--- title: Initial State Reviews meta\_title: 'Initial State Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Initial State works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 9 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-07-12' parent\_category: name: IoT Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/iot-management --- # Initial State Reviews & Product Details Initial State is an IoT platform for data visualizations. Stream data from your device and services to beautiful cloud-based data visualizations. * * * Seller [Initial State Technologies](https://www.g2.com/sellers/initial-state-technologies) Discussions [Initial State Community](https://www.g2.com/products/initial-state/discuss) Overview by Jamie Bailey Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Datadog](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Datadog") Datadog 4.4/5(726) ](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews) [ ![SAP Business Technology Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SAP Business Technology Platform") SAP Business Technology Platform 4.4/5(421) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-business-technology-platform/reviews) [ ![TrendMiner](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "TrendMiner") TrendMiner 4.6/5(179) ](https://www.g2.com/products/trendminer/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/initial-state/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 9 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Karthik M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Karthik M.") KM Karthik M. SDET Lead Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/25/2024 "Initial State Review" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Initial State? It gives a real time dashboard view with a good UX and notification options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Initial State? Nothing much, may be better tutorials and services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Initial State solving and how is that benefiting you? We are currently looking at a relatime dashboard for our iot products usage and this is helping in giving better view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vasanth Ram V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vasanth Ram V.") VV Vasanth Ram V. Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/15/2024 "Initial State review" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Initial State? I like the facility of Real-Time Data Streaming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Initial State? Integration Limitations and Limited Advanced Analytical Tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Initial State solving and how is that benefiting you? Real-Time Data Monitoring and Data Visualization helps me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sowjanya M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sowjanya M.") SM Sowjanya M. Salesforce Testing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/25/2024 "Initial State Review" 5/5 What do you like best about Initial State? Helps in visualization of data. It is useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Initial State? Learning resources should be improved to user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Initial State solving and how is that benefiting you? Visualization of data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance") UI Verified User in Insurance Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/23/2024 "Initial Tool for creating reports" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Initial State? It helped me in creating the visuals as I expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Initial State? It has some what lesser options while report building compared to other available tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Initial State solving and how is that benefiting you? Tool is very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/12/2022 "Easy to create, easy to integrate" 5/5 What do you like best about Initial State? Easy to Access, analyze, and transform the data and easier to integrate with different services and tools. Provide data security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Initial State? I do not see anything to dislike about as of now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Initial State: Very easy to use It can be integrated with several devices as well as software Support REST APIs, Python, and Node.js languages Best suited for the telemetry data stream Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Initial State solving and how is that benefiting you? Focusing on solving and enriching the wide variety of data coming from multiple sources, get better visualization to understand the business intelligence. Easy to integrate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Pushpanth K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pushpanth K.") PK Pushpanth K. Senior Software Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/9/2022 "Best streaming & Analytics platform." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Initial State? Streaming and Rest API's are good and the visualization dashboards aswell. cutting edge technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Initial State? Learning resources should be improved to get more people interested and community support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Initial State: i will recommend initial state. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Initial State solving and how is that benefiting you? Streaming analytics and real-time IoT applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Joe H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Joe H.") JH Joe H. Senior Global Content Strategy Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/1/2019 "Dynamic and beautiful dashboards!" 5/5 What do you like best about Initial State? Getting a realtime dashboard up and running quickly - we connected heavy weight, multiple streams of data from different data sources and it worked seamlessly! They have a ton of SDKs that make it simple to utilize their platform in many different ways. Pricing was fair. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Initial State? No real cons with the platform overall. It's easy to use, includes multiple SDKs, and the documentation is pretty solid. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Initial State solving and how is that benefiting you? Visualizing realtime data in a simple, clear, and responsive way. Lots of different options for visualizing those data streams, and turning static data into active data! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Initial State? 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