An open specification for generating consistent technology billing datasets to reduce complexity for FinOps Practitioners and support data-driven decision-making. Supported by the FinOps Foundation.
FOCUS™ - FinOps Open Cost & Usage Specification Introducing FOCUS 1.4 - See what's included The Unifying Language for Technology Value FinOps Open Cost & Usage Specification is an open specification that normalizes billing datasets across AI, cloud, SaaS, data center, and other technology vendors to reduce complexity for FinOps Practitioners. Download FOCUS Datasets View Column Library Start by visiting What is FOCUS? Download Your Data in the FOCUS Format: AWS v1.2 Microsoft (Azure) v1.2 Google Cloud v1.2 Oracle v1.0 Tencent Cloud v1.0 Huawei Cloud v1.0 OVHCloud v1.0 Alibaba Cloud v1.0 Nebius v1.2 Vercel v1.3 Grafana Cloud v1.2 Redis v1.2 Databricks v1.3 View all data generators Download the Specification Explore the Data Model Discover Use Cases & Queries Learn How to Use FOCUS Adopting FOCUS Applying FOCUS to SaaS FOCUS for Data Center Try the FOCUS Sandbox "FOCUS™ is a BIG DEAL. FOCUS will remove the complexity and overhead involved when trying to normalize various billing taxonomies making it immensely beneficial across all companies and across all industries." Tracy Woo Principal Analyst "We are committed to working with the FinOps Foundation to bring together the knowledge and involvement of all major players in cloud billing to benefit all." Fred Delombaerde Corporate Vice President, Commerce Platform & Marketplace "The basics of good decision-making and execution require clarity of information. FOCUS™ goes a long way to making that possible and we look forward to even greater innovation in the years ahead." Anne Johnston VP of Engineering Cloud Costs "We want our customers to easily understand their cloud costs so that they spend more time innovating and creating business value — and we believe with FOCUS™ we are taking steps towards this reality." Pravir Gupta Vice President of Google Cloud “We’re thrilled to see FOCUS gathering momentum. Having a vendor-neutral view of all cloud resources will enable us to better engage with cloud partners and better serve our customers and shareholders.” Tim O'Brien Senior Director of Engineering "We are seeing value in using FOCUS to create a single source of truth for cloud billing and usage to gain insights faster and make more informed decisions with data. We look forward to more organizations adopting the Specification.” Clément Leroux Cloud FinOps Engineer at GitLab