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F5 Networks Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for F5 Networks: cost is dominated by the BIG-IP / NGINX Plus / App Protect license model (Subscription, Perpetual, FCP) plus consumption against F5 Distributed Cloud services (CDN, WAF, Bot Defense, API Security). API access itself has no per-call charge.

F5 Networks Finops is the FinOps profile for F5 Networks on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD, on a annual (subscription/fcp), one-time (perpetual), monthly (distributed cloud usage) cycle, and pricing category subscription / perpetual / flex consumption + saas usage.

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

Tagged areas include API Gateway, Application Delivery, Automation, Edge Computing, and Kubernetes.

Category: Application Delivery / Multi-Cloud Security Pricing: Subscription / Perpetual / Flex Consumption + SaaS Usage Billing: Annual (Subscription/FCP), One-Time (Perpetual), Monthly (Distributed Cloud usage) FOCUS v1.3
API GatewayApplication DeliveryAutomationEdge ComputingKubernetesLoad BalancingMulti-CloudNGINXSecurityWAFFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsageAdjustmentTax

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
F5, Inc.
PricingCategory
Subscription / Perpetual / FCP / Usage
PricingUnit
instance | request | GB | transaction
ProviderName
F5
PublisherName
F5, Inc.
ServiceCategory
Application Delivery / Multi-Cloud Security
ServiceName
F5 Networks

Meters

bigip_instances
Unit: instance
Count of licensed BIG-IP instances (hardware or VE).
nginx_plus_instances
Unit: instance
Count of licensed NGINX Plus instances.
app_protect_instances
Unit: instance
App Protect / Advanced WAF entitled instances.
distributed_cloud_requests
Unit: request
F5 Distributed Cloud HTTP/L7 requests (CDN, WAF, API Security, Bot Defense).
distributed_cloud_egress
Unit: GB
F5 Distributed Cloud egress data.
fcp_commitment
Unit: USD
Annual FCP commitment $; trues up to actual usage.

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