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OpenRemote is a free, open-source IoT platform for bringing different protocols and data sources into one management system. It is aimed at professional integrators, manufacturers, system integrators, and governments. You can define asset types and tracked attributes, build dashboards for live and historical data, set threshold alerts, and automate work with When-Then rules, a visual Flow Editor, or Groovy. Protocol agents cover options from MQTT and ModBus to LoRaWAN and KNX; REST APIs and WebSockets expose assets and attributes. Deployment is container-first, with self-hosting and community support available.
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ThingsBoard
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5IoT and SCADA dashboards with broad deployment choices — ThingsBoard adds 300+ built-in widgets, cloud and offline on-premises options, and protocols including CoAP and LwM2M.
Free plan · paid from $49/mo Visit site - 2
InfluxDB
Free plan APILinuxMac+3High-frequency time-series data and SQL querying — InfluxDB centers on time-series storage and SQL, with compressed Parquet object storage and a built-in Python processing engine rather than OpenRemote's asset management and automation.
Free plan · paid from $0.00 · 30-day trial Visit site - 3
TDengine
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Industrial data ingestion, analytics, and AI applications — TDengine combines a distributed time-series database with stream processing, industrial ETL, and visualization and AI applications.
Free plan · paid from $5,000 Visit site - 4
Thinger.io
Free plan Open source AndroidAPIiPhone+4Prototyping and managing connected products — Thinger.io adds a Node-RED rule engine and Data Buckets for device data, with device connectivity spanning Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and LoRaWAN.
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AWS IoT SiteWise
Paid APILinuxSelf-hosted+2Managed industrial equipment data on AWS — AWS IoT SiteWise is a managed industrial service with AWS storage tiers and local SiteWise Edge collection, while OpenRemote offers a free self-hosted platform.
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Datacake
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Sensor monitoring dashboards, alerts, and reports — Datacake focuses on no-code sensor dashboards, alert channels, and LoRaWAN device templates, including a managed network server in every plan.
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TagoIO
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Connecting many device types to IoT applications — TagoIO provides Networks and Connectors for more than 500 device types, decoding payloads into variables stored in time-series device buckets.
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Amazon Alexa
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FHEM
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Apple Home
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Google Home
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Calaos
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HomeSeer HS4
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Homey
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ioBroker
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HomeGenie
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Jeedom
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openHAB
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The trade-offs to weigh are its professional-integrator focus, self-hosting emphasis, and the absence of a price for support and managed-service options. Its platforms include Android, iOS, Linux, web, API, and self-hosted, but not Windows or macOS. Commercial licenses are available for organizations seeking an exemption from the stated source-sharing obligation. When comparing alternatives, consider whether you need broader deployment choices, deeper time-series data tools, a managed industrial service, or simpler sensor dashboards—and whether the alternative covers the protocols, automation, access controls, and deployment model your project needs.
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