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.
Framework Alignment
Charge Categories
FOCUS Columns
Sources
- https://docs.api3.org/dapps/integration/
- https://docs.api3.org/dapps/oev-rewards/
- https://market.api3.org/
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Every finops artifact here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.