QuestDB · FinOps Profile

Questdb Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps profile for QuestDB. The dominant cost surfaces are (a) the underlying infrastructure (your AWS/Azure/GCP compute, EBS/SSD, network egress) for OSS and BYOC deployments and (b) the QuestDB Enterprise / BYOC commercial license. There is no managed-service per-row, per-query or per-MAU charge.

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

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a annual (license) + monthly (cloud infra) cycle, and pricing category license + underlying infra.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Database, Time-Series, SQL, Open Source, and Performance.

Category: Database (Time-Series) Pricing: License + Underlying Infra Billing: Annual (license) + Monthly (cloud infra) FOCUS v1.3
DatabaseTime-SeriesSQLOpen SourcePerformanceFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
QuestDB / AWS Marketplace
PricingUnit
license-year
ProviderName
QuestDB
PublisherName
QuestDB
ServiceCategory
Database
ServiceName
QuestDB Enterprise

Meters

enterprise_license
Unit: license-year
Annual QuestDB Enterprise / BYOC license fee (negotiated).
compute_instance_hours
Unit: vm-hour
Underlying cloud VM hours running QuestDB.
storage_gb_month
Unit: GB-month
Block / object storage attached to QuestDB instances.
network_egress
Unit: GB
Egress bytes out of the QuestDB cluster to consumers.

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