AWS IoT Core vs. Crestron XiO

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS IoT Core
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
AWS IoT Core is a managed cloud service that lets connected devices interact with cloud applications and other devices. It includes the Device Gateway and the Message Broker, which connect and process messages between IoT devices and the cloud. AWS IoT Core connects AWS and Amazon services like AWS Lambda, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon S3, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon QuickSight, and Alexa Voice Service to build IoT applications that gather, process,…
$0.08
Per Million Minutes
Crestron XiO
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Crestron, headquartered in New Jersey, offers Crestron XiO, an Internet of Things (IoT) device management platform which provides automated hardware patching and firmware updates, device connectivity and condition monitoring, and analytics platform for tracking device usage.
$1
Per Room Per Month
Pricing
AWS IoT CoreCrestron XiO
Editions & Modules
Connectivity
$0.08
Per Million Minutes
Rules Engine
$0.15
Per Million Actions
Messaging
$1.00
Per Million Messages
API Access
$1.00
Per Room Per Month
Endpoint Management
$3.00
Per Room Per Month
Support
$4.00
Per Room Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS IoT CoreCrestron XiO
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AWS IoT CoreCrestron XiO
Features
AWS IoT CoreCrestron XiO
Internet of Things
Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
AWS IoT Core
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
Crestron XiO
7.5
Ratings
6% below category average
IoT Device Management8.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Device Security8.20 Ratings7.00 Ratings
IoT Data Management8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
IoT Analytics8.40 Ratings7.00 Ratings
IoT Integration8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
AWS IoT CoreCrestron XiO
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.8
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AWS IoT CoreCrestron XiO
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS iot core is very useful if you need to scale very quickly for managing lots of devices without handling the underlying infrastructure cost. It can enable real time publishing and subscription of devices, monitoring and early stage intervention in case of unexpected issues while developing a full stack solution. However, healthcare scenarios where government intervention is needed should be developed and scaled by following the set of compliance policies of the government and the SLA requirements of the customer. Finally, it is great where you need to do data science research after anonymizing data
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XiO is definitely well suited for applications like ours where we have a large number of devices to manage. I like being able to see all my devices and locations in one place. It is very helpful to see if any devices are offline each morning and be able to troubleshoot before any customers realize there is a problem
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Pros
  • AWS IoT Core integrates power analytics and an AI solution for sensor data processing.
  • Great protocol support including HTTPs and MQTT required to connect resource constraint IoT devices to cloud
  • High security standards during data transmission
  • Scalability and a great user community
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  • Scheduled re-boots and updates
  • I like the way the hierarchy can be set up
  • individually customizable group settings within the hierarchy
  • I like the capability of setting up background images for brand promotion or employee information
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Cons
  • It would be great to have better integration with other IoT products outside of AWS
  • It has been lagging in some of our applications. It's difficult to tell whether this is on AWS IoT or on our implementation
  • It would be great to support a wider range of protocols
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  • I would like the option to choose IP addresses as one of the viewable columns when looking at/sorting through all your available devices.
  • It would be nice to be able to link the IP address listed directly to their devices.
  • Sometime trying to reboot a device in XiO does not work for me and I need to go directly to the device's admin page.
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Likelihood to Renew
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XiO is a necessity when managing the large number of device our company has
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Usability
I give AWS IoT Core's overall usability this rating because it is very easy to use and is enjoyed by all of our staff. The only problem is that it sometimes glitches and it freezes a lot. So overall, the usability of AWS IoT Core is very good, and we will continue to use it.
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Support Rating
It covers all the aspects of IoT services required for an IoT company. It supports all the industry-wide protocols for secure data transmission and integrates powerful AL and ML technology for data analytics. For data storage, Amazon S3 is a great solution. Strong tech support and user community. Since it is widely used as compared to other products, there is an abundance of training and learning material on the web.
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Alternatives Considered
Azure IoT is a good product but since our whole suite of tech is now set up in AWS (ec2, s3, sagemaker, cloud formation, etc.), we wanted something that could quickly adapt to our environments. Learning a new tech for IoT was simply a bottleneck that we wanted to avoid at this point.
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Return on Investment
  • Gives confidence to prototype iot solutions across lots of devices in little time
  • Ability to meet requirements for managing a variety of communication protocols
  • Learning iot analytics and visualization for faster insights enablement
  • Onboarding devices and managing quickly without building inhouse solutions
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  • being able to manage all my devices remotely saves us time/money
  • XiO reduces the need to have someone on-site/in person to manage my devices
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