AWS IoT Core vs. Microsoft Azure IoT Hub

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
Azure IoT Hub
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure IoT Hub is a managed service for bidirectional communication between IoT devices and Azure. Azure IoT Hub provides a cloud-hosted solution back end to connect virtually any device. Users can extend their solutions from the cloud to the edge with per-device authentication, built-in device management, and scaled provisioning.
$10
per month per IoT Hub unit
Pricing
AWS IoT CoreMicrosoft Azure IoT Hub
Editions & Modules
Connectivity
$0.08
Per Million Minutes
Rules Engine
$0.15
Per Million Actions
Messaging
$1.00
Per Million Messages
B1
$10
per month per IoT Hub unit
S1
$25
per month per IoT Hub unit
B2
$50
per month per IoT Hub unit
S2
$250
per month per IoT Hub unit
B3
$500
per month per IoT Hub unit
S3
$2500
per month per IoT Hub unit
Free
Free
per month per IoT Hub unit
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS IoT CoreAzure IoT Hub
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 CoreMicrosoft Azure IoT Hub
Considered Both Products
AWS IoT Core
Chose AWS IoT Core
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 …
Chose AWS IoT Core
AWS iot core is a good starting point which can be utilized for a variety of enterprise solutions. Barrier to entry to experiment and try AWS iot core is less and AWS eco-system providers ensure that even startups can try a variety of solutions and build key skills and …
Chose AWS IoT Core
Trust with vendor AWS, as most of the infrastructure is on AWS hence it was easy to integrate. community support and documentation.
Chose AWS IoT Core
AWS loT is more oriented to our requirements including certificates and policies
Chose AWS IoT Core
Azure IoT service provides more or less the same services as compared to AWS IoT core, however the costing of AWS lead us to continued usage of IoT core over Azure IoT services.
Also, considering our existing technology stack is on AWS, it was a natural selection for better …
Chose AWS IoT Core
It turns out that AWS IoT Core is the most mature solution on the market with the best variety of integration tools available. On the downside, it is not the cheapest platform existing out there. Amazon IoT Core is easy to start and set up, and our prior engagement with Amazon …
Chose AWS IoT Core
For our use case, we ended up with AWS because the human resources that were planning to be resourced on this particular project happened to have prior familiarity with the AWS ecosystem. The conversation became can we justify continuing with this ecosystem rather than pivoting …
Chose AWS IoT Core
Most important reason for picking IoT Core was all our services are on AWS so no comparison here.
Chose AWS IoT Core
We have checked other IoT platforms such as IBM Watson IoT and Microsoft Azure IoT, but Amazon IoT Core seems reasonable in terms of pricing and overall functionalities. Amazon IoT Core is easy to start and set up and our prior engagement with Amazon for AWS was a factor to go …
Chose AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core is faster, easier, cheaper, and enjoyed by our employees more than Microsoft Azure. We selected AWS IoT because we saw an advertisement for it and have used it ever since. We will continue to use it as long as it is around or until we find one that is better.
Chose AWS IoT Core
We prefer Amazon storage and content delivery S3 services rather than Microsoft Blob Storage. Also, AWS IoT Core seems to be the cheaper alternative compared to Azure IoT.
Azure IoT Hub
Chose Azure IoT Hub
I preferred AWS because it's faster to learn while more complex on Azure, either way, Azure is very complete and professional, although more expensive sometimes.
Chose Azure IoT Hub
Azure IoT provides robust bi-directional communication within the cloud and can store millions of messages from the different devices on the cloud.
It provides seamless communication and it's easy to integrate different IoT applications like app service and device management. …
Chose Azure IoT Hub
We require Azure integration, data security and simple development. IoT Hub ticked all those boxes.
Chose Azure IoT Hub
Very comparable to the AWS offer, although brings additional security. Far ahead the rest of the industry, with end to end architecture and feature-set. Geo availability is a plus as well. Pricing could be more flexible or easy to understand - too many different components to …
Features
AWS IoT CoreMicrosoft Azure IoT Hub
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
Microsoft Azure IoT Hub
8.7
Ratings
8% above category average
IoT Device Management8.10 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Device Security8.20 Ratings9.70 Ratings
IoT Data Management8.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
IoT Analytics8.40 Ratings6.10 Ratings
IoT Integration8.20 Ratings8.20 Ratings
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Small Businesses

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AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Enterprises

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AWS IoT Core
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
AWS IoT CoreMicrosoft Azure IoT Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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Usability
8.7
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Support Rating
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User Testimonials
AWS IoT CoreMicrosoft Azure IoT Hub
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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I would recommend Azure IoT Hub for the energy industry and for massive scaling, maintaining security, and easy management of devices. It could be less suited from my point of view to small IoT projects due to the steeper learning curve.
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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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  • Very Strong Security Standards.
  • Good documentation and easy to implement.
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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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  • Its expensive for individual use and price needs to be decreased.
  • Documentation of IOT hub is a little confusing and needs to be detailed.
  • Azure edge services are mediocre as compare to Amazon edge services.
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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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Azure IoT support professionals are strong, and always provide timely responses. Vast documentation and examples are available, plus a network of professionals in the market. It's very comparable to the main competitor offer, and easily integrated into the main Azure product offer. Azure IoT is not a new solution, so it is very mature and support can easily address any day to day or architectural concern you have.
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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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Azure IoT provides robust bi-directional communication within the cloud and can store millions of messages from the different devices on the cloud. It provides seamless communication and it's easy to integrate different IoT applications like app service and device management. It handles heavy throughput and can collect sensor data which is cool.
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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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  • Little code
  • scalable
  • secure
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