specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Y42
providerId: y42
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: false
tags:
- DataOps
- Data Pipelines
- Orchestration
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Y42 spend. Y42 is sold through a sales-led, contact-us model
  rather than published usage rates, so its direct platform cost is a negotiated
  commercial agreement. Because Y42 runs on top of the customer's own Snowflake
  or BigQuery warehouse, a material portion of total cost of ownership is the
  underlying warehouse compute and storage driven by Y42 orchestration runs.
  Specific Y42 platform rates are not published and are not reconciled here.
notes: >-
  Y42 platform pricing must be confirmed with Y42 sales. Warehouse compute and
  storage (Snowflake / BigQuery) costs are billed by those providers, not by
  Y42, and should be tracked separately. Verify all figures during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.y42.com
- https://www.y42.com/pricing
- https://docs.y42.com
- 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: Y42
serviceCategory: Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Commitment-Based
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Y42
  ServiceCategory: Analytics
  ProviderName: Y42
  PublisherName: Y42
  InvoiceIssuerName: Y42
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Commitment-Based
meters:
- name: platform_subscription
  description: Negotiated Y42 commercial agreement (sales-led; not publicly priced).
  unit: contract
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
- name: orchestration_runs
  description: Orchestration runs executed across spaces, a driver of warehouse compute consumption.
  unit: runs
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - space
- name: warehouse_compute
  description: >-
    Snowflake / BigQuery compute driven by Y42 pipeline execution, billed by the
    warehouse provider rather than by Y42.
  unit: credits_or_slots
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - space
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track Y42 orchestration run volume alongside Snowflake / BigQuery usage to attribute warehouse spend to pipelines.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map spaces and runs to teams and cost centers; tag warehouse usage by space where the warehouse supports it.
- name: Optimization
  description: Schedule runs to minimize unnecessary warehouse compute; consolidate models and incrementalize dbt builds to reduce warehouse cost.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign owners per space; review the negotiated Y42 agreement and downstream warehouse spend on a regular cadence.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com