What you'd build yourself — if you had six months.
Most IoT teams end up building device management from a patchwork: a self-hosted MQTT broker, a custom OTA server, Let's Encrypt for certificates, CloudWatch for logs, and a spreadsheet for tracking firmware versions. It works until it doesn't.
The Alternative to Duct-Taping Five Services Together
Koios replaces the patchwork with a single platform purpose-built for device operations.
| Capability | The DIY Approach | Koios |
|---|---|---|
| Device Identity | Shared API keys or self-managed CA | HSM-backed PKI with BYOCA and mTLS |
| Firmware Updates | Custom OTA server, no rollback | Staged rollout rings, health gates, auto-rollback |
| Log Collection | MQTT → broker → ELK/Loki | Direct log streaming to managed OpenObserve |
| Device Monitoring | Custom telemetry pipeline or nothing | Built-in memory, CPU, and resource telemetry |
| Certificate Rotation | Manual, if at all | Automated lifecycle with expiry alerts |
| Manufacturing Provisioning | Scripts and spreadsheets | API-driven batch provisioning with audit trail |
Device IdentityEdge-Native PKI
HSM-backed certificates with mTLS authentication.
Issue, rotate, and revoke at scale. Bring your own CA or use ours. Every device gets a unique X.509 certificate from a chain of trust you control.
- HSM-backed Key Encryption Keys
- Bring Your Own CA support
- mTLS device authentication
- Automated certificate lifecycle
Firmware DeliveryStaged OTA Rollouts
Canary rings, health-gated promotion, automatic rollback.
Push firmware like you push code. Delta updates for constrained networks. API-driven, so it plugs into your CI/CD pipeline.
- Configurable rollout rings
- Health-gated promotion
- Automatic rollback
- Delta updates
ObservabilityDevice Telemetry
Memory, CPU, reboot tracking, and custom metrics from constrained devices.
Fleet-wide aggregation with per-device drill-down. Threshold-based alerting before issues become incidents. Even from devices with 64KB of RAM.
- Memory and CPU telemetry
- Reboot reason classification
- Fleet-wide aggregation
- Threshold-based alerting
LoggingLog Streaming
Structured logs from devices with kilobytes of RAM.
Full-text search, alerting, and correlation with deployments. Stream logs directly from constrained devices to managed OpenObserve. No MQTT broker required.
- Real-time log streaming
- Full-text search
- Deployment correlation
- Configurable retention policies
"We were three weeks into building our own OTA system when we found Koios. We had the entire thing running in an afternoon."
Security isn't a feature. It's the architecture.
Built on infrastructure you already trust. Every byte encrypted at rest and in transit. Keys stored in dedicated HSMs. We don't sell your data. Full stop.
AES-256 at Rest
All data encrypted in storage
mTLS in Transit
Mutual authentication on every connection
HSM Key Storage
Keys never exist in plaintext
SOC 2 In Progress
Type II audit underway
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