freee · FinOps Profile

Freee Finops

FinOps view of freee spend. freee is subscription SaaS billed in Japanese yen (JPY), tax-excluded. freee Accounting corporate plans are billed per company per month with usage-based charges (従量課金) layered on; freee HR & Payroll plans include a base headcount and then bill per additional employee (per-user) per month. Annual billing is discounted versus monthly. The public REST API is included with a paid subscription - there is no separate metered API charge - so API-driven integrations do not add a distinct line item; they consume the same subscription entitlement. Cost is therefore driven by product mix (accounting vs HR/payroll), plan tier, company count, and employee headcount.

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

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in JPY, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category subscription-based.

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

Tagged areas include Accounting, HR, Payroll, SaaS, and Japan.

Category: Business Applications Pricing: Subscription-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
AccountingHRPayrollSaaSJapanFinOpsCost Management

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
JPY
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
freee K.K.
PricingCategory
Subscription-Based
ProviderName
freee K.K.
PublisherName
freee K.K.
ServiceCategory
Business Applications
ServiceName
freee (Accounting and HR/Payroll)

Meters

accounting_subscription
Unit: company-months
freee Accounting base subscription, billed per company per month (tax-excluded JPY).
accounting_usage_charges
Unit: charges
Usage-based charges (従量課金) layered on some accounting plans; not reconciled here.
hr_subscription
Unit: company-months
freee HR & Payroll base subscription, billed per company per month with a base headcount.
hr_additional_employees
Unit: employee-months
Additional employees beyond the base headcount, billed per employee per month.

Sources