Cortense vs the Competition
Why Infersens leads the way in water sensing technology
As the drive for smarter, more efficient water monitoring tools intensifies, the market is being saturated with different solutions. But how many of them are actually giving you the full picture?
You need tools that can assess and track the quality of water in various environments, ensuring its safety and compliance with regulations. Tools that help with Legionella monitoring, identifying potential pollutants and monitoring changes in water quality over time.
Unfortunately, most water monitoring solutions on the market today fall short—often focused solely on temperature monitoring. When it comes to understanding water flow, event duration or being proactive in identifying waste or unusual behaviour, they can’t deliver.
Traditional pipe testing
That’s where Cortense, our intelligent wireless water temperature and flow sensor, truly stands out.
Cortense is a next-generation, intelligent wireless sensor that monitors both water temperature and flow. It goes beyond basic compliance to deliver real-time insights, reduce water waste, and empower facilities management teams with actionable data.
Let’s explore why Cortense is setting a new benchmark in water sensing technology.
Going beyond temperature monitoring
Other solutions primarily offer remote temperature monitoring focused on Legionella compliance. While they may indicate whether outlet temperatures are within safe limits, they miss a critical dimension—flow dynamics.
Cortense doesn’t just monitor temperature; it also detects when and for how long water flows. This creates a much richer dataset, helping teams spot anomalies - like a tap left running - or analyse long-term usage trends across outlets.
The result: smarter data, better decisions, and enhanced risk management
2. Quick alerts without the lag
Following on from this, a major pain point in the industry is the delay caused by collecting data passively and only reporting on a schedule. Many systems behave this way. The result: potentially wasteful, or more critically, dangerous, water events going undetected for hours.
Cortense changes the game with rapid detection and smart alerts. Whether it’s an unexpected spike in usage, a forgotten tap left on, Cortense flags it more quickly, allowing teams to act before problems escalate.
Proactive monitoring, right on your dashboard, means fewer incidents, quicker reactions, and safer environments, not only saving water, but also energy and money.
3. Smarter compliance made simple
Compliance doesn’t have to mean complexity.
While solutions from other providers often rely on bulky hardware and complicated dashboards, Cortense offers plug-and-play installation with intuitive cloud-based data access. It’s lightweight, simple to install and easy to scale across multiple outlets.
This means that whether you're managing a medical centre, office block, care home or university campus, Cortense takes the hassle out of maintaining compliance while giving you so much more than just temperature logs.
4. Sustainability and efficiency in focus
In today’s world, sustainability isn’t optional, it’s expected. But many existing water monitoring solutions offer no insight into water usage, duration or waste.
By tracking flow duration and frequency, Cortense uncovers inefficiencies and helps you build more sustainable water use practices.
It’s not just about safety monitoring anymore. It’s intelligent resource management.
5. Cost-effective and scalable innovation
Many water monitoring products on the market require expensive infrastructure or disruptive installations, which can drive up hidden costs.
With Cortense, you get a non-invasive, battery-powered solution that fits easily onto existing pipework. This makes it a more affordable and scalable option, especially when managing large buildings or a portfolio of properties.
Add in the reduced need for manual checks and proactive alerts that cut down on unnecessary call-outs, and it’s clear: More value. Less effort. Greater impact.
The verdict
Cortense isn’t just another sensor, it’s a new standard in water monitoring. While most of our competitors focus on a single data point - temperature - Cortense offers the full spectrum of actionable insights, from temperature and flow to usage patterns and early-warning alerts.
It’s faster. It’s smarter. It’s proactive.
So, if you're serious about water safety, efficiency and compliance, Cortense isn’t just an upgrade. It’s a necessity. If you’d like to see how Cortense can transform your water monitoring strategy, purchase starter packs for yourself, get in touch with our team today.
