# Foxglove — AI Compare Ninja

> Data and visualization platform for robotics and physical AI: view, search and compare ROS 1/ROS 2, MCAP and sensor data, manage devices, with an AI agent and MCP server.

## Overview
- **Category:** Development & Code (Embodied AI & robotics)
- **Status:** Active · checked
- **Paid from:** $20 / month (Pro)
- **Free access:** Free plan
- **Website:** https://foxglove.dev/
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/foxglove

## What it does
- Data and visualization platform for robotics and physical AI: view, search and compare ROS 1/ROS 2, MCAP and sensor data, manage devices, with an AI agent and MCP server.
- Free $0 forever, Pro from $20/month plus usage, Academic $0 for universities and research.

## In brief
Data and visualization platform for robotics and physical AI: view, search and compare ROS 1/ROS 2, MCAP and sensor data, manage devices, with an AI agent and MCP server.

Foxglove (Foxglove Technologies Inc., San Francisco) combines a data platform, visualization (desktop app, 20+ panels, layouts, user scripts) and fleet management for robot data. Per the vendor it supports MCAP, ROS 1, ROS 2 plus Protobuf, JSON and FlatBuffers. An AI agent in the sidebar and a Slack agent (Pro) work with the data; AI usage of $5 per user per month is included, beyond that at provider cost with no markup. Free $0/month: 10 GB storage, 3 users, 5 devices, 1 project. Pro $20/month plus usage: 1 TB storage included, 3 developer seats included, then $42 per user per month, 5 devices included, then $20 per device per month, 3 projects, remote access 300 minutes per device, then $0.05/minute, unlimited free Basic seats. Academic $0 for students, researchers and educators with a .edu or .ac address: 1 TB storage, unlimited users, 10 devices, 3 projects. Enterprise with custom pricing on request. Prices in US dollars as listed by the vendor, without currency conversion.


## Limits
Foxglove (Foxglove Technologies Inc., San Francisco) combines a data platform, visualization (desktop app, 20+ panels, layouts, user scripts) and fleet management for robot data. Per the vendor it supports MCAP, ROS 1, ROS 2 plus Protobuf, JSON and FlatBuffers. An AI agent in the sidebar and a Slack agent (Pro) work with the data; AI usage of $5 per user per month is included, beyond that at provider cost with no markup. Free $0/month: 10 GB storage, 3 users, 5 devices, 1 project. Pro $20/month plus usage: 1 TB storage included, 3 developer seats included, then $42 per user per month, 5 devices included, then $20 per device per month, 3 projects, remote access 300 minutes per device, then $0.05/minute, unlimited free Basic seats. Academic $0 for students, researchers and educators with a .edu or .ac address: 1 TB storage, unlimited users, 10 devices, 3 projects. Enterprise with custom pricing on request. Prices in US dollars as listed by the vendor, without currency conversion.

## Pricing tiers
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | free | month | 10 GB storage, 3 users, 5 devices, 1 project, 1 hour of query time, 100 GB bandwidth; AI agent with $5 of AI usage per user per month. |
| Pro | $20 | month | Plus usage: 1 TB storage included; 3 developer seats included, then $42 per user/month; 5 devices included, then $20 per device/month; 3 projects; remote access 300 min per device, then $0.05/min; Slack agent, local MCP server, webhooks. |
| Academic | free | month | For students, researchers and educators with a .edu or .ac address (otherwise on request): 1 TB storage, 1 TB bandwidth, unlimited users, 10 devices, 3 projects, webhooks, private extensions. |
| Enterprise | contact sales | on request | Custom quotas, unlimited projects, own storage (AWS, GCP, Azure) and on-premises possible, SSO with OIDC, audit logs, forward-deployed engineers, annual contract. |

## Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

- https://foxglove.dev/
- https://foxglove.dev/pricing
- https://foxglove.dev/legal/terms

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*Source: AI Compare Ninja (2026) - https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/foxglove*
