name: Star Wars API FinOps
description: Financial operations and cost considerations for the Star Wars REST API (SWAPI / swapi.info)
url: https://swapi.info
finOps:
  overview: >
    The Star Wars REST API (swapi.info) is completely free to use with no
    pricing tiers, no pay-per-request model, and no subscription costs.
    The API is an open-source passion project hosted on Vercel and distributed
    via Cloudflare CDN at zero cost to API consumers.
  costModel: free
  estimatedMonthlyCost: 0.00
  currency: USD
  considerations:
    - item: No API usage fees
      detail: All endpoints are free and unlimited with no cost per request.
    - item: No authentication costs
      detail: >
        No API key purchase, subscription, or account creation is required
        to access any endpoint.
    - item: CDN delivery
      detail: >
        Response times average ~50ms globally due to Cloudflare CDN caching,
        reducing any latency-related cost concerns for consumer applications.
    - item: Open source
      detail: >
        The project is MIT-licensed and self-hostable, meaning teams with
        strict compliance requirements can run their own instance at their
        own infrastructure cost.
  links:
    - name: GitHub Repository
      url: https://github.com/SivaramPg/swapi.info