Lemmy · FinOps Profile

Lemmy Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps profile for Lemmy API consumption. Because Lemmy is free open-source software with no per-call API charges, the primary cost surface for FinOps purposes is infrastructure: self-hosted instance compute and storage, or managed hosting subscription fees from a third-party provider. There is no Lemmy vendor invoice for API calls; costs are entirely infrastructure-driven.

Lemmy Finops is the FinOps profile for Lemmy 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 infrastructure.

The profile maps 6 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Communities, Federated, Fediverse, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: Social Network Data Pricing: Infrastructure Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
CommunitiesFederatedFediverseFinOpsFOCUSOpen-Source

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

Usage

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
Infrastructure Provider or Managed Hosting Provider
ProviderName
LemmyNet
PublisherName
LemmyNet (community-maintained)
ServiceCategory
Social Network Data
ServiceName
Lemmy

Meters

api_requests_public
Unit: request
Requests to a public Lemmy instance API — no direct cost to consumer; counted against instance rate limits only.
self_hosted_compute
Unit: instance-hour
Monthly compute cost for a self-hosted Lemmy instance (paid to cloud/VPS provider).
self_hosted_storage
Unit: GB-month
Monthly storage cost for PostgreSQL database and Pictrs image data on a self-hosted instance. Elestio reference rate is ~$0.15/GB/month.
managed_hosting_subscription
Unit: subscription-month
Monthly subscription fee to a managed Lemmy hosting provider (e.g., Elestio).

Sources

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