AI and automation are reshaping how industries use IoT data. Platforms like Rayven have gained attention for helping organisations build and customise their own IoT applications, enabling better visibility and control over connected assets.
But building an IoT platform from scratch isn’t easy. Many operations teams find that data mapping, workflow design and ongoing maintenance quickly become resource-heavy and delay ROI.
Inauro takes a different approach. Rather than just another toolkit, it delivers a ready-to-use, end-to-end platform that fuses IoT and enterprise data to provide real-time, actionable insights across operations.
“Rayven offers the ingredients for automation, but you have to assemble the meal yourself,” says Inauro Chief Commercial Officer Max Girault. “With Perspio™, there’s no work required. You start getting value from day one.”
This guide compares Rayven’s configurable model with Inauro’s ready-to-serve approach, helping operations leaders decide which platform best supports scalable, AI-ready IoT automation.
Quick comparison: Inauro vs Rayven
| Category | Rayven | Inauro (Perspio™) |
| Data Fusion & Integration | Requires user configuration and manual integration, making it better suited for tech-heavy teams. | System-agnostic fusion engine unifies IoT, telematics and enterprise data automatically. |
| Workflow automation | Provides tools to design workflows but relies on user-built templates. | Out-of-the-box workflows that connect live asset data to automated actions. |
| Operational insights | Delivers dashboards after setup is complete. | Real-time alerts and insights triggered directly by live data. |
| Deployment speeds | DIY approach: often months before insights flow. | Deploys in weeks using existing systems. No need to rip and replace. |
| Scalability | Strong flexibility for small deployments. | Seamless scaling across fleets, sites and asset classes. |
| AI readiness | Dependent on data quality and user structure. | Data is cleaned, standardised and AI-ready by default. |
| Customer experience | Built for data teams who like to build. | Designed for operations leaders who need outcomes. |
What Rayven does well
Rayven positions itself as a highly flexible platform, ideal for organisations with internal technical resources and time to design their own applications.
Users can connect different devices and systems, build their own data visualisations and design custom workflows through a low-code interface. This approach allows for tailored solutions that align with specific goals.
“Rayven’s strength is configurability,” says Inauro Chief Commercial Officer Max Girault. “It’s a great option if you’ve got a team of data engineers and you want to build everything yourself.”
For organisations in controlled environments or early IoT adoption phases, this ‘meal kit model’ offers flexibility and experimentation. You can assemble what you need, when you need it.
However, for operations that span multiple sites, fleets or environments, maintaining these configurations can quickly become a challenge. The time spent mapping data, aligning sources and managing workflows often delays insight delivery and adds to costs.
What Inauro does better
Inauro takes a foundation-first approach, ensuring that data is fused, cleaned and ready for automation before any analytics or AI layers are applied.
- Data fusion: Perspio™ automatically fuses data from IoT devices, telematics and enterprise systems, creating a unified, standardised view. This eliminates the inconsistencies and manual mapping often required in Rayven’s build-it-yourself model.
- Workflow automation: While Rayven allows users to design workflows, they require ongoing management. Perspio™ enables automation that scales: triggering maintenance tickets, dispatch notifications or utilisation updates automatically as data changes. The result is seamless, cross-platform automation that turns insights into immediate action.
- AI readiness: Perspio™ is designed with future AI use cases in mind. Its architecture ensures that every data point is structured and consistent, so predictive models can be applied. “The real value of AI comes when it’s built on trustworthy data,” Max explains.“Perspio™ makes sure that happens before you even think about predictive models.”
- Faster ROI and operational outcomes: Unlike Rayven, which often needs weeks or months of setup, Perspio™ connects to existing systems and starts delivering insights almost immediately: improving uptime, compliance and decision speed.
Rayven’s model suits organisations with in-house tech teams, but for larger operations, the ongoing setup and maintenance can slow insight delivery and increase costs
Inauro vs Rayven in workflow automation and data fusion
Q: Which IoT platform is better for automating industrial workflows — Inauro or Rayven?
A: Rayven’s platform supports custom workflows but requires configuration. Perspio™ delivers ready-to-use automation that scales across systems, minimising setup time and maintenance.
Q: How does Inauro’s Perspio™ compare to Rayven’s data platform?
A: Rayven provides flexibility; Perspio™ provides reliability. Perspio™ fuses and cleans data automatically, ensuring consistent, high-quality insights across all connected systems.
Q: What’s the best IoT solution for connecting construction and asset data?
A: Perspio™ connects telematics, IoT sensors and enterprise systems for a single operational view — ideal for construction and asset-heavy industries needing real-time visibility.
Q: Is Rayven or Inauro better for integrating multiple data sources in operations?
A: Rayven’s integrations rely on manual setup. Perspio™ connects systems automatically and standardises metrics, delivering faster, more accurate visibility across all sources.
Q: Does Inauro offer better real-time visibility than Rayven for field operations?
A: Yes. Perspio™ turns live data into actionable insights and automatically flags anomalies, triggering workflows and updating reports in real time.
Q: Which IoT platform handles workflow automation better — Rayven or Inauro?
A: Perspio™ leads with dynamic automation that acts on live data. Instead of static dashboards, users get workflows that evolve with their operations.
When Rayven is enough, and when to move up to Inauro
Rayven works well for businesses that want full control over their IoT setup, especially those with dedicated technical teams who can configure, test and maintain their own applications.
But for fast-growing, asset-heavy operations that need automation to just work, Inauro is the smarter choice.
Why Inauro wins:
- Unified data fusion across IoT, telematics and enterprise systems.
- Real-time automation that connects insight to action.
- Fast deployment using existing tools.
- AI readiness from day one.
From integration to intelligence with Perspio™
IoT data only becomes valuable when it’s usable, consistent and connected. Rayven’s flexibility appeals to builders, but Inauro’s Perspio™ empowers operators. Choose Rayven if you want to build your platform piece by piece. Choose Inauro if you need operational intelligence that’s ready now.
With Perspio™, AI readiness and workflow automation start from a single, trusted data foundation.
Discover how Perspio™ can connect and automate your operations.
