specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Swarmia
providerId: swarmia
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Engineering Effectiveness
- Developer Productivity
- Analytics
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Swarmia spend. Swarmia bills a per-developer-per-month
  subscription where billable seats equal the number of unique team members
  added to teams, rather than metering API calls. Cost is therefore driven by
  plan tier (Startup free, Lite, Standard, Enterprise) multiplied by seat
  count, with annual plans discounted versus monthly. The API itself is a
  plan entitlement, so the primary FinOps levers are seat hygiene and plan
  selection, not request volume.
notes: >-
  Per-seat list prices are subject to change and to volume discounting; verify
  against the Swarmia pricing page and your order form during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.swarmia.com/pricing/
- https://help.swarmia.com/resources/pricing-and-plans
- https://help.swarmia.com/pricing-and-plans/how-do-you-determine-the-number-of-developers-for-billing
- 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: Swarmia
serviceCategory: Developer Tools
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription
  billingFrequency: Monthly or Annual
  billingCurrency: EUR
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Swarmia
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools
  ProviderName: Swarmia
  PublisherName: Swarmia
  InvoiceIssuerName: Swarmia
  BillingCurrency: EUR
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription
meters:
- name: billable_seats
  description: Unique team members added to teams, billed per developer per month by plan tier.
  unit: developers
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - plan
- name: plan_tier
  description: Subscription tier (Startup, Lite, Standard, Enterprise) selected for the organization.
  unit: plan
  aggregation: latest
  dimensions:
  - organization
- name: billing_term
  description: Monthly or annual commitment; annual terms are discounted.
  unit: term
  aggregation: latest
  dimensions:
  - organization
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Use the Team Management API to inventory members per team and reconcile billable seats against the invoice.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map teams and parent teams to cost centers; attribute the per-developer subscription to the owning org units.
- name: Optimization
  description: Remove inactive members from teams to reduce billable seats; choose the lowest sufficient plan tier; prefer annual terms for the discount.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner for seat hygiene and plan review; reconcile seat counts and tier each renewal cycle.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com