Daily · FinOps Profile
Daily Co Finops
FOCUS-aligned FinOps profile for Daily. Daily's billing is consumption-based on participant-minutes (Video SDK), agent runtime minutes (Pipecat Cloud) and underlying WebRTC infrastructure usage; bills are invoiced monthly in USD.
Daily Co Finops is the FinOps profile for Daily 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 usage.
The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.
Tagged areas include Realtime, WebRTC, Video, Audio, and SDK.
Category: Realtime Communications
Pricing: Usage
Billing: Monthly
FOCUS v1.3
RealtimeWebRTCVideoAudioSDKFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS
Framework Alignment
Charge Categories
UsagePurchaseAdjustment
FOCUS Columns
BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Daily
PricingUnit
participant-minute
ProviderName
Daily
PublisherName
Daily
ServiceCategory
Realtime Communications
ServiceName
Daily Video SDK
Meters
participant_minutes
Participant-minutes consumed in Daily rooms (primary Video SDK meter).
recording_minutes
Cloud recording minutes generated.
transcription_minutes
Speech-to-text transcription minutes generated.
pipecat_agent_minutes
Voice-AI agent runtime minutes on Pipecat Cloud.
dial_out_minutes
PSTN/SIP dial-out minutes (separately metered).