Alternatives to Balena
Other IoT platforms and connectivity vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Balena does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 26 that differ from Balena on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Balena has 5 gaps in what we could measure: Data location stated, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact. The column “publishes and Balena does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Balena does not | Balena publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memfaultmemfault.com | 57/100 | 3 Data location stated, No third-party tracking before consent, Named privacy contact | 3 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Particleparticle.io | 48/100 | 3 Data location stated, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Certifications named, +1 | Compare |
| Siemens Insightssiemens.com | 22/100 | 3 Data location stated, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | 7 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +4 | Compare |
| EMnifyemnify.com | 35/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Public pricing, +2 | Compare |
| Simbasesimbase.com | 30/100 | 2 security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, +1 | Compare |
| Ubidotsubidots.com | 39/100 | 1 Data location stated | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Certifications named, +1 | Compare |
| Blynkblynk.io | 30/100 | 1 Data location stated | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +2 | Compare |
| Emteriaemteria.com | 30/100 | 1 Data location stated | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +2 | Compare |
| Monogotomonogoto.io | 30/100 | 1 Data location stated | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Public pricing, +2 | Compare |
| Onomondoonomondo.com | 30/100 | 1 Named privacy contact | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Certifications named, +1 | Compare |
| Aerisaeris.com | 26/100 | 1 Named privacy contact | 5 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Public pricing, +2 | Compare |
| ThingsBoardthingsboard.io | 26/100 | 1 No third-party tracking before consent | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +2 | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.