specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Sea Machines Robotics
providerId: sea-machines
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Marine
- Autonomy
- Robotics
- Maritime
- Telemetry
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Sea Machines Robotics spend. Sea Machines sells embedded
  autonomy systems (SM300-SP, SM300-NG), AI-ris computer vision, and the
  FleetViewer platform as hardware-plus-software solutions, with SMLink
  Streaming-API and SMLink Control-API access provisioned to approved
  partners. There is no public usage-based pricing or billing meter for the
  APIs; cost is driven by negotiated per-vessel or per-program agreements
  rather than metered API consumption. Meters below are placeholders and are
  not reconciled against any published billing model.
notes: >-
  No public pricing or billing exports exist. Treat costs as capital and
  contract spend per vessel/program; reconcile against the actual Sea Machines
  agreement during onboarding.
sources:
- https://sea-machines.com/
- https://sea-machines.com/sea-machines-launches-marine-autonomy-apis-for-third-party-c2-systems/
- https://sea-machines.com/fleetviewer/
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: Sea Machines Robotics
serviceCategory: Marine Autonomy and Robotics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Contract-Based
  billingFrequency: Negotiated
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: SMLink / SM300
  ServiceCategory: Marine Autonomy and Robotics
  ProviderName: Sea Machines Robotics
  PublisherName: Sea Machines Robotics
  InvoiceIssuerName: Sea Machines Robotics
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Contract-Based
meters:
- name: autonomy_systems
  description: SM300-SP / SM300-NG autonomy systems provisioned per vessel (placeholder; not publicly priced).
  unit: vessels
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - vessel
- name: smlink_telemetry
  description: SMLink Streaming-API telemetry feeds consumed by external systems (placeholder; not publicly metered).
  unit: feeds
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - vessel
- name: smlink_commands
  description: SMLink Control-API commanding integration usage (placeholder; not publicly metered).
  unit: integrations
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - vessel
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track per-vessel and per-program agreements; there is no self-service API usage export to pull.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map autonomy systems, AI-ris units, and SMLink integrations to the vessels/programs they serve.
- name: Optimization
  description: Negotiate fleet-level terms; use FleetViewer (no-code) where programmatic SMLink integration is not required.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign program owners and review contract spend against vessel deployment plans.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com