specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Semsee
providerId: semsee
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Insurance
- Insurtech
- Commercial Insurance
- Quoting
- Submissions
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Semsee spend. Semsee is a sales-led SaaS quoting platform with
  no public, usage-metered pricing and no public developer API. Costs are
  governed by negotiated agency, partner-integration, and carrier/MGA
  agreements rather than per-call or per-token metering. Because no public
  pricing or metered API usage is documented, the cost meters below are
  illustrative placeholders and this artifact is NOT reconciled.
notes: >-
  No public pricing or billing exports are documented. Reconcile against a
  Semsee order form / partner agreement during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://semsee.com/
- https://semsee.com/partners
- 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: Semsee
serviceCategory: Insurance Technology
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription / Contract
  billingFrequency: Negotiated
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Semsee
  ServiceCategory: Insurance Technology
  ProviderName: Semsee
  PublisherName: Semsee
  InvoiceIssuerName: Semsee
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription / Contract
meters:
- name: agency_subscription
  description: Negotiated agency platform subscription fee. Not publicly priced or metered.
  unit: contract
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: partner_integration
  description: Negotiated partner Upload/Download (AMS) integration fee, if any. Not publicly priced.
  unit: contract
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: carrier_connectivity
  description: Negotiated carrier/MGA connectivity terms. Not publicly priced or metered.
  unit: contract
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track Semsee subscription and partner-integration invoices; no public usage export or metered API exists.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map Semsee agency/partner/carrier agreements to the relevant business units.
- name: Optimization
  description: Right-size agency seats and partner-integration scope against actual quoting volume; negotiate at renewal.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner for the Semsee relationship and review contract spend at renewal.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com