MarineTraffic · FinOps Profile

Marine Traffic Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps profile for the MarineTraffic AIS Data API. Pricing is credit-based — every API service charges N credits per response row or per call against a prepaid credit balance. Cost optimization therefore lives in three places: row-count discipline (filters / pagination), refresh-interval awareness (cache windows), and service substitution (use VI04/VI07 instead of polling PS05 for ETAs).

Marine Traffic Finops is the FinOps profile for MarineTraffic on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

The provider bills by credit and 3 discount lanes (caching, batching or committed use) are published, as read on 2026-05-25.

It defines 3 billable meters, billed in USD, on a prepaid (credit-based) cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

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

Tagged areas include FinOps, Cost Management, FOCUS, Maritime, and AIS.

Category: Maritime Data and Analytics Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Prepaid (credit-based) FOCUS v1.3 Bills by: credit 3 discount lanes
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-25.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-25 from the provider's published pricing, and not verified by the provider. Treat the meters and categories as our reading of their pages, not their statement.
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FinOpsCost ManagementFOCUSMaritimeAIS

Discount Lanes

Refresh-interval caching — Free re-delivery of the same vessel/port/fleet inside the published refresh window.
Volume / Enterprise — Negotiated per-credit price for high-volume customers; contact sales.
Bundled NMEA / cloud-database — Enterprise bundles can mix REST API calls with live NMEA streaming or cloud-database access at a blended rate.

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseCreditAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
Kpler
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
PricingUnit
credit
ProviderName
MarineTraffic
PublisherName
Kpler
ServiceCategory
Maritime Data and Analytics
ServiceName
MarineTraffic AIS Data API

Meters

credits_consumed
Unit: credit
rows_returned
Unit: row
cached_responses
Unit: call
Responses served inside the refresh interval (zero-cost).

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