Today, Vantage announces support for the FOCUS 1.3 specification, enabling customers to ingest, analyze, and export cloud cost data using the latest version of the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS). Customers can now upload cost data formatted with FOCUS 1.3 fields, using Vantage Custom Providers, and export Commitment Reports directly in the FOCUS 1.3 format, making it easier to standardize cost data across cloud providers and financial systems.

FinOps practitioners increasingly rely on FOCUS as a standardized schema for cloud cost and usage data. By defining common fields and structures across providers, FOCUS allows organizations to normalize billing data from multiple sources and reduce the complexity of working with proprietary billing formats. The 1.3 release expands the specification with additional dimensions and improved modeling of financial constructs, such as contract commitments, allowing organizations to more accurately track both costs they currently incur as well as the costs they contractually owe.

Now, with support for FOCUS 1.3 in Vantage, customers can upload custom cost data that includes fields such as BillingAccountId, SubAccountId, RegionName, and ServiceSubcategory using the Vantage Custom Providers integration. Additionally, Vantage has expanded its Commitment Reports to include all Contract Commitment fields defined in the FOCUS 1.3 specification and allows these reports to be exported directly in the FOCUS 1.3 format. Together, these capabilities allow teams to standardize cost ingestion and reporting around the FOCUS specification while continuing to analyze and optimize spend within the Vantage platform.

To get started, customers can upload cost data through Custom Providers or export Commitment Reports in the FOCUS 1.3 format from the Vantage console. For more details, see the documentation for Custom Providers and Commitments.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is being launched today?

Vantage is launching support for the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) version 1.3. Customers can now upload cost data containing FOCUS 1.3 fields through the Custom Providers integration and export Commitment Reports in the FOCUS 1.3 format.

2. Who is the customer?

FinOps practitioners, platform teams, and finance teams who use FOCUS to standardize cost and usage data across multiple infrastructure providers, SaaS platforms, and internal systems.

3. How much does this cost?

There is no additional cost to use FOCUS 1.3 fields when uploading costs through Custom Providers or exporting Commitment Reports in FOCUS format. However, costs from Custom Providers will be included in quota tier enforcement. In the event that your custom costs push you over your current tier limit, you may be prompted to upgrade. To see more details on pricing, please refer to the Pricing page.

4. What is FOCUS?

FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) is an open standard from the FinOps Foundation that defines a common schema for cloud billing and usage data. It standardizes column names and semantics across providers, enabling consistent cost analysis across AWS, Azure, GCP, and others.

5. How can I upload costs in FOCUS format?

Customers can upload cost data using the Custom Providers integration and include any columns defined in the FOCUS 1.3 specification.

In addition, Vantage Commitment Reports now include the full set of Contract Commitment fields defined in the FOCUS 1.3 specification. These reports can be exported in a format that adheres to the FOCUS 1.3 schema, allowing teams to use Vantage data within other FinOps tooling, data warehouses, or reporting workflows that expect FOCUS-compliant datasets.

6. Will AI-Powered Custom Providers be updated to store additional columns from FOCUS 1.3?

Yes. When uploading non-FOCUS CSVs, Vantage will attempt to map to the FOCUS 1.3 fields to retain as much cost metadata as possible.

7. Will uploads using previous FOCUS versions be accepted?

Yes. The new FOCUS 1.3 fields are considered to be optional for Custom Providers and do not change the behavior of previously supported columns. The required fields are:

• BilledCost
• ServiceName
• ChargePeriodStart
• ChargeCategory

8. How do I export my commitments to FOCUS 1.3 format?

When viewing a commitment report, you can now utilize the download button in the top right of the report. You can then select the emails of Vantage users to send the export CSV to. The export will include all of the selected columns you have included at the time of exporting.

9. Can I export my commitments list via API?

At the time of launch, exporting commitments via the API is not supported yet, but will be available soon.

10. What Contract Commitment fields are included in the new export format?

Commitment Reports now include all fields defined under the Contract Commitments section of the FOCUS 1.3 specification, enabling organizations to represent commitments such as reserved capacity, prepaid contracts, and other negotiated spending commitments in a standardized format.

11. Do commitments need to be provided in the FOCUS format by the cloud provider in order to be exported in FOCUS 1.3?

No, Vantage will transform any commitments from cloud providers into FOCUS 1.3 format regardless of the format it was provided in.