SmartSense by Digi
SmartSense by Digi is an IoT monitoring service that combines wireless temperature sensors, food probes, cellular gateways, a cloud dashboard and digital checklists to automate HACCP logging and equipment monitoring. It is sold to restaurant chains, grocers, convenience stores, schools, healthcare and life sciences. It is a business unit of Digi International, which acquired Jolt in 2025; the combined platform is called SmartSense ONE.
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- Best for
- Multi-site restaurant chains, Grocery and convenience retailers
- Pricing
- Subscription per asset (quote)
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Multi-site restaurant chains
Monitors walk-ins, coolers and display cases across sites from one dashboard and replaces paper temperature logs; customers named include Cafe Rio, Sweetgreen and honeygrow.
Grocery and convenience retailers
Covers deli counters, floor cases and walk-ins, plus food safety and task modules.
Schools and universities
The vendor lists K-12 and higher-education dining with real-time HACCP and temperature monitoring.
Pharmacies and healthcare providers
Also sold for pharmacy and vaccine cold-chain monitoring, which suits mixed food and pharmacy retailers.
What it does
Wireless temperature and humidity sensors
Wire-free, battery-powered sensors attached to walk-ins, chillers and refrigerators; the vendor cites up to 5-year battery life, IP-67 rating and store-and-forward data.
Food probes for HACCP
Probes support HACCP workflows such as hot-holding and cooling logs and feed digital checklists.
Cellular gateways
Plug-and-play gateways collect sensor data around the clock and send it to the cloud dashboard.
Cloud dashboard
Multi-site view of sensors, alerts, HACCP compliance and digital tasks in one place.
Multi-channel alerts
Sends temperature-excursion alerts by SMS, email, voice call or push notification with escalation.
Digital checklists and tasks
Converts paper HACCP procedures into digital checklists and tasks with corrective action lists.
Automated compliance reporting
Produces audit-ready PDF summaries with sensor logs, checklist history and calibration records.
Data retention
The vendor says the app keeps three years of data plus four more years through the API.
Mobile app
A mobile app for alerts, asset views, corrective actions and audits.
Predictive equipment insights
AI-based anomaly detection and risk scoring (SmartSense IQ) to spot equipment problems early.
SmartSense ONE modules
Seven modules: Monitor, Operate, Guard, Assure, Service, Label (label printing) and Schedule (shift scheduling and team communication), which can be bought separately.
API access
APIs to connect sensor data to ERP, inventory, compliance and reporting systems.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Subscription per asset (quote)
- Minimum contract
- A term applies (equipment replacements are free "for the life of the term"); its length is not stated
The vendor describes per-asset pricing that includes monitoring equipment, cellular networking, unlimited users, replacements during the term, software updates, support, APIs and onboarding. No prices are published; buyers request a quote or demo.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- United States
- Platforms
- Web
- Hardware
- Wireless sensors, food probes and cellular gateways are supplied with the subscription; the vendor describes plug-and-play installation, with no wiring, and says it has deployed 250 sites per day.
The vendor says it has 90,000+ sites globally but lists no countries; offices listed are in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Indiana and Utah, and the phone line is US toll-free.
The company
- Headquarters
- Boston, United States
- Other offices
- Hopkins, MN (Digi global HQ), Mishawaka, IN, Lehi, UT
- Customers named by the vendor
- Cafe Rio, Wegmans, honeygrow, Sweetgreen, Lowes Foods, Kroger Health, Harmons Grocery
Security and support
- Security and compliance
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 9001
- Support
- Phone and email technical support Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm EST, plus a help centre; 24/7 access to the cloud dashboard is included with the subscription.
Listing details
- Vendor
- Digi International
- Built for
- Restaurants, Cafés, Catering, Hotel F&B, Food retail
- Focus
- General-purpose, used in food businesses
- Status
- Active
- Website
- smartsense.co
- Also listed in
- Digital Food Safety Checklists & Audits
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Listed as best for: Restaurants replacing paper temperature logs; Multi-location operators.
Hawk Safety
Hawk Safety sells wireless temperature and humidity sensors together with a paperless food safety and checklist app.
Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for SmartSense by Digi.
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ComplianceMate is a food safety product that pairs wireless temperature sensors with digital HACCP checklists and real-time alerts.
Listed as best for: Multi-unit restaurant chains; Convenience stores and grocers.
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Any price, per-asset rate or term length
- Named integrations
- Founding year and team size
- Which countries it is sold in
- Whether the mobile app is on iOS and Android and its store listings
- Product-level sensor specifications beyond the vendor claims
- Migration path for existing Jolt customers into SmartSense ONE
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.
- Home: modules, industries, customershttps://www.smartsense.co/
- Food service solutions and customershttps://www.smartsense.co/food-service
- Food safety monitoring: how it workshttps://www.smartsense.co/solutions/food-safety-monitoring
- Alerts, data retention, API, mobile apphttps://www.smartsense.co/faqs
- Per-asset pricinghttps://www.smartsense.co/how-to-buy
- SmartSense ONE moduleshttps://www.smartsense.co/press/smartsense-one
- Digi acquisition of Jolthttps://www.smartsense.co/jolt-acquisition
- SOC 2, ISO 9001https://www.smartsense.co/press/soc2-type2
- Company profilehttps://www.smartsense.co/about-us
- Offices and support hourshttps://www.smartsense.co/contact
- Cloud dashboardhttps://www.smartsense.co/system-overview/cloud-dashboard