Blues, wireless connectivity for IoT applications in transportation and logistics, commercial equipment manufacturing, commercial buildings and facilities, environmental monitoring, agriculture technology, energy monitoring, and construction.
Your Cheat Code to Creating Smart Connected Products
We’ve eliminated the complexity so you can focus on what matters most: growing your business
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Building connected products doesn’t have to be so hard. Blues handles the heavy lifting with a device-to-cloud system that includes plug-and-play hardware, connectivity, cloud infrastructure and fleet management. We instantly, securely, and economically pump the data you need from your products to your application
Go from concept to business impact faster with Blues
Your Cheat Code to Creating Smart Connected Products
We’ve eliminated the complexity so you can focus on what matters most: growing your business
Building connected products doesn’t have to be so hard. Blues handles the heavy lifting with a device-to-cloud system that includes plug-and-play hardware, connectivity, cloud infrastructure and fleet management. We instantly, securely and economically pump the data you need from your products to your application. Go from concept to business impact faster with Blues.
Why Choose Blues?
From idea to market, faster than anyone else.
Reduce development cycle times, learn faster, and develop confidence sooner. With Blues, you will know that what you’re building is exactly what your customers need and that it will scale.
Sleep easy knowing your connected products are secure.
Air-gapped. Off-internet. Encrypted. Secure element. Benefit from enterprise-grade security designed-in from the start. Your customers' products and data stay protected, and your business does too.
Create and operate connected products affordably, no surprises.
No big upfront costs, no hidden fees, no carrier subscriptions, and no recurring contracts required. Only pay for what you use. Scale with confidence as your connected business grows.
Use what you already know and trust, change when needed.
Pick the wireless technologies right for your app. Rely on your favorite development tools and cloud providers. When requirements change, swap anything out without turbulence or costly redesigns.
Focus on your product, not the technical hurdles.
Enjoy easy APIs, plug-and-play wireless technologies, and zero-touch provisioning. Leverage our world-class engineering across low-power, modems, carriers, certification, device management, and more.
Scale with your customers
Your products can adapt to any customer, anywhere, anytime.
Remotely tailor product behaviors and data flows to suit any customer's requirements. Scale from 10 to 10M. Provision and manage products exactly as you want and as your customers need.
Whether you own the business, product, tech stack (or all three!), we're ready to chat or to help you dive right in.
Featured Industries
Transportation and Logistics
Enable fuel savings. Ensure cargo integrity. Improve driver safety. From connected batteries to intelligent container locks to remotely monitored tractor-trailer systems, smart connected products are reshaping Transportation and Logistics by saving money, improving safety and compliance, and increasing customer satisfaction.
Commercial Buildings and Facilities
Smart elevators, HVAC controls, and water management. Smart connected products are re-defining operations in the Commercial Buildings and Facilities sector while lowering operating costs, strengthening safety and security, preventing equipment failures, and enhancing tenant satisfaction.
Commercial
Equipment
Increase equipment uptime. Eliminate spoilage. Improve output quality. Enhance safety. From self-diagnosing refrigeration to remote-pump monitoring to intelligent brew control, Commercial Equipment Manufacturers are increasing customer satisfaction while driving new revenue streams with smart connected products.
Use Cases
Increase uptime by remotely monitoring the condition of your connected products so you can act before a failure occurs. Data-driven predictive maintenance eliminates costly outages, increases customer satisfaction and boosts everyone’s P&L.
Improve energy management by connecting your products to gain real-time visibility, generate predictive insights, and enable your own automated controls. Reduce energy consumption, improve equipment efficiency and lower costs, while increasing sustainability and meeting compliance needs.
Eliminate costly and unnecessary truck rolls by connecting your products to deliver real-time visibility into when maintenance or top ups are actually needed, instead of on a fixed schedule. Increase customer satisfaction with proactive, data-driven, perfectly-timed service visits. Learn more about how Blues eliminates unnecessary truck rolls.
Connect your products to enhance safety and security through continuous monitoring, event detection, and automated alerts. Protect people, vehicles, cargo, and operations. Cost-effectively meet safety regulations and prove compliance. Learn more how Blues enhances safety and security.
Reduce theft and eliminate spoilage by connecting your products with uninterrupted global coverage, using sensor telemetry and real-time location to protect equipment and inventory. Avoid preventable and costly losses which disrupt operations. Learn more about how Blues helps reduce theft and reduces spoilage.
Whether you own the business, product, tech stack (or all three!), we're ready to chat or to help you dive right in.
Why Customers Love Us
By using the Blues platform, we saved about 12 months of R&D time, getting us to market about a year sooner.
Jamie Fox
Director, Technology and CRM
I like working with Blues because it solves several very important problems for me that I no longer have to worry about.
Danny Wilson
Founder and CEO
Since integrating the Notecard. Our operational runtime is extremely high - you can almost say it's never down.
Bill Kezele
President
You could have a whole department to keep devices running—or you can hire Blues.
Rob Wurth
CEO
Blues aligns perfectly with our own mission to transform industries through cutting-edge technology.
David Mackenzie
VP of Product Development
We now forecast a 10X factor in cost savings for our smart crane system. Blues provides lower up-front costs than a traditional system.
Karen Norheim
President and CEO
FAQs
How can I quickly connect my IoT device to the cloud?
Blues makes it easy to connect any IoT device to the cloud in minutes using our Notecard modules and Notehub platform. With just a few lines of JSON, your device can securely send data to the cloud—no complex setup or custom firmware required.
Want to know more? Contact Us for a free no obligation chat!
What is the best low-power cellular module for IoT?
Our Notecard Cellular is an ultra-low-power, plug-and-play module designed for long battery life and global coverage. It includes 10 years of data and 500MB of usage with no monthly fees or contracts. Perfect for remote, embedded, or battery-operated IoT deployments.
Custom modules like the Notecard XP are also available for large scale deployments and help reduce total bill of materials by using only components your application requires.
Is there an IoT connectivity solution with no subscriptions?
Yes! Every Notecard includes 500MB of bundled data that's good for up to 10 years and has no contracts and no subscriptions. You get predictable pricing and complete cost control, even at scale. Visit our Pricing page to learn more.
How can I secure my IoT devices without managing certificates or TLS?
Blues handles security for you. Notecards include built-in ECC certificates and use encrypted, off-internet communications to send data to Notehub. You don’t need to manage credentials or certificate renewal.
What’s the easiest way to prototype and scale a connected device?
Blues offers a full ecosystem of Notecards for easy connectivity, and Notecarriers for easy prototyping. We also offer design support through our MinSpin program. Whether you're building a prototype or scaling to thousands of devices, Blues can help streamline the entire development lifecycle.
Can I add satellite backup to my IoT solution?
Yes. With Starnote, Blues enables satellite connectivity via Skylo for global fallback or primary communication. It’s fully integrated into our API and Notehub so you can switch from cellular to satellite with little or no code changes.
How do I route IoT data securely to AWS, Azure, or Snowflake?
Is there a unified API for cellular, WiFi, and satellite IoT?
Yes! Our family of Notecard modules support the four main different communication modes: cellular, WiFi, satellite, and LoRa. All of them use the same developer-friendly API so you can switch Notecards without needing to rewrite your application code. Some of our Notecards even support multiple communication modes like our Notecard Cell+WiFi.
How can I monitor and manage a fleet of IoT devices remotely?
With Notehub, you get built-in fleet management tools: real-time overviews, location mapping, alerts, OTA firmware updates, and device diagnostics. It works at any scale, securely and efficiently.
Does Blues offer design help for connected hardware?
Through our MinSpin and Proof of Concept (PoC) programs, Blues can provide suggestions and feedback for product design, firmware consulting, and manufacturing guidance to help you go from idea to production faster and more cost-effectively.
We also have built a catalog of trusted partners who are skilled experts ready to help you build your connected devices.