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Loading...The price published on the vendor's public catalogue or marketplace listing, equivalent to list price for most cloud and SaaS providers. Public price is the federation-recognised reference for marketplace transactions and for any procurement decision where private pricing has not been negotiated. The federation distinguishes public price from list price only where the vendor maintains separate channels with different starting points. Reporting evidence under UFMS-001:2.4(f) clarifies which reference is used and why. Public price drift is monitored as part of procurement governance.
An eCommerce-era refinement of list price emphasising the publicly accessible nature of the price catalogue; the term spread with cloud marketplaces in the 2010s.
Federation members procuring from a public marketplace document the public price at order placement. Private channels are used only with documented negotiation evidence under MEV-Annex:3.2. Public price drift triggers a re-evaluation of channel choice.
@misc{ifo4_glossary_public_price,
title = {{Public Price}},
author = {{IFO4 Federation Editorial Board}},
howpublished = {{IFO4 Federation Glossary, slug \texttt{public-price}}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://ifo4.org/glossary/public-price},
note = {Category: FinOps; key: PublicPrice}
}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.