TelemetryOS vs. 22Miles

22Miles is an interactive wayfinding and digital signage platform strong in indoor navigation, directory management, and room booking displays — particularly in corporate and healthcare environments. TelemetryOS is a vertically integrated screen application platform: purpose-built hardware, a managed operating system, a full React/JS development SDK, and enterprise fleet management in a single stack that handles wayfinding as one of many application types.

At-a-Glance Comparison

Wayfinding-First vs. Platform-First

22Miles is built around maps and directories — it's the right tool if interactive wayfinding is your primary and dominant need, you have no developer resources, and you want turnkey integration with specific room booking systems out of the box.

TelemetryOS is built around applications. Wayfinding is a use case you build on the platform, not a pre-packaged feature. This requires development, but it delivers:

• Fully custom experiences — not constrained by 22Miles' template system
• Integration with any backend — directory databases, HR systems, room booking, occupancy sensors via any API
• Part of a unified fleet — wayfinding kiosks, lobby displays, conference room panels, and directional signage all managed in one platform
• No additional licensing for AI, advanced analytics, or specific integrations

Developer Tools

22Miles uses a template editor for content creation. There is no SDK, no CLI, no Git integration, and no CI/CD pipeline. Teams are locked into 22Miles' authoring tools; developers have no path to custom functionality beyond what the platform exposes.

TelemetryOS provides a complete professional development ecosystem: Developer App (desktop IDE + CLI), React SDK with 23 components, Git-to-screen CI/CD, and an MCP server with 15 AI skills. Any web developer can build and deploy to TelemetryOS using standard React/JavaScript.

AI Capabilities

22Miles GPT is a premium add-on that adds conversational AI to wayfinding experiences — visitors can type or speak a destination and receive directions. This is genuinely useful, but it's an upsell on top of base platform licensing.

TelemetryOS's AI capabilities are built into the development platform itself: AI agents can build complete screen applications (not just add conversational UI), and the MCP server exposes 15 domain-specific skills for AI-assisted development, testing, and deployment. AI is part of how you build on TelemetryOS, not a feature you pay extra for.

IoT Integration

22Miles primarily integrates with room booking and occupancy sensors for its core wayfinding functionality. Hardware integration beyond these use cases is limited.

TelemetryOS Node Pro exposes MQTT, RS-232, RS-485, USB peripherals, and camera APIs in JavaScript — enabling occupancy sensors, building management system integration, badge readers, emergency system triggers, and any IoT peripheral relevant to facilities management.

When to Choose Each

Choose 22Miles if: Your primary need is turnkey indoor wayfinding with maps and directories, you have no developer resources to build custom experiences, you need out-of-the-box integration with specific room booking systems (Robin, EMS), or your deployment is a single campus or building where wayfinding is the dominant use case.

Choose TelemetryOS if: Wayfinding is ONE of many screen applications you need across your facilities, you have developer resources and want custom-built experiences, you're deploying multi-site with different application needs per location, you want AI capabilities included (not as a premium add-on), or you need IoT/sensor integration beyond room occupancy.