Photon Engine · FinOps Profile

Photonengine Finops

FinOps view of Photon spend. Unlike token- or request-metered APIs, Photon bills primarily against a provisioned Concurrent Users (CCU) capacity plan per application (Fusion, Quantum, Realtime, Voice, Chat each billed separately), with bundled traffic allowances at higher tiers and a per-CCU overage rate on Premium Cloud. There is no per-message or per-webhook-call charge documented for Room Lifecycle WebHooks or Custom Authentication - those ride on the same CCU-provisioned capacity.

Photonengine Finops is the FinOps profile for Photon Engine on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly or annual cycle, and pricing category capacity-based (ccu).

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

Tagged areas include Gaming, Multiplayer, Realtime, FinOps, and Cost Management.

Category: Gaming and Multiplayer Networking Pricing: Capacity-Based (CCU) Billing: Monthly or Annual FOCUS v1.3
GamingMultiplayerRealtimeFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsageAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Photon Engine
PricingCategory
Capacity-Based
ProviderName
Photon Engine
PublisherName
Photon Engine
ServiceCategory
Gaming and Multiplayer Networking
ServiceName
Photon Cloud

Meters

peak_ccu
Unit: concurrent_users
Peak concurrent users observed against the provisioned CCU plan, per application/product.
ccu_burst
Unit: concurrent_users
Temporary overage above the plan's CCU ceiling absorbed at no extra charge on 500+ CCU plans.
bundled_traffic_gb
Unit: gigabytes
Traffic allowance bundled into Growth-tier plans (for example ~1.5 TB at 500 CCU, ~6 TB at 2,000 CCU).
premium_cloud_ccu_overage
Unit: concurrent_users
Per-CCU charge applied on Premium Cloud once a title scales past the top public-cloud tier.

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