Evidence · FinOps Profile

Evidence Dev Finops

FinOps view of Evidence spend. The open-source framework (Evidence core, including the Universal SQL / DuckDB query layer) is MIT-licensed and free; its only direct costs are the self-hosting compute/CDN you choose (Netlify, Vercel, own server) plus the cost of the upstream data warehouses you query. Evidence Cloud is the managed product and bills seat-based per user/month (Team $15, Pro $25, Enterprise custom) with bundled monthly AI-credit allowances and metered AI-credit overage at $0.01 per credit. Because Evidence is a framework rather than a metered REST API, there are no per-token or per-request inference charges to model.

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

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category seat-based and usage-based.

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

Tagged areas include Business Intelligence, BI as Code, SQL, Markdown, and Data Apps.

Category: Analytics and Business Intelligence Pricing: Seat-Based and Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Business IntelligenceBI as CodeSQLMarkdownData AppsOpen SourceFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Evidence
PricingCategory
Seat-Based and Usage-Based
ProviderName
Evidence
PublisherName
Evidence
ServiceCategory
Analytics and Business Intelligence
ServiceName
Evidence Cloud

Meters

cloud_seats
Unit: users
Evidence Cloud user seats billed per user per month by plan (Team/Pro/Enterprise).
ai_credits_included
Unit: ai_credits
Monthly AI-credit allowance bundled per user (1,000 Team / 3,000 Pro / custom Enterprise).
ai_credits_overage
Unit: ai_credits
AI credits consumed beyond the included allowance, billed at $0.01 per credit.
self_hosting_compute
Unit: hours
External hosting/CDN cost for self-hosted open-source deployments (not billed by Evidence).
upstream_warehouse_queries
Unit: queries
Cost of queries run against connected upstream data warehouses (billed by those providers).

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