Amazon ECS · FinOps Profile

Amazon Ecs Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Amazon ECS: ECS API and orchestration are free; cost arises from the launch type (Fargate vCPU/memory-seconds, EC2 instance-hours, or ECS Managed Instance fees) and associated resources.

Amazon Ecs Finops is the FinOps profile for Amazon ECS on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category pay-as-you-go + committed use.

The profile maps 9 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Containers, ECS, and Cost Management.

Category: Compute / Containers Pricing: Pay-As-You-Go + Committed Use Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSContainersECSCost Management

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxCreditAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
PricingCategory
On-Demand
ProviderName
AWS
PublisherName
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
ServiceCategory
Compute
ServiceName
Amazon Elastic Container Service
ServiceSubcategory
Containers

Meters

fargate_vcpu_seconds
Unit: vCPU-second
fargate_memory_seconds
Unit: GB-second
ec2_instance_hours
Unit: instance-hour
managed_instance_fee
Unit: instance-hour
data_transfer
Unit: GB

Sources

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