If you're looking for a Sense alternative, Telematica is worth a look. It offers a single API to manage and optimize a broad range of energy-related devices, including electric vehicles, chargers, thermostats, solar inverters and batteries. That can help you cut costs and energy use by up to 50%, for example with EV smart charging, HVAC optimization and home energy management.
Another Sense alternative is Electricity Maps. It offers carbon data for electricity use that businesses can use to reduce their carbon footprint. It offers real-time, historical and forecasted data for more than 230 regions. It's got a powerful API for integration and can be used for consumer engagement, carbon reporting and energy management.
If you want a more elaborate monitoring system, OpenMeter is an open-source system for usage-based billing and cloud cost management. It offers real-time customer dashboards, balances, credits and quotas management, which makes it good for AI, API, DevOps and IoT use cases. It can be used to optimize pricing and manage costs.