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Podcastle Finops

FinOps view of Podcastle spend across two billing surfaces. The consumer creation platform (Async) bills monthly subscriptions with AI-credit allowances consumed by generative actions and transcription-hour caps. The Async Voice API bills usage-based per hour of synthesized audio, with Async Flash and Async Pro tiers and voice cloning included. Per-hour and per-credit rates are subject to change; verify against the pricing pages during reconciliation.

Podcastle Finops is the FinOps profile for Podcastle 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 usage-based.

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

Tagged areas include AI, Audio, Text to Speech, Voice Cloning, and Podcasting.

Category: AI and Machine Learning Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
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Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Podcastle
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Podcastle
PublisherName
Podcastle
ServiceCategory
AI and Machine Learning
ServiceName
Async Voice API

Meters

tts_audio_hours
Unit: hours
Hours of audio synthesized through the Async Voice API, billed per hour by model tier (Flash from $0.50/hr, Pro from $1.00/hr).
voice_clones
Unit: clones
Custom voices created via /voices/clone; included with Voice API tiers.
ai_credits
Unit: credits
Generative AI credits consumed by platform actions (TTS, dubbing, avatars, music, etc.), allocated monthly per subscription tier.
transcription_hours
Unit: hours
Hours of audio transcribed on the consumer platform, capped per subscription tier.
storage_gb
Unit: gigabytes
Storage consumed by recordings and projects per subscription tier.

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