Golioth
IoT development tools
IoT device management platforms
IoT platforms
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What is Golioth
Golioth is a cloud platform and SDK used to connect embedded devices, manage fleets, and move device data to cloud services. It targets embedded and IoT engineering teams that need secure connectivity, remote configuration, OTA firmware updates, and observability for deployed devices. The platform emphasizes an embedded-first workflow with an open-source device SDK and common IoT protocols, plus integrations for exporting telemetry to external systems.
Embedded-focused SDK and tooling
Golioth provides an open-source device SDK intended for constrained embedded targets and common RTOS environments. This reduces the amount of custom glue code needed to implement connectivity, telemetry, and remote management features. The SDK approach also supports repeatable patterns across products and hardware variants.
Core fleet management features
The platform includes common device management capabilities such as OTA firmware updates, remote configuration, and device state/telemetry handling. These functions address typical operational needs after devices are deployed in the field. Centralized management helps teams standardize rollout and troubleshooting processes across a fleet.
Integrations for data export
Golioth supports exporting device data to external cloud services and tooling rather than requiring all analytics to live inside the platform. This fits teams that already use existing data pipelines, dashboards, or alerting systems. It can shorten time-to-integration for production deployments where data must flow to multiple destinations.
Smaller ecosystem than incumbents
Compared with more established IoT platforms, Golioth has a smaller third-party ecosystem of prebuilt connectors, device profiles, and community examples. Some integrations may require custom development or middleware. This can increase implementation effort for complex enterprise environments.
May require embedded expertise
Although the SDK simplifies many tasks, teams still need embedded engineering skills to integrate the client, manage certificates/keys, and validate behavior across networks and power conditions. Organizations without firmware resources may find onboarding harder than with more turnkey, hardware-bundled offerings. Production readiness often depends on disciplined device-side implementation and testing.
Limited built-in analytics/UI depth
Golioth focuses on connectivity and device operations rather than providing a full-featured analytics and visualization suite. Teams that need advanced dashboards, rules engines, or industrial workflow modeling may need to rely on external tools. This can add operational complexity when multiple systems are required for monitoring and reporting.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | Free | Single seat; Unlimited devices; 1 project; Community support; Includes up to 1GB OTA downloads/month and up to 200MB log storage/month free allowances (per pricing page). |
| Teams | $299 per month | Up to 20 seats; Unlimited devices; Up to 5 projects; Dedicated support; Includes up to 1GB OTA/month and up to 200MB logs/month; billed monthly. |
| Enterprise | Starting at $2,799 per month | Starting at 20 seats; Unlimited devices; Up to 100 projects; Premium support + Slack; custom security, SSO, private cloud options; contact sales for custom pricing. |
Usage-based pricing (pay-as-you-go for data services): Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go for data/usage beyond included allotments. Free tier/trial (usage): Individual (free) tier includes monthly allotments (1GB OTA, 200MB logs); Pipelines lists a 3MB free trial for that feature. No site-wide time-limited account trial is shown. Example costs (from official pricing page):
- Data Routing — PIPELINES (price per MB by monthly volume): 0–1 GB: $0.40/MB; 1–10 GB: $0.34/MB; 10–50 GB: $0.28/MB; 50–150 GB: $0.22/MB; 150–300 GB: $0.16/MB; 300–600 GB: $0.10/MB; 600–1 TB: $0.04/MB; 1 TB+: $0.01/MB.
- LIGHTDB State & Stream (optional): listed as $0.001 per MB (flat rate band shown on page).
- Location Network Positioning (price per request): 1–500,000: $0.005/request; 500,001–1,000,000: $0.004/request; 1,000,001–5,000,000: $0.003/request; 5,000,001–10,000,000: $0.0015/request; 10,000,000+: contact for pricing.
- OTA downloads (Device Management) — price per MB by monthly volume: 0–1 GB: free (included); 1–10 GB: $0.35/MB; 10–50 GB: $0.29/MB; 50–150 GB: $0.24/MB; 150–300 GB: $0.18/MB; 300–600 GB: $0.13/MB; 600–1 TB: $0.07/MB; 1 TB+: $0.01/MB.
- Log streaming — price per MB by monthly volume: 0–200 MB: free (included); 201 MB–2 GB: $0.20/MB; 2–10 GB: $0.17/MB; 10–30 GB: $0.14/MB; 30–75 GB: $0.10/MB; 75–150 GB: $0.07/MB; 150–225 GB: $0.04/MB; 225 GB+: $0.01/MB.
Discounts / billing notes: Annual prepayment and accrual over a year can provide volume discounts and up to an additional 10% savings; large-volume pricing and custom enterprise terms available via sales.
(Information sourced only from Golioth's official pricing and help pages.)
