| platform | audience | purpose | crowdfunded? | crowdfunding URL | amount gathered with crowdfunding | number of backers | location | founded | notes | price (€/month) | license | supports pushing data? | supports pulling data? | supports triggers? | supports custom devices? | widgets | social networking features (friends/following) | mobile app | Facebook integration | Twitter integration | email integration | HTTP integration (REST API) | SMS integration | suitable devices |
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smartcitizen.me |
Barcelona citizens | diy city data collection | Goteo | goteo.org/project/smart-citizen-sensores-ciudadanos | €13,748 | 159 | Barcelona, Spain | 2011 | data stored on Cosm | seems free | open source, code available on GitHub | yes | yes (via Cosm) | yes (via Cosm) | yes (via Cosm) | yes (via Cosm) | no | no | yes (via Cosm) | yes (via Cosm) | yes (via Cosm) | yes (via Cosm) | Smart Citizen devices | |
cosm.com/ |
global | general purpose Internet of Things platform | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | London, UK | 2008 | Formerly Pachube | 0 | proprietary | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | via external app | yes | via external app | any | |
open.sen.se/ |
global | general purpose Internet of Things platform | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Paris, France? | ? | Currently in closed beta. Extensive tools for setting up more complex triggers and visualizations. From the same people as http://www.nabaztag.com/ | seems free | proprietary | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | any | |
| supermechanical.com/twine/ | Twine device users | general purpose, but seems to be oriented towards plug and play home automation | Kickstarter | kickstarter.com/projects/supermechanical/twine-listen-to-your-world-talk-to-the-internet | €419,303 | 3966 | Austin, Texas, USA | 2011? | free, but only useful in combination with Twine device | proprietary | yes | no? | no? | no? | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | Twine devices | ||
ninjablocks.com |
global | general puropose | Kickstarter | €8,558 | 578 | San Francisco, USA | 2012? | free, but only usefull in combination with a Ninja Block device | proprietary | yes | yes | no, but hardware is open and documented | yes | ? | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | Ninja Block devices (open hardware, possible to build/hack by yourself) | |||
thingspeak.com/ |
global | general puropose | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Marlborough, USA | 2009? | A product from http://www.iobridge.com/ | seems free | open souce, code is available on GitHub | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | no? | yes | no | any |