Zenodo · FinOps Profile

Zenodo Finops

Zenodo is a free, open service funded by CERN and the European OpenAIRE program. There are no direct costs to end users for depositing, accessing, or using the API. FinOps considerations are limited to infrastructure cost awareness and quota planning for large data depositors.

Zenodo Finops is the FinOps profile for Zenodo on the APIs.io network.

It defines 5 billable meters.

Tagged areas include Research, Open Data, Repository, DOI, and Datasets.

Category:
ResearchOpen DataRepositoryDOIDatasetsSoftwareCERNOpenAIREInvenioRDMOpen ScienceMetadataHarvesting

Framework Alignment

FOCUS Columns

Meters

Storage Used
Unit: GB
Volume of data stored across all records in a Zenodo account. Free up to 50 GB per record with 150 GB additional allowance.
API Requests (Authenticated)
Unit: requests
REST API calls made with a valid Bearer token. Metered at the rate-limit layer but not billed. Useful for tracking integration load.
API Requests (Guest)
Unit: requests
Unauthenticated REST API calls. Metered at the rate-limit layer.
OAI-PMH Harvest Requests
Unit: requests
Metadata harvesting requests via the OAI-PMH endpoint. Rate limited but not billed.
DOI Minting
Unit: DOIs
Each published record receives a DataCite DOI. No charge to the depositor.

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Tools for finops

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  • find_finopsBrowse and filter every finops artifact in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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All finops
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/finops?limit=25"

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