specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: TwelveLabs
providerId: twelvelabs
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: true
tags:
- AI
- Video Understanding
- Multimodal
- Search
- Embeddings
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of TwelveLabs spend. TwelveLabs bills usage-based per-video-minute
  rates for Marengo indexing and Pegasus analysis input, per-1,000-query rates
  for search, per-1,000-token rates for generated output, and per-minute /
  per-1,000-request rates for embeddings, plus a monthly embedding
  infrastructure charge. A Free plan provides limited included processing, and
  Enterprise uses committed-use contracts.
notes: >-
  Per-feature rates are subject to change; verify against the TwelveLabs pricing
  page during reconciliation. Indexing is a one-time per-minute charge per video.
sources:
- https://www.twelvelabs.io/pricing
- https://docs.twelvelabs.io
- 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: TwelveLabs
serviceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: TwelveLabs Video Understanding Platform
  ServiceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
  ProviderName: TwelveLabs
  PublisherName: TwelveLabs
  InvoiceIssuerName: TwelveLabs
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
meters:
- name: indexing_minutes
  description: Video minutes indexed by Marengo, billed once per minute per video at $0.042/min.
  unit: minutes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - index
  - model
- name: search_queries
  description: Any-to-video search queries, billed per 1,000 queries at $4/1K.
  unit: queries
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - index
- name: analyze_input_minutes
  description: Video minutes fed to Pegasus analysis, billed per minute at $0.0292/min.
  unit: minutes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - model
- name: analyze_output_tokens
  description: Text tokens generated by Pegasus (analyze, gist, summarize), billed per 1K tokens at $0.0075/1K.
  unit: tokens
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - model
- name: embed_audio_minutes
  description: Audio minutes embedded by Marengo, billed per minute at $0.0083/min.
  unit: minutes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - model
- name: embed_image_requests
  description: Image embedding requests, billed per 1,000 requests at $0.10/1K.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - model
- name: embed_text_requests
  description: Text embedding requests, billed per 1,000 requests at $0.07/1K.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - model
- name: embed_infrastructure_minutes
  description: Monthly embedding infrastructure usage, billed per minute at $0.0015/min.
  unit: minutes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Pull TwelveLabs usage from the dashboard; inspect minutes indexed, queries run, and tokens generated per index and model.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag API keys and indexes per workload/team; map indexing, search, analyze, and embed spend to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Index only the modalities you query; reuse indexed video rather than re-indexing; batch analysis prompts; cache embeddings; prune Free-plan indexes before 90-day expiry to control re-indexing cost.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign owners per index/project; review per-minute indexing and per-token generation spend monthly against budget.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com