Cliniko · FinOps Profile

Cliniko Finops

FinOps view of Cliniko spend. Cliniko is a per-practitioner SaaS subscription billed monthly in USD; cost scales with the number of practitioners in banded tiers rather than with API usage. The public REST API is included in the subscription at no additional charge, so API adoption does not directly add line-item cost - the meaningful variable cost is the practitioner headcount band and optional pre-paid SMS credits (used for reminders/confirmations, which the API can trigger). Because API calls do not carry per-request fees, FinOps attention is on right-sizing the practitioner band, monitoring SMS consumption, and staying within the 200-requests-per-minute limit to avoid throttling rather than on metered API charges.

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

It defines 3 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category subscription.

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

Tagged areas include Practice Management, Healthcare, Allied Health, SaaS, and FinOps.

Category: Practice Management Software (SaaS) Pricing: Subscription Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Practice ManagementHealthcareAllied HealthSaaSFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Cliniko
PricingCategory
Subscription
ProviderName
Cliniko
PublisherName
Cliniko
ServiceCategory
Practice Management Software
ServiceName
Cliniko

Meters

practitioner_subscription
Unit: practitioners
Monthly subscription priced by the practitioner-count band; the dominant cost line.
sms_credits
Unit: messages
Pre-paid SMS messages consumed for reminders/confirmations, billed per message.
api_requests
Unit: requests
API requests made against the account. Not billed - tracked only against the 200/minute rate limit.

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