specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
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/
provider: StepStone Group
providerId: stepstone-group
publisherName: StepStone Group Inc.
serviceCategory: Private Markets / Investment Management
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:
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
  - Private Markets
  - Investment Management
description: StepStone Group has no public, metered API surface. Costs land inside the broader institutional
  / advisory client engagement (advisory fees, fund commitments), not as a per-call API line; nothing
  public to reconcile against the FOCUS spec.
sources:
  - https://www.stepstonegroup.com/
notes: No public StepStone API billing surface. Meters and FOCUS columns are placeholders pending a
  contracted engagement.
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Contract
  billingFrequency: Per-Contract
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: StepStone Group
  ServiceCategory: Private Markets / Investment Management
  ProviderName: StepStone Group
  PublisherName: StepStone Group Inc.
  InvoiceIssuerName: StepStone Group Inc.
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: contracted_engagement
    description: Placeholder for line items defined in a StepStone institutional / advisory contract.
    unit: varies
    aggregation: sum
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Visibility is whatever client / advisory reporting StepStone provides under the underlying
      mandate — there is no public usage / billing API.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Allocate StepStone-related fees and data costs in your own portfolio cost system against
      the underlying mandate, fund, or advisory engagement.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Optimization happens via mandate / fee renegotiation and product-mix decisions, not
      via API plan changes.
  - name: Accountability
    description: A named investment / portfolio owner should hold the StepStone engagement cost line
      and renewal review.
maintainers: []