Bifrost · FinOps Profile

Bifrost Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Bifrost: dual-track shape — free Apache 2.0 OSS edition (zero license cost; operator pays infrastructure + upstream LLM costs) and a custom-priced Enterprise edition for governed deployments. Bifrost itself is not a billable service; it is a cost-governance layer in front of upstream AI providers.

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

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a annual cycle, and pricing category open source + enterprise license.

The profile maps 9 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include AI Gateway, LLM, Open Source, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: AI Infrastructure / Gateway Pricing: Open Source + Enterprise License Billing: Annual FOCUS v1.3
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-05.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 from the provider's published pricing, and not verified by the provider. Treat the meters and categories as our reading of their pages, not their statement.
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AI GatewayLLMOpen SourceFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsageTaxAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Maxim AI
PricingCategory
License + Pass-Through
PricingUnit
license-year
ProviderName
Bifrost
PublisherName
Maxim AI
ServiceCategory
AI Infrastructure / Gateway
ServiceName
Bifrost

Meters

enterprise_license
Unit: license-year
Annual Enterprise license fee (custom-priced)
self_hosted_compute
Unit: instance-hour
Compute cost to run Bifrost gateway nodes (operator's cloud bill)
upstream_llm_tokens
Unit: token
Token spend on upstream LLM providers, attributed to a virtual key
upstream_llm_requests
Unit: request
Request count to upstream LLM providers, attributed to a virtual key
cache_hits
Unit: request
Semantic-cache hits that avoided an upstream call (cost-savings meter)

Sources

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