Azure Kubernetes Service · FinOps Profile

Azure Kubernetes Service Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Azure Kubernetes Service: free cluster management on the Free tier (no SLA), pay-per-cluster-hour on Standard / Premium for control-plane SLA, plus pay-as-you-go for the underlying VMs, disks, load balancers, and egress. Tier choice and node-pool right-sizing dominate total cost.

Azure Kubernetes Service Finops is the FinOps profile for Azure Kubernetes Service on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category pay-as-you-go + committed use.

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

Tagged areas include Containers, Kubernetes, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: Container Platform Pricing: Pay-As-You-Go + Committed Use Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
ContainersKubernetesFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Microsoft Corporation
PricingCategory
Pay-As-You-Go
ProviderName
Microsoft
PublisherName
Microsoft Corporation
ServiceCategory
Container Platform
ServiceName
Azure Kubernetes Service

Meters

control_plane_hours
Unit: cluster-hour
Per-cluster-hour management charge on Standard / Premium tiers
node_vm_hours
Unit: instance-hour
Agent node compute time
managed_disks
Unit: GB-month
OS disks and persistent volumes
load_balancer
Unit: rule-hour
Standard Load Balancer rules and data processed
egress_bandwidth
Unit: GB
Internet / cross-region traffic from cluster

Sources

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Tools for finops

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  • find_finopsBrowse and filter every finops artifact in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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