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# Balena

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> balena is an IoT fleet management platform that enables users to develop, deploy, manage and scale Linux device fleets using containers
> 
> Verdict: Rated **5.0/5** by 7 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses Balena?

balena caters to developers, hobbyists, engineers, companies with large fleets of IoT devices, industrial IoT

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **5.0/5** | 7 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Balena

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**: Per Feature
- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- Monitoring

## Category

- [IoT Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31016/iot/software)

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3. [Rayven](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/173908/rayven-industrial-business-intelligence) — 5.0/5 (24 reviews)
4. [Fracttal One](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/159911/fracttal) — 4.6/5 (1773 reviews)
5. [Memfault](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/214177/memfault) — 4.9/5 (10 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Easy Raspberry Pi Configurations" — 5.0/5

> **Caleb** | *8 February 2022* | Consumer Electronics | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Straight forward documentation and a plethora of automation tools makes configuring your Raspberry Pi or duel-booting a Linux distro a piece of cake.
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> **Cons**: With the number of products that Balena provides, it can be difficult at times to know if you have the right one for the job.
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> It made configuring an Elementary OS .iso easier than I could ever imagine, and allowed me to setup and Spotify remote in just hour, instead of having to scour pages of open-source repos and Docker pages.

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### "The best software to try and play with Linux" — 5.0/5

> **Carlos** | *16 October 2022* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The easy it is to use, the IU and how clear is it all, and that you can find a lot of information on internet.
> 
> **Cons**: That its not the first option you find when you have a problem and they can help you. I mean, you have a problem and you trying to find some solutions, they are not in the first options.
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> A very nice experience using it, smooth aplications, smooth software, everything fine\!

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### "Balena Etcher works flawless" — 5.0/5

> **Gijs** | *12 July 2023* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The great ease of use to flash  OS images to SD cards \& USB drives, especiallly for Raspberry Pi projects.It is quite intuitive.
> 
> **Cons**: i can not mention a single thing. It is quite a simple tool
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> Does the job perfectly. A interface that works exactly as the user expects it to.

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### "Straight Forward, Does the Job" — 5.0/5

> **Mohammad Sami** | *6 July 2021* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: It is as straight forward and easy as anything can be, I'm using it to flash images of Operating systems to my SD card and USBs for over couple of years and I faced no problem at all\!
> 
> **Cons**: In older versions, sometimes I had to re insert my media to be recognizable but now it has been fixed, so I have no problem with this software
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> Overall, I'm using this software because of easy to use UI and better functionality over similar software, and never failing to do what it is supposed to do

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### "Fácil e intuitivo para crear usb bootables" — 5.0/5

> **Alejandro** | *20 October 2022* | Computer Hardware | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: La versión gratuita te permite hacer prácticamente todo lo que necesitas. Facil de descargar y muy intuitivo
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> **Cons**: El tiempo de verificación de que la copia en el usb se ha llevado a cabo es lento
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> He tenido una experiencia muy favorable. Lo necesitaba para crear una instalación de linux y me vino muy bien. Lo recomiendo

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