specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Ultrahuman
providerId: ultrahuman
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Wearables
- Smart Ring
- Health
- CGM
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Ultrahuman spend. The Ultrahuman model is subscription-free at
  the consumer layer: hardware is a one-time capital cost (Ring AIR ~USD 349,
  Ring Pro separate) with lifelong data access and no recurring app fee, while
  the optional M1 CGM patch is a recurring consumable. Developer/API spend is not
  metered on a public price list - the Partner (UltraSignal) API and the
  UltraSignal sensor developer kit are granted by application, with commercial
  terms negotiated per partner. For a partner integrating the API, the dominant
  ongoing costs are the partner's own infrastructure to store/process user
  metrics and, where applicable, the M1 patch consumable borne by end users.
notes: >-
  No public per-call API pricing is published, so meters below reflect the
  hardware/consumable model and negotiated partner terms rather than metered API
  usage. Verify hardware prices and any partner fees with Ultrahuman during
  reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.ultrahuman.com/global/ring/buy/
- https://www.ultrahuman.com/ultrasignal/
- https://vision.ultrahuman.com/developer-docs
- 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: Ultrahuman
serviceCategory: Health and Wearables
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: One-Time and Subscription-Free
  billingFrequency: One-Time (hardware); Recurring (M1 consumable)
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
meters:
- name: ring_hardware
  description: One-time purchase of the Ring AIR / Ring Pro smart ring (capital cost, subscription-free).
  unit: devices
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: m1_cgm_patch
  description: Recurring M1 CGM biosensor patch consumable, borne by end users who enable glucose.
  unit: patches
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: partner_api_contract
  description: Negotiated partner commercial terms for Partner API / UltraSignal access (not publicly priced).
  unit: contract
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - partner
- name: partner_infrastructure
  description: The partner's own compute/storage to ingest and process user metrics (no Ultrahuman invoice).
  unit: hours
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - deployment
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track hardware capital spend and M1 patch consumables separately from any negotiated partner API terms; monitor partner-side infrastructure for metric ingestion.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map partner integrations and end-user cohorts to internal cost centers; attribute CGM consumable cost to metabolic-health use cases.
- name: Optimization
  description: Request only needed scopes to limit data handled; poll daily rather than continuously; self-host metric storage/processing to control partner-side cost.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner for the Ultrahuman partnership; review hardware, consumable, and infrastructure spend against the value of the integrated metrics.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com