WHY SORACOM
For Photosynth, Soracom’s pricing structure is very clear and affordable. Not only are initial costs for the SIMs low, but the running costs associated with continued use of the service are clearly spelled out, and are metered for actual usage only. This allows Photsynth to calculate SIM costs upfront to more freely design systems as needed.
It’s also easy to order SIMs which allows Photosynth to order SIMs as needed to design there service more freely. According to Photosynth, other companies providing mobile services can often take 2-3 months to get the SIMs, which require them to order larger quantities than actually needed. With Soracom, the SIMs arrive in a few days, so there’s no need to spend extra on maintaining and managing inventory.
Photosynth also like the ability to manage the SORACOM platform from the command line, so it’s extremely easy for their engineers to integrate into their workflow. They also find it extremely beneficial to check the current status and charges applying to a single SIM card. And as the number of devices being managed increases, it’s easy to bundle them into groups.
For Photosynth, working with Soracom is cost-effective and easy to procure and manage SIMs. They claim they could find no reason not to adopt SORACOM for Akerun and are totally satisfied with Soracom across the board as an IoT platform supporting Akerun’s growth. And as Soracom’s platform is deployed on AWS cloud, they are assured of it’s robust security as well.