WAVECT vs SENS

Wavect or SENS. A managed LoRaWAN network with a data platform, or the custom product built on top of it.

SENS gives you nationwide LoRaWAN coverage in Austria, a place for the sensor data to land, API access and support under a defined SLA. We build the software product around that data: the backend, the dashboards, the integrations, the app, the analytics. Most serious IoT builds need both. If all you need is connectivity and a data endpoint, SENS is the cleaner buy. If the value is in the product on top of the data, the comparison shifts.

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Decision snapshot

VerdictSENS publishes nationwide LoRaWAN Network-as-a-Service in Austria, private and cooperative networks, an IoT platform with API access, and support under a defined SLA.12 If you need the network layer, talk to them. If you need the custom product on top of it, talk to us, and we are happy to build on a SENS network.

Wavect is best when

  • The value is in the product, not the pipe. Dashboards, alerting, billing, a customer-facing app, AI on the telemetry.
  • You want to own the codebase and keep the parts that actually differentiate you portable.
  • Your sensors speak ten dialects and someone has to write the codecs. We have worked on decoding multi-vendor LoRaWAN payloads on a city-scale network.

The alternative is best when

  • You need nationwide LoRaWAN coverage in Austria and do not want to operate gateways yourself. That is what SENS publishes as its Network-as-a-Service.1
  • Your need stops at connectivity and a data endpoint. SENS publishes an IoT platform the data lands on, with API access into your own business application.2
  • You want an Austrian operator running the network layer for the long term. Sensor Network Services GmbH has been on the register since January 2017, its business purpose is the planning and operation of IoT communication networks, and it publishes support under a defined SLA.42

Questions to ask before you choose

  1. Ask how far the product layer goes in production. Their published portfolio includes application set-up and user-interface development (for example a web app or dashboard) inside a proof of concept, plus ongoing support of the application at commercial roll-out, so establish where a proof of concept ends and a long-lived custom product begins.2
  2. Ask, if you later move off the SENS IoT platform, whether you can export your historical sensor data and switch LoRaWAN provider, and on what terms. A June 2023 Netmore release states that Netmore manages the network infrastructure while SENS handles the Austrian market commercially, so ask which contract covers which layer.5
  3. Ask what the network and platform subscription costs against any project-based solution delivery, and which usage metrics drive the bill. We did not find pricing published on the pages we reviewed.2

Commercial risk to watch

  • The visible price is not the whole cost; the risk sits in what you actually buy, the network and connectivity layer, and the moment scope changes.
  • Ask what the vendor is paid to increase: hours, seats, retained advice, platform usage, or shipped outcomes.

Evidence notes

  • Every statement about SENS on this page carries a numbered source with the date we opened it. Verify pricing, legal entity, references and terms yourself before signing.
  • The ownership figures below are register facts, not a risk in themselves. Group ownership is normal in Austrian infrastructure, and this page makes no quality claim about SENS in either direction.4
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Project fit: not limited to small builds

Project size and provider headcount are separate decisions. Wavect’s delivery unit is a named senior core, but that does not limit the work to MVPs or short startup projects. Larger projects are split into phases with separate budgets and acceptance criteria. We also build internal systems and process automations inside a client’s existing repositories, tooling and workflows. A vetted bench supports continuity and scope-specific capacity. A larger provider may still be the better choice when the main requirement is several parallel teams, an incumbent framework agreement or certifications Wavect does not currently hold.
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How they actually differ

Six dimensions where SENS and Wavect actually diverge.

WAVECT DIMENSION ALTERNATIVE

The software product on top of the data. Backend, integrations, dashboards, mobile or web app, analytics.

WHAT YOU ACTUALLY BUY

LoRaWAN connectivity, the network, and an IoT platform where the sensor data lands with API access into your business application.1 Their portfolio also publishes consulting, a development kit, a proof of concept and support at roll-out.2

We integrate any LoRaWAN network, including SENS. We do not run a network of our own.

NETWORK / CONNECTIVITY

Their core. Nationwide LoRaWAN Network-as-a-Service in Austria plus private and cooperative networks.1 A June 2023 Netmore release announced that SENS runs on the Netmore platform and that Netmore manages the network infrastructure.5

Founder-owned. Wavect GmbH, FN 575337 i, no group parent.

OWNERSHIP

Sensor Network Services GmbH, FN 486291 i, on the register since January 2017.3 The register lists CANCOM Austria AG with 12.5 percent and Weiole Holding GmbH with 87.5 percent.4 K-Businesscom AG, the earlier name, has operated as part of CANCOM since 1 January 2024.6

Weekly outcome fee or fixed-price Werkvertrag. No timesheets.

PRICING MODEL

Network and platform subscription plus project-based solution delivery. We did not find prices published on the pages we reviewed.2

You do. We build it bespoke, no platform lock-in, and you keep the code.

WHO OWNS THE PRODUCT LAYER

Data lands on the SENS IoT platform, and their published portfolio covers application set-up and UI development inside a proof of concept plus ongoing application support at roll-out.2 For a long-lived custom product, clarify who owns and evolves that code.

Refund the last week if it did not blow you away. Werkvertrag on fixed-price work.

WHAT IF IT FAILS

Technical support under a defined SLA, per their published portfolio.2

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The real difference, in practice

SENS runs nationwide LoRaWAN coverage in Austria and the IoT platform the sensor data lands on, with API access into your own business application and support under a defined SLA.12 That is infrastructure, and it is not what we do. If your need is connectivity and a place for the data to arrive, SENS is the right call, and we are happy to build on top of a SENS network.

The legal entity is Sensor Network Services GmbH, FN 486291 i at the Commercial Court Vienna, Favoritenstraße 7 in Vienna.3 It has been on the register since January 2017, and the register lists two shareholders: CANCOM Austria AG with 12.5 percent and Weiole Holding GmbH with 87.5 percent.4 An earlier version of this page called SENS part of the K-Businesscom group, which is now out of date twice over: K-Businesscom AG and its subsidiaries have operated under the CANCOM brand since 1 January 2024 after the June 2023 acquisition, and the CANCOM stake in SENS is a minority one.64 Group ownership is not a buyer risk in itself. It is simply a fact worth knowing before you ask who signs, who escalates and who owns the roadmap.

One correction to the older framing of this page, in their favour. Their published service portfolio is not connectivity only: it includes an IoT Explorer session, a Discovery Workshop, a LoRaWAN development kit with a data-platform test account, and a proof of concept that covers network planning, application set-up and user-interface development such as a web app or dashboard, followed by operations and support of the application at commercial roll-out.2 So the honest question is not whether they touch the product layer. It is how far that goes for your case, whether a proof-of-concept dashboard becomes the production product, and who owns and evolves that code for the next three years. Ask them that, and ask us the same, because we do not run a network and would be integrating against theirs. Neither answer implies anything about the other side’s competence.

Our work starts where the data does. The product on top, the alerting logic, the billing integration, the interface a customer actually uses, is a software build, and it is usually the part nobody scoped at the start. Most serious IoT projects need both halves.

Pick SENS for the network. Talk to us for the product. See how we build IoT products .

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When each is the better call

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When Wavect is the better call

  • The value is in the product, not the pipe. Dashboards, alerting, billing, a customer-facing app, AI on the telemetry.
  • You want to own the codebase and avoid platform lock-in on the parts that actually differentiate you.
  • Your sensors speak ten dialects and someone has to write the codecs. We have worked on decoding multi-vendor LoRaWAN payloads on a city-scale network.
  • You need one team across the stack: network integration, backend, frontend, and the product calls in between.
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When SENS is the better call

  • You need nationwide LoRaWAN coverage in Austria and do not want to operate gateways yourself. That is what SENS publishes as its Network-as-a-Service.1
  • Your need stops at connectivity and a data endpoint. SENS publishes an IoT platform with API access into your own business application.2
  • You want an Austrian operator running the network layer on an SLA for the long term. Sensor Network Services GmbH has been on the register since January 2017 and publishes support under a defined SLA.42
  • You are early and want a proven Network-as-a-Service to get sensors talking before you invest in custom software. Their portfolio publishes a development kit, a platform test account and a proof of concept for exactly that stage.2

If you need the network, talk to SENS.1 If you need the product on top of it, talk to us. On most serious IoT builds you need both, and we are happy to build on a SENS network.

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Relevant Wavect work

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FAQs

Mostly we are complementary. SENS runs the LoRaWAN network and the data platform.1 We build the software product on top of the data. On a typical IoT project you want both, and we are glad to build on a SENS network.
Yes. SENS publishes an IoT platform and API access that lets the collected data flow into your own business application.2 We integrate against APIs like that for a living. We have also run LoRaWAN end to end ourselves on Kubernetes, so we know the layer below the API too.
The operating company is Sensor Network Services GmbH, FN 486291 i at the Commercial Court Vienna.3 It describes itself as an IoT joint venture, and the company register lists CANCOM Austria AG with 12.5 percent and Weiole Holding GmbH with 87.5 percent.14 K-Businesscom AG, an earlier name in that group, has operated under the CANCOM brand since 1 January 2024.6 We state this because older write-ups, including an earlier version of this page, still call SENS a K-Businesscom company.6
More than only the network. Their published portfolio covers an IoT Explorer session, a Discovery Workshop, a LoRaWAN development kit with a data-platform test account, and a proof of concept that includes network planning, application set-up and user-interface development such as a web app or dashboard, plus operations and support of the application at commercial roll-out.2 What is worth clarifying for your own case is how far that goes in production, and who owns and evolves the code for a long-lived custom product.
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. For nationwide Austrian coverage without operating gateways, a Network-as-a-Service provider like SENS is the right tool.1 We build the product, not the network.
Yes. We joined an in-flight city-wide LoRaWAN build, helped extend and scale the backbone on Kubernetes, worked on per-vendor codecs, and integrated multi-manufacturer hardware. See the IKB case .
Source: sens.at
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Sources for the statements about SENS

Every numbered claim above links to the source we checked, with the date we checked it. Linking a source is not a partnership or an endorsement.

  1. Company section: IoT joint venture of CANCOM Austria AG and Weiole Holding GmbH, LoRaWAN Network-as-a-Service, private and cooperative networks SENS. retrieved 2026-08-04
  2. Service portfolio: consulting, development kit, proof of concept including application set-up and user interface development, operations and support at roll-out, optional SLA SENS. retrieved 2026-08-04
  3. Imprint: legal entity Sensor Network Services GmbH, FN 486291 i, Commercial Court Vienna, Favoritenstraße 7, 1040 Vienna SENS. retrieved 2026-08-04
  4. Company register entry: registered 23 January 2017, shareholders CANCOM Austria AG 12.5 percent and Weiole Holding GmbH 87.5 percent, business purpose IoT communication networks firmenabc.at. retrieved 2026-08-04
  5. Press release of 7 June 2023: Netmore provides the LoRaWAN platform, SENS handles the Austrian market commercially, Netmore manages the network infrastructure Netmore Group. retrieved 2026-08-04
  6. Press release of 11 January 2024: K-Businesscom AG and its subsidiaries have operated under the CANCOM brand since 1 January 2024, after the June 2023 acquisition CANCOM. retrieved 2026-08-04

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