Top GPS hardware brands by Gurtam products in 2023

Crafting a full-scale solution for an IoT project involves both software and hardware components. At Gurtam, the expertise is solely within the software development domain, while Gurtam’s technology partners specialize in delivering their hardware devices to the market.

Gurtam focuses on hardware devices integration, as the growing number of supported trackers enables more opportunities for telematics service providers to develop their businesses, adress emerging demands of their clients and launch projects of any scale. What makes Gurtam’s products stand out from the crowd is the elimination of any troubles caused by unsupported protocols. The numbers proves this — as of today, over 3,300 types of hardware devices are integrated with the flagship product, Wialon. The number of integrated devices is steadily growing across other Gurtam products — flespi and GPS-Trace.

Product teams carefully analyze the internal data on the most frequently used telematics devices. It shapes Gurtam's rankings of the most popular GPS tracking hardware — among Wialon partners, flespi clients, and GPS-Trace users. This data is the source of unbiased and comprehensive insights into the leading telematics and IoT hardware brands and can bring value to IoT and telematics service providers, tech companies, and startups. 

Below you will find the combined results of the rankings across all three of Gurtam’s products in 2023, depicting the top GPS hardware manufacturers. These are the brands whose devices have achieved the highest frequency of connections and demonstrated elevated growth dynamics within a specified timeframe:

For each Gutam product, Teltonika Telematics demonstrates the highest growth rate throughout the evaluation timeframes. GPS trackers by this world-known manufacturer have been most frequently selected by Wialon partners, flespi clients, and GPS-Trace users in 2023. More than 100 device models of this brand have been integrated with Wialon, flespi, and GPS-Trace. For flespi Teltonika trackers comprise 43% of all the equipment connected in 2023. The most popular Teltonika devices connected to Gurtam’s products have been Teltonika FMB920 and Teltonika FMC640.

Other prominent players that traditionally secure top positions within Gurtam rankings include Queclink Wireless Solutions, Jimi IoT, Suntech International, and Ruptela. These brands are not only present within telematics solutions alongside Gurtam products — some of them have also showcased their equipment within the technology expos during the major 2023 events by Gurtam, including the flespi conf and Telematics Vilnius 2023, a significant Wialon partner event.

Adding further diversity to the top rankings, there are two more hardware manufacturers — Coban and Sinotrack — among the top 10 for flespi and GPS-Trace users. These manufacturers specialize in producing GPS trackers for wider use, ranging from personal monitoring devices to trackers for vehicles, motorcycles, e-bikes, and stationary assets.

The GPS hardware market is developing rapidly, driven by advancements in modern technology, market demand, and production capabilities. Despite the presence of well-established brand names in the rankings, Gurtam witnesses them evolving over time, introducing new names and roles. To stay tuned to the latest hardware updates from Gurtam teams, follow detailed descriptions of the connected devices at the dedicated GPS hardware bases by Wialon, flespi, and GPS-Trace.