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Application Research Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps view for Application Research: this is a research index of five free OSS specifications (Score, CNAB, OCM, ORD, Radius). There is no direct billing relationship; FinOps cost surfaces are downstream — the cloud, registry, and platform spend driven by applying these specifications in production.

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

It defines 3 billable meters, billed in USD, on a n/a cycle, and pricing category open source (no charge).

The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Open Source, Cloud Native, and Specifications.

Category: Application Specifications / Cloud Native Pricing: Open Source (No Charge) Billing: N/A FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSOpen SourceCloud NativeSpecifications

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

Usage

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
N/A (no invoice)
ProviderName
Application Research (multi-vendor OSS)
PublisherName
CNCF / SAP / Microsoft (per spec)
ServiceCategory
Application Specifications / Cloud Native
ServiceName
Application Research Specifications

Meters

workload_deployments
Unit: deployment
Workload deployments produced from Score / CNAB / Radius specs (telemetry for downstream cost attribution)
component_artifacts
Unit: artifact
OCM components/artifacts moved through the supply chain
discovery_documents
Unit: document
ORD discovery documents published or consumed

Sources

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Tools for finops

4 MCP tools reach this
  • find_finopsBrowse and filter every finops artifact in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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This finops artifact 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/finops/application-research-finops"
All finops 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/finops?limit=25"

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