NATS · FinOps Profile

Nats Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for NATS: open-source server is free; commercial billing flows through Synadia Cloud as a tiered subscription with quota-based add-ons (connections, leaf nodes, storage, HA storage).

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

It defines 8 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category tiered subscription + add-ons.

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

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Message Broker, Streaming, and Cost Management.

Category: Messaging + Streaming Pricing: Tiered Subscription + Add-ons Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSMessage BrokerStreamingCost Management

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxCreditAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
Synadia Communications, Inc.
PricingCategory
Subscription
PricingUnit
month
ProviderName
Synadia
PublisherName
Synadia Communications, Inc.
ServiceCategory
Messaging
ServiceName
NATS / Synadia Cloud
ServiceSubcategory
Pub-Sub Streaming

Meters

team_subscription
Unit: month
Monthly Synadia Cloud Team subscription (Personal/Starter/Pro/Premium/Enterprise).
connections
Unit: connection
Concurrent NATS client connections; capped per tier.
subscriptions
Unit: subscription
Active subject subscriptions; capped per tier.
network_data
Unit: GB
Outbound message bytes counted against tier network-data quota.
storage_gb_month
Unit: GB-month
JetStream standard storage consumed.
ha_storage_gb_month
Unit: GB-month
JetStream high-availability (replicated) storage consumed.
leaf_nodes
Unit: leaf_node
Active leaf-node connections; charged per extra leaf node beyond tier inclusion.
connectivity_packs
Unit: pack
10-connection add-on packs.

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