specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
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: Transcend
providerId: transcend-io
publisherName: Transcend
serviceCategory: API
created: '2026-05-22'
modified: '2026-05-25'

tags:
  - Transcend
  - Privacy
  - Data Governance
  - Consent
  - Preference Management
  - DSR
  - Data Inventory
  - AI Governance
  - GDPR
  - CCPA
  - Compliance
  - FinOps
  - Cost Management
  - FOCUS

description: |
  FinOps alignment for the Transcend platform. Captures the cost drivers
  privacy and engineering teams need to track — data subject request volume,
  data silo connector count, LLM classifier usage, preference store storage
  and traffic, and Sombra gateway compute. Maps each to FOCUS for finance
  reporting.

principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Surface privacy-program spend to engineering, product, legal, and finance in near real-time.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag every chargeable Transcend call with the consuming team, environment, application, and feature.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Tune batch sizes, classifier invocation, and Sombra residency to keep unit cost per fulfilled request down.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Establish budget owners for the Core Platform, Privacy Rights, and Data Discovery products.

domains:
  - name: API Consumption
    description: Per-call and per-quota usage across the Transcend admin and preference APIs.
    costDrivers:
      - dsr_volume
      - preference_writes
      - classifier_invocations
      - data_silo_count
    focusMapping:
      ChargeCategory: Usage
      ChargeClass: Consumption
      ServiceCategory: API
      ServiceSubcategory: Privacy Operations API

  - name: Sombra Gateway Compute
    description: Customer-side compute running the Sombra gateway (Terraform module or self-hosted).
    costDrivers:
      - request_volume
      - tenancy_model
    focusMapping:
      ChargeCategory: Usage
      ChargeClass: Consumption
      ServiceCategory: Compute
      ServiceSubcategory: Privacy Gateway

  - name: LLM Classifier
    description: Text classification and NER calls priced per-model invocation.
    costDrivers:
      - characters_processed
      - model_tier
    focusMapping:
      ChargeCategory: Usage
      ChargeClass: Consumption
      ServiceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
      ServiceSubcategory: Classification

  - name: Preference Store
    description: Per-record storage and per-mutation pricing for the preference store partitions.
    costDrivers:
      - records_stored
      - mutation_volume
    focusMapping:
      ChargeCategory: Usage
      ChargeClass: Consumption
      ServiceCategory: Storage
      ServiceSubcategory: Consent Store

focusFields:
  required:
    - BillingPeriodStart
    - BillingPeriodEnd
    - ChargeCategory
    - ChargePeriodStart
    - ChargePeriodEnd
    - ProviderName
    - PublisherName
    - InvoiceIssuerName
    - ServiceName
    - ServiceCategory
    - BilledCost
    - EffectiveCost
    - ListCost
    - ContractedCost
    - PricingCategory
    - PricingUnit
    - PricingQuantity
  recommended:
    - SubAccountId
    - SubAccountName
    - ResourceId
    - ResourceName
    - ResourceType
    - Region
    - Tags

notes:
  - Reconcile the scaffolded mapping above against Transcend's actual invoice / billing model.
  - Add CommitmentDiscountCategory if your Transcend agreement includes prepaid or committed-use discounts.

references:
  - name: Transcend Pricing
    url: https://transcend.io/pricing
  - name: apis.yml
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/transcend-io/refs/heads/main/apis.yml