Losant and TagoIO occupy the same category, application enablement platforms that turn device data into finished products, and both serve OEMs and system integrators building customer-facing solutions. The comparison got a new variable in February 2026, when SUSE acquired Losant to fold it into its industrial edge portfolio. What follows compares the platforms as they stand, with that transition noted where it matters.
Losant is an enterprise IoT platform founded in 2015 in Cincinnati and acquired by SUSE on February 19, 2026. Its centerpiece is the Visual Workflow Engine, a drag-and-drop logic builder that runs in the cloud, on gateways through the Gateway Edge Agent (a Docker container executing workflows locally, speaking Modbus, OPC-UA, BACnet, and similar protocols), and on constrained devices through the Embedded Edge Agent (WebAssembly). End User Experiences provide multi-tenant, white-labeled web applications with custom domains. Pricing is quote-based enterprise licensing, with SUSE’s plans for packaging still taking shape.
TagoIO is a full-stack IoT platform from TagoIO Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina): 500+ device connectors, MQTT and HTTPS ingestion, time-series storage with retention configurable to 9 years, Blueprint dashboards, serverless Analysis scripts in Node.js, Deno, or Python, Actions for rules, and TagoRUN white-label portals with user management and a mobile app option. TagoDeploy provides dedicated instances in 12+ AWS regions, and TagoCore is its free, open-source edge engine. Pricing is published: free tier, Starter at $49/month, Scale at $199/month, TagoDeploy from $850/month.
Application logic: visual workflows vs. serverless code
This is the clearest philosophical difference. Losant expresses application logic as visual workflows, nodes wired on a canvas, one model spanning cloud, gateway, and embedded targets. Teams that think in flowcharts, and integrators who staff more solution engineers than programmers, tend to be productive in it quickly, and the cloud-to-embedded consistency is distinctive.
TagoIO expresses logic as code. Analysis scripts are ordinary programs in Node.js, Deno, or Python, versionable in git, testable, using npm or Python libraries, triggered by data conditions, schedules, dashboard interactions, or API calls. Developers tend to prefer it for anything beyond routing: complex business rules, integrations with ERPs and billing, statistical processing with pandas, and analytics that turn telemetry into forecasts and predictions.
Neither model is objectively ahead; they select for different teams.
End-user delivery
Both platforms treat the customer-facing application as a product feature rather than an afterthought, which sets them apart from infrastructure clouds. Losant’s End User Experiences give full control over a white-labeled web application, pages, authentication, custom domains, inside the platform. TagoRUN takes a more packaged approach: branded portal with themes and custom domain, user signup and access policies, custom email templates, and a published-price mobile app under your own name. Experiences offer deeper UI control; TagoRUN reaches a branded deliverable with less build.
Edge
Losant’s edge story is a strength: workflows run unchanged from cloud to Docker gateways to WebAssembly on embedded targets, and industrial protocol support lives in the Gateway Edge Agent. Under SUSE, this edge orientation is the stated strategic direction.
TagoIO’s TagoCore is a free, open-source edge engine distributed as a Docker image, running on hardware from Raspberry Pi upward with a plugin architecture for databases, parsers, and custom extensions. It covers local collection and processing synced to the cloud platform; deep industrial protocol work at the edge is more packaged in Losant’s agents.
Pricing and the transition question
Losant has historically priced through custom enterprise quotes, without public tiers, and the SUSE acquisition leaves packaging and roadmap questions that prospective buyers should put directly to SUSE: pricing continuity, platform independence, and how Losant fits SUSE’s Kubernetes-centered stack.
TagoIO publishes its pricing, from a free tier through Starter and Scale to TagoDeploy dedicated instances, with usage measured in data transactions, storage, Analysis minutes, notifications, and end users, and a public cost calculator. For teams that want to model costs before a sales conversation, that transparency is itself a feature. TagoIO remains an independent company.
The bottom line
Losant suits enterprises and integrators invested in visual workflow development, deep white-label UI control, and industrial edge deployments, particularly those aligned with SUSE’s infrastructure direction, and willing to work through quote-based licensing.
TagoIO fits teams that prefer code over canvases, published pricing over quotes, and a managed platform with a self-serve start, from free prototype to dedicated regional instances, without an ownership transition to monitor.