Estuary · FinOps Profile

Estuary Finops

FinOps view of Estuary Flow spend. Estuary bills two usage dimensions: the volume of data moved through Flow, metered in GB at a per-GB rate, and the number of active connector instances, charged as a flat monthly rate per instance (with a lower rate above the first six). A perpetual Free tier covers 10 GB/month and 2 connectors. Because source and target data is counted once, fan-out to additional destinations does not multiply the data-movement charge.

Estuary Finops is the FinOps profile for Estuary 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 usage-based.

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

Tagged areas include Data Integration, Streaming ETL, Change Data Capture, CDC, and Real-Time Data.

Category: Analytics Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Data IntegrationStreaming ETLChange Data CaptureCDCReal-Time DataData PipelinesFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Estuary
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Estuary
PublisherName
Estuary
ServiceCategory
Analytics
ServiceName
Estuary Flow

Meters

data_moved_gb
Unit: gigabytes
Gigabytes of data moved into and out of Flow, billed per GB (source and target counted once).
connector_instances
Unit: instances
Active capture/materialization connector instances, billed at a flat monthly rate each (first 6 vs. additional).
docs_processed
Unit: documents
Document counts captured and materialized per catalog entity (from catalog_stats), used for visibility not direct billing.

Sources