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Dbt Cloud Finops

FinOps view of dbt Cloud spend. dbt Cloud bills seat-based subscriptions (per developer seat per month) with usage allowances metered by successful models built per month and, for the Semantic Layer, queried metrics per month. Developer is free for one seat; Starter is a flat per-seat fee; Enterprise and Enterprise+ are negotiated. Cost optimization centers on controlling seat counts, model-build volume, and metric query volume against plan allowances.

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

It defines 4 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 Data, Analytics Engineering, Data Transformation, ELT, and Semantic Layer.

Category: Analytics Pricing: Subscription Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
DataAnalytics EngineeringData TransformationELTSemantic LayerFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
dbt Labs
PricingCategory
Subscription
ProviderName
dbt Labs
PublisherName
dbt Labs
ServiceCategory
Analytics
ServiceName
dbt Cloud

Meters

developer_seats
Unit: seats
Active developer seats on the subscription, billed per seat per month.
models_built
Unit: models
Successful models built per month, metered against the plan allowance.
queried_metrics
Unit: metrics
Semantic Layer metrics queried per month, metered against the plan allowance.
projects
Unit: projects
Number of projects in the account, capped by plan tier.

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