Hyperledger · FinOps Profile

Hyperledger Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Hyperledger: open-source frameworks have no vendor invoice; cost surfaces are infrastructure (cloud / on-prem) for self-hosting plus optional vendor-managed offerings billed by ecosystem partners.

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

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a n/a (foundation) / vendor-defined (managed offerings) cycle, and pricing category open source (no foundation cost).

The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Blockchain, and Open Source.

Category: Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Pricing: Open Source (no foundation cost) Billing: N/A (foundation) / Vendor-defined (managed offerings) FOCUS v1.3
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Framework Alignment

Framework
Data Spec

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
varies (cloud provider for self-hosted; vendor for managed)
ProviderName
Hyperledger / LF Decentralized Trust
PublisherName
The Linux Foundation
ServiceCategory
Blockchain & Distributed Ledger
ServiceName
Hyperledger

Meters

node_compute_hours
Unit: instance-hour
Compute-hours for self-hosted Hyperledger nodes (peers, orderers, validators); billed by underlying cloud or on-prem infrastructure rather than the foundation.
ledger_storage
Unit: GB-month
GB-month of ledger / world-state / chaindata storage attached to nodes.
network_egress
Unit: GB
Network egress for peer-to-peer gossip and external API consumers.
vendor_managed_service
Unit: varies
Managed-blockchain billing line items charged by ecosystem vendors (IBM Blockchain, AWS Managed Blockchain, Kaleido, Oracle Blockchain).
transactions_submitted
Unit: transaction
Operational throughput meter; useful for unit economics even though not directly billed.

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