Hi guys, hope to find some guys got their hands dirty with IoT Stuff.
i searching for a good service or platform on Internet as a backend for my IoT projects, i mean collect Data and store them, then access live and history data via flexible API. (history data access is the most important)
i tried "Blynk", it's very powerful, but free version is very limited, so i'm looking for cheap or free service, since my projects are not commercial nor funded.

below is a screenshot for Blynk Project, simple temperature monitoring, just for testing purpose.



for curious people, this is a temperature graph for a location in Bekaa.

PS: never mind the project name ;)
nuclearcat wroteWell, i have my own IoT platform :) (snapshots are not on my server)
Custom lua engine + grafana + time series db + mqtt(sure) + telegram integration + push notifications + many other things

https://snapshot.raintank.io/dashboard/snapshot/F6bHX1lTI2cugE2mEvk8Ek1N5oZFVq5l?refresh=5s&orgId=2
I knew you will write first Denys :) when it come to IoT, you are the Master.

anyway, you are encouraging me to setup my own server and Platform, not a bad idea, so the next step is to find a good long-term VPS.

i will request your help denys, if possible.

Regards.
far from master, but i love this thing
yes, sure, skype id: nuclearcat, or telegram: @nuclearcatlb
It depends what you want from platform, in some cases ready solutions will work, but if you want something fancy - definitely yours is better.
Hey!

Though NuclearCat's solution is more hands-on and gives the freedom to do whatever the heck you want(yay!) I would suggest you check out scriptr.io , haven't used them much personally tbh but have seen its capabilities and it could help you in even setting up your IoT device.

Hope it helps!
You can do it yourself but if you don't want to spend time on it then pay to use someone else's work!
I doubt you will find anyone offering a hosted service for free. Too much work involved, and too specific of a market to justify such a business model. Maybe you will find an open source project but you'll have to host it yourself, I am guessing.
For quick prototyping, I've used an MQTT server as a backend. MQTT is a very lightweight protocol for machine-to-machine communication. It follows the publish-subscribe pattern, which in plain English means that you have nodes that publish content on "channels" and other nodes that can subscribe to those channels. Another option is to use something like firebase.