CME Group · FinOps Profile

Cme Group Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for CME Group market data and connectivity: monthly subscriber-based billing for market data (MDP 3.0), per-dataset purchases for CME DataMine, and per-session billing for iLink connectivity. Subscriber reporting and audit obligations apply to market-data licensees.

Cme Group Finops is the FinOps profile for CME Group 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 tiered subscription + usage.

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

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Capital Markets, Market Data, and Derivatives.

Category: Market Data / Exchange Connectivity Pricing: Tiered Subscription + Usage Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSCapital MarketsMarket DataDerivatives

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsageTaxAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
PricingCategory
Tiered Subscription
ProviderName
CME Group
PublisherName
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
ServiceCategory
Market Data / Exchange Connectivity
ServiceName
CME Group Market Data

Meters

professional_subscribers
Unit: seat-month
Count of professional market-data subscribers for the period.
non_professional_subscribers
Unit: seat-month
Count of non-professional market-data subscribers for the period.
non_display_licenses
Unit: license-month
Non-display / derived data licenses.
ilink_sessions
Unit: session-month
iLink order-entry sessions allocated.
datamine_purchases
Unit: dataset
One-time CME DataMine dataset purchases.

Sources