Portcast · FinOps Profile

Portcast Finops

FinOps view of Portcast spend. Portcast bills via a sales-led, volume-based subscription to its predictive visibility platform and Container Tracking API, metered primarily on tracked shipments / containers. Pricing is not publicly published; cost meters and rates below are structural and not reconciled against a public price list. Portcast is also transactable via AWS Marketplace, which can consolidate spend onto an AWS invoice.

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

It defines 3 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category subscription-based.

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

Tagged areas include Supply Chain, Container Tracking, Logistics, Predictive ETA, and Ocean Freight.

Category: Supply Chain and Logistics Pricing: Subscription-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Supply ChainContainer TrackingLogisticsPredictive ETAOcean FreightFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Portcast
PricingCategory
Subscription-Based
ProviderName
Portcast
PublisherName
Portcast
ServiceCategory
Supply Chain and Logistics
ServiceName
Portcast Container Tracking API

Meters

tracked_shipments
Unit: shipments
Shipments / containers tracked during the billing period, the primary metered unit.
api_requests
Unit: requests
API calls made against the tracking and detail endpoints.
push_callbacks
Unit: callbacks
Webhook (Push API) deliveries sent to registered callback_url endpoints.

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