Persona · FinOps Profile

Withpersona Finops

FinOps view of Persona spend. Persona bills on successful services - verifications (government ID, selfie, document, phone, email) and reports (watchlist, adverse media, business) - rather than on attempts, so drop-offs and user-error failures are not charged. Database and government lookups carry per-query fees on top of the base service, and paid plans layer a monthly subscription with an included service allotment plus per-service overage.

Withpersona Finops is the FinOps profile for Persona 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 Identity, Identity Verification, KYC, KYB, and AML.

Category: Identity and Compliance Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
IdentityIdentity VerificationKYCKYBAMLFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Persona
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Persona
PublisherName
Persona
ServiceCategory
Identity and Compliance
ServiceName
Persona

Meters

verifications
Unit: verifications
Successful verifications billed per service; type-dependent (government ID, selfie, document, phone, email).
reports
Unit: reports
Reports run (watchlist, adverse media, PEP, business) billed per service.
database_lookups
Unit: queries
Database and government lookups billed per query, priced by data source.
subscription
Unit: months
Monthly plan subscription fee with an included service allotment.
overage_services
Unit: services
Services consumed beyond the plan's included monthly allotment.

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