We have released two new Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam) APIs for saving data to Soracom Harvest Data. When using these APIs, the data saved to Harvest Data will be associated with a compatible camera device.

• SoraCam:createSoraCamDeviceDataEntry API
• SoraCam:updateSoraCamDeviceDataEntry API

For example, you can send an image captured by a SoraCam device to an AI service for image analysis and then save the results of the analysis, such as the number of people in the image or whether or not specific objects were detected, to Harvest Data.

This data will be associated with the SoraCam device, and can then be viewed through the Soracom User Console, as well as using the Harvest Data APIs below:

• DataEntry:getDataEntries API
• DataEntry:getDataEntry API.

Pricing

When using these new APIs to save data to Harvest Data, the following Soracom Harvest Data Service, Data Submit and Data Export fees will apply (prices below include consumption tax):

• Service fees - A JPY 5.5 per day, per device fee applies for each SoraCam compatible camera device, regardless of the number of API calls made to save data.
• Data Submit fees - A JPY 0.0044 per API call fee applies when the number API calls made for a particular SoraCam compatible camera device exceeds 2,000 calls per day.
• Data Export fees - Data Export fees depend on whether the Harvest Data Extended Retention Option is enabled in your Soracom account:
  • If the Extended Retention Option is enabled, a JPY 550 per 1 GiB fee applies when the total amount of data exported from Harvest Data exceeds 3 GiB in a month. The amount of data exported also includes data viewed through the User Console.
  • If the Extended Retention Option is not enabled, no Data Export fees are incurred regardless of the total amount of data exported from Harvest Data.

Please note that if these APIs are used to associated data with a device other than a SoraCam compatible camera devices, Harvest Data fees will still apply according to the group of the corresponding device (such as an IoT SIM or other device) where the Soracom Harvest Data service is enabled.

Free Tier

A free tier for Harvest Data Service fees is also included with every Soracom account:

• The first 31 device-days for the Harvest Data Service fee are free each month
• The free tier is applied at the end of each month, and unused device-days are not carried over into subsequent months
• If using Harvest Data with other non-SoraCam compatible camera devices, the free tier is shared among the other devices; a separate free tier for Soracom compatible camera devices is not available

For example, if data from 4 SoraCam compatible camera devices is saved to Soracom Harvest Data for 10 days, the Service fee will be calculated as 4 camera devices × 10 days = 40 device-days. After subtracting the 31 device-day free tier, the remaining 9 device-days will be billed.

For additional Harvest Data pricing and free tier details, please refer to the Pricing & Fee Schedule.