Vimeo OTT · FinOps Profile

Vimeo Ott Finops

FinOps view of Vimeo OTT (formerly VHX) spend. The REST API at api.vhx.tv is a management surface bundled with a paid Vimeo OTT account and carries no separate per-call fee, so API cost is not the primary spend driver. Spend is driven by the OTT plan model. On Starter (web-only) there is no upfront platform fee - Vimeo takes a $1 per-subscriber monthly fee plus a 10% service fee on one-time (TVOD) purchases, so cost scales directly with active subscribers and transaction volume. Enterprise is a custom monthly or yearly commitment with volume-based discounts and included bandwidth (e.g. 60TB/month) and upload hours (e.g. 200/month); overage on bandwidth and ingest, plus payment-processing fees where Vimeo processes payments, are the variable components.

Vimeo Ott Finops is the FinOps profile for Vimeo OTT 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 OTT, Video, SVOD, Streaming, and FinOps.

Category: Media and Streaming Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
OTTVideoSVODStreamingFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Vimeo
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Vimeo
PublisherName
Vimeo
ServiceCategory
Media and Streaming
ServiceName
Vimeo OTT

Meters

active_subscribers
Unit: subscribers
Active subscribers billed at $1 per subscriber per month on the Starter plan.
transaction_fees
Unit: usd
Service fee on one-time (TVOD) purchases - 10% of each purchase on Starter.
bandwidth
Unit: bytes
Media-delivery bandwidth consumed; included up to a plan allowance (e.g. 60TB/month on Enterprise), with overage beyond it.
upload_hours
Unit: hours
Content ingest / upload hours; included up to a plan allowance (e.g. 200 hours/month on Enterprise).

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