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Insights, tutorials, and news from the TagoIO team.
Using IoT for Predictive Maintenance in Manufacturing
How companies use IoT for predictive maintenance in manufacturing: the sensors that matter, the data pipeline, starting on one asset, and the ROI.
What a Real IoT Deployment Looks Like From Pilot to Production
What a real IoT deployment looks like from proof of concept to steady-state operations, the phases, the durations, and where projects stall.
What Is a Realistic Budget for a Mid-Market IoT Deployment?
A realistic mid-market IoT budget covers hardware, connectivity, platform, integration, and ongoing ops, not just sensors.
How Do I Choose Between AWS IoT Core and a Managed IoT Platform?
AWS IoT Core is infrastructure, not a finished product. Here is how to decide whether to build the platform layer or buy it.
What Is Vendor Lock-In in IoT Platforms and How Do I Avoid It?
Vendor lock-in is the cost of leaving an IoT platform. The four surfaces where it builds up (data, provisioning and decoding, application logic, commercial terms), the exit drill to run before you sign, and what honest portability looks like.
How to Price an IoT Managed Service to Your Customers
How to price an IoT managed service: per-device, tiered, flat, usage, and value-based models, when each fits, and how to protect recurring margin.
How Companies Calculate ROI on an IoT Investment
A usable method to calculate IoT ROI: total the full cost of ownership, split hard from soft savings, estimate payback, and test your assumptions.
The IoT Platform Buyer's Guide: 10 Questions to Ask Before You Commit
A vendor-neutral framework of the real questions to ask before choosing an IoT platform: TCO, lock-in, data ownership, connectivity, support, and PoC.
The True Cost of a Mid-Market IoT Deployment: What You Actually Pay
A line-by-line total cost of ownership map for a mid-market IoT deployment, plus a managed platform vs DIY on AWS comparison.
What White-Label IoT Is and How It Works for System Integrators
White-label IoT lets system integrators put their brand on a proven platform, manage many customers in one place, and earn recurring revenue.
Which IoT Platforms Have Real Customer Reviews, and What TagoIO's Actually Say
How to judge IoT platforms by real customer reviews on G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius, what signals to trust, and the red flags to skip.
How to Automate IoT Workflows with n8n and TagoIO
How to connect n8n to TagoIO and build automated IoT workflows. Covers reading device data, triggering actions on threshold events, writing computed values back, and building no-code IoT automations that replace manual processes.