Wearable Fitness Data Integration With AI
What is Terra Health API and what can I build with it?
Terra is a scalable health data platform that connects your app to wearable devices, sensors, apps, and biomarkers through one unified API. It delivers unlimited integrations with no backend work, data normalization, user authentication, health scores, and rewards, plus tools to build smart health experiences for your users. Key capabilities include real-time data streaming, AI-driven insights, personalized health scores (e.g., recovery, strain, stress, immunity), and the ability to generate and push workout plans while connecting to team data.
How does Terra handle real-time data and device streaming?
Terra streams real-time data from wearables and devices, enabling immediate access to health metrics. The platform supports live data streaming and also provides features to simulate payloads, backfill historical data, and prevent duplicates, ensuring you have a reliable data flow for your app.
How do users connect to Terra and authenticate their devices?
Terra offers a pre-built auth widget that lets users connect their devices in seconds. It supports Apple, Fitbit, Oura, Garmin, and 100+ other devices, and the connection is fully branded to your app and secure.
What team and athlete data capabilities does Terra provide?
Terra’s Teams API centralizes athlete and performance data in one view, even when teams use multiple tools. It enables you to:
- Monitor real-time and historical workloads
- Build athlete dashboards and longitudinal views
- Create research pipelines with clean, consistent data
- Ship timely reports to coaches and staff
- Link athletes to internal IDs to avoid duplication
This helps reduce “which numbers are right?” moments and supports scalable team analytics.
What data formats and destinations does Terra support?
Terra normalizes health data into a single schema and supports exporting to common formats and destinations. Key formats include FIT files and FHIR, with data being exportable to various destinations. Webhooks can push updated performance and session data into your reporting pipeline, keeping downstream systems in sync.
What AI capabilities does Terra offer?
Terra provides AI-driven analytics through AI Agents that analyze real-time wearable data and offer instant feedback and actions similar to a personal coach. In higher tiers, there are expanded AI tools and integrations (e.g., Odin AI integration and access to GPT-based capabilities) to enhance insights and automation.
What security and privacy standards does Terra meet?
Terra is built with privacy and security at its core:
- GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA compliant
- Data encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256)
- SOC 2 Type II audit completed
- Regular third-party penetration tests
- Role-based access control (RBAC) and least privilege
- Vulnerability scanning and patching on a set schedule
- Isolated development/staging/production environments
- Data subject rights support and data minimization principles
- Cloud resources deployed within customers’ Azure tenants
- Integration with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare and Azure Health Services
What are Terra's pricing plans and what do they include?
- Startup Plan: $399 per month. Unlimited integrations for up to 500 users, plus authentication SDK, streaming, comprehensive documentation, data generation tools, a debugger, integration health monitoring, and data processing.
- Growth Plan: Starting from $2,000 per month. Includes all Starter features plus advanced AI tools, destinations (e.g., S3, MongoDB, Kafka), analytics tools, data enrichment, a Graph API, Odin AI integration, and access to GPTs.
- Enterprise Plan: Customizable. Includes all Growth features, unlimited integrations, premium support, SOC 2 Type II compliance, SLAs, and the ability to add custom integrations, destinations, and processes with team access and larger storage.
How large is Terra's developer ecosystem and data processing scale?
Terra powers a wide and active ecosystem, with over 1,000 developers using Terra APIs to build and scale health data integrations. The platform processes billions of health data events, demonstrating its scale and reliability for ambitious health applications.
