Pricing
You pay for each device that gets online.
There's one price per device, charged when it reports it's online, and no monthly fee. The first 100 devices are free, so a pilot costs nothing.
Plans
| Plan | Devices | Per device | How it's paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build | First 100 per company | Free | No card. For prototypes and pilots. Your name and icon on the product card. |
| Pay as you go | Any number | $1.00 | Credits from $100. Your picture, colour and help link. |
| Pack of 1,000 | 1,000 | $0.60 | $600 up front. |
| Pack of 10,000 | 10,000 | $0.35 | $3,500 up front. |
| Volume licence | Over 25,000 a year | From about $0.20 | An annual licence, priced below building and keeping your own app. |
| White label | Custom | Custom | Your own app name and icon, published from your own store accounts. |
Prices in US dollars · early access pricing
Estimate
What will a year of units cost?
Slide to your volume. It picks the cheapest mix of the free 100, packs and pay as you go.
Setup cost
$1,935
Per device
$0.61
100 free, then 3 packs of 1,000 and 62 at $1.00
You pay only for devices that report they're online. Your customers never pay. Credits are bought from $100.
Compared
How Device Configs compares with the alternatives
| What it costs | App store accounts | When setup fails | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build your own setup app | $20,000–50,000 to build, 8–12 weeks, then upkeep for every OS release | Yours to run | Whatever you build |
| A white-label IoT app | A monthly fee plus a setup fee, whether or not you ship | Usually yours to run | Usually a generic error |
| Device Configs | A fee per device that gets online, no monthly fee, and the first 100 free | Ours | Tells your customer whether it was the password or the network |
Build cost: RaftLabs ↗
Billing questions
- When am I charged?
- When a device reports it is online after setup. A failed or abandoned setup costs nothing.
- Do my customers pay?
- Never. The app is free for them, with no in-app purchases.
- What does the free plan show?
- Your company name and an icon. Paid plans add your product picture, brand colour and help link.
- Is there a monthly fee?
- No. You buy credits or packs and they are used as devices come online.
FIG 10 · Your first unit
Put your first unit on Wi‑Fi this week.
Early access is open to makers of ESP32 products. Your first 100 devices are free.