Google Cloud Monitoring · FinOps Profile

Google Cloud Monitoring Finops

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

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

The provider bills by million samples, as read on 2026-10-28.

It defines 8 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

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

Tagged areas include Alerting, Dashboards, Google Cloud, Metrics, and Monitoring.

Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3 Bills by: million samples
Derived by API Evangelist from the provider's plans and contracts on 2026-10-28.
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AlertingDashboardsGoogle CloudMetricsMonitoringObservabilitySLOUptime

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
PricingUnit
million samples
ProviderName
Google Cloud Monitoring
ServiceName
Google Cloud Monitoring

Meters

gib
Unit: gib
mib
Unit: mib
million_samples
Unit: million samples
million_time_series_returned
Unit: million time series returned
1_000_executions
Unit: 1,000 executions
metric_reference
Unit: metric reference
1_000_000_points
Unit: 1,000,000 points
million_spans
Unit: million spans

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