ClickSend · FinOps Profile

Clicksend Finops

FinOps view of ClickSend spend. ClickSend bills on a prepaid, pay-as-you-go basis: account credit is drawn down per SMS segment, per MMS, per voice message, per email, and per physical post item (letters, postcards), with per-unit rates that vary by destination country and, for post, by page count, colour, and duplex. Dedicated numbers carry recurring monthly charges. Because billing is prepaid, spend is naturally capped by the credit balance, and each channel exposes a /price endpoint for pre-send cost estimation.

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

It defines 7 billable meters, billed in USD, on a prepaid cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

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

Tagged areas include Communications, SMS, MMS, Voice, and Email.

Category: Communications Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Prepaid FOCUS v1.3
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Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
ClickSend
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
ClickSend
PublisherName
ClickSend
ServiceCategory
Communications
ServiceName
ClickSend

Meters

sms_segments
Unit: messages
SMS message segments sent, billed per segment by destination country.
mms_messages
Unit: messages
MMS messages sent, billed per message by destination country.
voice_messages
Unit: messages
Voice / text-to-speech messages placed, billed per message by destination and duration.
emails
Unit: emails
Transactional emails sent, billed per email.
post_letters
Unit: items
Physical letters printed and mailed, billed per item by pages, colour, duplex, and destination.
post_postcards
Unit: items
Physical postcards printed and mailed, billed per item by destination.
dedicated_numbers
Unit: numbers
Recurring monthly charge per provisioned dedicated / inbound number.

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