ActivityPub · FinOps Profile

Activitypub Finops

FinOps for ActivityPub is infrastructure-centric rather than API-fee-centric, since ActivityPub itself is a royalty-free W3C standard with no per-call charges. Cost centers are the compute, storage, bandwidth, and managed services used to operate a federated ActivityPub server.

Activitypub Finops is the FinOps profile for ActivityPub on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD (varies by hosting provider), on a monthly cycle, and pricing category infrastructure / managed hosting subscription.

The profile maps 6 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, Cost Management, Social Networks, and Open Standard.

Category: Social Networking Infrastructure Pricing: Infrastructure / Managed Hosting Subscription Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsCost ManagementSocial NetworksOpen Standard

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseSubscription

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
Hosting/cloud provider
ProviderName
Self-hosted or managed hosting provider
PublisherName
Server operator
ServiceCategory
Social Networking
ServiceName
ActivityPub Server

Meters

compute_hours
Unit: vCPU-hour
storage_gb
Unit: GB-month
bandwidth_gb
Unit: GB
media_objects
Unit: object
federation_requests
Unit: request

Sources