Google Colab · FinOps Profile
Google Colab Finops
FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Google Colab: consumer Colab (Pro/Pro+/PAYG) bills monthly via the Google Account billing surface using compute-unit consumption; Colab Enterprise bills hourly through the standard Google Cloud Billing pipeline as Vertex AI usage. Colab compute units are the primary spend lever for non-enterprise users.
Google Colab Finops is the FinOps profile for Google Colab on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.
It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category subscription + pay-as-you-go.
The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.
Tagged areas include Notebooks, Machine Learning, Google Cloud, FinOps, and FOCUS.
Category: Notebook / ML Compute
Pricing: Subscription + Pay-As-You-Go
Billing: Monthly
FOCUS v1.3
NotebooksMachine LearningGoogle CloudFinOpsFOCUS
Framework Alignment
Charge Categories
UsagePurchaseTaxAdjustment
FOCUS Columns
BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Google LLC
ProviderName
Google
PublisherName
Google LLC
ServiceCategory
AI Compute / Notebooks
ServiceName
Colab / Colab Enterprise
Meters
compute_units
Compute units consumed by attached runtimes (consumer Colab)
subscription_seat
Active Colab Pro / Pro+ subscription seats
enterprise_runtime_hours
Vertex AI runtime hours for Colab Enterprise notebooks
storage_gb_month
Notebook storage consumed (Drive for consumer Colab; GCS for Enterprise)