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Braintrust Data Finops

FinOps view of Braintrust spend. Braintrust bills a fixed monthly platform fee on the Pro plan plus usage-based charges for processed data volume (GB) and scores beyond the plan's included allotment. AI/Topics inference run through the platform draws against a monthly inference credit. Enterprise is a negotiated annual contract. Costs scale with data volume and scoring, not with headcount, since users are unlimited on all plans.

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

It defines 5 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 AI, LLM, Evaluation, Observability, and LLMOps.

Category: AI and Machine Learning Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
AILLMEvaluationObservabilityLLMOpsFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Braintrust
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Braintrust
PublisherName
Braintrust
ServiceCategory
AI and Machine Learning
ServiceName
Braintrust

Meters

platform_fee
Unit: subscription
Fixed monthly subscription fee for the Pro plan.
processed_data
Unit: gigabytes
Processed data volume in GB beyond the plan allotment, billed per GB.
scores
Unit: scores
Scores recorded beyond the plan allotment, billed per 1,000 scores.
ai_inference_credit
Unit: credit
AI/Topics inference run through the platform, drawn against the monthly inference credit.
proxy_tokens
Unit: tokens
Tokens used through the AI proxy, billed by the underlying model provider.

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