Particle vs. Watson IoT Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Particle
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Particle, from Particle Industries in San Francisco, is presented as a developer-trusted IoT platform to gain insights into operations, accelerate productivity, and build new revenue streams. The platform also supports IoT device management, enabling users to monitor IoT products with end-to-end visibility in order to provide oversight and control.N/A
Watson IoT Platform
Score 8.5 out of 10
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The IBM Watson IoT Platform is an Internet-of-things is a managed cloud-hosted solution supporting device connectivity, control, visualization, and overall device visibility and management. It provides a UI where users can add and manage devices, control access to IoT service, and monitor usage. With its device management service, users can perform device actions like rebooting or updating firmware, receive device diagnostics and metadata, or perform bulk device addition and removal.N/A
Pricing
ParticleWatson IoT Platform
Editions & Modules
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ParticleWatson IoT Platform
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
ParticleWatson IoT Platform
Internet of Things
Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
Particle
9.2
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Watson IoT Platform
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Ratings
IoT Device Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Device Security7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
IoT Data Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
IoT Analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
IoT Integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Enterprises
AWS IoT Core
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Score 9.5 out of 10

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User Ratings
ParticleWatson IoT Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.4
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ParticleWatson IoT Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Particle Industries, Inc
We used in mostly all cases in our company. It is best for beginner users and for getting started for IoT Developers. You can give it to any beginner and they can easily learn in just a few minutes. I can say the best product for the starter projects. Everything is just fab!
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IBM
For large companies with large-scale manufacturing, electronics management, and infrastructures that require lots of maintenance, IBM Watson IoT is a must-have. It greatly increases performance, decreases downtime, and is an all-around great management dashboard. This is best for infrastructures that have a larger infrastructures of IoT devices in an enterprise/manufacturing setting, otherwise IBM Watson may not bring many benefits to your team.
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Pros
Particle Industries, Inc
  • Particle is simple to use and accessible to any user.
  • The servers housed in the data center allow us to respond to any problem
  • Through the interface the data is analyzed in a very simple way.
  • Ideal interface for the exploitation of our devices, computers and mobile phones.
  • The interface for iOTs allows us to interact with the system in a few steps.
  • It allows, among other things, the display of information calculated from the data collected from different iOTs, in an understandable way.
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IBM
  • The asset information is available in both static and dynamic format (from thermal images, to OEM data, to time series data). The ability to ingest all the information using a single platform has great value.
  • Another benefit is a seamless integration with Maximo. This has been a challenge with other 3rd party systems available.
  • The experience of IBM Maximo systems updates is positive.
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Cons
Particle Industries, Inc
  • For Advanced programs, a bit complicated to programme.
  • Pin Limitations (Photon DevKit).
  • Pricing is high compared to others.
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IBM
  • Some of the tutorials could use a little more improvement - While there is a considerable amount of documentation, most of the good documentation for Watson IoT we found to be from third-parties.
  • Administration and billing tools could use a bit more improvement - The UI is a bit clunky and poorly-designed here.
  • Be prepared to work with IBM support to get this going - Their turn-around support for inquiries can be lengthy, and setup time may also be quite lengthy because of this.
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Support Rating
Particle Industries, Inc
Efficient integration of multiple devices very well integrated and with a minimum implementation time.
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IBM
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Alternatives Considered
Particle Industries, Inc
I have used other IoT Development Modules like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and others. Most of all starter kit doesn't come with WiFi or Cellular built-in. Arduino is a basic module where you have to add WiFi or Cellular manually in it. Raspberry Pi has WiFi but it cannot be used for small or medium use cases, it can be used in advanced and complex systems building and it is costlier.
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IBM
Predix has recently launched their Asset Performance management Unified system. I am keen to see how it stacks up against Watson.
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Return on Investment
Particle Industries, Inc
  • It ensures very good results, with recovery of the investment in a short time.
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IBM
  • Positive - This tool greatly increases most company's manufacturing and production efficiency, and the use-cases are extensive. It was a great way of decreasing down-time for us.
  • Negative - Took lots of work and energy to get up and running, we had to rely on IBM support and tutorials many times during this process.
  • Positive - Quite cheap, most of the tiers of pricing cost very little, and it's possible to use Watson IoT for a few months for free to see if it is beneficial for your company.
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