Buildkite · FinOps Profile

Buildkite Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps profile for Buildkite. Costs derive from per-active-user subscription, self-hosted agent fees above the included allowance, hosted vCPU minutes (Linux/Mac), Test Engine test executions, plus the customer's own cloud spend on self-hosted agent infrastructure.

Buildkite Finops is the FinOps profile for Buildkite 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 subscription + usage.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include DevOps, CI/CD, Pipelines, Agents, and Self-Hosted.

Category: DevOps / CI/CD Pricing: Subscription + Usage Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
DevOpsCI/CDPipelinesAgentsSelf-HostedFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
Data Spec

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Buildkite
PricingUnit
active-user / agent / vCPU-minute
ProviderName
Buildkite
PublisherName
Buildkite
ServiceCategory
DevOps
ServiceName
Buildkite

Meters

active_users
Unit: user-month
Active billable users in the billing month.
self_hosted_agents
Unit: agent-month
Self-hosted agent count above the Pro-included 10.
hosted_vcpu_minutes
Unit: vCPU-minute
Hosted Linux/Mac vCPU minutes consumed.
test_executions
Unit: execution
Test Engine managed test executions.
self_hosted_runner_infra
Unit: vm-hour
Underlying cloud compute hours for self-hosted agents (cloud-billed).

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