Case Study: SmartyPlants achieves reliable remote firmware updates with Golioth OTA

SmartyPlants scales to 2,000 customers with Golioth OTA

SmartyPlants, a UK-based startup creating smart plant monitors, faced the challenge of needing a reliable way to manage their devices after shipment. They required a robust cloud infrastructure to handle over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates, as without it, they would be unable to fix bugs or add features for a global customer base. Their initial solution was too limiting, and major cloud providers were too complex for their small team.

By implementing the Golioth platform, SmartyPlants gained a production-grade OTA update system with automatic rollback protection. This solution allowed their single firmware engineer to integrate a complete IoT backend, enabling confident, staged firmware rollouts. As a result, SmartyPlants scaled to over 2,000 customers worldwide, avoided infrastructure overhead, and ensured no failed update ever left a device permanently broken. Golioth provided the managed infrastructure that allowed the team to focus entirely on their product and growth.

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