Memfault

Memfault is a highly specialized and technically sophisticated platform built to address one of the most challenging aspects of modern hardware development, which is maintaining visibility and reliability in deployed IoT and embedded devices, and it stands out for bringing software-like observability practices into the hardware world. At its core, Memfault provides cloud-based monitoring, debugging, and over-the-air (OTA) update capabilities, allowing engineering teams to track device performance in real time, collect crash reports, logs, and metrics, and diagnose issues remotely without needing physical access to devices. What makes the platform particularly compelling is its ability to automatically gather diagnostic data such as coredumps and performance metrics, prioritize issues based on impact, and enable teams to fix problems quickly, often before users even notice them, which significantly improves product reliability and reduces maintenance costs. Additionally, its support for a wide range of environments, including bare-metal systems, RTOS, Linux, and Android, makes it versatile across different types of connected devices. The integrated OTA update system further enhances its value by allowing safe, staged firmware rollouts with real-time monitoring and rollback capabilities.