specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Spike
providerId: spike-api
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Health Data
- Wearables
- Digital Health
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Spike spend. Spike is a subscription SaaS: cost is driven by
  the product lines enabled (Wearables & IoT API and/or Nutrition Scanner AI)
  and the scale of connected end users (monthly active users), starting from a
  published Sandbox subscription of $450/month per product line and moving to a
  custom Enterprise agreement at production scale. Because billing is
  subscription-plus-scale rather than metered per API call, the dominant cost
  lever is the number of active connected users and enabled product lines, not
  raw request counts. Additional AI features (Nutrition AI analysis, Lab Report
  extraction, MCP layer) may factor into the negotiated Enterprise package.
notes: >-
  Per-MAU and per-feature unit rates are not published and are not reconciled
  here. Verify current subscription tiers and any usage-based components on
  https://www.spikeapi.com/pricing during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.spikeapi.com/
- https://www.spikeapi.com/pricing
- https://docs.spikeapi.com/api-docs/overview
- 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: Spike Technologies
serviceCategory: Health Data and Wearables API
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
meters:
- name: monthly_active_users
  description: Connected end users active in the billing period; the primary scale driver of the subscription.
  unit: users
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - application
  - product_line
- name: product_line_subscription
  description: Base subscription per enabled product line (Wearables & IoT API, Nutrition Scanner AI).
  unit: subscription
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - application
  - product_line
- name: nutrition_ai_analyses
  description: Nutrition AI image / label / text analyses, where metered under the negotiated plan.
  unit: analyses
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - application
- name: lab_report_extractions
  description: Lab report documents processed by AI extraction, where metered under the negotiated plan.
  unit: documents
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - application
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track connected monthly active users per application and product line; monitor Nutrition AI and Lab Report volumes if they factor into the plan.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map product lines and connected-user cohorts to the internal teams or features that depend on Spike data.
- name: Optimization
  description: Enable only the product lines and providers you use; prune inactive user integrations to control MAU-driven cost; prefer webhook-driven reads over redundant polling.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner for the Spike contract; review MAU growth and enabled features against the Enterprise agreement each billing cycle.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com