Speakeasy · FinOps Profile

Speakeasy Api Finops

FinOps view of Speakeasy spend. Speakeasy is a developer-tool platform billed on a per-language license model rather than on API request or data-transfer volume. A Free tier covers one language and up to 250 operations at no cost. The Business tier is a flat 720 USD per month per licensed language (600 USD per month billed annually), and each licensed language may generate any number of SDKs sharing one 250-operation limit. Enterprise is custom-priced. The dominant cost drivers are therefore the number of licensed languages and whether you exceed the per-language operation allowance, not runtime API traffic.

Speakeasy Api Finops is the FinOps profile for Speakeasy 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 SDK Generation, Client Library, Developer Tools, API Lifecycle, and FinOps.

Category: Developer Tools and API Management Pricing: Subscription-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
SDK GenerationClient LibraryDeveloper ToolsAPI LifecycleFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsage

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Speakeasy
PricingCategory
Subscription-Based
ProviderName
Speakeasy
PublisherName
Speakeasy
ServiceCategory
Developer Tools and API Management
ServiceName
Speakeasy SDK Generation

Meters

language_licenses
Unit: languages
Number of languages licensed on the Business tier, billed 720 USD/mo each (600 USD/mo annual).
operations_per_language
Unit: operations
API operations generated per licensed language; each language includes a 250-operation allowance.
enterprise_contract
Unit: contract
Custom Enterprise or MCP / AI Control Plane agreement, negotiated.

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