Sense

Sense is a ClimateTech company founded in 2013 that provides home energy intelligence through a high-resolution electrical monitoring device installed in residential electrical panels. The Sense platform captures real-time electricity usage data and uses machine learning to disaggregate power consumption into individual device-level signatures, enabling homeowners to understand exactly which appliances are using electricity and when. The API provides access to real-time power consumption and solar production data via a WebSocket realtime feed, and historical trend data via a REST interface covering daily, weekly, monthly, and annual usage breakdowns. Sense also supports device detection data, grid exchange metrics, and push notifications through integrations including Amazon Alexa. The company pivoted in 2025 to embed its machine learning technology directly into next-generation smart meters deployed by utility partners, expanding its reach to tens of millions of homes without requiring standalone hardware purchases.

Sense publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Devices API, History API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Energy, Home Energy Monitoring, IoT, Smart Home, and Electricity.

The Sense catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Sense’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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48.9/100 developing ▼ -9.0 Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

EnergyHome Energy MonitoringIoTSmart HomeElectricitySolarDevice DetectionReal-Time DataClimateTech

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 48.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 17.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Sense Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 5

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: sense
name: Sense
description: Sense is a ClimateTech company founded in 2013 that provides home energy intelligence through a high-resolution
  electrical monitoring device installed in residential electrical panels. The Sense platform captures real-time electricity
  usage data and uses machine learning to disaggregate power consumption into individual device-level signatures, enabling
  homeowners to understand exactly which appliances are using electricity and when. The API provides access to real-time power
  consumption and solar production data via a WebSocket realtime feed, and historical trend data via a REST interface covering
  daily, weekly, monthly, and annual usage breakdowns. Sense also supports device detection data, grid exchange metrics, and
  push notifications through integrations including Amazon Alexa. The company pivoted in 2025 to embed its machine learning
  technology directly into next-generation smart meters deployed by utility partners, expanding its reach to tens of millions
  of homes without requiring standalone hardware purchases.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/sense.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sense/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Energy
- Home Energy Monitoring
- IoT
- Smart Home
- Electricity
- Solar
- Device Detection
- Real-Time Data
- ClimateTech
apis:
- aid: sense:sense-realtime-api
  name: Sense Realtime API
  description: The Sense Realtime API delivers live electricity usage data via a WebSocket connection, streaming second-by-second
    power consumption readings for the whole home and identified devices. The feed includes current wattage draw, solar production
    output when applicable, grid import and export values, and the real-time on/off status of machine-learning identified
    devices. Clients authenticate using a bearer token obtained from the Client API and connect to the secure WebSocket endpoint
    parameterized with the monitor ID.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://sense.com
  baseURL: wss://clientrt.sense.com/monitors
  tags:
  - Energy
  - WebSocket
  - Real-Time
  - Solar
  - IoT
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://sense.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.sense.com
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.sense.com
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/sense-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/sense-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/sense-finops.yml
- aid: sense:sense-authentication-api
  name: Sense Authentication API
  description: Authenticate and manage sessions
  humanURL: https://sense.com
  baseURL: https://api.sense.com/apiservice/api/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sense-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://sense.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.sense.com
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/scottbonline/sense
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.sense.com
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.sense.com
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senseenergy
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/sense
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/sense-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/sense-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/sense-finops.yml
- aid: sense:sense-devices-api
  name: Sense Devices API
  description: Device-level energy data and device information
  humanURL: https://sense.com
  baseURL: https://api.sense.com/apiservice/api/v1
  tags:
  - Devices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sense-devices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://sense.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.sense.com
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/scottbonline/sense
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.sense.com
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.sense.com
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senseenergy
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/sense
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/sense-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/sense-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/sense-finops.yml
- aid: sense:sense-history-api
  name: Sense History API
  description: Historical energy usage and solar production data
  humanURL: https://sense.com
  baseURL: https://api.sense.com/apiservice/api/v1
  tags:
  - History
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sense-history-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://sense.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.sense.com
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/scottbonline/sense
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.sense.com
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.sense.com
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senseenergy
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/sense
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/sense-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/sense-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/sense-finops.yml
- aid: sense:sense-monitors-api
  name: Sense Monitors API
  description: Monitor overview, status, and device detection
  humanURL: https://sense.com
  baseURL: https://api.sense.com/apiservice/api/v1
  tags:
  - Monitors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sense-monitors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://sense.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.sense.com
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/scottbonline/sense
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.sense.com
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.sense.com
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senseenergy
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/sense
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/sense-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/sense-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/sense-finops.yml
- aid: sense:sense-users-api
  name: Sense Users API
  description: User-level timeline and usage data
  humanURL: https://sense.com
  baseURL: https://api.sense.com/apiservice/api/v1
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sense-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://sense.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.sense.com
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/scottbonline/sense
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.sense.com
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.sense.com
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senseenergy
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/sense
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/sense-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/sense-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/sense-finops.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/sense-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sense-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sense-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://sense.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://help.sense.com
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/scottbonline/sense
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senseenergy
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.sense.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://sense.com/homes/buy-monitor/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.sense.com
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/sense
- type: Plans
  url: plans/sense-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/sense-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/sense-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com