Counter · FinOps Profile

Counter Dev Finops

FinOps view of Counter. Counter has no usage-based billing: the hosted counter.dev service is pay-what-you-want and free to use, and the AGPL-3.0 server can be self-hosted at no license cost. As a result there is no per-token, per-request, or per-seat meter to allocate. The only real spend is (a) optional voluntary payments to the hosted service and (b) the operator's own infrastructure costs (Redis, the Go server, and an optional SQL archive database) when self-hosting.

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

It defines 2 billable meters, billed in USD, on a voluntary cycle, and pricing category pay-what-you-want.

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

Tagged areas include Web Analytics, Privacy, Open Source, Self-Hosted, and FinOps.

Category: Analytics Pricing: Pay-What-You-Want Billing: Voluntary FOCUS v1.3
Web AnalyticsPrivacyOpen SourceSelf-HostedFinOpsCost Management

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

Purchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Counter
PricingCategory
Pay-What-You-Want
ProviderName
Counter
PublisherName
Counter
ServiceCategory
Analytics
ServiceName
Counter

Meters

voluntary_payment
Unit: currency
Optional pay-what-you-want contribution to the hosted counter.dev service.
selfhost_infrastructure
Unit: currency
Operator-borne infrastructure cost when self-hosting (Redis, Go server, optional SQL archive). Not billed by Counter.

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