Google Colab · FinOps Profile

Google Colab Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Google Colab: consumer Colab (Pro/Pro+/PAYG) bills monthly via the Google Account billing surface using compute-unit consumption; Colab Enterprise bills hourly through the standard Google Cloud Billing pipeline as Vertex AI usage. Colab compute units are the primary spend lever for non-enterprise users.

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

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category subscription + pay-as-you-go.

The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Notebooks, Machine Learning, Google Cloud, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: Notebook / ML Compute Pricing: Subscription + Pay-As-You-Go Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
NotebooksMachine LearningGoogle CloudFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Google LLC
ProviderName
Google
PublisherName
Google LLC
ServiceCategory
AI Compute / Notebooks
ServiceName
Colab / Colab Enterprise

Meters

compute_units
Unit: compute_unit
Compute units consumed by attached runtimes (consumer Colab)
subscription_seat
Unit: seat-month
Active Colab Pro / Pro+ subscription seats
enterprise_runtime_hours
Unit: instance-hour
Vertex AI runtime hours for Colab Enterprise notebooks
storage_gb_month
Unit: GB-month
Notebook storage consumed (Drive for consumer Colab; GCS for Enterprise)

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