specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Singularity
providerId: singularity-energy
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Energy
- Carbon Emissions
- Grid
- Sustainability
- Carbon Intensity
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Singularity Grid Carbon API spend. Billing is subscription-based
  and sales-led: a 60-day free trial, then roughly $500 per region per month with
  a $1,000 monthly minimum and a $2,500 monthly all-regions cap. The primary cost
  driver is the number of subscribed regions / balancing authorities rather than
  per-call metering. Figures are from public marketing material and are not
  reconciled against an order form.
notes: >-
  Cost is driven by region count, not request volume. Verify per-region price,
  monthly minimum, all-regions cap, and any overage terms with Singularity sales
  at reconciliation. reconciled is false until confirmed.
sources:
- https://singularity.energy/grid-carbon-api
- https://docs.singularity.energy/docs/singularity-api/platform-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: Singularity
serviceCategory: Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Grid Carbon API
  ServiceCategory: Analytics
  ProviderName: Singularity
  PublisherName: Singularity
  InvoiceIssuerName: Singularity
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Subscription-Based
meters:
- name: subscribed_regions
  description: Number of regions / balancing authorities the account subscribes to, billed per region per month.
  unit: regions
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - region
- name: monthly_subscription
  description: Recurring monthly subscription fee subject to a monthly minimum and an all-regions cap.
  unit: months
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track which regions / balancing authorities are subscribed and map them to internal use cases.
- name: Allocation
  description: Attribute the per-region subscription cost to the teams or products that consume each region's emissions data.
- name: Optimization
  description: Subscribe only to regions in use; consider the all-regions cap once subscribed regions approach five; reuse cached intensity and fuel-mix data given the 1-24 hour data lag.
- name: Accountability
  description: Review the monthly subscription against the minimum and the all-regions cap; re-evaluate region coverage as footprint changes.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com