Azure Key Vault · FinOps Profile
Azure Key Vault Finops
FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Azure Key Vault: per-10K-transaction usage metering for secrets, software keys, HSM-protected keys, and certificates, plus partition-hour billing for Managed HSM. Charges flow into the standard Azure invoice.
Azure Key Vault Finops is the FinOps profile for Azure Key Vault on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.
It defines 7 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category pay-as-you-go.
The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.
Tagged areas include Security, Secrets Management, HSM, FinOps, and FOCUS.
Category: Security
Pricing: Pay-As-You-Go
Billing: Monthly
FOCUS v1.3
SecuritySecrets ManagementHSMFinOpsFOCUS
Framework Alignment
Charge Categories
UsageTaxAdjustment
FOCUS Columns
BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Microsoft Corporation
PricingCategory
Pay-As-You-Go
ProviderName
Microsoft
PublisherName
Microsoft Corporation
ServiceCategory
Security
ServiceName
Azure Key Vault
Meters
secret_operations
Get/set/list secret operations
software_key_operations
Software-protected key crypto operations
hsm_key_operations
HSM-protected key crypto operations (Premium / Managed HSM)
hsm_key_storage
HSM-protected keys stored in Premium vault per month
certificate_operations
Certificate create / get / renew operations
certificate_renewals
Auto-renew issuances; metered separately from create
managed_hsm_partition_hours
Single-tenant Managed HSM partition active hours
Sources
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/key-vault/
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/general/service-limits
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