Best 10 IoT App Platforms To Use In 2020

30 Nov Best 10 IoT App Platforms To Use In 2020

Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a system of interconnected, interrelated computing objects, digital and mechanical machines that communicate over wireless networks with any human intervention. In simple words, it is a service to bring online physical objects.

Examples of IoT applications:

• Smart home ecosystems.
• Fitbits and fit-bands.
• Smartwatches to manage phone calls and text messages.

There are popularly four types of IoT platforms, namely; Data, Connectivity, End to end, and Cloud. IoT platforms act as plumbing to connect applications to another end with the help of translating & data analyzing software, sensors & controllers, a gateway device, end application service, and a communication network.

IoT gives real-time responses and is able to handle huge data volumes from websites, applications, customers, etc. Selection of IoT platform depends upon the requirement of companies for a custom report, hardware, budget, etc.

Here is a list of 10 popular IoT platforms for app development in 2020.

1. IBM WATSON 

The IoT platform from IBM supports the security of information transmission, cloud capacity to store huge data volumes, remote device control, risk-management features, etc. This makes app development highly productive and easier.

It allows designers to manage real-time information extracted from connected devices at various levels. IBM ensures the integrity of IoT solutions with a well-designed and secured platform.

Other features:

• AI and analytics
• Flexible solutions
• Domain expertise

Starting Price: $500 per instance/month.

2. GOOGLE CLOUD

It is a multi-level secured architecture. Moreover, it provides solutions for smart buildings & cities, operational efficiency, etc.

Other Features:

• Location intelligence
• Machine learning skill for all IoT needs
• Real-time asset tracking
• Support for all types of operating systems
• AI capabilities

Starting Price: $1758 per month

3. ORACLE IoT

It allows devices to connect to the cloud and perform data analysis in real-time. Also, Oracle and non-oracle IoT devices and applications are supported by it using the REST API.

Features:

• High-speed messaging, device virtualization, and endpoint management to connect
• It lets you create an IoT application and connect an object to Android, Java, Javascript, C POSIX, and iOS.
• Data enrichment and steam processing for data analysis
• It helps in extending ERP, customer experience applications, supply chain, and HR.

Starting Price: $2.2513 OCPU per hour/per month (for Universal credit services)
$2500 OCPU per hour/per month (for Non-metered services)

4. AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)

AWS IoT Core is a managed cloud service. It supports MQTT, lightweight communication protocol, and HTTP.

Features:

• Access to other AWS services like Amazon Quicksight, AWS Lambda, and Amazon Kinesis, etc.
• Capable to process a large volume of messages
• The application can be tracked and communicated even without a connection.
• Secure and reliable platform to route messages to AWS endpoints

Price: Pay-as-you-go approach for pricing, details are on the website. With 12 months free trial period.

5. SALESFORCE IoT CLOUD

With the help of Salesforce IoT cloud, all data generated from sensors, partners, customers, and devices can be transformed into relevant actions. It has partnerships with Cisco Systems, AWS, etc.

Features:

• Data can be imported from any source, using RESTful API
• While creating and managing orchestration rules, a CS degree is not required
• Provides real data about product performance and usage
• Business ideas can be tested without programming

Starting price: Different plans as per the need from $50 to $150

6. PARTICLE

It provides IoT solutions for device cloud, hardware, apps, and connectivity. For connectivity, it provides three products; Wi-Fi, Cellular, and Mesh. IoT software like IoT Rules Engine, Device OS, developer tools, and Device cloud.

Features:

• Firewall-protected cloud
• Robust reliable infrastructure
• Easy to use, without any expertise
• Even if it is on Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, etc it can work on data.

Starting Price:
For Mesh $15 per device
For Cellular $49 per device
For Wi-Fi $25 per device

7. CISCO IoT CLOUD: It is a cloud-based software suite for mobile operators. Cisco covers data management, security, and networking for IoT solutions.

Features:

• Updates for every level of the network are provided
• Real-time and granular visibility
• Prevents control system from human errors & attacks
• Enhance visibility & control by a centralized security system and defending malware & intrusion.

Starting Price: Need to contact the company for pricing details.

8. SAMSUNG ARTIK CLOUD

It gives solutions for cloud services, hardware, and software. It has a collaboration with a lot of products like Amazon Echo, FitBit, Automatic, etc.

Features:

• Privacy management is built-in
• Ability to collect different types of data like continuous, historic, discrete, and real-time
• Monetization of data given by IoT devices
• Built-in security for user interactions, devices, and apps
• Monitor the connectivity of cloud devices

Starting Price: $15 per one million messages (for a small business plan). Also, there is a free trial plan. Contact the company for details of the enterprise plan.

9. IRI VORACITY

It is a fast and affordable solution for integration, governance, data discovery, analytics, and migration. It can report, anonymize, transform device data streaming via MQTT or Kafka.

Features:

• Consolidated data transformation, masking, filtering, cleansing, and reporting
• Replicates, leverages, migrates, and subsets IoT data for data lakes, playbooks, archival, and analytics.
• It has a small footprint data manipulation engine for fast aggregation on the edge.
• Universal forwarder, add-on, and app for direct indexing and fast preparation of spunk
• Runs on a huge range of Unix, Windows platforms, and Linux from a z/Linux and Raspberry Pi mainframe

Starting Price: Depends on the volume and components needed; 3-5 figures per hostname per year.

10. MICROSOFT AZURE IoT SUITE

It is designed to cater to different industry needs from retail to manufacturing to transportation. It is best for predictive maintenance, connected products, remote monitoring, and smart spaces.

Features:

• It provides two solutions; open-source IoT templates and IoT SaaS
• Both experts and beginners can use it
• An open platform is provided to create a robust application

Starting price: There are product-wise pricing categories, depending on the industry needs. Contact the website for details.

CONCLUSION

On the whole, all top 10 IoT app development platforms available in 2020 are good to go, depending on the business needs. However, it can be concluded that Particle, Google Cloud Platform, and Salesforce IoT are much easier to use. Because they provide good community support and industrial IoT solutions.