Looking for a Losant Alternative?
ControlCom Connect gives you what Losant is known for (real-time dashboards, device management, and data pipelines) plus the industrial layer general-purpose IoT platforms leave to partners: native Modbus, OPC-UA, and BACnet drivers, interactive HMI diagrams, hybrid edge deployment that keeps working offline, built-in energy management, and an AI assistant. Pricing is published, with four plans starting at $25 a month and a 14-day free trial on the Developer plan.
Where Losant Wins
Losant earns its place in many shops for real reasons. An honest comparison starts here.
Visual Workflow Engine
Losant's drag-and-drop Workflow Engine is a genuinely differentiated low-code tool for building business logic: routing data, calling external APIs, and automating responses without writing application code. Teams with complex event-driven logic and limited developer time get real leverage from it.
White-Label Experiences for OEMs
Losant Experiences let an OEM ship a branded, customer-facing web application on top of the platform, with custom domains, custom pages, and per-customer views. For OEMs whose primary deliverable is a polished customer portal, Experiences is a mature, purpose-built capability.
Gartner-Recognized Enterprise Platform
Losant has a long history of analyst recognition as an enterprise IoT application enablement platform, including Gartner coverage. For buyers who need analyst validation in a procurement process, that track record and the enterprise reference base behind it carry real weight.
Polished Dashboards and Documentation
Losant's dashboards and overall product design are well crafted, and its documentation is thorough. The learning curve for a first dashboard or workflow is gentle, which makes the platform approachable for teams that are new to building on IoT infrastructure.
Why Teams Choose ControlCom as the Losant Alternative
Losant is a Gartner-recognized enterprise IoT platform (an application enablement platform, or AEP) built around a visual workflow engine, operational dashboards, and white-label Experiences for OEMs building connected products. Teams comparing Losant alternatives usually want deeper industrial protocol support, an on-site HMI and edge story, built-in energy management, and pricing they can see without an enterprise sales cycle.
Hybrid & Edge Deployment
Losant's platform runs in its cloud, with a Docker-based edge agent extending workflows to the site. ControlCom Connect supports cloud, on-premise, and hybrid architectures: local HMI panels, threshold alarms, and data buffering keep running on site hardware even when internet connectivity drops.
Industrial HMI Diagrams
Build interactive process diagrams with real-time data overlays, configurable shapes, and click actions. Visual process monitoring is a core industrial requirement that Losant does not offer natively, so its industrial users typically integrate a separate HMI tool.
Built-In Energy Management
Track utility accounts, analyze bills, monitor load factors, and manage energy vendors inside the platform. On a general-purpose IoT platform, each of those becomes a custom workflow and data-table build that your team has to create and maintain.
AI-Powered Assistant
Ask questions about your infrastructure in plain English. ControlCom Connect's AI assistant queries your live and historical data and surfaces insights directly, where a general-purpose platform requires a dashboard or workflow to be built for every question you want answered.
Flexible Pricing
Start with a 14-day free trial on the Developer plan, then scale on published organization-based plans priced by data volume and device count. Losant's enterprise-led sales motion means custom quotes, so smaller teams rarely get to start small and grow into the platform.
White-Label Ready
Full branding customization (logos, colors, and email templates) so you can offer the platform under your own brand to your customers.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
See how ControlCom Connect stacks up against Losant across key capabilities
Dashboards & Visualization
| Feature | ControlCom | Losant |
|---|---|---|
| Custom drag-and-drop dashboards | Full support | Full support |
| Real-time data streaming | Full support | Full support |
| Interactive HMI diagramsControlCom exclusive | Full support | Not available |
| Map visualization (Mapbox) | Full support | Partial support |
| PDF report generation | Full support | Partial support |
| Scheduled report delivery | Full support | Not available |
Device Management
| Feature | ControlCom | Losant |
|---|---|---|
| Device inventory & CRUD | Full support | Full support |
| QR code onboarding | Full support | Not available |
| Device commands & history | Full support | Full support |
| Certificate management | Full support | Partial support |
| Edge client logging | Full support | Partial support |
| Asset hierarchy | Full support | Partial support |
Deployment & Architecture
| Feature | ControlCom | Losant |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud deployment | Full support | Full support |
| On-premise / hybridCloud-only on Losant | Full support | Not available |
| Edge computing | Full support | Partial support |
| Offline operation | Full support | Not available |
Alarms & Automation
| Feature | ControlCom | Losant |
|---|---|---|
| Custom alarm rules | Full support | Full support |
| Alarm groups & subscriptions | Full support | Partial support |
| Data pipelinesLosant calls these "Workflows" | Full support | Full support |
| Virtual / calculated variables | Full support | Partial support |
| Command scheduling | Full support | Partial support |
Energy & Compliance
| Feature | ControlCom | Losant |
|---|---|---|
| Energy management module | Full support | Not available |
| Utility bill tracking | Full support | Not available |
| EPA / JCAHO reporting | Full support | Not available |
| Load factor analysis | Full support | Not available |
AI & Intelligence
| Feature | ControlCom | Losant |
|---|---|---|
| AI conversational assistant | Full support | Not available |
| Natural language data queries | Full support | Not available |
Administration
| Feature | ControlCom | Losant |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-tenant / multi-org | Full support | Full support |
| Role-based access control | Full support | Full support |
| White-label branding | Full support | Partial support |
| API key management | Full support | Full support |
| MFA authentication | Full support | Full support |
| Magic link sign-in | Full support | Not available |
ControlCom leads in 22 of 33 features
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Common Losant Limitations
Challenges teams frequently encounter that ControlCom Connect solves out of the box.
Cloud-Only Architecture
Losant's platform runs exclusively in its cloud. The Docker-based edge agent extends workflows to site hardware, but there is no on-premise or hybrid deployment of the platform itself, so local HMI access, offline operation, and on-premise data residency all require workarounds.
Enterprise-Only Pricing
Losant primarily targets large enterprise contracts through a direct, sales-led motion, with custom quotes and no free or developer tier. Small and mid-sized teams find it hard to start small and scale over time, and hard to learn the price without entering a sales cycle.
No Native HMI
Losant lacks built-in HMI and process diagram capabilities. Its dashboards are widget-based operational views, which work well for KPIs and charts, but industrial teams that need a live picture of a process must rely on third-party tools or custom development.
No AI Assistant
Losant doesn't offer an AI-powered interface for querying data or getting insights. Users must build dashboards or workflows for every question they want answered, which turns routine operational questions into configuration work.
Industrial Protocols via Partners
Losant is MQTT- and HTTP-first. Industrial protocols such as Modbus RTU, BACnet, and OPC-UA are typically handled through gateways and partner integrations rather than native platform drivers, which adds hardware, cost, and failure points between the equipment and the platform.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about switching from Losant to ControlCom Connect
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