PlatformIO Core vs Wind River Conductor
| PlatformIO Core | Wind River Conductor | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | extension, Linux, macOS, Windows | api, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Debugger included | Yes | Yes |
| SDK components | Arduino, CMSIS, ESP8266 SDKs, Espressif IoT Development Framework, FreeRTOS, Mbed, STM32Cube, Zephyr, and other frameworks and SDKs | VxWorks APIs, kernel and user-level RTP support, DKM support, shared libraries, CMake tooling, Makefile workflows, VS Code tooling |
| Target architectures | AVR, ARM-based Atmel SAM, ESP32, ESP8266, 8051, PIC32, Nordic nRF51/nRF52, RISC-V, STM32, STM8, MSP430, TIVA, and others | x86, ARM, Power Architecture/PPC, RISC-V |
| Host platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Linux ARMv6+ | Linux, Windows |
| Build systems | PlatformIO Build System with platformio.ini project configuration | Make, CMake, Visual Studio Code project workflow |
| Debug interfaces | Atmel-ICE, Black Magic Probe, CMSIS-DAP, JTAG-HS1, J-LINK, ESP-Prog, QEMU, Renode, ST-LINK, TI-ICDI, Verilator, and custom interfaces | wrdbg over TCP/IP, VS Code debugger, kernel shell, command line |
| License model | open-source | commercial |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Embedded Systems Toolchains. On Samsung Mobile US Press, PlatformIO Core scores higher on our published basis.