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# Spotflow

Spotflow is an observability platform designed specifically for embedded devices. With Spotflow, you can see what is happening across your whole device fleet, detect problems early, investigate issues, and deploy firmware updates over-the-air.

Spotflow gives you dashboards for a clear view of your devices. It tracks important device metrics out of the box, and you can add custom metrics directly in your firmware for the parts of your product that matter most. You can also set up alerts so you know when something goes wrong.

When you need to investigate a problem, Spotflow lets you look at individual devices in detail. Our SDK collects logs, metrics, and crash dumps out of the box, helping you find the root cause faster.

We offer first-class integration for Zephyr RTOS, ESP-IDF, and Nordic nRF Connect SDK. Other platforms can be integrated easily using our MQTT-based protocol.

[Book a demo](https://calendly.com/spotflow/meet-with-jan) or [start for free](https://app.spotflow.io/signup). No credit card is required.

Spotflow provides fleet monitoring, crash analysis, alerting, product analytics, log querying, over-the-air firmware updates, CVE tracking in firmware, and more.

Featured Companies:

- Lely
- Agrifac
- Fodjan
- CUP&CINO
- Datamole
- Craftworks

## How Spotflow Works

### Collect Data Automatically

Add the Spotflow SDK to your firmware without changing your application code. Logs, metrics, and core dumps are collected from deployed devices and presented in purpose-built dashboards.

[Learn how to integrate your device](https://docs.spotflow.io/quickstart/zephyr).

### Monitor Your Fleet in Real Time

Build custom dashboards for real-time device health and product analytics. Set alerts for critical issues before they reach users.

[Learn about dashboards](https://docs.spotflow.io/fundamentals/dashboards).

### Update Firmware Over the Air

Deploy firmware updates securely, monitor rollout progress, and roll back an update if something goes wrong.

[Learn about OTA updates](https://docs.spotflow.io/guides/ota).

### Simplify Troubleshooting

Filter logs, metrics, and core dumps. Inspect stack traces, register values, and variable values in the web application. Spotflow AI identifies probable root causes and suggests potential fixes.

[Learn how to analyze crash reports](https://docs.spotflow.io/fundamentals/crash-reports#analyze-crash-reports-in-the-web-application).

## Deliver Reliable Firmware Faster

Spotflow helps teams quantify reliability with uptime metrics, reduce mean time to repair, and scale observability without increasing headcount.

- 50% less time spent on issue remediation
- 3x higher chance of finishing a project ahead of schedule
- 30% less manpower needed to fix firmware bugs
- 57% of project-development costs saved

These figures come from [The State of IoT Software Development](https://go.memfault.com/hubfs/The%20State%20of%20IoT%20-%20VDC%20Memfault%20Whitepaper%202024.pdf) and [The IoT Visibility Gap](https://memfault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-IoT-Visibility-Gap-Report-Memfault.pdf).

## Let AI Agents Do the Hard Work

### Quick Summary of Each Crash

Get an instant, clear understanding of every crash the moment you open the report.

### Root Cause Analysis

We automatically analyze the core dump, decompile your firmware binary, and combine it with rich contextual data to pinpoint exactly why the crash occurred.

### Suggests a Fix

Based on the root cause, our AI proposes actionable fixes, so you can resolve issues faster.

## Integrate Your Devices in Minutes

Just a few lines of configuration is enough.
Then, simply use the system as you normally would.

- [Zephyr](https://docs.spotflow.io/quickstart/zephyr)
- [nRF Connect SDK](https://docs.spotflow.io/quickstart/nordic-nrf-connect)
- [ESP-IDF](https://docs.spotflow.io/quickstart/esp-idf)
- [Other platforms using JSON or CBOR over MQTT](https://docs.spotflow.io/quickstart/mqtt)
- FreeRTOS support is coming soon
- [Spotflow device SDK on GitHub](https://github.com/spotflow-io/device-sdk)

Spotflow works with the leading hardware manufacturers like Silicon Labs, Texas Instruments, Microchip, NXP, and Renesas.

## Full Visibility at a Fraction of the Cost

Comparison for 1,000 devices:

| Platform | Monthly price |
| -------- | ------------: |
| Memfault |     EUR 3,495 |
| Spotflow |       EUR 499 |

The comparison represents 86% lower observability costs and eight times more included monthly data ingest with Spotflow.

[See Spotflow pricing](/pricing) or [compare Spotflow with Memfault](/memfault-alternative).

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What if my device is not constantly connected to the Internet?

Data will be buffered on a device and sent to the cloud once connectivity is restored. The size of the buffer is configurable.

### Does Spotflow work on constrained devices?

Yes, Spotflow SDK is designed for that. You can tune up parameters that make it runable even on limited devices.

### Is Spotflow mature enough to use it on production fleets?

Yes. Spotflow is still early-stage company, but the platform is not unproven. Its architecture and engineering team come from Datamole, where the same people ran an industrial IoT platform with 100,000+ devices in production for customers like Lely and Agrifac. Spotflow runs on production fleets today, with defined uptime and delivery commitments.

### Where is my data stored?

Spotflow runs by default in the Azure cloud, in the EU data centers. If you have specific data residency or deployment requirements, such as on-prem or US deployment, get in touch, and we will walk you through the options.

### Is Spotflow suitable for large fleets?

Yes. Scale is a core design assumption, not a roadmap item. The platform's lineage is large-scale industrial IoT, where the underlying system handled fleets well into the six figures at Datamole. The fleet management primitives are built for that scale, not retrofitted to it, so a fleet of tens of thousands of devices is a designed-for case, not an edge case.

### Can I use Spotflow together with Bluetooth, Matter, Zigbee, or similar protocols?

Yes, Spotflow can be used alongside any protocol. For the final stage of the transport, we currently support MQTT, but make sure to reach out if you have specific requirements.

### Is my data secure with Spotflow?

Your data is protected with strong security measures at every stage. In transport, your data is protected using TLS with selected secure cipher suites. Data at rest is encrypted using AES.

### What happens if I exceed my ingestion or device limit?

You’ll receive alerts and have the option to upgrade. We never drop data.

### Can I self-host Spotflow?

Not at this time—Spotflow is fully managed and cloud-native.

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