Solana · FinOps Profile

Solana Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Solana RPC infrastructure. Solana's public RPC endpoints carry no direct monetary cost but impose rate limits that create operational risk. Production cost is incurred via self-hosted validator/RPC nodes (infrastructure spend) or commercial RPC provider subscriptions (third-party SaaS). Transaction fees (denominated in SOL lamports) are the primary on-chain cost metric for applications submitting transactions. Priority fees are an additional variable cost for time-sensitive transactions.

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

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in SOL (on-chain) / USD (RPC providers), on a per-transaction (on-chain fees) + subscription (rpc provider) cycle, and pricing category usage.

The profile maps 9 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3, RPC, and FinOps.

Category: Blockchain Infrastructure Pricing: Usage Billing: Per-transaction (on-chain fees) + subscription (RPC provider) FOCUS v1.3
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Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
SOL / USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Solana Foundation
PricingCategory
Usage
PricingUnit
transaction / request
ProviderName
Solana Foundation
PublisherName
Solana Foundation
ServiceCategory
Blockchain Infrastructure
ServiceName
Solana RPC

Meters

transaction_fee_lamports
Unit: lamport
Base transaction fee in lamports (1 SOL = 1,000,000,000 lamports) charged per transaction signature submitted to the network. The base fee is 5,000 lamports per signature.
priority_fee_lamports
Unit: lamport
Optional additional priority fee in lamports per compute unit consumed, added to increase the probability of transaction inclusion in the next block. Varies by network congestion.
rpc_requests
Unit: request
Total RPC HTTP and WebSocket subscription requests made against public or private RPC endpoints. Free on public endpoints (rate-limited); metered by commercial providers.
rpc_provider_spend
Unit: USD
Monthly or usage-based spend to a commercial RPC provider (Helius, QuickNode, Alchemy, etc.) for dedicated RPC access beyond public rate limits.
validator_infrastructure_spend
Unit: USD
Monthly infrastructure cost for self-hosted Solana RPC or validator nodes including compute, storage, and network egress.

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