Why not just Grafana?

For pure read-only monitoring dashboards we recommend Grafana - we run it ourselves as a managed service. A custom data platform pays off when end customers access in your own branding, drill-down within a tenant hierarchy is required, actions are triggered from the dashboard, or reports are regulatorily reviewed.

We use a modern web stack (React/Next.js frontend, Node or Go backend) and pick the database and streaming components to match your volume. We define the concrete stack in the workshop - it must fit your volume, your hosting, and your team's skill profile.

How many data points can the platform handle?

In typical industrial and IoT setups we comfortably handle high six- to seven-figure values per second ingest, multi-year history, and sub-second queries. For truly extreme volumes we evaluate specialized storage engines - that architectural decision is made jointly in the workshop.

What does a data platform cost?

You pay a fixed price that we determine in a scoping sprint with a defined scope - scoped individually to your feature set, from an MVP dashboard with one data source and standard visualizations to a full build with multi-tenant, reports, alarm workflows, and edge integration. Instead of unpredictable per-user or per-seat license costs, you get predictable one-time project costs with no surprises as you grow.

Can we integrate existing systems?

Yes. Typical sources: ERP (SAP, Odoo), CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot), SCADA historians, ThingsBoard, MQTT brokers, REST APIs, Postgres/MySQL databases, Snowflake/BigQuery. In the workshop we analyse which integration mode (push, pull, CDC) makes sense per source.

Who maintains the platform afterwards?

Either you (with our documentation and handover training) or we as a managed-operations service with defined SLAs, 24/7 monitoring, and patch management. Both options are defined before project start.

Custom dashboards for real-time data

When off-the-shelf tools like Grafana stop fitting, we build the visualization layer ourselves - with real-time data, domain workflows, and a permission model that matches your platform tenancy.

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Pipelines
Reports & Export
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When to build your own?

Grafana is great - up to a point

For pure monitoring dashboards we run Grafana ourselves and recommend it regularly. But as soon as your needs go beyond "show me values" - trigger actions directly from the dashboard, customer-specific branding, drill-down into a tenant hierarchy, versioned reports - a custom solution pays off.

End customers should see dashboards in your branding
Dashboards must trigger write actions (ticket, command, config change)
Tenants have different views on the same data
Reports go into regulated areas (critical infrastructure, financial)
UX complexity grows faster than data complexity

What we bring

Six building blocks from sensor to dashboard

Rule of thumb: if you find yourself loading more plugins, iframe wrappers, and workarounds than out-of-the-box UI, it is time for a custom layer.

Collect

Robust data pipelines
Data arrives out of order, in bursts, sometimes late. We build pipelines that absorb peaks and lose no values - even when a plant was offline for three days and pushes everything at once.
Integration with existing systems
IoT gateways, SCADA historians, ERP/CRM systems, classical databases - we pull data where it is generated, with the right industrial or web interface for each source.

Store

Long-term data storage
Multi-year history, fast queries, compact storage. With aggregation strategies so historical data stays accessible without exploding your storage bill.

Show

Real-time visualization
Data flows smoothly - even with thousands of sensors or sub-second updates. We pick the right streaming technique per source, so your dashboard does not stutter when the plant unloads data.
Custom dashboards
When Grafana hits its UX limit - domain workflows, drill-down to plant level, branding, embedded actions instead of read-only views. Plus a permission model that matches your tenancy logic.

Report

Reports & export
Recurring email reports, PDF export for audits, CSV drops for Excel analysis. With scheduling, recipient lists, and versioning - so you can prove who saw which numbers when.

Use cases

Where custom data platforms win

IoT sensor aggregation
Thousands of LoRaWAN or NB-IoT sensors whose data must converge in one platform - with maps, heatmaps, and alarm workflows. Integrated with our IoT hub.
Operations dashboards
NOC dashboards, production monitoring, OEE tracking. When off-the-shelf tools are too generic and a custom UI delivers more efficiency than yet another Grafana workspace.
Business intelligence layer
Reporting for management - revenue, margins, utilization, customer base - built on your ERP, CRM, and operations data. With configurable drill-downs and export functions.
Data warehouse integration
Integration with existing warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres DWH) as source. We build the visualization and workflow layer on top - faster to iterate than pure BI tools.

Scoping Sprint

Define scope and price before development

Requirements, target architecture and effort are clarified. The result is a fixed-price offer for implementation.

Scoping Sprintfrom €1,490 excl. VATone-time

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the most important questions

In context

Data rarely arrives alone

A data platform rarely sits isolated - usually there is an IoT pipeline, an operations system, or a member platform alongside. We build them together, not side by side.

IoT Hub

Sensors, LoRaWAN, ThingsBoard - the data sources for your platform.

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Managed monitoring

Prometheus + Grafana when standard monitoring is enough.

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Member & Tenant Platforms

Auth, permissions, tenant isolation - if not in place yet.

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Knowledge

Software projects with reliable outcomes

Proof for modernization, API extension, architecture, deployment and ongoing operations.

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WZ-IT moved our studio infrastructure from decentralised individual devices to a central platform: every site is securely connected via VPN, new devices are onboarded automatically and an entire site is provisioned from a template, without manual steps on location. What impressed me most is the breadth and depth of their knowledge: Timo and Robin are not a typical IT provider who sets up a server and leaves. The two of them think their way into highly complex infrastructure and software topics, work through every requirement we put in front of them, and build networking, provisioning and operations so that everything fits together in the end. WZ-IT is an excellent partner for complex software, network and architecture projects.

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