Losant Enterprise IoT Platform vs OpenRemote

Losant Enterprise IoT Platform is a low-code platform for building real-time connected IoT solutions. Its Visual Workflow Engine provides drag-and-drop tools for logic and orchestration across cloud and edge environments. Experience Views support multi-tenant applications, custom branding and domains, and built-in authentication or enterprise SSO. Device features include digital twins, an MQTT broker, webhooks, and real-time two-way command and control. The platform offers dashboards, Jupyter notebook execution for batch analytics, and integrations with cloud AI/ML services. Edge capabilities include Modbus, OPC UA, BACnet, and SNMP connectors, remote deployments, and store-and-forward for intermittent connections. Deployment can use Losant’s managed Google Cloud service, a customer’s public cloud account, or an on-premises installation. The free Developer Sandbox allows up to 10 devices and 30 days of data storage without a credit card. Launch costs $250 a month and includes 100,000 monthly payloads and 90 days of retention; Growth costs $1,000 a month. Losant states that it is SOC 2 compliant and ISO 27001 certified.

OpenRemote is an open-source IoT platform for bringing different protocols and data sources into one management system. Users define asset types and the attributes they want to track, then create automations with When-Then rules, a visual Flow Editor, or Groovy scripting. Its dashboard builder supports live monitoring, historical trend analysis, and alerts when attributes pass thresholds. Built-in protocol agents include HTTP, SNMP, ModBus, MQTT, Bluetooth, LoRaWAN, Serial, TCP, UDP, KNX, Velbus, and openWeather. Assets and attributes are accessible through a unified REST API and WebSockets. Keycloak provides OAuth2/OpenID Connect and role-based access control; Realms logically isolate users and data. Through Hawkbit integration, the platform supports edge-device firmware updates and security patch rollouts. OpenRemote is designed for professional integrators, including manufacturers, system integrators, and governments. It uses a container-first approach and offers Docker Compose deployment for its manager, database, identity service, and map server. The code is licensed under AGPLv3, with commercial licenses available for organizations seeking an exemption from the stated source-sharing obligation. Community support is included with the free option.