specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Streamkap
providerId: streamkap
created: '2026-07-01'
modified: '2026-07-01'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Streaming
- ETL
- CDC
- Kafka
- Flink
- Data Integration
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Streamkap spend. Streamkap bills primarily on data volume
  (GB per month, measured as the higher of ingress or egress) with a base
  subscription per paid plan, per-GB overage beyond the included allocation,
  and separate per-vCPU-month charges for Streaming Agents (SQL / Python /
  TypeScript transforms on Flink). Backfill volume is partially included and
  overage counts toward monthly volume.
notes: >-
  Per-GB and per-vCPU rates and included allocations are subject to change;
  verify against the Streamkap pricing page during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://streamkap.com/pricing
- https://docs.streamkap.com
- 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: Streamkap
serviceCategory: Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Streamkap
  ServiceCategory: Analytics
  ProviderName: Streamkap
  PublisherName: Streamkap
  InvoiceIssuerName: Streamkap
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
meters:
- name: data_volume_gb
  description: >-
    Data volume moved per month, measured as the higher of ingress or egress,
    billed per GB beyond the plan's included allocation.
  unit: gigabytes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - pipeline
  - connector
- name: backfill_gb
  description: >-
    Historical backfill/snapshot data; a fixed allowance is included per plan
    and excess counts toward monthly data volume.
  unit: gigabytes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - source
- name: transform_vcpu_hours
  description: >-
    Streaming Agent (transform) compute billed per vCPU per month for SQL,
    Python, and TypeScript transforms running on Flink.
  unit: vcpu-months
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - transform
- name: base_subscription
  description: Flat monthly base subscription charge for the selected paid plan.
  unit: subscription
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: >-
    Pull Streamkap billing usage summaries and exports (billing/usage endpoints)
    to inspect per-pipeline and per-connector GB burn and transform vCPU spend.
- name: Allocation
  description: >-
    Tag sources, destinations, pipelines, and transforms per team/workload and
    map to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: >-
    Filter and column-prune at the source, use incremental snapshots instead of
    full backfills, right-size transform vCPU, and pause idle pipelines to avoid
    unnecessary GB and compute charges.
- name: Accountability
  description: >-
    Assign owners per pipeline; review monthly data-volume and transform spend
    against budget and choose the plan whose included volume best fits steady
    state.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com