Plum

Plum is a industrial automation product. The Plum Lightpad is the most advanced WiFi light dimmer available. Put simply, it is about connecting machines, sensors and robots to software that controls or monitors them.

The natural audience is manufacturers and operators. They also list Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Hardware, Internet of Things and Lighting, so expect those to show up in the feature set. As a small product team themselves (11 to 50 people), they tend to serve customers of a similar scale best. Small vendors mean quick answers and real influence on the roadmap, but check who covers support when someone is out.

Plum is based in Austin, Texas. Their site is plumlife.com.

Our checklist for this category: hardware compatibility, uptime, and support. Ask for a trial on your own data, not a canned demo.

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