DBnomics · FinOps Profile

Dbnomics Finops

FinOps view of DBnomics spend - which is zero on the vendor side. DBnomics is a free, open-source digital public good operated by Cepremap and funded by public-institution sponsorship, with no invoices, tiers, or metered billing for API consumers. Any cost of consuming DBnomics is entirely on your side: the compute, storage, and egress of your own pipelines that call the API, and the infrastructure cost of a self-hosted deployment if you run the open-source stack yourself.

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

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a none cycle, and pricing category free.

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

Tagged areas include Economic Indicators, Macroeconomics, Open Data, Statistics, and FinOps.

Category: Analytics and Open Data Pricing: Free Billing: None FOCUS v1.3
Economic IndicatorsMacroeconomicsOpen DataStatisticsFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
None
InvoiceIssuerName
None (no invoicing; free public good)
PricingCategory
Free
ProviderName
DBnomics
PublisherName
Cepremap
ServiceCategory
Analytics and Open Data
ServiceName
DBnomics Web API

Meters

api_requests
Unit: requests
Requests your pipelines make to the public Web API; free on the DBnomics side, but drive your own compute and egress.
series_observations_pulled
Unit: observations
Volume of time-series observations retrieved (observations=true); drives your own storage and processing costs.
self_hosted_compute
Unit: hours
Infrastructure cost of running a self-hosted DBnomics deployment (API plus per-provider fetchers); no vendor invoice.
sponsorship
Unit: currency
Optional voluntary sponsorship of the DBnomics public good, if your organization chooses to contribute.

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