Datacake
Datacake is an IoT platform that turns sensor data into live dashboards, alerts, and reports. It targets monitoring needs such as cold chains, temperature and humidity, indoor air quality, soil moisture, and industrial noise. Users can build real-time dashboards without coding and set rules that send alerts by email, SMS, or webhook. Datacake lists more than 400 LoRaWAN device templates from over 125 manufacturers, with payload decoders and dashboards. Every plan includes a managed LoRaWAN Network Server with unlimited gateways and no per-gateway fees. MQTT, HTTPS webhooks, and a REST API can stream data to external systems. Native iOS and Android apps support dashboards, device onboarding, alert creation, and push notifications. Its OpenAI-powered assistant can analyze sensor data and help create dashboards, rules, and decoders, though changes require confirmation. The free plan supports five devices; Hobby costs €25 per month and includes up to 25 devices and one year of data retention. Light, Standard, and Plus plans have higher device limits and also include one year of retention.
Who it is for
Datacake suits organisations monitoring sensor data across settings such as cold chains, indoor air quality, or industrial noise. Integrators, distributors, and OEMs may also consider its white-label and multi-tenancy options.
What is good
- Builds real-time dashboards without coding.
- Alerts can be sent by email, SMS, or webhook.
- Every plan includes unlimited LoRaWAN gateways.
- Native iOS and Android apps support onboarding and alerts.
What to know first
- The free plan supports five devices.
- Hobby costs €25 per month.
- Paid Hobby, Light, Standard, and Plus plans retain data for one year.
- Some plans need an add-on to extend retention to two years.
Verdict
Datacake combines sensor dashboards, alert rules, integrations, and device templates, with a five-device free plan and paid tiers starting at €25 per month. Review device capacity and data-retention terms when choosing a plan.
Datacake plans and pricing
All plansCompared on IoT analytics software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Device limit
- 25 devices
- Stream processing
- real-time
- Custom dashboards
- Yes
- Anomaly detection
- Yes
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