Satellite telemetry pricing built to be clear, scalable, and easier to trust.
Our pricing model is designed to match how your devices actually transmit data. You get a monthly service plan for each device, a clear included data allowance, and smooth overage pricing that scales with usage instead of punishing small changes with rigid pricing cliffs.
How usage is calculated
Transmit rate
How often each device sends a message.
Payload size
The number of bytes in each message, subject to the plan’s minimum billable size.
Deployment duration
How long the devices remain active during the billing period.
Included allowance
The plan’s baseline data is consumed first before any overage is charged.
This approach keeps pricing aligned with real telemetry behavior instead of abstract assumptions. It also makes it easier to model how changes in interval, payload size, or fleet size affect cost.
Why this beats rigid tier pricing
A common competitor-style approach is to place customers into fixed usage brackets. That can work until a small increase in telemetry pushes you over a boundary and creates a sudden change in effective cost. Our model is designed to avoid those pricing cliffs.
| Model | Usage Range | Price Behavior | Customer Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid tier style | 0–25k | Price A | Good until a small change in payload or interval suddenly pushes you higher. |
| Rigid tier style | 25k–100k | Price B | Costs can jump at thresholds even when real-world usage changes only slightly. |
| Rigid tier style | 100k+ | Price C | You are forced to adapt your deployment to pricing brackets instead of the reverse. |
| Our smooth model | Any usage level | Continuously adjusted effective rate | No pricing cliffs. Your cost scales more naturally with actual telemetry behavior. |
Our IMT (9704) plan details
Monthly pricing below reflects each IMT service plan.
| Plan | Included Data | Monthly | Minimum Message Size | Typical Best Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMT-0P | 0 kB | $15 | 75 bytes | Development, bring-up, sparse telemetry |
| IMT-25P | 25 kB | $19 | 25 bytes | Low-frequency monitoring |
| IMT-50P | 50 kB | $23 | 25 bytes | Pilot deployments and periodic reporting |
| IMT-100P | 100 kB | $27 | 25 bytes | Growing sensor deployments |
| IMT-250P | 250 kB | $30 | 25 bytes | Larger sensors and more frequent updates |
| IMT-500P | 500 kB | $38 | 25 bytes | Fleet deployments and richer payloads |
| IMT-1MBP | 1,000 kB | $45 | 25 bytes | High-volume telemetry and image/audio bursts |
| IMT-2MBP | 2,000 kB | $68 | 25 bytes | Dense fleets and production-scale deployments |
IMT overage pricing that improves with scale
Most telemetry providers rely on rigid pricing brackets. We do not. Instead, our effective overage rate trends downward as usage grows. That means you can increase sampling frequency, add richer payloads, or expand your device count without feeling forced into abrupt pricing jumps.
| Monthly Overage | IMT-0P to IMT-100P | IMT-250P to IMT-2MBP | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| No overage | $0 | $0 | Stay within included data and pay only the monthly plan price. |
| 0 to 2,500 bytes | $0.50/kB (max) | $0.30/kB (max) | Light overage is billed at a standard rate with no sudden plan change required. |
| 2,501 bytes to 25 kB | Linearly decreases to $0.30/kB | Linearly decreases to $0.18/kB | As usage grows, your effective overage rate drops instead of jumping to a harsher tier. |
| 25 kB to 250 kB | Linearly decreases to $0.27/kB (min) | Linearly decreases to $0.16/kB (min) | Heavy usage trends toward your lowest effective rate for better fleet economics. |
Example scenarios
Simple examples customers can quickly understand.
Small Device Deployment
Device transmits 10 kB above IMT-25P
Perfect for low-frequency or pilot deployments that only occasionally exceed the included allowance.
Moderate Sensor Deployment
Device transmits 80 kB above IMT-100P
As data grows, the effective overage rate softens, helping avoid expensive jumps.
Large Fleet Deployment
Device transmits 500 kB above IMT-1MBP
Large deployments get fleet-friendly economics that remain competitive as usage scales.
Our SBD (9602) plan details
Monthly pricing below reflects each 9602 SBD service plan.
| Plan | Included Data | Monthly | Minimum Message Size | Typical Best Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan A | 0 bytes | $15.00 | 30 bytes | Very low usage devices with infrequent transmissions. |
| Plan B | 12,000 bytes | $20.00 | 10 bytes | Light-use deployments that need a small included data bucket. |
| Plan 17 | 17,000 bytes | $23.00 | 10 bytes | Moderate telemetry usage with a bit more included headroom. |
| Plan 30 | 30,000 bytes | $38.00 | 10 bytes | Higher-usage SBD deployments that benefit from larger included data. |
SBD overage pricing that improves with scale
Most SBD pricing models rely on hard thresholds or flat markups that do not reward growth very well. Ours is different. As monthly overage increases, the effective margin decreases smoothly across defined inflection points. That means you can transmit more often, send richer payloads, or scale your fleet without getting punished by sudden pricing jumps.
| Monthly Overage | Most SBD Margins | Plan 17 Margin | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 2,500 bytes | Standard telemetry pricing $1.50/kB (max) | Standard telemetry pricing $2.00/kB (max) | For very small amounts of overage, pricing carries the highest margin. This keeps low-volume deployments simple while still covering the operational cost of very small billing increments. |
| 2,501 to 25,000 bytes | Linearly decreases to $0.90/kB | Linearly decreases to $1.20/kB | As monthly overage grows through this range, the effective markup steadily drops. This rewards moderate growth instead of penalizing you with abrupt pricing cliffs. |
| 25,001 to 250,000 bytes | Linearly decreases to $0.79/kb | Linearly decreases to $1.05/kB | At larger overage volumes, pricing becomes much more efficient. This is where higher-frequency telemetry, richer payloads, and larger fleets start benefiting from real scale economics. |
| 250,000+ bytes | $0.79 (min) | $1.05 (min) | Once usage is consistently high, the markup reaches its floor and remains stable. That gives large deployments predictable pricing and protects customers from runaway marginal cost increases. |
Choosing the right plan
Because telemetry behavior varies from one deployment to another, we evaluate your device count, payload size, and transmit frequency to recommend the plan that minimizes total cost while still supporting your operational needs.
The result is a pricing structure that adapts to your deployment instead of forcing your deployment to adapt to the pricing model.