Compare .NET and Particle 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (72.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$999 per year
Contact Us 100000 Data Operations + Add-Ons Available
.NET
Star Rating
(132)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$999 per year
Browse all 3 pricing plansParticle
Star Rating
(195)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
Contact Us 100000 Data Operations + Add-Ons Available
Learn more about Particle.NET vs Particle
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Particle easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with .NET overall.
- .NET and Particle both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, .NET and Particle provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of .NET over Particle.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
.NET
BUSINESS
$999
per year
Includes everything that comes with Indie plus:
- Xamarin.Forms
- Xamarin Test Cloud Access
- Visual Studio Integration
Particle
FREE support for up to 100,000 Data Operations per month
Contact Us
100000 Data Operations + Add-Ons Available
- Add-Ons Available
Free Trial
.NET
No trial information availableParticle
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.6
116
8.6
123
Ease of Use
8.1
120
8.8
124
Ease of Setup
8.0
74
8.6
49
Ease of Admin
8.3
41
8.8
48
Quality of Support
8.2
113
8.2
112
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
40
8.4
45
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
115
8.4
107
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
8.3
55
Not enough data
7.5
53
Not enough data
6.3
31
Not enough data
7.4
44
Not enough data
8.2
53
Not enough data
7.8
52
Not enough data
8.3
48
Application Design
Not enough data
7.3
62
Not enough data
7.2
54
Not enough data
7.7
48
Not enough data
7.4
53
Not enough data
8.2
61
Not enough data
8.7
56
Application Control
Not enough data
7.9
29
Not enough data
8.4
43
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
8.4
39
Not enough data
8.3
43
Systems Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
IoT Capabilities
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Industrial IoT
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
58
Not enough data
5.8
30
Not enough data
8.4
59
Not enough data
8.5
57
Not enough data
8.6
60
Not enough data
8.6
53
Not enough data
8.4
45
Functionality
8.5
37
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.4
20
Not enough data
8.5
21
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
Development and Deployment - Edge AI Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management - Edge AI Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Development Platforms
8.2
20
Not enough data
8.4
17
Not enough data
7.9
16
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
.NET and Particle share no categories
Unique Categories
.NET is categorized as Mobile Development Platforms and Application Development Platforms
Particle is categorized as IoT Development Tools, IoT Platforms, C/C++ Integrated Development Environments (IDE), Industrial IoT, and Edge AI Platforms
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
.NET
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Particle
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
24.0%
Information Technology and Services
22.4%
Hospital & Health Care
4.8%
Banking
4.0%
Financial Services
3.2%
Other
41.6%
Information Technology and Services
7.8%
Higher Education
7.2%
Computer Software
6.1%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
5.0%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
3.9%
Other
70.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
Which is best MVVM framework for Xamarin.Forms and What is future of Xamarin?
1 Comment
SH
The best MVVM Frame work is FreshMVVM, sure the Xamarin have a great future in cross-platform development, in this lead the next step is MAUI, which will...Read more
Is xamarin form good?
1 Comment
NS
Yes, Absolutely I prefere to develop Xamarin Form instead of all other hybrid and native application development toolRead more
.NET has no more discussions with answers
How do I get started with Particle device?
2 Comments
RL
The easiest way is to get one of their development kits, then you just need to open up a browser and start coding using the device reference alongside the...Read more
Can you use a local IDE?
2 Comments
RN
Yes. We use Visual Studio Code. There are plenty of Particle tools available for VS code platform.Read more
Does the studios team only review engagements that are implementing with Particle Hardware and Device Cloud?
1 Comment
Official Response from Particle
Yes - with thousands of solutions being developed and deployed using our platform, we’ve seen it all and can quickly make recommendations on how to improve...Read more
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