Industrial IoT visualization: Why United Manufacturing Hub chose Grafana to power its IIoT platform

United Manufacturing Hub (UMH), a startup offering an open-source industrial IoT platform, has chosen Grafana as its visualization tool due to its ability to effectively display data across all levels of a manufacturing enterprise, from boardroom KPIs to shop floor metrics. Initially gaining popularity in home automation, Grafana's ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and strong open-source community support have driven its adoption in industrial IoT settings, where it surpasses traditional industrial solutions by providing sleek, real-time visualizations without the need for complex SQL queries. Despite some limitations, such as the inability to directly send data back to industrial controllers, Grafana's integration with other open-source technologies like TimescaleDB enhances data handling and visualization capabilities, making it a preferred choice for UMH's platform. UMH also utilizes Grafana Cloud to monitor internal systems, leveraging its robust suite of services and alerting features to ensure service availability.