Red Hat OpenShift · FinOps Profile

Red Hat Openshift Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps shape for Red Hat OpenShift. Two billing surfaces coexist — managed cloud services billed hourly through the cloud provider's invoice (AWS, Azure, IBM, GCP) with reserved-instance / committed-use discount, and self-managed annual subscriptions billed by Red Hat. Reserved-instance ROSA at 4vCPU/3yr starts at $0.076/hour.

Red Hat Openshift Finops is the FinOps profile for Red Hat OpenShift on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category pay-as-you-go + committed use.

The profile maps 6 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Kubernetes, Containers, Cloud, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: Container Platform Pricing: Pay-As-You-Go + Committed Use Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
KubernetesContainersCloudFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
Data Spec

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
Red Hat, Inc. (self-managed); cloud provider (managed services)
ProviderName
Red Hat
PublisherName
Red Hat, Inc.
ServiceCategory
Container Platform
ServiceName
Red Hat OpenShift

Meters

rosa_instance_hours
Unit: instance-hour
Hourly billed Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS instance hours; on-demand or reserved (1yr / 3yr).
aro_instance_hours
Unit: instance-hour
Hourly billed Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift instance hours.
dedicated_subscription
Unit: contract
Annual Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated subscription on AWS or Google Cloud.
ibm_instance_hours
Unit: instance-hour
Hourly billed Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud instance hours.
self_managed_subscription
Unit: contract
Annual self-managed OpenShift subscription (Platform Plus, Container Platform, Kubernetes Engine, Virtualization Engine).

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