FOCUS in Finout

Overview

FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) is a billing data standard developed by the FinOps Foundation. It aims to standardize cost and usage data across cloud providers, simplifying analysis and enabling consistent reporting.

There are three ways to implement FOCUS:

• Custom Focus CSV Upload: Users can bring their own FOCUS-compliant CSV and onboard it as a custom cost center.

• Default FOCUS Table (Finout native): Finout automatically unifies billing exports from all major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, and more) into a single, queryable cost table, eliminating manual normalization and making cross-cloud spend easy to analyze and report.

• FOCUS Virtual Tags: Finout Virtual Tags provide a ready-made, cross-cloud tagging layer that standardizes cost dimensions so you can slice and analyze spend immediately, without manual setup.

How to Implement FOCUS in Finout

Custom FOCUS CSV Upload

Bring your own FOCUS cost file and onboard it as a Custom Cost Center in Finout.

What do you need to provide?

• A CSV file that follows the FOCUS export specification.

How does it work?

• Share the FOCUS CSV with Finout support at [email protected].

• Finout will load it as a Custom Cost Center. See the Custom Cost Centers documentation for more details.

When is it a good fit?

• You manage your own billing pipeline and want a vendor-neutral format.

• Your vendor already exports FOCUS (e.g., Azure, AWS, Oracle).

Default FOCUS Table (Finout-native)

Finout automatically builds a unified, normalized dataset from your existing billing exports across all supported cloud providers with no setup required. It standardizes cost and usage data to simplify analysis and enable consistent reporting. This table combines diverse billing formats into a single structure, making it easy to analyze and report all your cloud spending in one place without manually normalizing data. You can access this unified table through custom dashboards, exports, and queries.

FOCUS Virtual Tags

Finout Virtual Tags give you an out-of-the-box way to slice and analyze your cloud costs without having to build complex rules from scratch. Based on Finout’s FOCUS cost model, these predefined tags normalize core dimensions like provider, service, region, charge category, and pricing type, creating a consistent cross-cloud structure from day one.

FAQs

Does Finout support FOCUS across all cloud providers? Yes. Finout supports any FOCUS file from any cloud provider as a custom cost center.