Shopify Admin API · FinOps Profile

Shopify Admin Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for the Shopify Admin API. The Admin API is bundled with a Shopify commerce subscription; cost surfaces are the monthly plan fee, payment processing take rates, and third-party payment provider fees. API throughput is governed by GraphQL points budgets that scale with the commerce plan rather than priced per call.

Shopify Admin Finops is the FinOps profile for Shopify Admin API 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 + take rate.

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

Tagged areas include Commerce, Ecommerce, Admin, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: Commerce Pricing: Subscription + Take Rate Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
CommerceEcommerceAdminFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
Data Spec

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsageTaxAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
Shopify Inc.
ProviderName
Shopify
PublisherName
Shopify Inc.
ServiceCategory
Commerce
ServiceName
Shopify Admin API

Meters

commerce_subscription
Unit: month
Monthly commerce plan fee (Basic, Grow, Advanced, Plus, Enterprise).
card_transactions
Unit: transaction
Payment processing fees on cards processed via Shopify Payments.
third_party_payment_fee
Unit: transaction
Per-transaction surcharge applied when using a non-Shopify payment provider.
graphql_points_consumed
Unit: point
GraphQL Admin API query points consumed against the per-second leak-bucket budget; not a billed line, but the primary throughput-cost meter for capacity planning.

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