SEC API · FinOps Profile

Sec Api Finops

FinOps view of SEC API (sec-api.io) spend. SEC API is a flat-rate subscription SaaS: predictable monthly (or discounted annual) fees per tier, rather than pure per-call metering. The dominant cost drivers are the chosen plan (Personal & Startups at $55/month, Business Internal Use at $239/month, or a custom Enterprise contract) and staying within each plan's per-second request limits and monthly free data-download allowance (50 GB Personal, 100 GB Business). Overuse pressures an upgrade to a higher tier or Enterprise terms rather than incurring granular per-call overage. The underlying SEC EDGAR data is free and public; the fee buys the query, full-text, XBRL, dataset, and real-time streaming layer.

Sec Api Finops is the FinOps profile for SEC API 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.

Tagged areas include SEC Filings, Regulatory Filings, EDGAR, Financial Data, and FinOps.

Category: Financial Data and Regulatory Filings Pricing: Subscription Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
SEC FilingsRegulatory FilingsEDGARFinancial DataFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsage

FOCUS Columns

Meters

subscription
Unit: subscription
Flat monthly or annual subscription fee for the chosen plan tier.
api_requests
Unit: requests
API requests made against the per-second plan rate limit.
data_download
Unit: bytes
Data downloaded against the monthly free allowance (50 GB Personal, 100 GB Business).

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