Superlinked · FinOps Profile

Superlinked Finops

FinOps view of running Superlinked. The framework and the self-hosted Superlinked Server are Apache-2.0 and carry no license fee; cost is driven by the compute you provision to run the server and embedding inference, plus the external vector database (Redis, MongoDB, Qdrant, TopK) you connect. Spend is therefore infrastructure-based rather than per-API-call. Superlinked Cloud is a separate managed offering (early access, sales-led) whose billing is not publicly documented.

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

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category self-hosted / infrastructure.

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

Tagged areas include Vectors, Embeddings, Vector Search, Retrieval, and Recommendations.

Category: AI and Machine Learning Pricing: Self-Hosted / Infrastructure Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
VectorsEmbeddingsVector SearchRetrievalRecommendationsRAGFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Superlinked
PricingCategory
Self-Hosted
ProviderName
Superlinked
PublisherName
Superlinked
ServiceCategory
AI and Machine Learning
ServiceName
Superlinked Server

Meters

server_compute_hours
Unit: hours
Compute hours to run the self-hosted Superlinked Server (CPU/GPU, containers, or Kubernetes), billed by your infrastructure provider, not Superlinked.
embedding_inference
Unit: embeddings
Embedding model inference cost - local GPU/CPU compute or an external embedding provider - consumed during ingestion and query.
vector_db_storage
Unit: gb_month
Storage and operations on the connected external vector database (Redis, MongoDB, Qdrant, TopK), billed by that database's provider.
vector_db_operations
Unit: operations
Read/write/query operations against the backing vector database.
cloud_subscription
Unit: contract
Superlinked Cloud managed subscription, where applicable; billing model not publicly documented.

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