specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Surfe
providerId: surfe
created: '2026-07-01'
modified: '2026-07-01'
reconciled: false
tags:
- B2B Data
- Contact Data
- Enrichment
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Surfe spend. Surfe bills a per-seat monthly subscription that
  includes monthly-refilling credit pools, then consumes credits per unit of
  work: one email finder credit per resolved professional email, one mobile
  finder credit per resolved phone number, and ICP search credits per search
  page (companies search deducts ceil(results / 25) ICP credits when credit
  charging is enabled). Optimization centers on avoiding wasted lookups -
  skipping mobile enrichment when no email is found, deduplicating inputs, and
  validating emails (unlimited) before spending finder credits.
notes: >-
  Credit-to-unit ratios and per-seat prices reflect the published Surfe pricing
  and API documentation and are subject to change; verify during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.surfe.com/pricing/
- https://developers.surfe.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: Surfe
serviceCategory: Data and Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription-Plus-Usage
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Surfe API
  ServiceCategory: Data and Analytics
  ProviderName: Surfe
  PublisherName: Surfe
  InvoiceIssuerName: Surfe
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Subscription-Plus-Usage
meters:
- name: seats
  description: Per-user monthly subscription seats.
  unit: seats
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
- name: email_finder_credits
  description: Credits consumed resolving a verified professional email.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - user
- name: mobile_finder_credits
  description: Credits consumed resolving a mobile phone number.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - user
- name: search_credits
  description: >-
    ICP/search credits consumed per search page; companies search deducts
    ceil(results / 25) credits when credit charging is enabled.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - user
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: >-
    Poll GET /credits to track remaining email, mobile, and search credit pools
    before launching bulk enrichment jobs.
- name: Allocation
  description: >-
    Issue and tag API keys per team/workflow so credit burn maps to internal
    cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: >-
    Validate emails (unlimited) before spending finder credits; set
    skipMobileEnrichmentIfNoEmailFound to avoid mobile spend on low-confidence
    records; deduplicate inputs; batch up to 10,000 people per request.
- name: Accountability
  description: >-
    Assign owners per seat/key and review monthly credit consumption against the
    plan's refilling allotment and any overage.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com