OpenRemote
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What is OpenRemote
OpenRemote is an open-source IoT platform used to connect devices, model assets, collect telemetry, and build dashboards and automation rules. It targets teams building smart building, energy management, and industrial monitoring solutions that need a self-hosted stack. The platform combines device connectivity (via gateways and protocols), an asset/attribute model, rules, and web/mobile UI components. It is typically deployed on customer infrastructure and extended through configuration and custom integrations.
Open-source, self-hosted control
OpenRemote is available as open source and is commonly deployed on-premises or in a customer-controlled cloud environment. This can reduce dependency on a single vendor-operated SaaS runtime and supports environments with strict data residency requirements. Teams can inspect and modify the codebase when deeper customization is required. It also enables long-term operation without mandatory per-device subscription licensing.
Asset model and rules engine
The platform includes an asset/attribute model for representing equipment, locations, and relationships, which helps organize telemetry and control points. It provides rules and automation capabilities for event-driven logic (e.g., alarms, schedules, and conditional actions). This supports building operational workflows without implementing all orchestration logic from scratch. Dashboards and UI components can be used to expose asset state to operators.
Protocol and gateway flexibility
OpenRemote supports integrating heterogeneous devices through gateways and common IoT/building protocols (implementation varies by deployment). This is useful in brownfield environments where multiple device types and vendors coexist. The platform’s integration approach can reduce the need to standardize on a single connectivity provider. It is suited to solutions that require both monitoring and control across different subsystems.
Higher implementation responsibility
Compared with fully managed IoT services, OpenRemote places more responsibility on the adopter for deployment, scaling, backups, and upgrades. Production use typically requires DevOps capabilities and operational monitoring. Integration work (device onboarding, protocol tuning, data mapping) can be non-trivial in real-world environments. Total time-to-value depends heavily on in-house skills or a systems integrator.
Ecosystem and packaged services vary
The breadth of prebuilt connectors, device management features, and packaged industry accelerators may be narrower than platforms with large commercial ecosystems. Some capabilities (e.g., advanced fleet operations, cellular connectivity management, or turnkey analytics) may require third-party components. Buyers should validate availability of supported integrations for their specific devices and protocols. Documentation and community resources can be uneven across features and versions.
Enterprise governance features may require work
Organizations with strict enterprise requirements may need to validate identity integration, multi-tenancy, auditability, and compliance controls for their use case. Security hardening and secure device provisioning processes often require additional design and operational discipline. High-scale telemetry ingestion and long-term historian/analytics patterns may require external data infrastructure. These factors can increase architecture complexity for large deployments.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Professional community | Free | Full-featured IoT platform (self-hosting); available on AWS Marketplace; community support; open-source under AGPLv3. |
| Support voucher | On request (contact sales) | Self-hosting; e-mail support on issues; training and consultancy (40 hours); voucher valid for 8 months. |
| Managed service | On request (contact sales) | Managed hosting; company CI/CD; custom mobile app; Service Level Agreement; concept development; platform feature development; training & consultancy; optional commercial license. |
Seller details
OpenRemote B.V.
Almere, Netherlands
2017
Private
https://openremote.io/
https://x.com/openremote_iot
https://www.linkedin.com/company/openremote
