specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Soracom
providerId: soracom
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - FinOps
  - Cost Management
  - FOCUS
  - IoT
  - Cellular
description: FOCUS-aligned FinOps definition for Soracom's IoT cellular and platform services. Soracom bills
  per-SIM (subscription, per-day, per-month), per-MB data, per-device-day for managed services, per-request
  for proxy/transfer services, and per-hour for managed network gateways.
sources:
  - https://www.soracom.io/pricing/
  - https://developers.soracom.io/en/docs/reference/fees/
  - https://users.soracom.io/ja-jp/tools/api/reference/
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: Soracom
serviceCategory: IoT and Connectivity
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Usage
    - Subscription
    - Purchase
    - Tax
    - Credit
    - Adjustment
  primaryUnit: sim-day
  secondaryUnits:
    - MB
    - request
    - device-month
    - vpg-hour
    - session
    - upload
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Soracom API
  ServiceCategory: IoT and Connectivity
  ProviderName: Soracom
  PublisherName: Soracom
  InvoiceIssuerName: Soracom
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
  PricingUnit: sim-day
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: sim_active_day
    unit: sim-day
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - plan
      - coverage
      - operatorId
  - name: data_usage
    unit: MB
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - plan
      - country
      - sim_id
  - name: beam_requests
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - group
  - name: funnel_requests
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - group
      - destination
  - name: harvest_device_day
    unit: device-day
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - resource_type
  - name: harvest_uploads
    unit: upload
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - resource_type
  - name: napter_sim_month
    unit: sim-month
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - sim_id
  - name: vpg_hour
    unit: vpg-hour
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - vpg_type
  - name: inventory_device_month
    unit: device-month
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - device_id
costAllocation:
  tagging: true
  dimensions:
    - group
    - sim_id
    - device_id
    - tag
  freeTier:
    - service: Beam
      limit: 100000 requests/month
    - service: Funnel
      limit: 50000 requests/month
    - service: Napter
      limit: 1 SIM/month
    - service: Endorse
      limit: 31 SIM-days/month
    - service: Inventory
      limit: $1.50/month credit
discounts:
  - name: Volume — Active SIM basic
    description: '$0.06/day for first 100 SIMs, $0.05/day above.'
    service: plan01s
  - name: Long-term discount (Volume Discount Group)
    description: Reduced unit price on data and basic fee tiers when SIMs are pooled in a Volume Discount Group.
  - name: Pooled Data Plan
    description: Fixed per-SIM data allotment shared across the device fleet (custom contract).
reporting:
  endpoints:
    - method: GET
      path: /v1/bills
      description: List monthly bills.
    - method: GET
      path: /v1/bills/latest
      description: Latest unbilled charges.
    - method: GET
      path: /v1/bills/{yyyyMM}
      description: Monthly bill detail.
    - method: GET
      path: /v1/bills/{yyyyMM}/daily
      description: Daily bill breakdown.
    - method: POST
      path: /v1/bills/{yyyyMM}/export
      description: Asynchronous CSV export.
    - method: GET
      path: /v1/bills/summaries/sims
      description: Per-SIM summary.
    - method: GET
      path: /v1/bills/summaries/bill_items
      description: Per-bill-item summary.