NGINX · FinOps Profile
Nginx Finops
FOCUS-aligned FinOps for NGINX: open-source self-host is zero-cost; commercial F5 NGINX products billed per-instance annual subscription or via cloud marketplaces (NGINXaaS for Azure / GCP) with usage-based pricing.
Nginx Finops is the FinOps profile for NGINX on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.
It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD, on a annual cycle, and pricing category subscription + marketplace pay-as-you-go.
The profile maps 9 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.
Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, API Gateway, Load Balancer, and Cost Management.
Category: API Gateway + Load Balancer
Pricing: Subscription + Marketplace Pay-As-You-Go
Billing: Annual
FOCUS v1.3
Method:
generated, dated 2026-05-05.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 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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FinOpsFOCUSAPI GatewayLoad BalancerCost Management
Framework Alignment
Charge Categories
PurchaseUsageTaxAdjustment
FOCUS Columns
BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
F5, Inc.
PricingCategory
Subscription
PricingUnit
instance-year
ProviderName
F5
PublisherName
F5, Inc.
ServiceCategory
Networking
ServiceName
NGINX
ServiceSubcategory
API Gateway / Load Balancer
Meters
nginx_plus_instances
Annual NGINX Plus instance subscriptions.
nginx_one_instances
NGINX One managed instances.
f5_waf_instances
F5 WAF for NGINX subscription instances.
nginxaas_azure_usage
NGINXaaS for Azure marketplace consumption.
nginxaas_gcp_usage
NGINXaaS for Google Cloud marketplace consumption.
support_subscription
F5 support tier subscription.
Sources
Work with this as data
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