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.

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
FinOpsCost ManagementFOCUSMaritimeAIS

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).

Sources

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