specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: VictoriaMetrics
providerId: victoriametrics
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Database
- Time-Series
- Monitoring
- Open Source
- Prometheus
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FOCUS-aligned FinOps profile for VictoriaMetrics. The dominant cost surfaces
  are (a) the underlying infrastructure for self-hosted Community/Enterprise
  (cloud VMs, attached SSD/EBS, network egress) and (b) VictoriaMetrics
  Enterprise license or VictoriaMetrics Cloud subscription metered by
  ingestion rate / active series. There is no per-query or per-MAU charge.
notes: >-
  VictoriaMetrics exposes per-tenant statistics that map cleanly to FOCUS
  ResourceTag for chargeback by tenant. Cloud invoices are denominated in
  ingestion-rate / active-series tiers.
sources:
- https://victoriametrics.com/products/enterprise/
- https://victoriametrics.com/products/cloud/
- https://docs.victoriametrics.com/PerTenantStatistic.html
- 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: VictoriaMetrics
serviceCategory: Observability / Time-Series
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: License + Underlying Infra OR Managed Subscription
  billingFrequency: Annual (license) + Monthly (cloud / infra)
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: VictoriaMetrics
  ServiceCategory: Observability
  ProviderName: VictoriaMetrics
  PublisherName: VictoriaMetrics
  InvoiceIssuerName: VictoriaMetrics
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingUnit: ingestion-rate / active-series
meters:
- name: enterprise_license
  description: Annual VictoriaMetrics Enterprise license fee.
  unit: license-year
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: cloud_ingestion_rate
  description: Datapoints ingested per second on VictoriaMetrics Cloud (managed).
  unit: samples_per_second
  aggregation: avg
  dimensions:
  - cluster_id
- name: cloud_active_series
  description: Active time series stored on VictoriaMetrics Cloud.
  unit: series
  aggregation: avg
  dimensions:
  - cluster_id
- name: compute_instance_hours
  description: Underlying cloud VM hours running vminsert / vmselect / vmstorage / vmagent.
  unit: vm-hour
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - component
  - region
- name: storage_gb_month
  description: Block storage attached to vmstorage.
  unit: GB-month
  aggregation: avg
  dimensions:
  - cluster_id
- name: network_egress
  description: Egress bytes from VictoriaMetrics to consumers (Grafana, alerts, federation).
  unit: GB
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - region
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Use vmstats / per-tenant stats for chargeback; combine with cloud cost-export.
- name: Allocation
  description: Multi-tenant clusters allocate via vmselect/vminsert tenantID; otherwise tag clusters by team/env.
- name: Optimization
  description: Apply Enterprise downsampling and retention rules; reduce label cardinality; right-size vminsert/vmselect.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign cluster owners; set per-tenant active-series budgets in Enterprise.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com