SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 23, 2025 – Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security, today announced FinOps Center, a powerful new capability in Cribl.Cloud that brings enterprises a clear, unified view of how data flows through their systems, what it costs, and, most importantly, what it’s worth. FinOps Center is built to help teams shift from simply tracking telemetry data usage to understanding the business impact behind every data decision. Available today in Cribl.Cloud, FinOps Center gives administrators the ability to control spend without sacrificing operational performance.
Organizations often grapple with cost allocation and accurate forecasting due to tool sprawl and fragmented systems across their environments. Cribl's new FinOps Center offers transparent, granular reporting, empowering teams to manage and optimize investments. This optimizes software utilization, helps eliminate the need for new tools, and maximizes the return on investment of existing ones. Whether migrating to a new SIEM, managing long-term data storage, or adopting AI software, FinOps Center helps teams make informed decisions and articulate a measurable return on investment.
"Finance teams are laser-focused on ensuring every dollar we spend supports real business outcomes. With the rapid growth of data, fueled in part by AI, it’s crucial to understand the true value we get from our telemetry data. With FinOps Center, finance and technical teams are able to partner more effectively to align investments with the value they create,” said Zachary Johnson, CFO at Cribl. “This shared visibility allows us to forecast spend with greater accuracy, reduce surprises, and plan with confidence. That’s the kind of financial discipline that truly unlocks innovation.”
Cribl’s new FinOps Center is first available to give admins a crystal-clear view of Cribl Credit spend across all products, offering detailed breakdowns by product. Users can instantly see how many Credits have been used, how many remain, and precisely where they're going.
Key capabilities of Cribl FinOps Center include:
Change detection and spend tracking over time: Monitor shifts in data volume and system activity, and quickly identify unexpected usage spikes.
Granular usage insights across products: Gain detailed, product-level visibility into how different data pipelines and tools contribute to overall system usage and performance.
Flexible time range filters: Analyze data usage and impact trends across custom daily, weekly, or monthly intervals, perfectly aligned with internal planning cycles.
Credit balance visibility: Access real-time insights into resource usage and remaining capacity across data initiatives, directly mapped against organizational goals.
Detailed billing and downloadable invoices: Access a unified view of data-related costs with detailed breakdowns and exportable reports, help finance analyze spend in the tools they already use
Transparent refund tracking: Track adjustments and updates to resource allocations with clear historical context, including date, and rationale.
Single source of truth for billing and usage: FinOps Center serves as a centralized hub for understanding the flow, usage, and value of data across the organization.
FinOps Center is available today in Cribl.Cloud. Click here to learn more.
About Cribl
Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security, empowers organizations to transform their data strategy. Customers use Cribl’s vendor-agnostic solutions to analyze, collect, process, and route all IT and security data from any source or to any destination, delivering the choice, control, and flexibility required to adapt to their ever-changing needs. Cribl’s product suite, which is used by Fortune 1000 companies globally, is purpose-built for IT and Security, including Cribl Stream, the industry’s leading observability pipeline, Cribl Edge, an intelligent vendor-neutral agent, Cribl Search, the industry’s first search-in-place solution, and Cribl Lake, a turnkey data lake. Founded in 2018, Cribl is a remote-first workforce with an office in San Francisco, CA.
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