Cilium · FinOps Profile

Cilium Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Cilium: the upstream project itself is free (Apache 2.0). The cost surface is internal — compute / memory consumed by cilium-agent, Hubble, Hubble Relay, and Tetragon DaemonSets in customer clusters, plus the optional Isovalent Enterprise subscription (Cisco) for organizations that want a supported distribution. There is no metered billing surface exposed by Cilium itself.

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

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a n/a (upstream) / annual (isovalent enterprise) cycle, and pricing category open source (optional commercial subscription).

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

Tagged areas include Cloud Native, eBPF, Kubernetes, Networking, and Open Source.

Category: Cloud Native Networking & Security Pricing: Open Source (Optional Commercial Subscription) Billing: N/A (upstream) / Annual (Isovalent Enterprise) FOCUS v1.3
Cloud NativeeBPFKubernetesNetworkingOpen SourceSecurityFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

AdjustmentPurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Adjustment
InvoiceIssuerName
N/A (upstream); Cisco / Isovalent for Enterprise
PricingCategory
Open Source
ProviderName
Cilium / CNCF
PublisherName
Cilium Authors / CNCF
ServiceCategory
Cloud Native Networking & Security
ServiceName
Cilium

Meters

agent_overhead
Unit: vCPU-hour
vCPU and RAM consumed by cilium-agent DaemonSets across cluster nodes
hubble_overhead
Unit: vCPU-hour
Resources consumed by Hubble and Hubble Relay (observability stack)
tetragon_overhead
Unit: vCPU-hour
Resources consumed by Tetragon DaemonSets (runtime security)
enterprise_subscription
Unit: month
Optional Isovalent Enterprise / Cisco subscription line (when purchased)

Sources

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