specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Arduino
providerId: arduino
name: Arduino Cloud Plans and Pricing
description: >
  Arduino Cloud offers tiered plans for IoT developers ranging from a free tier
  for prototyping to enterprise plans with unlimited resources and custom pricing.
  All plans support the Arduino IoT Cloud REST API at 10 requests per second.
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
url: https://cloud.arduino.cc/plans
plans:
  - name: Free
    description: Entry-level plan for individual makers and prototyping with basic IoT capabilities.
    type: free
    url: https://cloud.arduino.cc/plans
    quotas:
      - name: Things
        description: Maximum number of Things (IoT device abstractions)
        metric: things
        limit: 2
        timeFrame: account
      - name: Variables per Thing
        description: Maximum number of variables/properties per Thing
        metric: variables_per_thing
        limit: 5
        timeFrame: account
      - name: Daily Data Records
        description: Maximum data records processed per day
        metric: records_per_day
        limit: 100000
        timeFrame: day
      - name: Monthly Data
        description: Maximum data storage per month
        metric: data_mb_per_month
        limit: 10
        timeFrame: month
      - name: Data Retention
        description: How long time-series data is retained
        metric: data_retention_days
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: account
      - name: API Rate
        description: Authenticated API requests per second
        metric: requests_per_second
        limit: 10
        timeFrame: second
      - name: Compilations
        description: Sketch compilations per day
        metric: compilations_per_day
        limit: 25
        timeFrame: day
      - name: AI Assistant Interactions
        description: AI assistant interactions included
        metric: ai_interactions
        limit: 30
        timeFrame: account
    metered: []
    boolean:
      - name: Cloud Storage
        description: Sketch cloud storage included
        value: true
  - name: Maker
    description: Mid-tier plan for individual developers with larger projects needing advanced features.
    type: freemium
    url: https://cloud.arduino.cc/plans
    pricing:
      - price: 6.00
        currency: USD
        period: month
        billedAs: monthly
      - price: 72.00
        currency: USD
        period: year
        billedAs: annually
    trial:
      days: 30
      requiresCreditCard: true
    quotas:
      - name: Things
        description: Maximum number of Things (IoT device abstractions)
        metric: things
        limit: 25
        timeFrame: account
      - name: Variables per Thing
        description: Maximum number of variables/properties per Thing
        metric: variables_per_thing
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: account
        note: Unlimited
      - name: Daily Data Records
        description: Maximum data records processed per day
        metric: records_per_day
        limit: 1000000
        timeFrame: day
      - name: Monthly Data
        description: Maximum data storage per month
        metric: data_mb_per_month
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: month
      - name: Data Retention
        description: How long time-series data is retained (months)
        metric: data_retention_months
        limit: 3
        timeFrame: account
      - name: API Rate
        description: Authenticated API requests per second
        metric: requests_per_second
        limit: 10
        timeFrame: second
    metered: []
    boolean:
      - name: Unlimited Cloud Storage
        description: Unlimited sketch cloud storage
        value: true
      - name: Advanced Features
        description: Access to all advanced platform features
        value: true
  - name: Team
    description: Collaborative plan for teams with shared device management and higher data throughput.
    type: paid
    url: https://cloud.arduino.cc/plans
    pricing:
      - price: 1000.00
        currency: USD
        period: year
        billedAs: annually
    trial:
      days: 30
      requiresCreditCard: true
    quotas:
      - name: Things
        description: Maximum number of Things (IoT device abstractions)
        metric: things
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: account
      - name: Users
        description: Maximum number of team members
        metric: users
        limit: 50
        timeFrame: account
      - name: Daily Data Records
        description: Maximum data records processed per day
        metric: records_per_day
        limit: 10000000
        timeFrame: day
      - name: Monthly Data
        description: Maximum data storage per month
        metric: data_gb_per_month
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
      - name: Data Retention
        description: How long time-series data is retained (years)
        metric: data_retention_years
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: account
      - name: API Rate
        description: Authenticated API requests per second
        metric: requests_per_second
        limit: 10
        timeFrame: second
    metered: []
    boolean:
      - name: Unlimited Variables
        description: Unlimited variables per Thing
        value: true
      - name: Team Collaboration
        description: Shared device and dashboard management for teams
        value: true
  - name: Enterprise
    description: >
      Fully customizable plan for large-scale IoT deployments with unlimited devices,
      users, and data under fair usage policy.
    type: enterprise
    url: https://cloud.arduino.cc/plans
    pricing:
      - note: Custom pricing — contact Arduino for a quote
    quotas:
      - name: Things
        description: Unlimited Things
        metric: things
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: account
        note: Unlimited under fair usage
      - name: Users
        description: Unlimited users
        metric: users
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: account
        note: Unlimited
      - name: Daily Data Records
        description: Custom data record allowance
        metric: records_per_day
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: day
        note: Custom
      - name: Data Retention
        description: Data retained for 2 years
        metric: data_retention_years
        limit: 2
        timeFrame: account
      - name: API Rate
        description: API requests under fair usage (effectively unlimited)
        metric: requests_per_second
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: second
        note: Unlimited under fair usage
    metered: []
    boolean:
      - name: Dedicated Support
        description: Priority enterprise support
        value: true
      - name: Custom Integrations
        description: Custom integration and deployment options
        value: true