FOCUS

Cloud and SaaS billing data can be complex, inconsistent among providers and difficult to understand. The FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) aims to reduce this friction with a spec containing a set of terminologies (aligned with the FinOps framework), a schema and a minimum set of requirements for billing data. The spec is intended to support use cases common to a variety of FinOps practitioners. Although still in the early stages of development and adoption, it’s worth watching because, with growing industry adoption, FOCUS will make it easier for platforms and end users to get a holistic view of cloud spend across a long tail of cloud and SaaS providers.