS deployment identifiers
references:
  - https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/viya.html