specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Vantaca
providerId: vantaca
created: '2026-07-04'
modified: '2026-07-04'
reconciled: false
tags:
- HOA
- Community Association Management
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Vantaca spend. Vantaca's Standard APIs are not sold as a
  usage-metered product with public per-call rates. API access is a capability of
  the Vantaca platform subscription (licensed to management companies, quoted by
  sales) and, for third parties, a customer-authorized vendor grant. There is no
  published API invoice line item; cost is embedded in the platform relationship.
  The dominant integration costs are therefore the platform subscription and the
  vendor's own engineering/hosting to consume the API - not a per-request Vantaca fee.
notes: >-
  Vantaca publishes no API meter or per-unit rate, so FOCUS meters below are
  modeled as internal cost-tracking dimensions rather than reconciled Vantaca
  billing units. Verify commercial terms with Vantaca during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.vantaca.com/
- https://www.vantaca.com/vantaca-faq/why-do-api-capabilities-matter
- https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/Vantaca/vantacaStandard/3.8.0
- 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: Vantaca
serviceCategory: Management Tools and Governance
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Vantaca Standard APIs
  ServiceCategory: Management Tools and Governance
  ProviderName: Vantaca
  PublisherName: Vantaca
  InvoiceIssuerName: Vantaca
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription
meters:
- name: platform_subscription
  description: Vantaca platform license under which API access is provisioned (quoted by sales; not public).
  unit: contract
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - management_company
- name: api_requests
  description: Standard API calls made against a granted dataset - tracked internally by the integrator; Vantaca publishes no per-call price.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - credential
  - association
  - endpoint
- name: integration_compute
  description: Vendor's own compute/hosting cost to poll and process Vantaca data (no Vantaca invoice).
  unit: hours
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - integration
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track API call volume per credential and association even though Vantaca does not bill per call, to understand load and integration health.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map each set of vendor credentials to the management company / associations it serves so integration effort maps to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Batch bulk reads with zip=true and cache reference data (association lists, provider types, GL codes) to minimize redundant calls and bandwidth.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner per integration credential; review platform subscription and integration engineering cost against value delivered.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com