Vocode · FinOps Profile

Vocode Finops

FinOps view of Vocode spend. The hosted Vocode platform bills usage-based per-call-minute charges metered against a monthly plan allowance (monthly_usage_minutes / monthly_usage_limit_minutes via GET /v1/usage), plus pass-through telephony costs for provisioned or linked phone numbers. The open-source vocode-core library carries no Vocode license cost; spend there is entirely the third-party STT, LLM, TTS, and telephony providers you configure. Public hosted per-minute rates are not published, so dollar figures here are unreconciled.

Vocode Finops is the FinOps profile for Vocode 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 Voice AI, Voice Agents, Telephony, Conversational AI, and Phone Calls.

Category: AI and Machine Learning Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Voice AIVoice AgentsTelephonyConversational AIPhone CallsFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Vocode
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Vocode
PublisherName
Vocode
ServiceCategory
AI and Machine Learning
ServiceName
Vocode Hosted API

Meters

call_minutes
Unit: minutes
Minutes of hosted voice agent call time, metered monthly against the plan allowance.
phone_number_rental
Unit: numbers
Monthly rental for phone numbers bought through Vocode; pass-through telephony cost.
recording_storage
Unit: recordings
Storage and retrieval of call recordings downloaded via /v1/calls/recording.
oss_provider_passthrough
Unit: requests
Third-party STT / LLM / TTS / telephony spend incurred when self-hosting vocode-core; billed by those providers, not Vocode.

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