Unkey · FinOps Profile

Unkey Dev Finops

FinOps view of Unkey spend. Unkey's platform is open source (AGPL) and free to self-host, in which model the cost is your own compute, memory, storage, and network with no vendor invoice. Unkey's managed offering is subscription plus usage: Free, Starter ($5/mo), Pro ($25/mo), and Business ($50/mo) tiers each include an equal dollar amount of monthly usage credits, and spend above the credits follows real usage metered on compute (vCPU-seconds), memory (GB-seconds), and egress (GB). Enterprise agreements cover custom limits and dedicated infrastructure.

Unkey Dev Finops is the FinOps profile for Unkey 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 usage-based.

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

Tagged areas include API Keys, Rate Limiting, Authentication, Open Source, and FinOps.

Category: Identity and Access Management Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
API KeysRate LimitingAuthenticationOpen SourceFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Unkey
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Unkey
PublisherName
Unkey
ServiceCategory
Identity and Access Management
ServiceName
Unkey

Meters

subscription
Unit: months
Monthly plan subscription (Starter/Pro/Business), each bundling equal dollar usage credits.
compute_vcpu_seconds
Unit: vcpu_seconds
vCPU-seconds of compute consumed above the included credits, billed at $0.000006944 each.
memory_gb_seconds
Unit: gb_seconds
GB-seconds of memory consumed above the included credits, billed at $0.000003472 each.
egress_gb
Unit: bytes
Gigabytes of egress above the included credits, billed at $0.05/GB.
self_hosted_compute
Unit: hours
Infrastructure cost of running the self-hosted Unkey platform (no Unkey invoice).

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