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Esper
Device management and a managed Android OS for POS, kiosks, signage and rugged frontline devices— Esper Deploy, its Foundation operating system, Airwave firmware updates and the Titanium kiosk browser, and what each one costs. This hub covers four Esper products.
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The company, at a glance
Quick answer
Four intel pages. Device management, a custom Android OS, OTA firmware updates and a kiosk browser.
Esper’s line, product by product — every card is a full intel page, from the Deploy plans at $2–6 a device to the quoted Foundation OS, Airwave and Titanium.
Esper Deploy
Blueprint-driven MDM for dedicated devices.
Android, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, Linux and Windows in one console, with drift detection, kiosk mode and staged Pipelines on Architect.
Esper Foundation
Esper’s own AOSP build for ARM and x86 kit.
Monthly security patches and up to 10 years of OS support; Firebolt moves x86 Windows kiosks onto it. Needs a Deploy subscription.
Esper Airwave
Firmware rollouts for Android device makers.
Canary and staged rollouts, A/B partitions, delta builds and auto-rollback for Android 8–15, with or without any MDM in place.
Esper Titanium
A Chromium browser held to a URL allowlist.
Engine-level URL allowlisting, hidden settings, a clean slate every session and full white-labelling on GMS, AOSP and Foundation.
Esper Edgebox
Platform & engineAn on-site caching gateway that serves provisioning, app, OTA and content downloads to devices over the local network, on your own Linux server or on a gateway Esper supplies. Orchestration stays in Esper Cloud, so it is a cache rather than an on-premises MDM; a paid add-on to every Deploy plan
Esper Seamless Provisioning
Platform & engineZero-touch setup at first boot for Android and Linux devices from participating OEMs, registered by serial number with no kitting. Included in Architect, a paid add-on on Genesis and Bridge, and sold only with Esper’s device management, so the Deploy page covers it
Dedicated Stack and other add-ons
Platform & engineA private Esper tenant on AWS, or on Azure or Google Cloud for enterprise customers, plus Static IP to Esper Cloud and additional data retention. Each is a paid add-on with no published price, so it belongs in the Deploy quote rather than on a page of its own
Esper Support & Services
Platform & engineStandard, Plus and Ultimate support tiers: Standard and Plus run 9x5 with a two-hour response to a Sev 1 issue, and Ultimate runs 24x7 with a 30-minute one. These are services, not a product, and Esper publishes no platform uptime SLA
Esper sells across 1 of the products TechBag carries in endpoint management. The Endpoint Management guide shows how the category splits and which part is yours. →
Why “dedicated devices, not employee laptops” is the whole story
Most device-management tools are built for staff phones and laptops. Esper is built for the devices nobody carries home — POS terminals, kiosks, signage and rugged scanners — and it goes as far as supplying the Android operating system itself. That depth comes with limits: no Macs, no Android work profile, and data hosted in North America.
Esper Cloud
Hosted in North America with no self-hosted console; a dedicated stack on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud is a paid add-on.
Blueprints
Admins declare how a device group should look; the platform spots drift and pulls devices back. iOS now runs only on Blueprints 2.0.
Pipelines, API and SDK
Pipelines stage app and OS updates with automatic progression; a REST API, Python SDK and CLI script the rest. Pipelines need Architect.
Provisioning paths
Zero-Touch, Samsung KME, QR or EMM token on Android, ADE on Apple, a PPKG or Deep Link agent on Windows, a shell command on Linux.
Start with the Deploy plan your fleet needs — then decide whether you also want Esper’s own OS, firmware pipeline or browser on top.
Peer & market recognition
Every claim on this hub traces to one of these public signals.
Type 2 report
listed on Esper’s security page, with documents served from its trust centre at trust.esper.io
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
audited by Intercert; the scope covers the SaaS platform, APIs, Foundation OS and the Bellevue and Bengaluru sites
v4.0 SAQ-D
completed with a qualified security assessor, according to Esper’s security page
Android Enterprise Silver partner
Esper announced Validated Silver Partner status in Google’s partner programme; a partner tier, not a device listing
Technology Fast 500, #142
a revenue-growth ranking cited in Esper’s own press boilerplate, not an analyst evaluation of the product
Inc. 5000, #735
also from Esper’s boilerplate, which adds #32 on the Inc. Pacific regional list
No published CVEs
NIST’s vulnerability database lists nothing under “esper” or “esper.io” (searched 2 October 2026)
No Magic Quadrant placement
Esper does not appear in Gartner’s UEM Magic Quadrant, and TechBag found no IDC MarketScape position either
The company in six figures
See the platform, hear the pitch
Esper in 60 Seconds | Next-Gen MDM for Android & iOS
A June 2024 one-minute tour of Blueprints, Pipelines, remote control and the device SDK, recorded before Windows support arrived.
Esper Device Management for Kiosks, POS, Digital Signage, and More
An October 2023 short on why POS, signage and delivery lockers need telemetry and remote control when they fail in the field.
Inside the Hardware Revolution: Speed, Agility, and Android at Scale
A January 2026 Collab Sessions episode in which Chief Evangelist Keith Szot talks Android POS and kiosk hardware with device maker iMin.
Where Esper sits — the grids
Two company-level views you won’t find on any vendor site — tap any dot for the rationale. The category-level grid lives on the product page.
Esper Across Its Solution Areas
Each dot is a Esper solution area: competitive position vs category momentum.
Esper Deploy: five OS families in one console from $2 a device a month, with Pipelines and the SDK held back for Architect at $6.
Published Pricing × Dedicated-Device Depth
How openly each vendor prices its device management vs how far it goes for kiosks, POS and non-GMS Android.
Deploy lists $2, $4 and $6 a device a month and runs GMS and AOSP Android in one console, alongside its own Android OS.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform standings and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
New to this? Learn it properly.
Zero-jargon starting points, in reading order. Each links into the deep education on the product page.
Where should you start with Esper?
Answer three questions; we’ll point you at the right starting product. No email required — this isn’t that kind of quiz.
1. What problem is forcing the decision?
2. Do you already run an MDM?
3. Who will own it?
Four products, one console
Deploy is the management licence; Foundation and Titanium ride on it, while Airwave stands alone for makers shipping Android firmware.
Read →Genesis, Bridge or Architect?
Genesis has no remote control, API, RBAC or SSO; Bridge adds them at $4, and Pipelines and the device SDK arrive only on Architect at $6.
Read →Not just Android any more
Esper began on Android but now also runs iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, Linux and Windows. It still manages no Mac, Apple Watch or Vision Pro.
Read →Ageing Windows kiosks?
Foundation with Firebolt converts x86 Windows hardware to Android, as a clean install or a dual-boot; both still need a Deploy subscription.
Read →Data sits in North America
Esper hosts on AWS in North America and offers no India region, even on a dedicated stack. Work out your DPDP position before enrolment.
Read →Where Esper fits
The Endpoint Management category sets Esper Deploy beside employee-device UEMs, so you can see what a dedicated-device tool trades away.
Read →The acronym decoder
Every term on these pages, in one place- Dedicated device
- A single-purpose, company-owned device such as a POS terminal, kiosk or signage player.
- AOSP
- Android Open Source Project: Android without Google’s apps and Play services.
- GMS
- Google Mobile Services: the Google apps and services licensed to certified Android devices.
- Blueprint
- Esper’s declared target state for a group of devices, applied and then held in place.
- Drift
- When a device’s live settings slip away from its Blueprint; Esper flags it and corrects it.
- Pipeline
- Esper’s staged rollout of an app or OS build that moves to the next stage automatically.
- OTA
- Over-the-air: delivering firmware or OS updates to devices across the network.
- A/B partitions
- Two system slots, so an update installs on one while the device keeps running on the other.
- Zero-Touch
- Google’s Android enrolment that hands new devices to the MDM the first time they boot.
- KME
- Knox Mobile Enrollment: Samsung’s service for enrolling its devices in bulk.
- PPKG
- A Windows provisioning package that applies settings and installs an agent from one file.
- Kiosk mode
- Locking a device to one app or a short list of apps, with system settings out of reach.
Buy it like you’ve done this before
The procurement playbook TechBag runs with IT buyers — steps, licensing cheat-sheet, and the pitfalls that cost quarters.
Confirm the devices are dedicated
Esper is built for company-owned, single-purpose devices. It documents no Android work profile or Apple User Enrollment, and it manages no Macs.
Match features to the plan
Remote control, RBAC, SSO and the API start at Bridge ($4); Pipelines, the SDK and Seamless Provisioning come only with Architect ($6).
Count to the contract minimum
Every Deploy contract needs at least 25 devices. Plans can change at any time, prorated, and a 30-day trial keeps its tenant on conversion.
Scope the quoted lines
Foundation and Firebolt are priced per hardware setup and need Deploy; Airwave is priced to scope; Titanium and Edgebox are quoted add-ons.
Check the Windows and Apple fit
Windows enrols through an agent, by PPKG or Deep Link, on Enterprise and IoT LTSC; on iOS 27, ask Esper to turn on its declarative update controls.
Get it priced in rupees
Esper lists prices only in USD and has no Indian partner. TechBag sizes the plan, add-ons and device count and quotes the total in INR with GST.
The licensing cheat-sheet
| Product | Licensing model | How you enter | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esper Deploy | Per device per month · Genesis, Bridge, Architect or custom Enterprise · 25-device contract minimum | $2/device/mo (Genesis) | Dedicated-device fleets |
| Esper Foundation | Quoted per hardware and peripheral setup · requires an Esper Deploy subscription · Firebolt conversion scoped with it | Quote, scoped to hardware | Owning the device OS |
| Esper Airwave | Priced to scope · standalone, no MDM needed · trial on a 50-device test cohort | Quote | OEM firmware updates |
| Esper Titanium | Paid add-on to any Deploy plan · for Android hardware (GMS, AOSP, Foundation) | Paid add-on, quoted | Locked-down kiosk browsing |
Esper publishes Deploy prices in USD: Genesis $2, Bridge $4 and Architect $6 a device a month, Enterprise custom, with a 25-device minimum per contract and a 30-day free trial; it does not publish the billing term. Foundation, Airwave and Titanium are quoted. TechBag quotes the total in INR with GST.
Five pitfalls that cost buyers quarters
Buying Genesis for a field fleet
Genesis is the $2 plan but has no remote control, alerts, geofencing, API, RBAC or SSO. For most field fleets the real floor is Bridge at $4.
Expecting Foundation without Deploy
Foundation and Firebolt are not sold on their own; Esper requires a Deploy subscription alongside them, so budget both lines together.
Assuming zero-touch on Windows
Esper’s help centre documents Windows enrolment only through an agent, by PPKG or Deep Link, on Enterprise and IoT LTSC editions.
Expecting hosting in India
Esper hosts in North America on AWS; a dedicated stack gives you a private tenant, not an Indian one. Settle DPDP questions before you sign.
Planning a dual-boot past Android 13
Firebolt’s dual-boot path, which keeps Windows on the device, supports Android up to version 13; anything newer means a clean install.
The evaluation kit
Each intel page carries an 8-question vendor checklist and a value calculator:
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Four trends with momentum scores (TechBag’s read of analyst and market signals) — and what each means for your next decision.
Category momentum — estimated market growth
Illustrative CAGR synthesis**TechBag’s illustrative estimate, not a quoted analyst figure. The takeaway: fleets of single-purpose devices are being run more like software — staged, versioned and rolled back — which is why Esper sells its own OS and a firmware pipeline beside its MDM.
Mixed fleets in one console
Esper added Linux in 2025 and took Windows out of beta in July 2026, beside Android, iOS, iPadOS and tvOS.
What it means for you
Ask how deep each OS goes, not only whether it is on the list.
Windows IoT kiosks reaching end of life
Esper’s Firebolt targets x86 POS and kiosks on Windows 10 IoT LTSB 2016 and moves them onto its own Android build.
What it means for you
Price a conversion against new hardware and a Windows upgrade.
Device fleets managed as code
Blueprints declare the target state and Pipelines stage each rollout, with a REST API, Python SDK and CLI behind both.
What it means for you
Check who on your team will own rollouts written as code.
Declarative updates on Apple devices
iOS 27 dropped the legacy update commands, and Esper is moving devices to its declarative controls one request at a time.
What it means for you
Ask each MDM how it will enforce Apple updates after iOS 27.
Questions buyers ask about Esper
Ready to shortlist Esper?
Open any of the four intel pages for the deep dive, or let a TechBag advisor build the case with you — the dedicated-device fit, Genesis versus Bridge versus Architect, the 25-device minimum, quotes, trials, GST invoicing and lifecycle support included.
Stats, positions and figures are illustrative syntheses of public materials; verify before purchase.