What is Hologram used for?

Hologram is a cellular IoT connectivity provider with global SIM cards, SIM management tools, outage protection and an API. It is a good fit for deploying devices across multiple countries and tracking assets over cellular networks.

How much does Hologram cost?

Hologram is a paid product with no free plan. Self-service is pay-as-you-go at $0.03 per MB plus $1 per SIM each month and $3 per SIM card; larger deployments get custom volume pricing through sales.

Is Hologram open source?

No. Hologram is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Home Automation & IoT category, open-source options include Home Assistant, Tasmota and Zigbee2MQTT.

What are some alternatives to Hologram?

Hologram competes with SORACOM, Particle and Twilio.

Hologram: features, pricing and alternatives

About Hologram

Hologram provides cellular connectivity for IoT devices, including IoT SIM cards and eSIM, together with a dashboard and API for managing them. It is aimed at companies that deploy connected devices across regions and want to avoid negotiating with individual carriers.

The product emphasizes global coverage, outage protection across multiple carriers, SIM management, premium support, and pre-deployment testing. Further options include satellite connectivity and a Conductor feature, and the company serves industries such as smart cities, smart buildings, retail, agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, energy and logistics. Documentation, API docs and a GitHub presence support developers.

Hologram is a hosted commercial service with a free sign-up and a pricing page, and it is not self-hosted software.

Key features

Global cellular IoT SIM cards
Outage protection across carriers
SIM management dashboard and API
eSIM and satellite options
Premium support
Pre-deployment testing

Good fit for

→Deploying devices across multiple countries
→Tracking assets over cellular networks

Tags: iot-connectivity; cellular; sim-cards; esim; device-management; asset-tracking; api

Hologram: questions and answers

What is Hologram used for?: Hologram is a cellular IoT connectivity provider with global SIM cards, SIM management tools, outage protection and an API. It is a good fit for deploying devices across multiple countries and tracking assets over cellular networks.
How much does Hologram cost?: Hologram is a paid product with no free plan. Self-service is pay-as-you-go at $0.03 per MB plus $1 per SIM each month and $3 per SIM card; larger deployments get custom volume pricing through sales.
Is Hologram open source?: No. Hologram is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Home Automation & IoT category, open-source options include Home Assistant, Tasmota and Zigbee2MQTT.
What are some alternatives to Hologram?: Hologram competes with SORACOM, Particle and Twilio.