The Movie Database · FinOps Profile

Tmdb Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps shape for TMDB. The public API has no metered billing — non-commercial use is free, commercial use is governed by a negotiated written agreement with no published price sheet. The FinOps meters below are internal-cost meters: they reflect what a TMDB consumer should track to model their own consumption (request volume, image bandwidth, cache age) for accountability and to inform commercial negotiations with TMDB. There is no TMDB-issued invoice to reconcile against.

Tmdb Finops is the FinOps profile for The Movie Database on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD (negotiated), on a on-demand (when commercial agreement is in place) cycle, and pricing category custom (non-commercial free + negotiated commercial).

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

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Catalog, Entertainment, and Movies.

Category: Media + Entertainment Catalog Pricing: Custom (Non-Commercial Free + Negotiated Commercial) Billing: On-Demand (when commercial agreement is in place) FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSCatalogEntertainmentMoviesTVVideo

Framework Alignment

Framework
Data Spec

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
The Movie Database, LLC
ProviderName
The Movie Database, LLC
PublisherName
The Movie Database, LLC
ServiceCategory
Media + Entertainment Catalog
ServiceName
The Movie Database API
ServiceSubcategory
Movie / TV / People Metadata

Meters

api_requests
Unit: request
image_bytes_egress
Unit: GB
cache_age_seconds
Unit: second
daily_id_export_downloads
Unit: download
append_to_response_calls
Unit: request
rate_limit_429_count
Unit: response

Sources