specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
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/
provider: Yandex Translate API
providerId: yandex-translate
publisherName: Yandex Cloud
serviceCategory: API
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
tags:
  - Machine Translation
  - Natural Language Processing
  - Language Detection
  - Yandex Cloud
  - FinOps
  - Cost Management
  - FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps framework definition for the Yandex Translate API surface. Provides a FOCUS-aligned
  mapping for cost allocation, usage measurement, and unit-economics reporting. Yandex Translate
  uses a pure consumption model billed per million characters translated or detected per month.
  Cost visibility and allocation are managed through Yandex Cloud's billing console and folder
  resource hierarchy.
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Make API consumption costs visible to engineering, product, and finance teams
      in near real-time through Yandex Cloud billing dashboards.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag every chargeable API call with the consuming Yandex Cloud folder, team,
      environment, and application so cost can be allocated accurately.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Continuously evaluate translation request patterns, text batching, glossary
      usage, and language detection caching to reduce cost per useful translated unit.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Establish budget owners and chargeback or showback flows for each team
      consuming the translation API within the Yandex Cloud organization.
domains:
  - name: Understand Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Data Ingestion
      - Allocation
      - Reporting and Analytics
      - Anomaly Management
  - name: Quantify Business Value
    capabilities:
      - Planning and Estimating
      - Forecasting
      - Budgeting
      - Benchmarking
      - Unit Economics
  - name: Optimize Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Architecting for Cloud
      - Rate Optimization
      - Workload Optimization
      - Cloud Sustainability
      - Licensing and SaaS
  - name: Manage the FinOps Practice
    capabilities:
      - FinOps Practice Operations
      - FinOps Education and Enablement
      - Invoicing and Chargeback
      - Onboarding Workloads
      - Intersecting Disciplines
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Usage
    - Tax
    - Credit
    - Adjustment
  chargeFrequency: Recurring
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Yandex Translate
  ServiceCategory: AI / Machine Translation
  ProviderName: Yandex Cloud
  PublisherName: Yandex Cloud
  InvoiceIssuerName: Yandex Cloud
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
  PricingUnit: million characters
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
meters:
  - name: translation_characters
    description: Millions of characters sent for text translation
    unit: million characters
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - folder
      - source_language
      - target_language
      - consumer
  - name: detection_characters
    description: Millions of characters sent for language detection
    unit: million characters
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - folder
      - consumer
  - name: api_requests
    description: Count of billable API requests (translate + detect)
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - endpoint
      - folder
      - consumer
apis:
  - name: Yandex Translate API
    baseURL: https://translate.api.cloud.yandex.net
    tags: []
    serviceName: Yandex Translate
    serviceCategory: AI / Machine Translation
unitEconomics:
  - name: Cost per Million Characters Translated
    metric: billed_cost / (translation_characters)
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per Active Consumer
    metric: billed_cost / active_consumers
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per 1K Translation Requests
    metric: billed_cost / (api_requests / 1000)
    target: TBD
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com