Arduino Cloudvs
Amazon Alexa
Amazon Alexa: Amazon's voice-controlled smart home ecosystem
Arduino Cloud
Cloud platform for Arduino IoT devices and applications
As of 30 August 2026, Arduino Cloud is free to use. Arduino Cloud is an IoT platform designed specifically for Arduino devices. Softwr lists it under Smart Home. Arduino Cloud is made by Arduino AG, launched in 2005, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Arduino Cloud does
Arduino Cloud is an IoT platform designed specifically for Arduino devices. It enables secure connectivity, cloud storage, and real-time collaboration for Arduino-based IoT projects.
What people use it 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
Related searches
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Arduino Cloud.
- The free plan allows 2 connected devices, 5 variables each and one day of data retention
- Free accounts are limited to 25 compilations a day and 10 trigger notifications a day
- The Maker plan at $72 a year lifts devices to 25 and retention to 3 months, still for a single user
- Team pricing jumps to $1,000 a year
- Two years of data retention and unlimited ingestion require Enterprise
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Arduino Cloud
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- Arduino CloudvsGoogle Home
Google Home: Google's smart home platform with Google Assistant
- Arduino CloudvsApple HomeKit
Apple HomeKit: Apple's secure smart home platform integrated with Siri
- Arduino CloudvsHome Assistant
Home Assistant: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
Pricing
What Arduino Cloud costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Maker
Free
- 2 devices
- Basic features
- Cloud access
Maker Plus
$7 /mo
- Up to 10 devices
- Advanced features
- Better storage
Capabilities
Features
Device Connectivity
Cloud Storage
Real-Time Sync
Security
Arduino IDE
Integration with Arduino IDE
Mobile app
Integration with Mobile app
REST API
Integration with REST API
Integration services
Integration with Integration services
Arduino devices support
Available on Arduino devices
Cloud support
Available on Cloud
Mobile app support
Available on Mobile app
Web dashboard support
Available on Web dashboard
Behind it
Who makes Arduino Cloud
- Company
- Arduino AG
- Based in
- Turin, Italy
Keep looking
Where to go from Arduino Cloud
- Arduino Cloud alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
- Arduino Cloud pricingPlans, floors and what the tiers exclude
- Arduino Cloud badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
- All Smart Home softwareThe full category
- Best Smart Home softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
Best Smart Home software for
Compare Arduino Cloud with
- Apple HomeKit
- Amazon Alexa
- Google Home
- Home Assistant
- Blynk
- Particle
- Thread
- MQTT
- Losant
- SmartThings
- Node-RED
- Zigbee Alliance
- Sonos
- SwitchBot
- Tasmota
- Tuya Smart
- Wyze
- Thread
Other Smart Home software
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
Free plan11 researched notesIoT cloud platform with mobile app builder for connected devices
Free, then $29/mo13 researched notesCloud-based IoT platform with visualization and workflow automation
Free plan10 researched notes
Softwr does not host reviews and shows no star rating for Arduino Cloud, because a rating we did not collect is not ours to publish. What is here is the pricing and platform detail from the vendor’s own pages, limitations we could state concretely, and alternatives a reviewer confirmed people weigh against it. Tell us if any of it is wrong.
More on Arduino Cloud
Arduino Cloud alternatives
What people switch to, and what they give up
Arduino Cloud pricing
Every tier, and where the cost actually lands
Compare Arduino Cloud
Put it head to head with anything we hold
Arduino Cloud badge
Its rating, and an embed for your own site
Best Smart Home software alternatives
Contractor platform and Pro Series controllers for managing client irrigation across many properties
One-time controller purchase with optional cellular subscriptionApple's secure smart home platform integrated with Siri
Premium integrated control system for smart homes and buildings
