Arduino
Arduino makes microcontroller boards together with development software, including the Arduino IDE, App Lab and the Arduino Cloud IoT platform. The desktop tools are open source, while Arduino Cloud has a free tier and paid subscription plans.
Licensing at a Glance
- Open source
- Free tier
- Subscription
- Named user
The Arduino IDE 2.x source code and executable distributions are licensed under the GNU AGPLv3; the executables also contain third-party code under other compatible licences.[1]
Arduino App Lab is open source under the GPL 3.0 licence.[2]
Arduino Cloud is free with 2 Things; paid plans are Maker (1 user, 25 Things), Team (50 users, 100 Things), Enterprise (custom) and School (priced per member per year), each with a 30-day free trial.[3]
Arduino Cloud plans are billed monthly or yearly and differ in the number of Things each user can connect, variables per Thing and data retention period.[4]
Products
- Arduino IDEIntegrated Development Environments (IDE)
- Arduino App LabIoT Development Tools
- Arduino CloudIoT Platforms
References
- GitHub - arduino/arduino-ide: Arduino IDE 2.x · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
- Software | Arduino · arduino.cc · retrieved 2026-09-27
- Plans | Arduino Cloud · cloud.arduino.cc · retrieved 2026-09-27
- Plans | Arduino Cloud · cloud.arduino.cc · retrieved 2026-09-27