API3 · FinOps Profile

Api3 Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for API3: costs are incurred as gas-cost-denominated dAPI subscriptions purchased on the API3 Market. Mainnet plans are 3-month commitments priced at estimated operational gas costs (minimum $0.05/day per feed). Revenue flows back to dApps via OEV Rewards — 80% of auction proceeds paid monthly in native chain gas token — making the net oracle cost negative for sufficiently active DeFi protocols. Open-source Airnode deployment is free; costs are infrastructure (AWS Lambda or equivalent serverless) borne by the API provider operating the node.

Api3 Finops is the FinOps profile for API3 on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

billed in USD (converted to gas at subscription time), on a upfront subscription (3-month mainnet / 7-day testnet) cycle, and pricing category operational gas cost pass-through.

The profile maps 5 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Blockchain, Oracle, and Data Feeds.

Category: Blockchain & Data Infrastructure Pricing: Operational Gas Cost Pass-Through Billing: Upfront Subscription (3-month mainnet / 7-day testnet) FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSBlockchainOracleData FeedsdAPIOEV

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsageAdjustmentRefund

FOCUS Columns

InvoiceIssuerName
API3 Foundation
ProviderName
API3
PublisherName
API3 Foundation
ServiceCategory
Blockchain & Data Infrastructure
ServiceName
API3 dAPI Data Feeds

Sources