Golem · FinOps Profile

Golem Cloud Finops

FinOps view of Golem spend. There are two distinct cost models. Self-hosted open-source Golem carries no license fee - cost is entirely the underlying infrastructure (compute, storage, network) you operate it on, governed by your own cloud provider's FinOps practices. The managed Golem Cloud hosted service is in a free Developer Preview; announced usage-based GA pricing is expected to bill on concurrently active agents and workflows, but published rates were not available, so hosted spend is not reconciled here.

Golem Cloud Finops is the FinOps profile for Golem 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 usage-based.

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

Tagged areas include Durable Computing, Serverless, WebAssembly, Workers, and Agents.

Category: Compute Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Durable ComputingServerlessWebAssemblyWorkersAgentsFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Golem
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Golem
PublisherName
Golem
ServiceCategory
Compute
ServiceName
Golem Cloud

Meters

active_agents
Unit: active_units
Concurrently active durable workers/agents on the hosted service (announced GA billing basis).
active_workflows
Unit: active_units
Concurrently active workflows on the hosted service (announced GA billing basis).
invocations
Unit: invocations
Worker invocations (invoke and invoke-and-await) executed.
component_storage
Unit: bytes
Storage consumed by uploaded WebAssembly component revisions.
self_hosted_infrastructure
Unit: hours
Underlying compute and storage cost of running self-hosted open-source Golem (no Golem license fee).

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