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API v2.4 , All Systems Operational

IFO4 Platform API

The complete Financial Operations platform, available as an API.

Build FinOps intelligence into any application.

Terminal

$ curl https://api.ifo4.org/v1/benchmark \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ifo4_key_..." \
  -d '{"industry":"finserv","cloud_spend":5000000}'

Get API Key \u2192 View Documentation

API Domains

Complete FinOps coverage

200+

Endpoints

RESTful JSON API

99.9%

Uptime SLA

Enterprise guarantee

$0.01

Per Call

Pay as you grow

API Reference

12 API Domains

Every capability of the IFO4 platform, accessible through a unified REST API. Click any domain to explore endpoints.

◈

PRISM

Cost Data Normalization

\u25BC

Normalize raw billing data from any cloud provider into the universal PRISM specification for consistent analysis.

POST/v1/prism/normalizeNormalize raw billing data to PRISM spec

POST/v1/prism/validateValidate data against PRISM schema

GET/v1/prism/providersList supported cloud providers

View Full Documentation \u2192

❖

Tagging & Labeling

Tag Policy Engine

\u25BC

Validate, enforce, and measure tag coverage across your entire cloud estate with policy-driven governance.

POST/v1/tags/validateValidate tags against policy

POST/v1/tags/coverageCalculate tag coverage score

GET/v1/tags/policiesList tag policies

View Full Documentation \u2192

☖

GCCF

Government Capital Control

\u25BC

Run GCCF assessments, detect capital drift, and generate audit-ready receipts for government compliance.

POST/v1/gccf/assessRun GCCF assessment

POST/v1/gccf/drift-detectCheck for capital drift

POST/v1/gccf/receiptGenerate audit receipt

View Full Documentation \u2192

⬡

Allocation

Allocation & Attribution

\u25BC

Calculate cost allocation models, unit economics, and attribution across business dimensions.

POST/v1/allocation/calculateRun allocation model

POST/v1/allocation/unit-economicsCalculate unit costs

GET/v1/allocation/methodsList allocation methods

View Full Documentation \u2192

≡

Benchmarking

Industry Benchmarks

\u25BC

Compare your FinOps maturity and cloud spend efficiency against industry and regional benchmarks.

POST/v1/benchmarkGet benchmark score

GET/v1/benchmark/industriesIndustry averages

GET/v1/benchmark/regionsRegional data

View Full Documentation \u2192

⚡

Optimization

Cost Optimization

\u25BC

Analyze workloads for optimization opportunities, model commitment strategies, and get actionable recommendations.

POST/v1/optimize/analyzeAnalyze for optimization opportunities

POST/v1/optimize/commitmentModel commitment strategies

GET/v1/optimize/recommendationsGet recommendations

View Full Documentation \u2192

▲

Anomaly Detection

Cost Anomaly Detection

\u25BC

Detect cost anomalies in real-time, configure alert thresholds, and review historical anomaly patterns.

POST/v1/anomaly/detectDetect cost anomalies

POST/v1/anomaly/configureSet alert thresholds

GET/v1/anomaly/historyGet anomaly history

View Full Documentation \u2192

★

Credentials

Certification & Credentials

\u25BC

Verify FinOps credentials, check certification status, and integrate credential validation into your workflows.

GET/v1/credentials/verify/{id}Verify a credential

GET/v1/credentials/holder/{email}Check cert status

GET/v1/certificationsList all certifications

View Full Documentation \u2192

⭐

Maturity

Maturity Assessment

\u25BC

Run FinOps maturity assessments, explore the maturity model, and generate data-driven improvement roadmaps.

POST/v1/maturity/assessRun maturity assessment

GET/v1/maturity/modelGet maturity model

POST/v1/maturity/roadmapGenerate improvement roadmap

View Full Documentation \u2192

⬢

AI Agents

Autonomous AI Agents

\u25BC

Deploy AI agents for continuous cost monitoring, get intelligent recommendations, and automate FinOps workflows.

POST/v1/agents/deployDeploy an AI agent

POST/v1/agents/recommendGet AI recommendations

GET/v1/agents/typesList available agents

View Full Documentation \u2192

✔

Compliance

Compliance & Controls

\u25BC

Run compliance checks against regulatory frameworks, generate audit evidence, and enforce financial controls.

POST/v1/compliance/checkRun compliance check

GET/v1/compliance/frameworksList frameworks

POST/v1/compliance/evidenceGenerate evidence

View Full Documentation \u2192

↗

Forecasting

Cost Forecasting

\u25BC

Generate accurate cost forecasts, run scenario analyses, and track forecast accuracy over time.

POST/v1/forecastGenerate cost forecast

POST/v1/forecast/scenarioRun scenario analysis

GET/v1/forecast/accuracyCheck forecast accuracy

View Full Documentation \u2192

Developer Experience

Ship faster with idiomatic SDKs

Our SDKs handle authentication, retries, pagination, and type safety so you can focus on building your FinOps integration.

\u2713Type-safe request/response models

\u2713Automatic retry with exponential backoff

\u2713Streaming support for large datasets

\u2713Webhook signature verification

\u2713Comprehensive error handling

\u2713Async/await patterns

import ifo4

client = ifo4.Client(api_key="ifo4_key_...")

# Get benchmark score for your organization
result = client.benchmark.score(
    industry="finserv",
    cloud_spend=5_000_000,
    providers=["aws", "azure"],
    headcount=2500
)

print(f"IFO4 Score: {result.score}/100")
print(f"Percentile: {result.percentile}th")
print(f"Savings potential: ${result.savings_potential:,.0f}")

# Detect cost anomalies
anomalies = client.anomaly.detect(
    account_id="acct_12345",
    lookback_days=30,
    sensitivity="medium"
)

for a in anomalies.items:
    print(f"[{a.severity}] {a.service}: {a.description}")

What You Can Build

Powered by the IFO4 API

Build a FinOps Dashboard

Pull normalized cost data, benchmarks, and optimization recommendations into your custom dashboards.

PRISMBenchmarkingOptimization

Add Cost Intelligence to ITSM

Embed cost allocation and unit economics directly into ServiceNow, Jira, or your internal tooling.

AllocationTaggingForecasting

Automate Cloud Optimization

Deploy AI agents that continuously monitor, detect anomalies, and execute optimization strategies.

AI AgentsAnomaly DetectionOptimization

Verify Certifications in HR

Integrate FinOps credential verification into your hiring pipeline and HR management systems.

CredentialsMaturity

Simple Pricing

Scale as you grow

Start free. Upgrade when you need more capacity, domains, or enterprise guarantees.

Free

$0/month

Get started with the IFO4 API

\u27131,000 API calls/month

\u27133 API domains

\u2713Community support

\u2713Rate limited to 10 req/sec

\u2713Standard response times

POPULAR

Professional

$499/month

For teams building FinOps products

\u271350,000 API calls/month

\u2713All 12 API domains

\u2713Email + Slack support

\u2713100 req/sec rate limit

\u2713Webhook integrations

\u2713Priority response times

Enterprise

Custom

Unlimited scale with SLA guarantees

\u2713Unlimited API calls

\u2713All 12 API domains

\u2713Dedicated support engineer

\u2713Custom rate limits

\u271399.9% uptime SLA

\u2713Dedicated infrastructure

\u2713SOC 2 Type II compliant

Government

Custom

FedRAMP authorized endpoints

\u2713Unlimited API calls

\u2713All domains + GCCF

\u2713FedRAMP High authorized

\u2713IL4/IL5 environments

\u2713Dedicated GovCloud infra

\u2713FIPS 140-2 encryption

\u271324/7 cleared support

Official SDKs

Your language, our platform

First-class SDKs with full type coverage, auto-generated from our OpenAPI spec.

🐍

Python

v2.4.1

pip install ifo4

⬢

Node.js

v2.3.0

npm install @ifo4/sdk

◈

Go

v2.2.0

go get github.com/ifo4/ifo4-go

☕

Java

v2.1.0

com.ifo4:ifo4-java:2.1.0

Quick Start

Three steps to your first call

01

Get your API key

02

Install an SDK

Choose from Python, Node.js, Go, or Java. Or call the REST API directly with curl.

03

Make your first call

Authenticate with your key and call any of our 200+ endpoints. Responses return in under 200ms.

Authentication

# All requests require a Bearer token
# in the Authorization header.

$ export IFO4_API_KEY=ifo4_key_live_...

$ curl https://api.ifo4.org/v1/benchmark \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $IFO4_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"industry":"saas"}'

# Response (200 OK)
{
  "score": 78.4,
  "percentile": 82,
  "grade": "A-",
  "savings_potential": 425000
}

Platform Features

Built for production

Rate Limiting

Adaptive rate limits with burst capacity. Headers include remaining quota and reset time.

X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset

Webhooks

Real-time event notifications with HMAC-SHA256 signature verification and automatic retries.

anomaly.detected, forecast.ready, compliance.drift

Idempotency

All POST endpoints accept an Idempotency-Key header. Safe retries guaranteed for 24 hours.

Idempotency-Key: idem_abc123

Pagination

Cursor-based pagination for large datasets. Consistent ordering and no missed records.

cursor, limit, has_more

Versioning

API version pinning via header. Breaking changes only in major versions with 12-month deprecation.

IFO4-Version: 2024-03-01

Error Handling

Structured errors with machine-readable codes, human-readable messages, and request IDs.

type, code, message, request_id

Start building with IFO4

Get your API key in seconds. Free tier includes 1,000 calls per month with access to 3 API domains.

Get Your API Key \u2192 Read the Docs

SOC 2 Type IIGDPR CompliantFedRAMP AuthorizedISO 27001HIPAA Ready

IFO4

Overview Documentation Playground Use Cases Pricing SDKs API Keys

API v2.4 , All Systems Operational

IFO4 Platform API

The complete Financial Operations platform, available as an API.

Build FinOps intelligence into any application.

Terminal

$ curl https://api.ifo4.org/v1/benchmark \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ifo4_key_..." \
  -d '{"industry":"finserv","cloud_spend":5000000}'

Get API Key \u2192 View Documentation

API Domains

Complete FinOps coverage

200+

Endpoints

RESTful JSON API

99.9%

Uptime SLA

Enterprise guarantee

$0.01

Per Call

Pay as you grow

API Reference

12 API Domains

Every capability of the IFO4 platform, accessible through a unified REST API. Click any domain to explore endpoints.

◈

PRISM

Cost Data Normalization

\u25BC

Normalize raw billing data from any cloud provider into the universal PRISM specification for consistent analysis.

POST/v1/prism/normalizeNormalize raw billing data to PRISM spec

POST/v1/prism/validateValidate data against PRISM schema

GET/v1/prism/providersList supported cloud providers

View Full Documentation \u2192

❖

Tagging & Labeling

Tag Policy Engine

\u25BC

Validate, enforce, and measure tag coverage across your entire cloud estate with policy-driven governance.

POST/v1/tags/validateValidate tags against policy

POST/v1/tags/coverageCalculate tag coverage score

GET/v1/tags/policiesList tag policies

View Full Documentation \u2192

☖

GCCF

Government Capital Control

\u25BC

Run GCCF assessments, detect capital drift, and generate audit-ready receipts for government compliance.

POST/v1/gccf/assessRun GCCF assessment

POST/v1/gccf/drift-detectCheck for capital drift

POST/v1/gccf/receiptGenerate audit receipt

View Full Documentation \u2192

⬡

Allocation

Allocation & Attribution

\u25BC

Calculate cost allocation models, unit economics, and attribution across business dimensions.

POST/v1/allocation/calculateRun allocation model

POST/v1/allocation/unit-economicsCalculate unit costs

GET/v1/allocation/methodsList allocation methods

View Full Documentation \u2192

≡

Benchmarking

Industry Benchmarks

\u25BC

Compare your FinOps maturity and cloud spend efficiency against industry and regional benchmarks.

POST/v1/benchmarkGet benchmark score

GET/v1/benchmark/industriesIndustry averages

GET/v1/benchmark/regionsRegional data

View Full Documentation \u2192

⚡

Optimization

Cost Optimization

\u25BC

Analyze workloads for optimization opportunities, model commitment strategies, and get actionable recommendations.

POST/v1/optimize/analyzeAnalyze for optimization opportunities

POST/v1/optimize/commitmentModel commitment strategies

GET/v1/optimize/recommendationsGet recommendations

View Full Documentation \u2192

▲

Anomaly Detection

Cost Anomaly Detection

\u25BC

Detect cost anomalies in real-time, configure alert thresholds, and review historical anomaly patterns.

POST/v1/anomaly/detectDetect cost anomalies

POST/v1/anomaly/configureSet alert thresholds

GET/v1/anomaly/historyGet anomaly history

View Full Documentation \u2192

★

Credentials

Certification & Credentials

\u25BC

Verify FinOps credentials, check certification status, and integrate credential validation into your workflows.

GET/v1/credentials/verify/{id}Verify a credential

GET/v1/credentials/holder/{email}Check cert status

GET/v1/certificationsList all certifications

View Full Documentation \u2192

⭐

Maturity

Maturity Assessment

\u25BC

Run FinOps maturity assessments, explore the maturity model, and generate data-driven improvement roadmaps.

POST/v1/maturity/assessRun maturity assessment

GET/v1/maturity/modelGet maturity model

POST/v1/maturity/roadmapGenerate improvement roadmap

View Full Documentation \u2192

⬢

AI Agents

Autonomous AI Agents

\u25BC

Deploy AI agents for continuous cost monitoring, get intelligent recommendations, and automate FinOps workflows.

POST/v1/agents/deployDeploy an AI agent

POST/v1/agents/recommendGet AI recommendations

GET/v1/agents/typesList available agents

View Full Documentation \u2192

✔

Compliance

Compliance & Controls

\u25BC

Run compliance checks against regulatory frameworks, generate audit evidence, and enforce financial controls.

POST/v1/compliance/checkRun compliance check

GET/v1/compliance/frameworksList frameworks

POST/v1/compliance/evidenceGenerate evidence

View Full Documentation \u2192

↗

Forecasting

Cost Forecasting

\u25BC

Generate accurate cost forecasts, run scenario analyses, and track forecast accuracy over time.

POST/v1/forecastGenerate cost forecast

POST/v1/forecast/scenarioRun scenario analysis

GET/v1/forecast/accuracyCheck forecast accuracy

View Full Documentation \u2192

Developer Experience

Ship faster with idiomatic SDKs

Our SDKs handle authentication, retries, pagination, and type safety so you can focus on building your FinOps integration.

\u2713Type-safe request/response models

\u2713Automatic retry with exponential backoff

\u2713Streaming support for large datasets

\u2713Webhook signature verification

\u2713Comprehensive error handling

\u2713Async/await patterns

import ifo4

client = ifo4.Client(api_key="ifo4_key_...")

# Get benchmark score for your organization
result = client.benchmark.score(
    industry="finserv",
    cloud_spend=5_000_000,
    providers=["aws", "azure"],
    headcount=2500
)

print(f"IFO4 Score: {result.score}/100")
print(f"Percentile: {result.percentile}th")
print(f"Savings potential: ${result.savings_potential:,.0f}")

# Detect cost anomalies
anomalies = client.anomaly.detect(
    account_id="acct_12345",
    lookback_days=30,
    sensitivity="medium"
)

for a in anomalies.items:
    print(f"[{a.severity}] {a.service}: {a.description}")

What You Can Build

Powered by the IFO4 API

Build a FinOps Dashboard

Pull normalized cost data, benchmarks, and optimization recommendations into your custom dashboards.

PRISMBenchmarkingOptimization

Add Cost Intelligence to ITSM

Embed cost allocation and unit economics directly into ServiceNow, Jira, or your internal tooling.

AllocationTaggingForecasting

Automate Cloud Optimization

Deploy AI agents that continuously monitor, detect anomalies, and execute optimization strategies.

AI AgentsAnomaly DetectionOptimization

Verify Certifications in HR

Integrate FinOps credential verification into your hiring pipeline and HR management systems.

CredentialsMaturity

Simple Pricing

Scale as you grow

Start free. Upgrade when you need more capacity, domains, or enterprise guarantees.

Free

$0/month

Get started with the IFO4 API

\u27131,000 API calls/month

\u27133 API domains

\u2713Community support

\u2713Rate limited to 10 req/sec

\u2713Standard response times

POPULAR

Professional

$499/month

For teams building FinOps products

\u271350,000 API calls/month

\u2713All 12 API domains

\u2713Email + Slack support

\u2713100 req/sec rate limit

\u2713Webhook integrations

\u2713Priority response times

Enterprise

Custom

Unlimited scale with SLA guarantees

\u2713Unlimited API calls

\u2713All 12 API domains

\u2713Dedicated support engineer

\u2713Custom rate limits

\u271399.9% uptime SLA

\u2713Dedicated infrastructure

\u2713SOC 2 Type II compliant

Government

Custom

FedRAMP authorized endpoints

\u2713Unlimited API calls

\u2713All domains + GCCF

\u2713FedRAMP High authorized

\u2713IL4/IL5 environments

\u2713Dedicated GovCloud infra

\u2713FIPS 140-2 encryption

\u271324/7 cleared support

Official SDKs

Your language, our platform

First-class SDKs with full type coverage, auto-generated from our OpenAPI spec.

🐍

Python

v2.4.1

pip install ifo4

⬢

Node.js

v2.3.0

npm install @ifo4/sdk

◈

Go

v2.2.0

go get github.com/ifo4/ifo4-go

☕

Java

v2.1.0

com.ifo4:ifo4-java:2.1.0

Quick Start

Three steps to your first call

01

Get your API key

02

Install an SDK

Choose from Python, Node.js, Go, or Java. Or call the REST API directly with curl.

03

Make your first call

Authenticate with your key and call any of our 200+ endpoints. Responses return in under 200ms.

Authentication

# All requests require a Bearer token
# in the Authorization header.

$ export IFO4_API_KEY=ifo4_key_live_...

$ curl https://api.ifo4.org/v1/benchmark \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $IFO4_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"industry":"saas"}'

# Response (200 OK)
{
  "score": 78.4,
  "percentile": 82,
  "grade": "A-",
  "savings_potential": 425000
}

Platform Features

Built for production

Rate Limiting

Adaptive rate limits with burst capacity. Headers include remaining quota and reset time.

X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset

Webhooks

Real-time event notifications with HMAC-SHA256 signature verification and automatic retries.

anomaly.detected, forecast.ready, compliance.drift

Idempotency

All POST endpoints accept an Idempotency-Key header. Safe retries guaranteed for 24 hours.

Idempotency-Key: idem_abc123

Pagination

Cursor-based pagination for large datasets. Consistent ordering and no missed records.

cursor, limit, has_more

Versioning

API version pinning via header. Breaking changes only in major versions with 12-month deprecation.

IFO4-Version: 2024-03-01

Error Handling

Structured errors with machine-readable codes, human-readable messages, and request IDs.

type, code, message, request_id

Start building with IFO4

Get your API key in seconds. Free tier includes 1,000 calls per month with access to 3 API domains.

Get Your API Key \u2192 Read the Docs

SOC 2 Type IIGDPR CompliantFedRAMP AuthorizedISO 27001HIPAA Ready