PINE64

Pine64 has set out to create a single simple board computer that is smart and affordable. In practice that means building software for you when nothing off the shelf fits.

The natural audience is companies with a specific process to automate. Alongside the main category they mention 3D Printing. They are a very small team, 1 to 10 people, which usually shapes who they work with. You will probably talk to the people who build it, which is great until you need 24/7 support.

PINE64 is based in Fremont, California and founded in 2015. More on pine64.com.

Our checklist for this category: portfolio relevance, who owns the code, and how they handle changes. A short pilot with your real data tells you more than any demo.

If you have worked with PINE64, tell the next buyer what you paid and what surprised you. That is the part of this page we cannot write.