Castr · FinOps Profile

Castr Live Finops

FinOps view of Castr spend. Castr is billed as a subscription (Starter through Events/OTT, plus custom/enterprise), where each tier bundles a fixed set of allowances - concurrent streams, multistream destinations, upfront (ingest) bandwidth, player (delivery) bandwidth, and video storage. The documented REST API is included with the subscription rather than metered separately, so the cost drivers are the plan fee and staying within (or upgrading past) the plan's bandwidth, storage, and concurrency allowances. Annual billing lowers the effective monthly rate versus monthly billing.

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

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly or annual cycle, and pricing category subscription.

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

Tagged areas include Live Streaming, Video Hosting, VOD, FinOps, and Cost Management.

Category: Media and Video Streaming Pricing: Subscription Billing: Monthly or Annual FOCUS v1.3
Live StreamingVideo HostingVODFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsageAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Castr
PricingCategory
Subscription
ProviderName
Castr
PublisherName
Castr
ServiceCategory
Media and Video Streaming
ServiceName
Castr

Meters

subscription
Unit: subscription
Recurring plan fee for the subscribed Castr tier.
upfront_bandwidth
Unit: bytes
Ingest/multistream bandwidth consumed against the plan allowance.
player_bandwidth
Unit: bytes
Viewer-delivery bandwidth consumed against the plan allowance.
storage
Unit: bytes
Video hosting storage consumed against the plan allowance.
concurrent_streams
Unit: streams
Peak simultaneous streams relative to the plan's concurrency ceiling.

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