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Arduino Cloud pricing
Arduino Cloud publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Arduino Cloud plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Maker Plus | $7/month | 3 | +$7/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Maker
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 2 devices, basic features, cloud access.
Maker Plus
$7/monthOver Maker, this tier adds:
- Up to 10 devices
- Advanced features
- Better storage
Where Arduino Cloud stops being free
Maker, Free
- 2 devices
- Basic features
- Cloud access
Maker Plus, $7/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Up to 10 devices
- Advanced features
- Better storage
What the product covers
The full Arduino Cloud feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Device Connectivity
- Cloud Storage
- Real-Time Sync
- Security
Integrations
- Arduino IDE
- Mobile app
- REST API
- Integration services
Platform
- Arduino devices support
- Cloud support
- Mobile app support
- Web dashboard support
People bring Arduino Cloud in for connecting arduino boards to a cloud dashboard, over-the-air firmware updates to deployed devices, logging sensor data and charting it over time, triggering notifications from device thresholds, classroom iot projects on the school plan. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Arduino Cloud are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in IoT & Smart Home
Too few iot & smart home tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arduino Cloud (this page) | Free | subscription | - | |
| Control4 | $1000/project | - | - | vs Arduino Cloud |
| Arlo | On request | subscription | - | vs Arduino Cloud |
| Apple HomeKit | Free | - | - | vs Arduino Cloud |
| August Smart Lock | On request | one-time | - | vs Arduino Cloud |
| Amazon Alexa | Free | free | - | vs Arduino Cloud |
| Aqara | On request | one-time | - | vs Arduino Cloud |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Arduino Cloud badges page.
Before you pay for Arduino Cloud
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $7/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Arduino Cloud runs on arduino devices, cloud, mobile app, web dashboard, and is published by Arduino AG of Turin, Italy. The full record is on the Arduino Cloud review, and the rest of the category is under best iot & smart home tools.
Arduino Cloud pricing questions
- How much does Arduino Cloud cost?
- Arduino Cloud publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Maker up to $7/month for Maker Plus. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Arduino Cloud have a free plan?
- Yes. The Maker tier costs nothing and covers 2 devices, basic features, cloud access. Paying starts at $7/month for Maker Plus.
- What is the difference between Maker and Maker Plus on Arduino Cloud?
- Maker Plus costs $7/month against Free, and adds up to 10 devices, advanced features, better storage.
- Which iot & smart home tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 7 iot & smart home tools listed alongside Arduino Cloud have a free tier: Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Blynk.
- What am I actually paying for with Arduino Cloud?
- The record lists 12 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for connecting arduino boards to a cloud dashboard, over-the-air firmware updates to deployed devices, logging sensor data and charting it over time.
- Does Arduino Cloud charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Arduino Cloud prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Arduino Cloud against before paying?
- The closest iot & smart home tools in this directory are Control4, Arlo, Apple HomeKit, August Smart Lock. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Arduino Cloud covering price, platforms and features.