specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: TigerBeetle
providerId: tigerbeetle
created: '2026-07-02'
modified: '2026-07-02'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Financial
- Accounting
- Transactions
- Database
- Open Source
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of TigerBeetle spend. TigerBeetle's database is open source
  (Apache 2.0) and free to self-host - in that model there is no vendor invoice
  and no per-operation charge; the cost is entirely your own compute, storage,
  and network for running the replicated cluster and the client applications
  that talk to it over the binary TCP protocol. TigerBeetle also offers a fully
  managed / enterprise service (cross-cloud deployments, disaster recovery,
  24/7 support) that is contact-sales with negotiated pricing rather than a
  metered, published rate card. Because access is via the binary-protocol client
  libraries, there is no billed-HTTP-request meter to allocate.
notes: >-
  Managed/enterprise per-unit rates are not public and not reconciled here;
  verify with sales@tigerbeetle.com. For self-hosted deployments the dominant
  costs are infrastructure (the TigerBeetle cluster nodes and their disks/
  network) rather than any TigerBeetle license or usage fee.
sources:
- https://tigerbeetle.com/
- https://docs.tigerbeetle.com/
- https://docs.tigerbeetle.com/operating/deploying/managed-service/
- https://github.com/tigerbeetle/tigerbeetle
- 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: TigerBeetle
serviceCategory: Databases
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Open Source / Contract
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: TigerBeetle
  ServiceCategory: Databases
  ProviderName: TigerBeetle
  PublisherName: TigerBeetle
  InvoiceIssuerName: TigerBeetle
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Contract
meters:
- name: self_hosted_compute
  description: Infrastructure cost of running the self-hosted TigerBeetle cluster nodes (no TigerBeetle invoice).
  unit: hours
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - deployment
  - cluster
- name: self_hosted_storage
  description: Disk storage consumed by the cluster's data files and replicas (no TigerBeetle invoice).
  unit: bytes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - deployment
  - cluster
- name: managed_service_contract
  description: Negotiated fee for the fully managed / enterprise service; contact-sales, not publicly metered.
  unit: contract
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: On self-hosted, monitor cluster node compute, disk, and network as the true cost; there is no vendor usage bill to track. On managed, track the negotiated contract.
- name: Allocation
  description: Attribute cluster infrastructure cost to the workloads/ledgers it serves; TigerBeetle's ledger and code fields on accounts can map internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Batch operations to exploit TigerBeetle's high per-node throughput and right-size the cluster; a single small cluster can absorb very high transaction volume, avoiding overprovisioning.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner for the cluster's infrastructure budget (self-hosted) or the managed-service contract; review capacity against transaction growth.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com