Dacast · FinOps Profile

Dacast Finops

FinOps view of Dacast spend. Dacast bills a fixed monthly/annual subscription per plan (Starter, Event, Scale, Custom) that bundles a bandwidth and storage allotment, plus usage-based overage charges when bandwidth or storage exceed the allotment. API access is a plan entitlement (Scale and Custom), not a separately metered line item. Primary cost drivers are content delivery bandwidth and stored video volume.

Dacast Finops is the FinOps profile for Dacast 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-based.

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

Tagged areas include Live Streaming, Video, VOD, OTT, and FinOps.

Category: Media and Streaming Pricing: Subscription-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Live StreamingVideoVODOTTFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsageAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Dacast
PricingCategory
Subscription-Based
ProviderName
Dacast
PublisherName
Dacast
ServiceCategory
Media and Streaming
ServiceName
Dacast Streaming Platform

Meters

subscription
Unit: months
Fixed monthly/annual plan fee bundling a bandwidth and storage allotment.
overage_bandwidth
Unit: gigabytes
Delivery bandwidth beyond the plan allotment, billed per GB (~$0.30/GB, pre-paid as low as $0.09/GB).
overage_storage
Unit: gigabytes
Stored video volume beyond the plan allotment, billed per GB per month (~$0.15/GB/mo).

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