Cribl · FinOps Profile

Cribl Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Cribl - consumption-based licensing on processed-data volume (TB/day) plus tier-bound capacity (worker groups, worker processes, edge nodes, Lake capacity, search executors). Free tier covers 1 TB/day; Standard and Enterprise are negotiated commercially.

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

It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD, on a annual cycle, and pricing category consumption-based + subscription.

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

Tagged areas include Configuration, Data Lake, Data Pipelines, Data Routing, and Edge Computing.

Category: Observability Pipeline Pricing: Consumption-Based + Subscription Billing: Annual FOCUS v1.3
ConfigurationData LakeData PipelinesData RoutingEdge ComputingObservabilitySearchSecurity DataStream ProcessingTelemetryFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxAdjustmentRefundCredit

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Cribl, Inc.
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Cribl
PublisherName
Cribl, Inc.
ServiceCategory
Observability Pipeline
ServiceName
Cribl

Meters

data_processed
Unit: TB
Volume of telemetry data processed through Cribl Stream / Edge per day
worker_processes
Unit: worker_process
Worker process count concurrently running across worker groups
edge_nodes
Unit: edge_node
Cribl Edge agents deployed across the fleet
lake_storage
Unit: GB-month
Cribl Lake storage consumed
search_executors
Unit: executor
Concurrent Cribl Search executors
subscription_fee
Unit: month
Annual / monthly subscription baseline tied to the platform tier

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