What FOCUS Misses
The FinOps FOCUS specification covers billing basics. The modern technology landscape demands far more.
No AI/ML Cost Tracking
FOCUS has zero columns for model inference costs, token usage, GPU utilization, or training expenses. The fastest-growing cloud cost category is invisible.
No Sustainability Metrics
No carbon emissions, energy consumption, PUE ratios, or Scope 1/2/3 tracking. ESG reporting requires external tools with no standard schema.
No Unit Economics
Cannot calculate cost-per-user, cost-per-transaction, or revenue attribution. Business context is completely absent from the specification.
No Technology Value Scoring
No framework to quantify ROI, adoption rate, vendor lock-in, or strategic alignment. Cost without value context is just a number.
No Shadow IT Detection
No schema for ungoverned SaaS discovery, duplicate tool detection, or SSO/MFA compliance tracking across the organization.
No Developer Cost Attribution
Cannot attribute costs to commits, PRs, deployments, or CI/CD pipelines. Engineering teams fly blind on their infrastructure impact.
No Optimization Tracking
No standardized way to track rightsizing actions, estimated vs. actual savings, or approval workflows for cost optimization.
No Anomaly Detection Schema
No structured format for anomaly scores, root causes, detection methods, or impact estimates. Every tool invents its own format.
No Forecasting Schema
No standardized output format for cost predictions, confidence intervals, seasonality factors, or model accuracy tracking.
No Regulatory Compliance Mapping
Cannot map resources to compliance frameworks, encryption standards, data residency requirements, or audit status. Compliance is a separate silo.
12 Datasets. Complete Coverage.
PRISM organizes technology intelligence into 12 purpose-built datasets, each with a rigorous column schema.
Core Billing
Everything FOCUS has + enhanced metadata, lineage, and granularity
AI/ML Operations
Complete model lifecycle cost tracking from training to inference
Sustainability
Carbon, energy, and environmental impact tracking per resource
Unit Economics
Map infrastructure cost to business value and revenue
Technology Value
Quantify the strategic and financial value of every technology investment
Shadow IT & SaaS Discovery
Detect, classify, and govern ungoverned technology spending
Developer Attribution
Attribute cloud costs to code, teams, deployments, and pipelines
Optimization Actions
Track, approve, and measure every optimization action and its ROI
Commitment Intelligence
Optimize reserved instances, savings plans, and contractual commitments
Anomaly Detection
Structured schema for cost anomalies, root causes, and impacts
Forecast & Prediction
Standardized forecasting output schema with confidence intervals
Compliance & Regulatory
Map every resource to compliance frameworks, audits, and data governance
Full Column Reference
Every column across all 12 datasets, with types, feature levels, descriptions, and examples.
PRISM vs FOCUS
A direct comparison of specification capabilities.
PRISM Powers the Entire Platform
Every IFO4 project consumes PRISM datasets. One schema. Ten products. Total consistency.
NEXUS
Central analytics hub consumes billing, maps to business value
SENTINEL
AI cost intelligence powered by model lifecycle data
CARBON
Environmental impact tracking and carbon reporting
PHANTOM
Ungoverned technology detection and governance
MERIDIAN
Automated optimization with tracked ROI
ARCHITECT
Architecture decisions informed by cost and value data
CORTEX
Natural language query layer across the entire PRISM schema
FORGE
Developer experience with cost-aware tooling
ORACLE
Commitment optimization and negotiation intelligence
ATLAS
Multi-cloud visibility with compliance overlay
Raw billing data is normalized into PRISM format, enriched with 12 dataset dimensions, then consumed by each IFO4 product for its specific intelligence use case.
PRISM is Open Source.
Build on it.
The PRISM specification is released under an open license. Integrate it into your tools, extend it for your use cases, contribute back to the standard.