RCSB PDB · FinOps Profile

Pdb Finops

RCSB PDB APIs are freely available with no direct monetary cost to the consumer. FinOps considerations center on the engineering and infrastructure cost of consuming these APIs — egress bandwidth, compute for processing large structure files, storage for local archives, and developer time. Organizations integrating PDB data at scale should track these indirect costs and optimize for efficient access patterns.

Pdb Finops is the FinOps profile for RCSB PDB on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 3 billable meters, billed in USD, on a n/a cycle, and pricing category free / open data.

The profile maps 9 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, Open Data, and Research.

Category: Open Scientific Data API Pricing: Free / Open Data Billing: N/A FOCUS v1.3
Structural BiologyBioinformaticsLife SciencesOpen DataResearchFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

Usage

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
N/A (free resource)
PricingCategory
Free
PricingUnit
request
ProviderName
RCSB PDB
PublisherName
Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics
ServiceCategory
Open Scientific Data API
ServiceName
RCSB PDB

Meters

api_requests
Unit: request
Count of API requests made across all RCSB PDB API endpoints
data_download_bytes
Unit: GB
Total bytes downloaded from files.wwpdb.org or via rsync
structure_files_cached
Unit: file
Count of structure coordinate files maintained in a local cache

Sources