Linkfully · IoT data platform
Your devices already talk. Linkfully captures what they say over HTTP, MQTT, OPC UA and SQL, stores it securely, and hands it back over a single API. No gateway middleware to assemble, no per-message meter, no dashboard to build from scratch.
Devices speak their native protocol straight to the platform: HTTP, MQTT, OPC UA for industrial controllers, and the SQL wire protocol for kit that only knows how to run an INSERT. No translation layer to build and maintain in between.
A flat monthly fee per site. No per-message charges, no bandwidth bills, no egress fees. Free tier to start, then mix and match site sizes as you grow. Costs you can predict before the invoice arrives.
Run it hosted by us, multi-tenant, with nothing to maintain. Or run it on your own network next to the devices, for low latency and to keep working through an internet outage. Same platform either way.
How it works
A device sends a message. Linkfully captures it, secures it, and keeps it ready to read. Everything you build on top, dashboards, alarms, production wall screens, reads from data that is already captured, so it is quick to stand up.
Optional Edge Agent
For cloud deployments, a small on-site agent bridges your OPC UA devices out over an outbound HTTPS connection, so there are no inbound firewall rules to open. It buffers locally during an internet outage and sends the backlog once the link is back.
Using the data
Subscribe to live messages over NATS for dashboards and screens that update as data lands.
Read back over a secure HTTP API by site, device and time range. Export to CSV or NDJSON for analysis.
Hand external tools a revocable, scoped credential rather than a master key. Turn it off when the integration ends.
The platform captures raw data; domain-specific logic such as alarms, andon screens and energy analytics runs as a separate app that reads it. The data being captured already is what makes those quick to build.
Where it fits
Production counts, power and water metering across machines and sites, in one place rather than one report per machine.
HVAC, chiller plant, lifts, hot-water circulation and building power, captured from the kit already on site.
Ride status, queue and zone monitoring, visitor occupancy and power draw by area, streamed to the screens operators actually watch across a multi-site estate.
Production monitoring straight off PLCs over OPC UA, with the data in one place for the whole site.
Example dashboards
Three example dashboards, each from a different sector. The data is simulated, but it streams through Linkfully exactly as a live feed would. Your processes and your data are unique to your business, so the view is built around them, however you need it shown.
Demo data · live Room comfort, building power and kWh, chiller efficiency, hot-water circulation and lift status, live from the kit already on site.
Demo data · live Ride status, queue waits, visitor occupancy and power draw by zone, on the screens attraction operators actually watch.
Demo data · live Machine floor status, energy and water metering, and production against target, in one place rather than one report per machine.
Common questions
HTTP, MQTT, OPC UA, and the SQL wire protocol (PostgreSQL and MS SQL). Devices connect using whichever they already speak. There is no gateway middleware to build or maintain in between.
For cloud deployments, an optional on-site Edge Agent reads your OPC UA devices locally and forwards the data out over an outbound HTTPS connection. There are no inbound firewall rules to open. The agent buffers locally during an internet outage and sends the backlog once the connection returns.
One stream source counts as one device. Dashboards, wall screens and other outputs read captured data rather than sending it, so they are not devices and do not count against a site's device limit.
Yes. It runs hosted by us in the cloud, multi-tenant, with nothing for you to maintain. Or it runs on-premise on your own network next to the devices, for low latency and to keep operating through an internet outage. The platform is the same in both.
When latency matters, when the data should not leave your network, or when the site has to keep working independently of its internet connection. If none of those apply, the hosted cloud option is less for you to run.
Two ways. Subscribe to live messages over a real-time NATS stream for dashboards and screens, or query history over a secure HTTP API by site, device and time range. History exports to CSV or NDJSON for analysis.
Raw messages are retained for 24 hours, which covers real-time use and short look-backs. Usage figures are aggregated and kept much longer for analytics. For longer-term message history, a storage bolt-on archives beyond the 24-hour raw window.
Per-site pricing from £39 a month, with a free tier for evaluation. No per-message charges and no egress fees. You choose a site size by device count and message volume, and you can mix sizes across your sites. The current tiers and limits are on linkfully.cloud.
Access is currently by invitation while early users are onboarded. Request access using the contact form below, and explore the platform at linkfully.cloud. Self-serve signup will open later.
Adjacent work
Bespoke dashboards built around your KPIs and your audience, reading from the data Linkfully captures.
Read moreAndon and shop-floor wall screens for manufacturers, fed by live captured data.
Read moreWhen the answer lives in more systems than Linkfully alone reaches, a bespoke data platform ties them together.
Read moreGet in touch
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