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Best IoT Companies in Ireland (Updated August 2026)

The companies in this list are ordered alphabetically by name. That is the only ordering applied, so a company's position implies no ranking, preference or assessment of quality.

A connected product needs three layers: the device and its firmware, the connectivity that gets data off it, and the platform that ingests and acts on what arrives. Almost every Irish firm listed under IoT builds the third one only. Device design stays with a hardware manufacturer you source separately, and the SIM or LoRaWAN contract runs for the life of the deployment. Published rates cover the software layer alone.

Which layer of the stack does this firm actually cover?

  • Which layers they cover. Device and firmware, connectivity, or the platform above them. Very few Irish firms do all three.
  • Security posture. Field devices are hard to patch and easy to compromise. If a supplier does not raise this, you should.
  • Who owns firmware updates. Long after launch, someone has to push updates to devices in the field. Name that party in the contract.
  • Connectivity costs. SIM, LoRaWAN or NB-IoT contracts run for the life of the deployment and are rarely in the build quote.
  • Where the ingest actually runs. Connected hardware is a cloud workload with unusual ingest requirements, and the cloud computing companies here are better placed to price that side of it.

The software is usually the cheapest part of an IoT programme. Hardware, certification and years of connectivity charges are what determine whether the business case works.

Contract questions for hardware you cannot reach

Choosing an IoT partner is less about coding skill than about which physical and operational risks the firm has actually managed before.

  • Ask what happens when a device goes offline in the field. Connectivity drops, batteries die and firmware updates fail silently. A firm that has only built the dashboard will not have a good answer.
  • Check their security track record specifically, not their software track record generally. IoT security is a distinct discipline from web security, covering device authentication, encrypted transport and credential rotation at scale. Only one firm on this list leads with it.
  • Establish data ownership and portability before signing. Sensor data has ongoing value. Confirm you can export it and switch platform providers later without starting the deployment over.
  • Confirm the firm has shipped a fleet, not a prototype. A demo with three devices behaves nothing like a rollout of three thousand. Ask for a reference deployment at real scale.

None of this shows up in a service list. It only comes out by asking direct questions about a live deployment.

The platform above the devices, and who does the devices

Most Irish IoT firms build the application and cloud layer that sits above connected devices: data ingestion, dashboards, alerts and the business logic that acts on sensor readings. What typically sits outside their scope is device and firmware design, which stays with a hardware manufacturer or a specialist the client sources separately. A smaller group also covers connectivity architecture and IoT-specific security. Two neighbouring categories carry the rest: sensor data only pays for itself once someone models it into decisions, which is what the data and analytics companies do, and firmware skill does not cover the dashboards, apps and integrations a deployment also needs, which is the software development companies list. Businesses usually bring this work in once a pilot with off-the-shelf hardware proves the idea and needs a proper platform behind it, when an existing deployment needs a security review, or when device data needs to feed into wider business systems rather than sitting in a vendor dashboard nobody uses.

Hourly bands, and the running costs nobody quotes

Published hourly rates in this file run from under €25 to €90, with most firms, including RaftLabs, Neuroons Logic Global Business and Ameware Group, sitting at €25 to €90. Cation Consulting and Squareroot solutions publish under €25. That band covers only the software layer. Common pricing models are hourly or day rates for platform and application development, and retainer arrangements for ongoing monitoring once a deployment is live. What actually moves total project cost is rarely developer time: device unit cost at scale, certification for the markets you sell into, and multi-year connectivity contracts for SIM, LoRaWAN or NB-IoT typically dwarf the software line. Treat the hourly figures here as the cost of the layer above the hardware, not the cost of the programme.

We have selected and reviewed these companies based on factors such as their services, industry experience, reputation, client portfolio, pricing where publicly available, market presence, and other relevant business metrics. The information and pricing mentioned are based on details available at the time of publication and may change over time. We recommend verifying the latest information directly with each company.

  1. 1. Ameware Group

    Best for enterprise applications and IoT

    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Team size
    10 - 49
    Hourly rate
    €25 - €45
    Founded
    2009

    Ameware Group is a technology and IT staffing provider in Sandyford, Dublin, founded in 2009 with a team of 10 to 49, working on a remote-friendly model.

    How they work

    On the IoT side the stated expertise is embedded systems: the low-level software and device applications that let hardware communicate securely. The commercial model is unusual on this page, because clients can either outsource a build or add engineers, DevOps specialists and mobile developers into their own team.

    What sets them apart

    Rates are 25 to 45 euro an hour. Sectors are consumer products, healthcare and financial services. It suits a technical director who needs engineering capacity now rather than after a hiring round. Staff augmentation means you retain project management, so it is not a hand-it-over-and-wait arrangement.

    Services

    • Custom Software Development
    • IoT Development
    • IT Staff Augmentation

    Industries

    • Consumer Products
    • Healthcare
    • Financial Services

  2. 2. Aweb Digital

    Best for smaller connected projects

    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Team size
    10 - 49
    Founded
    2016

    Aweb Digital is a Dublin digital agency founded in 2016 with a team of 10 to 49, covering web development, marketing automation and digital strategy.

    How they work

    It builds no hardware and is on this page for the layer above it: dashboards and automated workflows where a device reading has to trigger something commercial, such as updating stock, firing a marketing message or feeding a customer-facing application.

    What sets them apart

    Sectors are B2B services and e-commerce. No rate is published. It suits a business running off-the-shelf connected devices that needs the data turned into action, particularly in retail stock or footfall monitoring. For device, firmware or connectivity work, the specialists further down this list are the correct brief.

    Services

    • Web Development
    • Marketing Automation
    • Digital Strategy

    Industries

    • B2B Services
    • E-commerce

  3. 3. Cation Consulting

    Best for cloud, voice and IoT integration

    • AWS Rising Star Partner of the Year (2024)
    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Team size
    2 - 9
    Hourly rate
    < €25
    Founded
    2016

    Cation Consulting is a Dublin firm of two to nine people working on conversational AI and voice, cloud infrastructure, and IoT integration. The listing gives 2016 as the founding year and the company's own account gives 2017.

    How they work

    It is an AWS Consulting Partner and holds AWS Rising Star Partner of the Year for 2024, which is an award from the platform vendor rather than a self-description. Its own AI platform, Parly, handles natural-language automation against backend systems. The IoT work is integration: getting field data into support, marketing and reporting systems.

    What sets them apart

    Rates are under 25 euro an hour. Sectors are telecoms, finance, insurance and travel. It suits an enterprise consolidating systems inside AWS, particularly where voice control of hardware is part of the requirement.

    Services

    • Conversational AI & Voice
    • Cloud Infrastructure
    • IoT Integration

    Industries

    • Telecoms
    • Finance
    • Insurance
    • Travel

  4. 4. Evolve Technologies

    Best for IoT with business intelligence attached

    Location
    Ennis, Ireland
    Rating
    4.7 (1 review)
    Team size
    10 - 49
    Hourly rate
    €45 - €90
    Founded
    2000

    Evolve Technologies, also known as EvolveTech, has built custom software and connected systems since 2000, working from the Ennistymon Digital Hub in County Clare with a team of 10 to 49.

    How they work

    Its IoT work is framed around business intelligence rather than devices: sensor networks feeding automated reporting and Power BI dashboards, replacing manual processes in businesses that were not built around software.

    What sets them apart

    Rates are 45 to 90 euro an hour, and the listing carries 1 verified review at 4.7, too small a sample to read. Sectors are financial governance and compliance, medtech, tourism and mass transit. It suits an established business modernising a manual process, and twenty-five years of trading is the main reassurance on a deployment expected to run for years.

    Services

    • IoT & Sensor Networks
    • Business Intelligence
    • Power BI Dashboards

    Industries

    • Financial GRC
    • MedTech
    • Tourism
    • Mass Transit

  5. 5. IrishApps

    Best for software products with connected elements

    Location
    Galway, Ireland
    Team size
    2 - 9
    Hourly rate
    €45 - €90
    Founded
    2007

    IrishApps is a Galway software engineering company operating since 2007, with a team of two to nine, building mobile applications and custom software for European and US clients.

    How they work

    The stated strength is backend architecture rather than interface design: making an application behave reliably when it depends on physical devices, external sensors or cloud databases, including keeping Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cellular connections stable in the field.

    What sets them apart

    Rates are 45 to 90 euro an hour. Sectors are sports, media and pharmaceuticals. It suits a hardware manufacturer that has the device and needs the software product around it. A team of two to nine is the constraint on a large deployment, so ask what else is in the pipeline.

    Services

    • Mobile App Architecture
    • Custom Software
    • IoT Development

    Industries

    • Sports
    • Media
    • Pharmaceuticals

  6. 6. Neuroons Logic Global Business

    Best for AI, data and IoT combined

    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Team size
    50 - 249
    Hourly rate
    €25 - €45
    Founded
    2020

    Neuroons Logic Global Business was established in Dublin in 2020 as the international headquarters of OpenSistemas, a Spanish consulting firm, with 50 to 249 staff.

    How they work

    The work combines AI with device data: applying computer vision and data processing to what connected cameras and sensors record, so a passive sensor network produces something a business acts on. Smart retail technology is a named service line.

    What sets them apart

    Rates are 25 to 45 euro an hour. Sectors are retail and healthcare. It suits an enterprise that already has sensors deployed and wants analysis rather than more hardware. Being the international arm of a larger parent is worth probing: ask where the delivery team actually sits.

    Services

    • AI Vision
    • Smart Retail Technology
    • Data Processing

    Industries

    • Retail
    • Healthcare

  7. 7. RaftLabs

    Best for the application and cloud layer above devices

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    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Rating
    4.9 (50 reviews)
    Team size
    10 - 49
    Hourly rate
    €25 - €45
    Founded
    2015

    RaftLabs is a software development studio with a Dublin presence and operations in India, founded in 2015, with a team of 10 to 49. It builds no hardware.

    How they work

    The scope is the cloud and data layer above devices: serverless architecture, mobile applications and web dashboards that collect device data and turn it into a usable product. Delivery is on transparent terms with clients retaining project ownership.

    What sets them apart

    Rates are 25 to 45 euro an hour, and it holds 50 verified reviews at 4.9 — the strongest review evidence on this page. Sectors are hospitality, loyalty, B2B SaaS and healthcare. It suits a company that has designed its sensors and lacks the engineering capacity for the platform behind them.

    Services

    • Cloud & Data Layer Development
    • Serverless Architecture
    • Web Development

    Industries

    • Hospitality
    • Loyalty
    • B2B SaaS
    • Healthcare

  8. 8. Squareroot solutions

    Best for cost-effective mobile and IoT apps

    • App Development Company of the Year (2022, 2023)
    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Team size
    10 - 49
    Hourly rate
    < €25
    Founded
    2016

    Square Root Solutions has offices in Dublin and a headquarters in Castlecomer, founded in 2016 by chief executive Ciaran Stone, with a team of 10 to 49.

    How they work

    The IoT work is the mobile interface and backend that lets someone control and monitor hardware from a phone: machine-to-machine communication, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, and cloud infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud and Azure. Apps are built in Flutter and React Native.

    What sets them apart

    The listing records hundreds of applications delivered and App Development Company of the Year wins in 2022 and 2023. Rates are under 25 euro an hour, the lowest on this page. It suits a startup or enterprise needing the app and cloud side of a connected product built economically.

    Services

    • Mobile App Development
    • IoT App Development
    • Startup Consultancy

    Industries

    • Startups
    • Enterprise Tech

  9. 9. Tisalabs Ltd

    Best for secure IoT for agriculture and energy

    Location
    Cork, Ireland
    Team size
    10 - 49
    Founded
    2017

    Tisalabs is based at the Munster Technological University campus in Cork, founded in 2017 and supported by the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre, with a team of 10 to 49. It works only on securing connected devices.

    How they work

    Two named products define the offer: TisaCloud, a management platform handling encrypted data transfer, and TisaGW, an edge computing gateway that processes data locally. The security model is zero trust, verifying every device and connection continuously rather than at enrolment.

    What sets them apart

    Sectors are agriculture, energy, pharmaceuticals and marine — industries where a compromised device has physical consequences. No rate is published. It suits an operator with equipment in the field, and it is the only firm here whose primary product is IoT security.

    Services

    • IoT Device Management
    • Zero Trust Security
    • Predictive Cybersecurity

    Industries

    • Agriculture
    • Energy
    • Pharmaceuticals
    • Marine

  10. 10. Zoosh Digital

    Best for cloud propositions and product studio work

    Location
    Mullingar, Ireland
    Team size
    50 - 249
    Founded
    2016

    Zoosh Digital is a product studio registered in Athlone and based in Mullingar, founded in 2016 with 50 to 249 staff.

    How they work

    Its IoT work is the cloud architecture for processing and analysing device data at volume, with mobile applications, backend databases and machine learning models on top. It is also a Microsoft Business Central partner, and it runs a venture arm, Zoosh Ventures. The listing records recognition among Europe's fastest-growing companies.

    What sets them apart

    Sectors are finance and enterprise business. No rate is published. It suits an organisation bringing a connected product to market that needs one studio for the whole build. The venture arm is worth understanding: ask whether it changes anything about IP or commercial terms.

    Services

    • Cloud Product Development
    • Technical Consultancy
    • Machine Learning

    Industries

    • Finance
    • Enterprise Business

A well built connected product gives a business real data on how customers actually use what they bought, not just what they say. What it doesn't do on its own is turn that usage data into a reason for the customer to buy the next device too. Connectivity and loyalty are separate layers. Brandfire designs and builds loyalty and rewards programmes for brands across Ireland, giving a connected product's data somewhere useful to go.

Frequently asked questions

What does an IoT company actually do?
IoT projects have three layers: the device and its firmware, the connectivity that gets data out, and the platform that stores and acts on it. Most Irish firms work on the third layer only. Very few design hardware, so confirm which layers a firm covers before briefing.
How much does an IoT project cost in Ireland?
Published rates here run from under €25 to €90 an hour, which understates true project cost. IoT budgets are driven by hardware, certification and connectivity contracts rather than developer time. The software is often the smallest line.
What is the biggest risk in an IoT deployment?
Security, and it is under-served. Connected devices in the field are difficult to patch and are frequently deployed with default credentials. Only one firm on this list leads with IoT security, so raise it yourself if your supplier does not.
Do I need a hardware partner as well as a software one?
Almost certainly, unless you are using off-the-shelf devices. Most firms here build the platform above the hardware and will expect you to bring the devices. Establish who owns firmware updates in the field, because that responsibility is easy to leave undefined.

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