Azure Log Analytics · FinOps Profile

Azure Log Analytics Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Azure Log Analytics: per-GB ingest is the dominant meter, with daily-commit tiers, table-tier optimization (Analytics vs Basic vs Auxiliary), retention beyond 31 days, and search/restore from archive as additional billable lines. Ingest tier and table choice are the primary cost levers.

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

It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category pay-as-you-go + committed use.

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

Tagged areas include Observability, Logs, Monitoring, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: Observability Pricing: Pay-As-You-Go + Committed Use Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
ObservabilityLogsMonitoringFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Microsoft Corporation
PricingCategory
Pay-As-You-Go
ProviderName
Microsoft
PublisherName
Microsoft Corporation
ServiceCategory
Observability
ServiceName
Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

Meters

analytics_logs_ingest
Unit: GB
Standard Analytics-tier table ingest
basic_logs_ingest
Unit: GB
Basic-tier ingest (cheaper, query-restricted)
auxiliary_logs_ingest
Unit: GB
Auxiliary-tier ingest (cheapest, archival-only)
interactive_retention
Unit: GB-month
Per-GB-month for retention beyond the included 31 days
long_term_archive
Unit: GB-month
Long-term archive storage up to 12 years
search_scan
Unit: GB
Per-GB scanned by Basic/Auxiliary search and archive restore

Sources

Work with this as data

Every finops artifact here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

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.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This finops artifact 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/finops/azure-log-analytics-finops"
All finops 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/finops?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.