Containerd · FinOps Profile

Containerd Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Containerd: CNCF-graduated OSS runtime with no per-call or license cost. FinOps focuses on the underlying compute / storage / network it consumes (Kubernetes node hours, registry-pull egress) rather than a vendor invoice from containerd itself.

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

It defines 3 billable meters, billed in USD, on a not applicable cycle, and pricing category open source / free.

The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Cloud Native, Container Runtime, Kubernetes, OSS, and FinOps.

Category: Container Runtime / Open Source Pricing: Open Source / Free Billing: Not Applicable FOCUS v1.3
Cloud NativeContainer RuntimeKubernetesOSSFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

Usage

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Not Applicable
ProviderName
Containerd Project
PublisherName
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
ServiceCategory
Container Runtime
ServiceName
Containerd

Meters

node_hours
Unit: instance-hour
Compute hours of nodes running containerd (proxy meter — billed by the underlying cloud provider, not by containerd)
image_pull_egress
Unit: GB
Egress from container registries during image pulls
container_runtime_count
Unit: container
Containers / pods executed via the containerd CRI surface (operational meter, no charge)

Sources

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Tools for finops

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  • find_finopsBrowse and filter every finops artifact in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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