specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: ZenRows
providerId: zenrows
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Web Scraping
  - Data Extraction
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: FOCUS-aligned FinOps shape for ZenRows. The subscription bundles four request budgets
  (Basic, JS Rendering, Premium Proxy, Protected) plus a max-download size and a concurrency cap.
  The Scraping Browser product layers metered bandwidth ($/GB) and metered session-time ($/hour,
  30-second increments) on top of the subscription. All four products share the same account and
  ZenRows surfaces per-request cost on every response via X-Request-Cost.
sources:
  - https://www.zenrows.com/pricing
  - https://docs.zenrows.com/first-steps/pricing
  - https://docs.zenrows.com/universal-scraper-api/api-reference
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: ZenRows
serviceCategory: Web Scraping / Data Extraction
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription + Pay-As-You-Go
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
    - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: ZenRows
  ServiceCategory: Web Scraping / Data Extraction
  ProviderName: ZenRows
  PublisherName: ZenRows
  InvoiceIssuerName: ZenRows
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: subscription_fee
    description: Recurring monthly subscription fee (Developer through Enterprise).
    unit: month
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - plan
  - name: basic_requests
    description: Plain HTTP scrape requests against the Universal Scraper API (no js_render, no premium_proxy).
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - product
      - plan
  - name: js_render_requests
    description: Scrape requests with js_render=true rendering through a headless browser.
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - product
      - plan
  - name: premium_proxy_requests
    description: Scrape requests routed through the residential proxy pool (premium_proxy=true).
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - product
      - plan
      - proxy_country
  - name: protected_requests
    description: Scrape requests against anti-bot-protected targets (mode=auto / Adaptive Stealth).
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - product
      - plan
  - name: scraping_browser_bandwidth
    description: Bandwidth consumed by Scraping Browser sessions, billed per GB.
    unit: gigabyte
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - product
      - plan
  - name: scraping_browser_session_time
    description: Session duration of Scraping Browser sessions, billed per hour in 30-second increments.
    unit: hour
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - product
      - session_id
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Inspect X-Request-Cost on every Universal Scraper response and the ZenRows dashboard's
      per-product usage charts. Concurrency-Limit and Concurrency-Remaining give live headroom.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Use distinct API keys per workload to split request budgets and Scraping Browser bandwidth
      across teams and environments. Track session_id and proxy_country to attribute Scraping Browser and
      premium-proxy traffic.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Reach for js_render and premium_proxy only when the target site requires them — each
      consumes a different (more expensive) budget. Cache successful HTML, raise wait_for thresholds
      instead of fixed wait delays, and block heavy resource types via block_resources to cut Scraping
      Browser bandwidth.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Plan owners are responsible for monitoring all four request budgets and Scraping Browser
      metered usage. 402 responses (AUTH004) and 429s (AUTH006/AUTH008) signal exhaustion or throttling
      and must be wired into alerting.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com