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GGolioth

Consumption-priced device cloud for microcontrollers — no tiers, no seats, you pay for connections and bytes.

MCU cloudMCU (Zephyr-first)By GoliothSince 2020Open source: Device SDK (Apache-2.0)
Type
MCU cloud
How it works
One consumption meter instead of plans: $0.25 per connected device per month, $0.0095 per megabyte of OTA traffic, and separate rates for logs and streaming data. Every account gets the same features, which makes small fleets cheap and makes cost forecasting arithmetic rather than negotiation.
Targets
MCU (Zephyr-first)
Deployment
SaaS
Rollback
Manual release targeting; rollback by publishing a prior artifact
Pricing*
$50 free credits; $0.25/device/mo + $0.0095/MB · pricing page
Free tier
Yes
Open source
Device SDK (Apache-2.0)
Best for
Zephyr projects that want predictable unit cost
Notable
No tiers — same features for everyone

* Published list pricing at August 2026 (vendor pricing pages, August 2026), not a quote.

Strengths

  • Cheapest credible option at small and mid scale
  • Cost is calculable before you commit
  • Deep Zephyr integration
  • No seat licences or minimums

Trade-offs

  • Zephyr-centric — other RTOSes are less travelled
  • Metered bytes need watching on chatty fleets
  • Younger and smaller than the incumbents

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Listed for comparison as of August 2026 — not an endorsement, and Golioth did not pay for placement. See disclosure.

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