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Particle has been acquired by Digi! Read a letter from our founder. - particle.io

· 5 days ago

Buy if you're a product team shipping connected hardware at scale — devices, SIMs, and cloud in one stack. Skip if you're a hobbyist, prototype-only, or wary of lock-in and post-acquisition changes.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 14 public sources. Many results referred to unrelated 'Particle' brands (skincare, health data, particle physics) and were excluded.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usable evidence found
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo usable evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Teams shipping cellular IoT products
  • Fleets needing managed device cloud
  • Industrial IoT deployments
  • Prototype-to-production hardware teams

Not for

  • Hobbyists — LTE hardware plus cloud fees stack up fast
  • One-off prototypes with no fleet plans
  • Teams wanting cloud-agnostic or self-hosted setups
  • Buyers avoiding vendor risk mid-acquisition

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Per-device cloud fees: users raise costs even with no device usage

medium

Hardware, SIM, and cloud are coupled — migrating fleets away is disruptive

medium

Third-party SIM cards trigger separate cloud costs per community reports

medium

Digi acquisition may shift pricing, terms, and roadmap after close

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Named a G2 leader in the IoT platforms grid
  • 8,500+ enterprises cited as customers
  • Built to replace fragmented IoT tooling with one integrated stack
  • Published security docs, responsible-disclosure program, and Log4j response
  • $143M raised, including a $40M Series C

Cons

  • Acquired by Digi — roadmap and pricing continuity unclear
  • Users question cloud costs when devices sit idle
  • Cloud lock-in debated: community asks if Particle cloud is mandatory
  • Reddit users debate whether LTE boards justify their cost

Sources & method

- 14 sources - Published security docs and a responsible-disclosure program; no unpatched critical issues surfaced in sources reviewed.

official x3review x5security x3news x3
  • Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) response, Particle published community guidance acknowledging and addressing the Log4j vulnerability.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 14

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Community flags cloud costs for idle devices
  • Ease of use. No usable evidence found
  • Feature depth: 4/5. G2 IoT platforms grid leader (2022)
  • Support quality. No usable evidence found
  • Security posture: 4/5. Security docs, disclosure program, Log4j response
  • $143M Funding raised incl. $40M Series C (2019)
  • 8,500+ Customers enterprises, per case studies
  • $20M Est. revenue Owler estimate

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

Published security docs and a responsible-disclosure program; no unpatched critical issues surfaced in sources reviewed.

  • Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) responseParticle published community guidance acknowledging and addressing the Log4j vulnerability.11

What users say

reviews are thin: G2 hosts a Device Cloud review page, while community forums surface recurring cost and lock-in questions.

Full analysis

Based on 14 public sources. Many results referred to unrelated 'Particle' brands (skincare, health data, particle physics) and were excluded.

Serious IoT platform for hardware fleets; cost, lock-in, and the Digi acquisition give smaller buyers pause.

Methodology

Based on 14 public sources. Many results referred to unrelated 'Particle' brands (skincare, health data, particle physics) and were excluded.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Particle is being acquired by Digiparticle.io
    official
  2. Particle Device Cloud Reviews — G2g2.com
    review
  3. Particle named a leader in G2 grid for IoT platformsparticle.io
    official
  4. Particle raises $20M to clean up IoT chaos — Forbesforbes.com
    news
  5. Particle funding and valuation — CB Insightscbinsights.com
    news
  6. Particle IoT case studies — 8,500+ enterprisesparticle.io
    official
  7. Cloud pricing with no usage — Particle Communitycommunity.particle.io
    review
  8. Is it mandatory to use the particle cloud? — Particle Communitycommunity.particle.io
    review
  9. 3rd party SIM card cloud costs — Particle Communitycommunity.particle.io
    review
  10. Are Particle LTE boards worth it? — Reddit r/IOTreddit.com
    review
  11. Regarding the Log4j vulnerability — Particle Communitycommunity.particle.io
    security
  12. Particle responsible disclosure programparticle.io
    security
  13. Particle product security pageparticle.io
    security
  14. Particle revenue estimate — Owlerowler.com
    news

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