DataHub · FinOps Profile

Datahub Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for DataHub: bifurcated billing model. DataHub Core is open source and produces no vendor invoice — cost is the underlying Kafka, Elasticsearch, and SQL infrastructure. DataHub Cloud is a managed subscription from Acryl Data sized by data scale and user count; per-unit prices are not public.

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

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a annual cycle, and pricing category subscription + open source.

The profile maps 9 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Data Catalog, Data Governance, Open Source, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: Data Catalog Pricing: Subscription + Open Source Billing: Annual FOCUS v1.3
Data CatalogData GovernanceOpen SourceFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
Data Spec

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Acryl Data, Inc.
PricingCategory
Subscription
ProviderName
DataHub (Acryl Data)
PublisherName
Acryl Data, Inc.
ServiceCategory
Data Catalog
ServiceName
DataHub
ServiceSubcategory
Metadata Management

Meters

catalog_assets
Unit: asset
Count of metadata entities (datasets, dashboards, ML models, etc.) cataloged in DataHub. Common scaling dimension for the Cloud SKU.
active_users
Unit: seat
Active user count consuming DataHub UI and APIs.
ingestion_events
Unit: event
Metadata change events written through the emitter / CLI / Actions framework.
storage_gb
Unit: GB-month
Underlying storage for the metadata graph (Elasticsearch indices, Kafka retention, SQL primary store). Self-hosted operators see this on their cloud bill; Cloud customers see it as part of the subscription.

Sources