Arcjet · FinOps Profile

Arcjet Finops

FinOps view of Arcjet spend. Arcjet bills a monthly platform fee per app per tier (Individual $25, Startup $299, Growth $799, Enterprise custom) plus usage-based fees metered per protected request ($0.50/1M) with additional charges for bot detection ($0.50/1M), advanced bot signals ($2/1M), email validations ($1.50/1K), PII detection ($1/1M), prompt scanning ($2/1M tokens), and SAML SSO ($300/mo). Cost scales with traffic volume and which protections are enabled.

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

It defines 8 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Security, Rate Limiting, Bot Detection, WAF, and Developer Security.

Category: Security Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
SecurityRate LimitingBot DetectionWAFDeveloper SecurityFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Arcjet
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Arcjet
PublisherName
Arcjet
ServiceCategory
Security
ServiceName
Arcjet

Meters

platform_fee
Unit: app
Monthly platform fee per app, set by tier (Individual, Startup, Growth).
protected_requests
Unit: requests
Base protected-request fee charged per request, billed per 1M requests.
bot_detection_requests
Unit: requests
Bot detection evaluations, billed per 1M requests.
advanced_bot_signals
Unit: requests
Advanced bot signal lookups, billed per 1M requests.
email_validations
Unit: validations
Email validation checks, billed per 1K validations.
pii_detection
Unit: requests
Sensitive-info / PII detection evaluations, billed per 1M requests.
prompt_scanning
Unit: tokens
Prompt injection / scanning, billed per 1M tokens.
saml_sso
Unit: subscription
SAML SSO add-on, billed per month.

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