name: Wappalyzer FinOps Framework
description: FinOps Framework 1.0 FOCUS-aligned cost management profile for Wappalyzer API consumption, covering cost visibility, optimization, and governance for technographic data workloads.
version: '1.0'
url: https://www.wappalyzer.com/pricing/

provider: Wappalyzer
service: Technology Detection API

billingModel:
  type: subscription-plus-credits
  description: Monthly subscription plan provides a base credit allocation; additional credits can be purchased as bundles at extra cost
  currency: USD
  billingCycles:
    - monthly
    - annual (17% discount)

costDrivers:
  - name: Plan Subscription
    description: Recurring monthly or annual fee for the chosen plan tier
    type: fixed
    unit: month
    plans:
      - name: Free
        monthlyCost: 0
      - name: Pro
        monthlyCost: 250
      - name: Business
        monthlyCost: 450
      - name: Enterprise
        monthlyCostMinimum: 850

  - name: API Credit Consumption
    description: Credits consumed per URL lookup; rate varies by lookup type (cached vs. live recursive)
    type: variable
    unit: credit
    rates:
      - operation: Standard cached lookup
        creditsPerUnit: 1
        unitDescription: per URL
      - operation: Live recursive crawl
        creditsPerUnit: 5
        unitDescription: per URL

  - name: Additional Credit Bundles
    description: Supplementary credits purchased outside the plan allocation when monthly quota is insufficient
    type: variable
    unit: credit bundle
    expiry: 365 days
    notes: Priced on request; contact Wappalyzer sales

costAllocation:
  dimensions:
    - name: API Endpoint
      values:
        - Lookup API
        - Analyze API
        - Crawl API
        - Dataset API
    - name: Lookup Mode
      values:
        - cached (1 credit/URL)
        - live single-page (1 credit/URL)
        - live recursive (5 credits/URL)
    - name: Data Enrichment Sets
      values:
        - basic (no extra cost)
        - meta
        - social
        - company
        - contact
        - all
      notes: Enrichment sets may consume additional credits; verify in documentation

optimization:
  recommendations:
    - name: Prefer Cached Lookups
      description: Use live=false (default) to retrieve prefetched results at 1 credit/URL instead of 5 for live recursive crawls; only invoke live scanning when freshness is critical
      potentialSavings: up to 80% reduction in credit burn for bulk workloads

    - name: Batch URLs Per Request
      description: Submit up to 10 URLs per Lookup API request to maximize throughput within the 10 req/s rate limit and reduce per-URL overhead

    - name: Use min_age / max_age Filters
      description: Filter results by data freshness to avoid re-querying recently analyzed domains, preserving credits for genuinely new targets

    - name: Enable denoise Parameter
      description: Keep denoise=true (default) to suppress low-confidence technology detections and avoid inflating result sets unnecessarily

    - name: Annual Billing
      description: Switch to annual billing to receive a 17% discount on all plan tiers, reducing effective monthly subscription cost

    - name: Monitor Credit Expiry
      description: Plan-included credits expire after 60 days; schedule credit-intensive workloads within the billing window to avoid wastage

    - name: Right-size Plan Tier
      description: Audit monthly credit consumption quarterly; downgrade to Pro or upgrade to Business/Enterprise based on actual usage versus plan allocation

governance:
  policies:
    - name: No Data Resale
      description: Wappalyzer terms prohibit reselling or embedding technographic data into customer-facing products; enterprise licensing required for broader redistribution
      enforcement: contractual

    - name: API Key Management
      description: Rotate API keys periodically; store keys in secrets managers (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault) — never in source code
      enforcement: operational best practice

    - name: Credit Budget Alerts
      description: Implement application-level tracking of credits consumed vs. monthly quota; trigger alerts at 70% and 90% thresholds to prevent unexpected quota exhaustion

    - name: Enrichment Set Governance
      description: Only request additional field sets (company, contact, all) when business logic requires them; restrict enrichment requests to roles with a justified need

reporting:
  focusAlignment:
    - dimension: ServiceName
      value: Wappalyzer Technology Detection API
    - dimension: ServiceCategory
      value: Data & Analytics
    - dimension: ChargeType
      values:
        - Usage (credit consumption)
        - Recurring (subscription)
    - dimension: PricingUnit
      value: credit
    - dimension: Region
      value: Global (HTTPS API, no region selection)