Apigee · FinOps Profile

Apigee Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps view for Apigee on Google Cloud: Apigee bills as a Google Cloud SKU, with two distinct pricing shapes — annual subscription (Standard / Enterprise / Enterprise Plus) bought through Google Cloud sales, and Pay-as-you-go metering on environment-hours and API call volume. Costs appear on the Google Cloud invoice alongside compute and networking, so cost allocation should align with GCP billing labels and folder/project tags.

Apigee Finops is the FinOps profile for Apigee on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category pay-as-you-go + committed use.

The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, API Management, Google Cloud, and Gateways.

Category: API Management / Gateways Pricing: Pay-As-You-Go + Committed Use Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSAPI ManagementGoogle CloudGateways

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxAdjustmentCredit

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Google LLC
ProviderName
Google
PublisherName
Google LLC
ServiceCategory
API Management / Gateways
ServiceName
Apigee

Meters

environment_hour
Unit: instance-hour
Hours an Apigee runtime environment (instance) is provisioned and billable in PAYG mode.
api_calls
Unit: request
Count of proxied API calls billed under PAYG; also tracked for tier overage on subscriptions.
subscription_year
Unit: year
Annual subscription line for Standard / Enterprise / Enterprise Plus.
networking_egress
Unit: GB
Cross-region and internet egress generated by Apigee runtime environments, billed under Google Cloud networking SKUs.
advanced_api_security
Unit: request
Add-on Advanced API Security usage (anomaly detection, abuse detection) billed separately where enabled.
monetization_transactions
Unit: transaction
Count of monetized transactions processed through Apigee Monetization (Enterprise Plus).

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