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: Trigger.dev
providerId: trigger-dev
publisherName: Trigger.dev
serviceCategory: API
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-22'
tags:
  - Developer-First
  - Workflow Automation
  - Background Jobs
  - TypeScript
  - AI Agents
  - Open Source
  - FinOps
  - Cost Management
  - FOCUS
description: FinOps framework definition for the Trigger.dev API surface. Provides a FOCUS-aligned mapping
  for cost allocation, usage measurement, and unit-economics reporting across the provider's APIs.
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Make API consumption costs visible to engineering, product, and finance teams in near
      real-time.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag every chargeable API call with the consuming team, environment, application, and
      feature so cost can be allocated.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Continuously evaluate request patterns, caching, batching, and tier selection to reduce
      cost per useful unit of work.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Establish budget owners and chargeback or showback flows for each consuming team.
domains:
  - name: Understand Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Data Ingestion
      - Allocation
      - Reporting and Analytics
      - Anomaly Management
  - name: Quantify Business Value
    capabilities:
      - Planning and Estimating
      - Forecasting
      - Budgeting
      - Benchmarking
      - Unit Economics
  - name: Optimize Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Architecting for Cloud
      - Rate Optimization
      - Workload Optimization
      - Cloud Sustainability
      - Licensing and SaaS
  - name: Manage the FinOps Practice
    capabilities:
      - FinOps Practice Operations
      - FinOps Education and Enablement
      - Invoicing and Chargeback
      - Onboarding Workloads
      - Intersecting Disciplines
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Usage
    - Purchase
    - Tax
    - Credit
    - Adjustment
  chargeFrequency: Recurring
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Trigger.dev
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools / API
  ProviderName: Trigger.dev
  PublisherName: Trigger.dev
  InvoiceIssuerName: Trigger.dev
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
  PricingUnit: request
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
meters:
  - name: run_invocations
    description: Count of task runs triggered. Billed at $0.000025 per run ($0.25 per 10,000 runs).
    unit: run
    unitPrice: 0.000025
    currency: USD
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - task_identifier
      - environment
      - project
      - tier
      - machine_preset
  - name: compute_seconds
    description: Per-second compute time on the configured machine preset. Range $0.0000169 (micro)
      to $0.0006800 (large-2x) per second.
    unit: second
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - machine_preset
      - task_identifier
      - environment
      - project
  - name: realtime_connections
    description: Concurrent Realtime API / hook subscriptions held open.
    unit: connection
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - environment
      - project
      - tier
  - name: schedules
    description: Active cron schedules per project.
    unit: schedule
    aggregation: count
    dimensions:
      - project
      - environment
  - name: data_egress
    description: Bytes returned to clients via API responses and Realtime streams
    unit: GB
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - region
      - consumer
apis:
  - name: Trigger.dev Management API
    baseURL: ''
    tags:
      - Workflow Automation
      - Background Jobs
      - Task Management
      - Scheduling
      - Deployments
      - Queue Management
    serviceName: Trigger.dev Management API
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: Trigger.dev Realtime API
    baseURL: ''
    tags:
      - Realtime
      - Streaming
      - React
      - WebSockets
      - AI Streaming
    serviceName: Trigger.dev Realtime API
    serviceCategory: API
unitEconomics:
  - name: Cost per 1K Requests
    metric: billed_cost / (api_requests / 1000)
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per Active Consumer
    metric: billed_cost / active_consumers
    target: TBD
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com