THE OPENGATE METHODOLOGY

How We Build
Defensible Financial Truth

Every number has a source. Every estimate has a confidence score. Every claim survives scrutiny.

Connect Extract Normalize Audit Infer
Score Report Take Action
1 CONNECT

Read-Only API Access

We connect to your platforms through official APIs with read-only permissions. No agents to install. No code changes. No access to your actual telemetry data.

  • OAuth or API key authentication
  • Read-only scopes only — we cannot modify your data
  • Revocable access at any time

What We Access

Billing APIs License counts Usage metrics Contract metadata

What We Never Access

Raw logs Trace data Customer PII

Data Points Extracted

Committed spend$XXX,XXX
License utilization67%
Contract renewal2025-09-15
2 EXTRACT

Pull Financial Signals

We extract the financial signals buried in your platform data. Billing records, usage metrics, license allocations — the raw material of financial truth.

3 NORMALIZE

One Language for All Spend

Datadog calls it "hosts." New Relic calls it "compute units." We translate everything into a common financial language for cross-platform comparison.

Before → After

Datadog
500 hosts × $15$7,500/mo
New Relic
2M CUs × $0.35$7,000/mo
// Audit trail
source: "datadog_billing_api"
extracted: "2025-01-28T14:32:00Z"
validation: "PASSED"
4 AUDIT

Every Number Has a Source

Before any analysis happens, we create a complete audit trail. When the CFO asks "Where did this number come from?" — you can show them exactly.

5 INFER

Fill the Gaps Vendors Hide

Vendors don't expose everything. We use inference models to estimate what they won't tell you — but we always tell you when we're inferring. No black boxes.

Per-service cost allocation
Org-level billing → service-level attribution
True utilization rates
License count → active usage inferred
Effective discount rates
List price → actual discount reverse-engineered
6 SCORE

Confidence Scoring

Every estimate carries a confidence score so you know exactly how much to trust each number.

Verified

Direct from billing APIs. Ground truth.

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Inferred

Calculated from patterns. High confidence.

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Estimated

From benchmarks. Use with caution.

Executive Summary
CFO-ready one-pager
Negotiation Kit
Evidence-backed talking points
Forecast Scenarios
What-if models with confidence bands
7 REPORT

Evidence That Survives Scrutiny

Finished deliverables ready for executive review, procurement negotiations, and board presentations. Every report includes the full audit trail.

8 TAKE ACTION

From Insight to Impact

Intelligence without action is just expensive reporting. We help you turn findings into outcomes.

  • Prioritized action items by impact
  • Vendor negotiation playbooks
  • Optimization recommendations with ROI
22%
Average renewal reduction
Measurable savings at your next renewal cycle.

See the Methodology in Action

Request an assessment. We'll run your platforms through our pipeline and show you exactly what defensible financial truth looks like.

No commitment. No credit card. First insights in under 5 minutes.

See the Methodology in Action

Request an assessment and we'll apply this methodology to your platforms. First insights in under 5 minutes.

No commitment. No credit card. Traceable results you can verify.