Nord Pool · FinOps Profile

Nordpool Finops

FinOps view of Nord Pool spend. Unlike usage-metered API vendors, Nord Pool charges flat annual data fees per region package for Market Data API access (published day-ahead packages roughly EUR 1,250 to 4,100 per year, price-only packages EUR 1,200 to 3,300 per year, bidding curves EUR 430 to 1,650 per year), plus EUR 350 per year per additional API account and redistribution licenses from EUR 3,500 to 5,500 per year where data is passed on to third parties. The Data Portal web platform is a separate seat-tiered annual subscription (EUR 1,200 to 9,000). Trading APIs carry no API fee for members - their cost center is trading membership, clearing, and settlement. Costs are therefore driven by which regions, data scopes, and seats you subscribe to, not by request volume.

Nordpool Finops is the FinOps profile for Nord Pool on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in EUR, on a annual cycle, and pricing category subscription.

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

Tagged areas include Day-Ahead Prices, Electricity, Energy Markets, Power Exchange, and FinOps.

Category: Market Data and Financial Services Pricing: Subscription Billing: Annual FOCUS v1.3
Day-Ahead PricesElectricityEnergy MarketsPower ExchangeFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
EUR
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Nord Pool AS
PricingCategory
Committed
ProviderName
Nord Pool
PublisherName
Nord Pool
ServiceCategory
Market Data and Financial Services
ServiceName
Nord Pool Power Data Services

Meters

region_data_packages
Unit: subscriptions
Annual data fee per subscribed region/scope package (day-ahead, intraday, operating, regulating, bidding curves).
api_accounts
Unit: accounts
OAuth API accounts beyond the one included per customer, at EUR 350 per year each.
redistribution_licenses
Unit: licenses
Licenses required when Nord Pool data is redistributed to third parties, from EUR 3,500 to 5,500 per year.
data_portal_seats
Unit: seats
Data Portal web subscription tier (SOLO through ENTERPRISE PRO) by seat count.

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