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Loading...Pricing for software or services purchased through a vendor marketplace channel, typically with co-term and co-billing into the underlying cloud account. Marketplace pricing simplifies procurement and accelerates onboarding but may differ from direct vendor pricing for the same service. The federation requires marketplace purchases above the documented threshold to be evaluated against direct procurement, with the channel choice documented per UFMS-001:2.4(f). Marketplace credits and committed-spend offsets are tracked in the procurement register and reconciled monthly.
An eCommerce term repurposed for cloud procurement with the launch of the AWS Marketplace in 2012 and analogues from other major providers.
Federation members evaluate marketplace versus direct procurement for purchases above the threshold. Channel choice is documented in the procurement log. Marketplace co-billing is reconciled monthly to the cloud bill under MEV-Annex:3.2.
@misc{ifo4_glossary_marketplace_pricing,
title = {{Marketplace Pricing}},
author = {{IFO4 Federation Editorial Board}},
howpublished = {{IFO4 Federation Glossary, slug \texttt{marketplace-pricing}}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://ifo4.org/glossary/marketplace-pricing},
note = {Category: FinOps; key: MarketplacePricing}
}Federation members and accredited practitioners may challenge any entry under TGS-002:1.7. Filed challenges are routed to the editorial board, triaged into the revision register, and resolved in writing on the public docket. The slug remains stable through any revision.