Datacake vs Zoho IoT

Datacake is an IoT platform that turns sensor data into live dashboards, alerts, and reports. Its monitoring use cases include cold chains, temperature and humidity, indoor air quality, soil moisture, and industrial noise. Users can build real-time dashboards without coding and set thresholds and rules that send alerts by email, SMS, or webhook. Datacake lists more than 400 LoRaWAN device templates across over 125 manufacturers, with payload decoders and dashboards. Every plan includes its managed LoRaWAN Network Server, with unlimited gateways and no per-gateway fees. Data can be streamed to other systems through MQTT, HTTPS webhooks, and a REST API. 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; changes require confirmation. White-label branding and multi-tenancy are offered for system integrators, distributors, and OEMs. The free plan supports five devices. Hobby costs €25 a month and covers up to 25 devices, with one year of retention.

Zoho IoT is a low-code platform for building custom Internet of Things solutions and supporting mission-critical operations. It provides device management, AI analytics and reports, alerts and notifications, plus commands and controls. Pre-built accelerators address industrial IoT, energy management and smart buildings. Connectivity covers more than 40 protocols, including HTTPS, MQTT and BACnet. The platform integrates with Zoho and third-party applications, including out-of-the-box Zoho CRM support. Its REST API exchanges JSON over HTTPS, with daily call limits varying by plan. Included iOS and Android apps provide device monitoring, alerts, dashboards and remote commands. Security details include end-to-end encryption, multi-factor authentication, GDPR compliance, ISO standards and SOC compliance. A 30-day trial exposes most features with limitations, then switches automatically to the Free plan. Listed plans range from 25 to 500 devices, while Flex offers customized limits. The pricing page offers monthly and yearly billing, says annual billing saves up to 20%, but lists no plan prices.