Thunder Compute · FinOps Profile

Thundercompute Finops

FinOps view of Thunder Compute spend. Thunder Compute bills on-demand virtual GPU instances per minute at a fixed per-GPU-hour rate that varies by GPU model and tier (development vs. production). Additional vCPUs are billed per vCPU-hour, additional persistent storage per 100GB-hour while running, and snapshots per GB-month. There are no data egress fees. The dominant cost driver is GPU run time, so the primary optimization levers are stopping/deleting idle instances, right-sizing GPU model and count, and using snapshots to persist state cheaply between sessions.

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

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

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

Tagged areas include GPU, Cloud, Infrastructure, AI, and Compute.

Category: Compute Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
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Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Thunder Compute
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Thunder Compute
PublisherName
Thunder Compute
ServiceCategory
Compute
ServiceName
Thunder Compute GPU Instances

Meters

gpu_hours
Unit: hours
GPU run time billed per minute at the per-GPU-hour rate for the GPU model and tier.
vcpu_hours
Unit: hours
Additional vCPU-hours beyond the 4 included per instance, billed per vCPU/hour.
storage_gb_hours
Unit: gb_hours
Additional persistent storage beyond the included 100GB, billed per 100GB/hour while running.
snapshot_gb_months
Unit: gb_months
Long-term snapshot storage billed per GB/month.

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