specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Blues
providerId: blues-wireless
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
url: https://blues.com/pricing/
plans:
  - name: Essentials
    description: >-
      Consumption-based plan for prototyping and deployments under 500 devices.
      Each Notecard hardware purchase includes a bundled free monthly event
      allowance. Designed for individual developers, startups, and small-scale
      deployments.
    type: freemium
    url: https://blues.com/pricing/
    quotas:
      - name: Free Monthly Events
        description: >-
          5,000 events per month included free with each Blues billing account.
          Platform events (geolocation, sessions, logs) are always free and do
          not count against this quota.
        type: quota
        metric: events_per_month
        limit: 5000
        timeFrame: monthly
        price: 0.00
        currency: USD
      - name: Additional Events
        description: >-
          Pay-as-you-go rate for events beyond the free monthly allowance.
          Additional events can be purchased via the Notehub dashboard or
          configured for auto-recharge.
        type: metered
        metric: events_ingressed
        limit: unlimited
        timeFrame: per_event
        price: 0.000750
        currency: USD
      - name: API Rate Limit
        description: >-
          7 Notehub API requests per minute (up to 10,200 per day) per billing
          account, free of charge.
        type: quota
        metric: api_requests_per_minute
        limit: 7
        timeFrame: per_minute
        price: 0.00
        currency: USD
      - name: Daily API Requests
        description: Up to 10,200 Notehub API requests per day per billing account.
        type: quota
        metric: api_requests_per_day
        limit: 10200
        timeFrame: daily
        price: 0.00
        currency: USD
    features:
      - name: Notehub Access
        description: Access to Notehub cloud platform for device and fleet management
        type: boolean
        value: true
      - name: Egress Routing
        description: Egress to multiple downstream destinations included
        type: boolean
        value: true
      - name: Geolocation Tagging
        description: Geolocation tagging on all events
        type: boolean
        value: true
      - name: Platform Events
        description: Platform events (geolocation, sessions, logs) always free
        type: boolean
        value: true
      - name: Support
        description: Forum, email, and dedicated portal with 3 business day response
        type: boolean
        value: true
  - name: Enterprise
    description: >-
      Volume plan for deployments of 500+ devices requiring higher throughput,
      dedicated support, and custom pricing commitments. Requires multi-year
      agreements with upfront event capacity commitments for price protection.
    type: enterprise
    url: https://blues.com/pricing/
    quotas:
      - name: Minimum Monthly Commitment
        description: >-
          Enterprise plans start at $1,000/month minimum with 50% or more
          savings off the Essentials per-event rate.
        type: quota
        metric: monthly_minimum
        limit: null
        timeFrame: monthly
        price: 1000.00
        currency: USD
      - name: API Rate Limits
        description: Higher API rate limits available on Enterprise plans beyond the standard 7 req/min.
        type: quota
        metric: api_requests_per_minute
        limit: custom
        timeFrame: per_minute
        price: null
        currency: USD
    features:
      - name: Volume Discounts
        description: 50% or more off Essentials per-event rate
        type: boolean
        value: true
      - name: Dedicated Support
        description: 4-hour response time with dedicated technical account manager
        type: boolean
        value: true
      - name: Solution Architecture
        description: Solution architecture consultation and fleet configuration support
        type: boolean
        value: true
      - name: Price Protection
        description: Price protection throughout multi-year agreement term
        type: boolean
        value: true
      - name: Custom API Rate Limits
        description: Higher API rate limits available beyond standard Essentials limits
        type: boolean
        value: true
additionalCosts:
  - name: Connectivity Assurance (North America)
    description: >-
      When a Notecard reaches 100MB remaining data, Connectivity Assurance adds
      500MB of data valid for up to 10 years from date added.
    price: 10.00
    currency: USD
    unit: per 500MB block
    region: North America
  - name: Connectivity Assurance (International)
    description: >-
      When a Notecard reaches 100MB remaining data, Connectivity Assurance adds
      500MB of data for international Notecards.
    price: 15.00
    currency: USD
    unit: per 500MB block
    region: International