specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
provider: Ubidots
providerId: ubidots
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
url: https://ubidots.com/pricing
billingModel:
  type: subscription_plus_metered
  description: >
    Ubidots charges a monthly base subscription (Professional at $99/month;
    Industrial and Enterprise at custom pricing) that includes a device
    allowance, monthly data-point quota, throughput cap, and execution
    allowances for events and UbiFunctions. Overages on devices, events,
    UbiFunctions, and email alerts are billed on a pay-as-you-go metered basis
    on top of the base fee. Industrial and Enterprise tiers are negotiated
    contracts without published per-unit overage rates.
  currency: USD
  billingPeriod: monthly
focusColumns:
  - name: ServiceName
    value: Ubidots IoT Platform
  - name: ServiceCategory
    value: Internet of Things / Analytics
  - name: ChargeType
    values:
      - Usage
      - Subscription
  - name: BillingCurrency
    value: USD
  - name: UsageUnit
    values:
      - device
      - dot
      - execution
      - alert
  - name: SkuName
    values:
      - Professional Base Subscription
      - Extra Device
      - Extra Event Execution
      - Extra UbiFunction Execution
      - Extra Email Alert
      - Industrial Custom
      - Enterprise Custom
meters:
  - name: Base Subscription Fee
    unit: month
    description: Fixed monthly fee for the chosen plan tier.
    plans:
      - name: Professional
        price: 99.00
        currency: USD
  - name: Device Allotment
    unit: device
    description: >
      Devices included in the base subscription. Professional includes 50
      devices; Industrial and Enterprise are negotiated.
    plans:
      - name: Professional
        includedUnits: 50
        overagePrice: 2.00
        currency: USD
        maxOverageUnits: 950
  - name: Data Points (Dots)
    unit: dot
    description: >
      Time-series data values ingested per month. Professional includes 10M
      dots/month with 6-month retention; Industrial and Enterprise plans have
      custom allocations and 24-month+ retention.
    plans:
      - name: Professional
        includedUnits: 10000000
        overagePrice: null
        note: Overage not published; throughput cap enforces limit implicitly.
  - name: Event Executions
    unit: execution
    description: >
      Triggered event rule executions per month. Professional includes 1,000;
      overages billed at $10 per million executions.
    plans:
      - name: Professional
        includedUnits: 1000
        overagePrice: 10.00
        overageUnit: million_executions
        currency: USD
  - name: UbiFunctions Executions
    unit: execution
    description: >
      Serverless function invocations per month. Professional includes 1,000;
      overages billed at $5 per million executions.
    plans:
      - name: Professional
        includedUnits: 1000
        overagePrice: 5.00
        overageUnit: million_executions
        currency: USD
  - name: Email Alerts
    unit: alert
    description: >
      Outbound email alert notifications per month. Professional includes 100;
      overages billed at $2 per 1,000 alerts.
    plans:
      - name: Professional
        includedUnits: 100
        overagePrice: 2.00
        overageUnit: thousand_alerts
        currency: USD
  - name: SMS/Voice Alerts
    unit: alert
    description: >
      SMS and voice alert notifications. Professional includes 10 alerts;
      additional alerts billed at country-specific rates.
    plans:
      - name: Professional
        includedUnits: 10
        overagePrice: null
        note: Country-based pricing; consult Ubidots for rates.
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: >
      Ubidots exposes device count, dot throughput, and execution usage within
      the platform dashboard. Plan limits and overage triggers can be monitored
      through the account management interface, giving operators visibility into
      consumption before overages accrue.
  - name: Optimization
    description: >
      Right-size deployments by choosing appropriate throughput tiers (6, 20,
      50, 100, 200, or 1,000 dots/second). Use configurable per-token rate
      limit windows (1s, 1min, 5min) to smooth burst traffic and avoid
      unnecessary token quota exhaustion. Consolidate telemetry payloads to
      stay within the 10,000 byte per-request limit and reduce per-request
      overhead.
  - name: Governance
    description: >
      Industrial and Enterprise tiers offer organizational token scoping, admin
      user controls, and SSO (Enterprise only) to enforce least-privilege access
      to API credentials. Token revocability supports rapid credential rotation
      without account-level disruption.