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Butlr

Privacy-first, thermal (non-RGB) people-sensing platform delivering real-time and historical occupancy insights via an (
8.4
Rating
Paid
Price
8
Key Features

Overview

Butlr is a privacy-first people-sensing platform that uses thermal (body-heat) sensors (camera-free, non-RGB) and on-device AI to provide anonymous, real-time and historical occupancy, presence, density, and movement insights. The primary hardware offering referenced on the site is the Heatic 2 / Heatic 2+ sensor family — wireless, magnetic-mount sensors with multi-year battery life and plug-and-play installation designed for large-scale deployments. The platform is described as API-first with plug-and-play integrations to many software vendors and claims backward-compatible API updates. Marketing claims on the site include deployment and scale metrics (e.g., “30,000+ deployed sensors”, “1 billion data points per day”, “22 countries”, and “100,000,000+ sq ft covered”). Public legal and privacy materials on the site emphasize that sensing hardware does not capture PII; the privacy policy covers site/form data, cookies, IP addresses, GDPR rights, and includes contact addresses for privacy/legal ([email protected]) and a general contact email ([email protected]). Terms & Conditions tie SaaS subscriptions to hardware purchases, state that Butlr retains ownership of Products, and include license language allowing Butlr to use Customer Data to provide and improve products (including sections implying broad/perpetual license language). T&Cs also cover limited warranties (short warranty windows), returns/RMA rules, termination/auto-renewal, liability caps (typically limited to prior 12 months' fees), and governing law (California, San Mateo County). A Break/Fix Statement of Work on the site outlines on-site diagnostics, minor repairs/replacements, scheduling, exclusions (network configuration, third-party repairs), and pricing by Order Form. No public unit pricing, subscription tiers, per-API pricing, SLA details, or published support response times are available on the public site. The platform/API page explicitly notes that standard platform pricing and plans have no set limit on monthly API calls and invites contacting Butlr for pricing — indicating custom/quote-based pricing. Professional services and break/fix pricing are stated to be “based on scope and Order Form.” Contact and office information published on the contact page: demo/sales request form at https://www.butlr.com/contact; emails [email protected] and [email protected]; office addresses in Burlingame (800 Airport Blvd, Burlingame, CA 94010), Cambridge MA (501 Mass Ave, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139), and Tokyo, Japan (Toranomon Hills Business Tower, 16F, Toranomon 1-chōme, Minato City, Tokyo 105-6415). Company background materials note MIT Media Lab affiliations for founders (co-founders Honghao Deng and Jiani Zeng) and on-site news items reference Qualcomm Ventures involvement for Heatic 2 and a site-posted Series B funding announcement ($38M) and a capital/business alliance with Ricoh. Publicly surfaced gaps: no published sensor unit price, no per-sensor or per-site licensing fees or subscription tiers, no public SLAs or detailed support response times, no explicit API rate limits or sample pricing for API usage, and no public customer-specific case pricing or ROI calculator. The site suggests contacting sales for quotes, API details, and contractual terms. Suggested next steps (based on site findings): contact sales via the demo form to request written quotes for hardware, gateways/hives, platform subscription, installation, volume pricing and lead times, ongoing costs (cloud/data/support/replacements), deployment timelines and resource requirements, and sample SOW for on-site services. Ask for API docs (endpoints, auth, schema, sample payloads), typical API rate limits, export/retention policies, integration examples (HVAC/BMS, workplace apps), and request contractual items such as a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for EU/UK deployments and clarification on license language related to Butlr’s use of Customer Data. Request warranty/returns/RMA processes, sample SOW and SLAs for break/fix and installation services, and customer references or case studies in relevant verticals.

Details

Developer
butlr.com
Launch Year
Free Trial
No
Updated
2025-12-07

Features

Privacy-first thermal sensing

Thermal (body-heat) sensing with on-device AI; camera-free and marketed as anonymous, designed not to capture PII at the sensor.

Heatic 2 / Heatic 2+ sensors

Primary sensors are wireless, magnetic-mount, multi-year battery life, plug-and-play installation for large-scale deployments.

Occupancy & analytics capabilities

Provides zones (desk/seat monitoring), Space Visualizer (time-based heatmaps), and metrics for presence, density, and movement.

API-first platform

Platform described as API-first with plug-and-play integrations and backward-compatible API updates; developers invited to contact Butlr for integration help.

Large-deployment claims

Marketing claims include deployments of 30,000+ sensors, 1 billion data points per day, coverage in 22 countries, and 100,000,000+ sq ft covered.

Integrations ecosystem

Claims of 20+ plug-and-play integrations and 30+ software vendor partnerships (numbers vary across pages).

Screenshots

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Pricing

Custom / Quote
Free

No public pricing; hardware, platform, API, and services are provided by custom quote. Contact sales for written pricing.

  • Custom hardware pricing (per sensor, gateway/hive) by quote
  • Platform subscription priced per contract
  • Professional services and break/fix priced per Order Form

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Privacy-first, camera-free thermal sensing designed to avoid PII capture at the sensor
  • API-first platform with plug-and-play integrations and backward-compatible API updates
  • Hardware designed for scale: wireless, magnetic mount, multi-year battery life, plug-and-play
  • Public deployment and funding signals (site claims of 30k+ sensors and Series B funding) support company traction
  • On-site services and a published Break/Fix SOW indicate operational support for deployments

Cons

  • No public unit pricing, subscription tiers, or per-API pricing — pricing is custom/quote-based
  • No publicly published SLAs or specific support response times
  • No explicit public API rate limits or sample pricing for API usage
  • Terms include license language allowing Butlr use of Customer Data in ways that may require clarification (perpetual license implications)
  • Limited warranty windows and RMA/return rules referenced but not broadly favorable in published T&C

Compare with Alternatives

FeatureButlr
PricingN/A
Rating8.4/10
Sensor TypeHeat-based thermal sensors
Privacy ModelPrivacy-first camera-free model
Real-time APIYes
Occupancy AnalyticsYes
Deployment EaseEasy deployment and setup
Integration EcosystemAPI-first partner ecosystem
Safety FunctionalityYes

Audience

EnterprisesReal estate, retail, telecom, data centers, senior care and large campuses using occupancy analytics for operations and space planning.
Developers / IntegratorsIntegrate occupancy data into apps and systems via the API and partner integrations.
IT / FacilitiesUse sensors and platform data for workplace operations, space utilization, and building systems integrations.

Tags

occupancythermal sensorsprivacy-firstpeople-sensingAPI-firstHeatic 2non-RGBanonymousenterprisereal-estateretailtelecomdata-centerssenior-careintegrationsseries-b-funding

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