Google Cloud Data Catalog · FinOps Profile

Google Cloud Data Catalog Finops

FinOps mapping for Google Cloud Data Catalog, derived from the prices Google Cloud Data Catalog publishes (https://cloud.google.com/products/knowledge-catalog/pricing), transcribed verbatim in plans/google-cloud-data-catalog-plans-pricing.yml. Nothing here is estimated.

Google Cloud Data Catalog Finops is the FinOps profile for Google Cloud Data Catalog on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

The provider bills by dcu per unit time, as read on 2026-10-28.

It defines 2 billable meters, billed in USD, on a continuous cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

The profile maps 4 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Data Catalog, Data Governance, Google Cloud, and Metadata.

Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Continuous FOCUS v1.3 Bills by: dcu per unit time
Derived by API Evangelist from the provider's plans and contracts on 2026-10-28.
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Data CatalogData GovernanceGoogle CloudMetadata

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
PricingUnit
dcu per unit time
ProviderName
Google Cloud Data Catalog
ServiceName
Google Cloud Data Catalog

Meters

dcu_per_unit_time
Unit: dcu per unit time
1_gibibyte_hour
Unit: 1 gibibyte hour

Sources

Work with this as data

Every finops artifact here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

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Tools for finops

4 MCP tools reach this
  • find_finopsBrowse and filter every finops artifact in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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Call it yourself

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This finops artifact 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/finops/google-cloud-data-catalog-finops"
All finops 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/finops?limit=25"

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