specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: SoundStat
providerId: soundstat
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Music
- Audio Analysis
- Audio Features
- Recommendations
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of SoundStat spend. SoundStat bills on a prepaid, usage-based model:
  you add funds to a balance via Stripe and are charged per unique track analyzed,
  with the per-track rate stepping down across volume bands (EUR 0.01 down to EUR
  0.005 per track). Registration and three recommendation endpoints (similar,
  feature-target, mixed) are free, and re-reading an already-analyzed track incurs
  no new charge - so the dominant cost driver is the count of first-time unique
  track analyses per month. Balance top-ups are non-refundable.
notes: >-
  Per-track EUR rates are taken from the SoundStat terms page and are not
  reconciled here; verify current pricing before budgeting. The single most
  important optimization lever is deduplicating track IDs so you never pay twice
  to analyze the same track.
sources:
- https://soundstat.info/
- https://soundstat.info/terms.html
- https://soundstat.info/api/v1/docs
- 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: SoundStat
serviceCategory: Analytics and Media Intelligence
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Prepaid
  billingCurrency: EUR
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: SoundStat API
  ServiceCategory: Analytics and Media Intelligence
  ProviderName: SoundStat
  PublisherName: SoundStat
  InvoiceIssuerName: SoundStat
  BillingCurrency: EUR
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
meters:
- name: unique_track_analysis
  description: First-time analysis of a unique track, billed per track at a volume-banded EUR rate.
  unit: tracks
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - volume_band
- name: balance_topup
  description: Prepaid funds added to the account balance via Stripe (non-refundable).
  unit: currency
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: free_recommendation_calls
  description: Calls to the free recommendation endpoints (similar, feature-target, mixed); no charge.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track the count of unique first-time track analyses per month and the volume band you land in; monitor prepaid balance burn-down.
- name: Allocation
  description: Attribute unique-track analysis charges to the product or playlist workflow that requested them via API-key or account segmentation.
- name: Optimization
  description: Deduplicate track IDs before calling analysis so already-analyzed tracks are read for free; batch to reach lower per-track volume bands; lean on the free recommendation endpoints where possible.
- name: Accountability
  description: Set a prepaid-balance ceiling per period and review unique-analysis volume against it; because top-ups are non-refundable, budget conservatively.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com