name: SolarWinds API FinOps
specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: SolarWinds
providerId: solarwinds
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Observability
  - IT Management
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: 'FOCUS-aligned FinOps placeholder for SolarWinds. The portfolio mixes perpetual licenses
  (Orion-based products) and SaaS subscriptions (Observability, Service Desk, Pingdom, Loggly, Papertrail);
  meters reflect the consumption shape customers should track per product.'
sources:
  - https://www.solarwinds.com/
notes: SolarWinds publishes per-product pricing only via Contact Sales / quote-based channels and online
  pricing pages were not retrievable. FOCUS unit prices cannot be reconciled here; meters describe consumption
  shape per major product (monitored elements, ingested log volume, monitored database instances, synthetic
  checks).
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: SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC
serviceCategory: IT Management and Observability
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription + Perpetual License (Contact Sales)
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
    - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: SolarWinds
  ServiceCategory: IT Management and Observability
  ProviderName: SolarWinds
  PublisherName: SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC
  InvoiceIssuerName: SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: monitored_elements
    unit: element
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - product
      - environment
  - name: ingested_log_volume
    unit: GB
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - product
      - source
  - name: monitored_database_instances
    unit: instance
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - dbms
  - name: synthetic_checks
    unit: check
    aggregation: count
    dimensions:
      - region
      - check_type
  - name: service_desk_agents
    unit: agent
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - tier
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Use SolarWinds Observability dashboards plus per-product reporting (DPA, Service Desk
      analytics, Pingdom reports, Loggly/Papertrail volume views) to surface consumption per product family.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag monitored elements, log sources, and Service Desk requesters to business units; allocate
      Orion node licenses to the systems they monitor.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Retire stale monitors, archive cold log streams off Loggly/Papertrail, right-size Pingdom
      check frequency, and consolidate Orion modules where the same hosts are monitored by multiple SKUs.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Platform owner reconciles per-product entitlement (node count, log GB, agent count) against
      SolarWinds invoices and renewal quotes each cycle.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com