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Postiz Finops

FinOps view of Postiz spend. Postiz has two cost models. Self-hosting the AGPL-3.0 open-source app has no license fee; cost is your own compute, storage, and media hosting plus any third-party platform/API costs. Postiz Cloud is a flat monthly subscription per tier (Standard, Team, Pro, Ultimate), with tier choice driven by channel count, monthly post volume, and AI image/video quota. The dominant cost levers are tier selection (Cloud) versus infrastructure footprint (self-hosted).

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

It defines 6 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 Social Media, Scheduling, Open Source, Content, and Marketing.

Category: Social Media Management Pricing: Subscription-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Social MediaSchedulingOpen SourceContentMarketingFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Postiz
PricingCategory
Subscription-Based
ProviderName
Postiz
PublisherName
Postiz
ServiceCategory
Social Media Management
ServiceName
Postiz Cloud

Meters

subscription_tier
Unit: subscription
Flat monthly Cloud subscription charge for the selected tier.
channels
Unit: channels
Connected social channels (integrations) counted against the plan channel cap.
monthly_posts
Unit: posts
Posts published per month, capped on Standard and unlimited on higher Cloud tiers.
ai_images
Unit: images
AI images generated per month against the plan quota.
ai_videos
Unit: videos
AI videos generated per month against the plan quota.
self_hosted_infrastructure
Unit: usd
Operator-borne compute, storage, and media-hosting cost for self-hosted deployments (not billed by Postiz).

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