Edlink · FinOps Profile

Edlink Finops

FinOps view of Edlink spend. Edlink bills edtech customers a recurring Monthly Platform Fee per tier plus an Additional Synced Person Fee charged per unique user whose data is provided to the learning platform each month. Because the dominant cost driver is the count of synced persons, cost optimization centers on minimizing the unique-user footprint actually synced per billing period. Concrete per-tier and per-synced-person dollar amounts are sales-negotiated and not publicly itemized, so they are not reconciled in this artifact.

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

It defines 2 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category subscription-plus-usage.

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

Tagged areas include Education, EdTech, Rostering, SIS, and LMS.

Category: Education Integration Pricing: Subscription-Plus-Usage Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
EducationEdTechRosteringSISLMSFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Edlink
PricingCategory
Subscription-Plus-Usage
ProviderName
Edlink
PublisherName
Edlink
ServiceCategory
Education Integration
ServiceName
Edlink API

Meters

platform_fee
Unit: subscription
Recurring monthly platform fee that unlocks the functionality of the contracted tier.
synced_persons
Unit: persons
Unique users whose data is provided to the learning platform in a billing month, billed per person.

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