IoT Cloud Platform Landscape
11/01/2019
Featured
A closer look at an innovative platform in the IoT Platform market
Publicly Traded
IoT Cloud Platform solutions backed by large publicly traded companies.
Highlights
- Our end-to-end ecosystem strategy means you don’t have to develop your own modules, network stack, or cloud on-boarding
- Java/Android, ObjC (iOS and Mac), Python, Ruby and more SDKs.
- REST/HTTP, websockets, MQTT, and CoAP support
Reviews
User & Technical
Highlights
- Runs on cloud infrastructure as a white-label subscription service.
- Customers have managed up to 500,000 assets and 100,000 device messages per second
- M2M/IoT protocol and data format adapters: CoAP, UDP, HTTP, Modbus, XMPP, DDS, MQTT and Vendor-Specific M2M Technologies
Highlights
- Supports HTTP, WebSockets, and MQTT
- Rules Engine can route messages to AWS endpoints including AWS Lambda, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon S3, Amazon Machine Learning, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon Elasticsearch Service with built-in Kibana integration
- Create a persistent, virtual version, or “shadow,” of each device that includes the device’s latest state
Highlights
- Supports over 60 regulatory frameworks worldwide.
- Predix Services
- Based on Pivotal Cloud Foundry
Reviews
User & Technical
Highlights
- Take advantage of Google’s heritage of web-scale processing, analytics, and machine intelligence.
- Utilizes Google's global fiber network (70 points of presence across 33 countries) for ultra-low latency
Highlights
- Easily integrate Azure IoT Suite with your systems and applications, including Salesforce, SAP, Oracle Database, and Microsoft Dynamics
- Azure IoT Suite packages together Azure IoT services with preconfigured solutions.
- Supports HTTP, Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP), and MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT).
- Gateway SDK
Reviews
User & Technical
Highlights
- Coldlight - IoT Analytics
- Augmented Reality Integration (Vuforia Studio Enterprise)
- Edge Microserver & "Always On"SDK
Reviews
User & Technical
Highlights
- Connect data from every device, sensor, website, and interaction with Salesforce to get a more complete view of your customers.
- AppExchange Products
- Built on scalable event processing engine (Thunder), designed to ingest and analyze billions of connected events
Highlights
- The messaging broker supports connections using native MQTT and WebSockets MQTT.
- Xively provides a C client library for use on devices
- Xively provides an application for integrating connected products into the Salesforce Service Cloud.
Highlights
- ARM mbed OS IoT Starter Kit
- Zatar offers an open Application API for creating custom applications, a Device API for connecting smarter devices and a portfolio of IoT applications for implementing IoT solutions.
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Apps
User & Technical
WebNMS Platform
Open Source
Data management services with open source licenses
Featured
Kaa Platform
Highlights
- Open Source
- Hardware Integrations
- Licensed under Apache Software License 2.0
- Horizontally scalable - can handle millions of devices
Macchina Platform
Highlights
- Open Source
- macchina.io implements a web-enabled, modular and extensible C++ and JavaScript runtime environment
- Runs on Embedded Linux devices with as little as 32 MB of RAM
User & Technical
SiteWhere Platform
Highlights
- CPAL 1.0 open source license
- Connect devices with MQTT, AMQP, Stomp, and other protocols
- Integrates with Azure EventHub
User & Technical
ThingSpeak Platform
Highlights
- Free SIgnup
- Analyze and visualize your data with MATLAB. RESTful and MQTT APIs.
- Hardware Support
User & Technical
DIY Friendly
Popular maker friendly platforms with integration with Arduino, Raspi and other DIY hardware platforms
Carriots Platform
Highlights
- Wide range of compatible hardware
- Make it smart using our SDK; Java scripting power at your fingertips with Groovy
- Create listeners, rules and trigger actions
Reviews
User & Technical
Initial State Platform
Highlights
- Works with wide range of languages, devices and other online services like Arduino, Particle and AWS Lambda
- Free two week trial with pricing starting at $30/Month for individuals and $130 for Businesses.
LOSANT Platform
Highlights
- Drag-and-drop reaction editor and data visualizations
- Wide range of supported Hardware
- Losant provides open source SDKs for Arduino and Node.js
Highlights
- Operator of Cayenne - The world's first drag-and-drop project builder developed to quickly design and prototype projects
- Quickly connect your Raspberry Pi with our mobile app and manage your IoT projects
- Endpoint agents and the Web clients are abstracted with myDevices’ cloud server
Temboo Platform
Highlights
- Work with any programming language, embedded device, sensor, actuator, and cloud service to retrofit existing equipment, build new infrastructure, or explore new business opportunities.
- 10 Different SDKs
- A line of pre-built applications including for Gas leak and soil quality monitoring
Ubidots Platform
Highlights
- Allows you to assign devices to customers, set usage limits and get reports for billing purposes
- Wide range of supported hardware devices.
- White Labeled dashboards
End-to-End Platforms
Overview of IoT platforms designed from the ground up based on supplied hardware
Samsara Platform
Highlights
- Products combine plug-and-play sensors, wireless connectivity, and rich cloud-hosted software
- Includes end-to-end solutions for Fleet tracking, and Industrial IoT applications like remote monitoring for Cold Chain and Condition.
- Wide range of Gateway types, environmental monitoring sensors and camera modules all tied into cloud service and dashboards
User & Technical
Highlights
Website
Particle Cloud
Highlights
- Full-Stack: Hardware, firmware, software and cloud
- WiFi and Cellular-connected hardware
- SIM and Fleet Management (MVNO service)
Connectivity Driven
Comparison of providers where connectivity is the primary entry point to data management platform
Highlights
- Pay-As-You-Go Plans (Coverage in 100 Counties)
- Safely deploy and manage firmware across your devices
- integrate your product with other web services
Provider List Comparison
A directory list of platform providers based on feature sets, hardware/language support, etc
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Additional resources
Common IoT Platform Features
Edge | System Management & Connections | Insights & Actions |
---|---|---|
Device / User Management | Cloud Connectors | Dashboards / Visualizations / Apps |
Roles & Permissioning | Event Logic / Alerts | Application Builders |
Local Cloud Gateway | Subscriptions / Billing | Data Marketplaces |
Libraries Adapters / SDKs | APIs | Turn-key Vertical Applications |
Security & Access Controls | OTA firmware and software updates | Predictive / Prescriptive Analytics |
Identity Management | Storage / App Hosting | Voice Interface / AR / MR / VR Integrations |
In-depth Technical Comparisons
- Azure IoT Vs AWS IOT | Paolo Patierno | 2/5/2016
- Azure IoT vs AWS IoT (form submission required) | VDC Research | 3/2016
Making a decision:
- What to Look for in an Industrial Internet of Things Cloud Platform - Engineering.com 12/2016
- Choosing an IoT System? Ask These 8 Questions to Platform Providers - ElectronicDesign 9/2016
- The CIO Checklist For Choosing The Right Enterprise IoT Platform - Forbes 4/2016
- Top 4 considerations for choosing an iot platform-enabled solution - Fastream 11/2015
Paid Research and Market Reports (IoT Market Reports)
- Machnation Platform Overview Summary (PDF) | 5/2016
- IoT-Analytics Platform Report | 1/2016
- Parks Associates Platform Report | 1Q 2016
- Gartner IoT Platform Market Guide | 7/2015
- Berg Insight Platform Report Overview (PDF)
- Markets and Markets IoT Platform Report | 11/2015
- First Analysis overview (PDF) | 9/2/2015
- Machina IoT Platforms Reports
Major Acquisitions in Platform Space
Acquired Company / Purchaser | Date | Amount
2016
- Plat.One / SAP | 9/28/2016 | N/A
- Jasper / Cisco | 3/26/2016 | $1.4B
- Solair / Microsoft | 5/3/2016 | N/A
2015
- PrismTech / Adlink | 12/14/2015 | N/A (Raised $2.32M)
- Parstream / Cisco | 11/26/2015 | N/A (Raised $13.6M)
- B+B SmartWorx / Advantech | 11/16/2015 | $99.85M
- Etherios (Digi) / West Monroe Partners | 10/26/2015 | $9M
- SeeControl / Autodesk | 8/27/2015 | N/A (Raised $5.12M)
- Mformation / Alcatel-Lucent | 9/18/215 | N/A (Raised $40.13M)
- 2lemetry / Amazon | 3/2015 | N/A (Raised $4M)
- ProSyst / Bosch | 2/16/2015 | N/A
2014
2013
- Thingworx / PTC | 12/30/2013 | $112M
- ILS / Telit | 9/12/2013 $8.5M
- Sensinode / ARM | 8/27/2013 | N/A (Raised $1.37M)
2012
- Etherios / Digi | 11/1/2012 | $20.5M
- nPhase / Verizon Wireless | 1/5/2012 | N/A
2011
- SensorLogic / Gemalto | 12/20/2011 | N/A (Raised $30M)
- Pachube (Now Xively) / Logmein | 7/20/2011 | N/A
View Complete list of IoT acquisitions here.