--- description: Learn more about Particle price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Particle Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [IoT Platforms](/directory/31016/iot/software) > [Particle](/software/199984/particle-iot-platform) # Particle Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/199984/particle-iot-platform > Build the connected business of tomorrow, today. > > Verdict: Rated **4.3/5** by 3 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 3 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Particle ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Activity Tracking - Data Import/Export - Monitoring ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum ## Category - [IoT Platforms](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31016/iot/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Ubidots](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1037684/ubidots) — 4.9/5 (20 reviews) 2. [Blynk](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/179337/blynk) — 4.8/5 (1062 reviews) 3. [Rayven](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/173908/rayven-industrial-business-intelligence) — 5.0/5 (24 reviews) 4. [Fracttal One](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/159911/fracttal) — 4.6/5 (1773 reviews) 5. [Memfault](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/214177/memfault) — 4.9/5 (10 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Comprehensive, Global IoT Platform" — 5.0/5 > **Chip** | *11 September 2023* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Particle provides a consistent, supported and secure IoT platform to get your IoT solution on-line and working quickly. > > **Cons**: Particle needs to roll out new features such as digital twins and eDRX more quickly to keep up with the competition. > > I am a very happy and long-term customer of Particle. Particle allows me to focus on my business not on building and maintaining a global IoT platform. This is a huge productivity and scaling factor for my business. ----- ### "Great choice for our Escape Room" — 5.0/5 > **Mark** | *29 September 2022* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The Arduino compatibility, coupled with the internet communication, was perfect for designing puzzles for our Escape Room. I was able to set up a common library with universal functionality, and then add the customizations necessary to it. Where more powerful Arduino was required, a simple serial interface between the Particle (we use Argon's) and the Arduino was simple. It wide access to ported Arduino libraries meant that I was able to interface to many off the shelf hardware solutions quickly and easily. But having self contained puzzles that were able to communicate easily over the internet not only made building the room much simpler (no wiring), but also allowed me to script the puzzles using Python. > > **Cons**: Particle relies on their central server. This increases latency at times, as well as makes us dependent on the external internet functioning. Being able to operate our own central server would increase reliability and reduce dependency. > > We have an Escape Room, with multiple rooms, and multiple puzzles in each room. With Particle, I can build the puzzle, and then easily have it communicate state. This made our room much easier to build, and cooler for the guests. ----- ### "Full IoT capabilities" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *31 March 2022* | Automotive | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Hardware plus software and cloud application package all in one. > > **Cons**: The recent change of increase on prices and the deprecation on Particle 3rd gen XENON. > > Good platform, great 3rd party integrations and reasonable budget hardware. ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/199984/particle-iot-platform) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | ----- ## Structured Data