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Virustotal Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for VirusTotal / Google Threat Intelligence: per-tenant Enterprise subscriptions billed through Google Cloud, layered with metered Premium features (Livehunt rulesets, Retrohunt scans, Feed bytes, Private Scanning submissions). The Public API is free and produces no FinOps signal.

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

It defines 9 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category subscription + metered usage.

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

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Threat Intelligence, Anti-Malware, and Security.

Category: Threat Intelligence Pricing: Subscription + Metered Usage Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSThreat IntelligenceAnti-MalwareSecurity

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustmentCredit

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Google LLC
ProviderName
Google
PublisherName
Google LLC
ServiceCategory
Security
ServiceName
VirusTotal
ServiceSubcategory
Threat Intelligence

Meters

api_requests
Unit: request
livehunt_rulesets_active
Unit: ruleset
livehunt_notifications
Unit: notification
retrohunt_jobs
Unit: job
retrohunt_bytes_scanned
Unit: byte
feed_downloads
Unit: byte
private_scanning_submissions
Unit: submission
zip_downloads
Unit: file
seats
Unit: seat

Sources