Protect AI · FinOps Profile

Protectai Finops

FinOps view of Protect AI spend. Cost falls into two distinct shapes. The open-source LLM Guard and ModelScan carry no license or per-call fee; their cost is entirely the self-hosted infrastructure (compute, GPU, storage, operations) you run them on. The commercial platform (Guardian, Recon, Layer, now via Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS) is a sales-led subscription whose charges are governed by contract and are not publicly metered. Specific commercial rates are not reconciled here.

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

It defines 2 billable meters, billed in USD, on a annual cycle, and pricing category subscription.

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

Tagged areas include AI, ML, Security, LLM, and Guardrails.

Category: Security Pricing: Subscription Billing: Annual FOCUS v1.3
AIMLSecurityLLMGuardrailsFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Palo Alto Networks
PricingCategory
Subscription
ProviderName
Protect AI
PublisherName
Protect AI
ServiceCategory
Security
ServiceName
Protect AI Platform

Meters

self_hosted_compute_hours
Unit: hours
Compute hours running the self-hosted LLM Guard API and ModelScan (your infra cost, not a Protect AI charge).
commercial_subscription
Unit: contract
Contracted subscription for Guardian / Recon / Layer; charged per agreement, not publicly metered.

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