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The FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) is an open specification that defines requirements for technology billing data generators to produce consistent cost and usage datasets. As FinOps expands across Technology Categories, each with different billing formats, pricing constructs, and terminology, FOCUS provides the common data foundation that makes cross-category reporting, allocation, and benchmarking possible.
FOCUS is now at version 1.3, with native FOCUS data exports available from 11+ technology providers including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, Alibaba Cloud, and others. A Conformance Program validates provider compliance, a Sandbox lets practitioners explore FOCUS data hands-on, and a growing library of use cases and queries demonstrates how to apply FOCUS to real FinOps workflows.
For practitioners, FOCUS reduces the time spent wrangling disparate billing data and increases the time spent on analysis, optimization, and decision support. For leadership, it enables a unified view of technology cost across the organization.
March 4, 2026
Learn how to build an automated pipeline to transform Alibaba Cloud billing exports into a normalized, FOCUS-aligned dataset using OSS, AWS Glue, and Athena for scalable technology value analytics and governance.
January 9, 2026
This guidance provides instructions to make clear rate cards for data centers, tracking usage, generating FOCUS-compliant cost records, and how to sharing this information with practitioners and leaders improve decision-making.
July 3, 2025
Loránt Kiss and Priyanka Pandey of Delivery Hero provide practical advice and insights into how to work together with SaaS providers and internal stakeholders to move forward broad FOCUS adoption for SaaS, and even for internal service-to-service showback/chargeback!
July 3, 2025
Alessandro Bellini of Max Mara Fashion demonstrates how to leverage FOCUS as a standard format for all IT Environments (cloud and on-prem) alongside a unified cross-environment tagging strategy. Compare these data with business unit metrics, and you get the right path for data-driven decisions.
July 3, 2025
This session features Cory Syvenky of Teck Resources as he shows FinOps X attendees his journey of transforming Databricks cost management and usage data into the FOCUS format.
March 4, 2026
Learn how to build an automated pipeline to transform Alibaba Cloud billing exports into a normalized, FOCUS-aligned dataset using OSS, AWS Glue, and Athena for scalable technology value analytics and governance.
January 9, 2026
This guidance provides instructions to make clear rate cards for data centers, tracking usage, generating FOCUS-compliant cost records, and how to sharing this information with practitioners and leaders improve decision-making.
May 29, 2025
By adopting FOCUS-formatted datasets—whether from cloud providers or internal systems—organizations can apply FinOps practices more easily to data center costs and usage data. The consistency of data structure reduces complexity, accelerates time to value, and simplifies tool adoption.
October 16, 2024
Use this Paper to better understand the FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification), an open specification that normalizes billing datasets across cloud, SaaS, data center, and other technology vendors to reduce complexity for FinOps Practitioners.
October 17, 2023
Learn how to design FinOps data workflows that integrate cloud cost, usage, and business data into a reliable foundation for reporting, forecasting, and optimization.
July 3, 2025
Loránt Kiss and Priyanka Pandey of Delivery Hero provide practical advice and insights into how to work together with SaaS providers and internal stakeholders to move forward broad FOCUS adoption for SaaS, and even for internal service-to-service showback/chargeback!
July 3, 2025
Alessandro Bellini of Max Mara Fashion demonstrates how to leverage FOCUS as a standard format for all IT Environments (cloud and on-prem) alongside a unified cross-environment tagging strategy. Compare these data with business unit metrics, and you get the right path for data-driven decisions.
July 3, 2025
This session features Cory Syvenky of Teck Resources as he shows FinOps X attendees his journey of transforming Databricks cost management and usage data into the FOCUS format.
December 18, 2024
Alex Hullah of GoldmanSachs, and Rob Martin of the FinOps Foundation walk through updates in version 1.1 of the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS).
December 18, 2024
Discover how UnitedHealth Group is using FOCUS to guide migration decisions and optimize their costs across their on-premise and multi-cloud infrastructure footprint, avoiding some of the most common cost traps (egress, etc.).
FinOps applied to a range of technologies, from public cloud and SaaS to AI, data platforms, and data centers.
Designing modern solutions with value, cost, and performance built in from the start.
Using AI tools to improve FinOps team productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and accelerate decision-making.
Understanding, measuring, and maximizing the business value of AI investments using FinOps practices.
Segments of technology-related spending aligned to business constructs–such as products or cost centers
Maximize value from technology investments by enabling informed, timely decisions.
Build a FinOps practice that maximizes technology value, through centralized enablement, distributed execution, and executive alignment.
Technology value is a board-level conversation, connecting technology spend, usage, and adoption to business strategy.
Where and how FinOps intersects with ITFM, ITAM/SAM, ITSM, Platform Engineering, Sustainability, and other disciplines.
