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    Altair SmartWorks

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAltair SmartWorks, or SmartCore (formerly Carriots) offers an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) platform. SmartWorks is available as Platform as a Service (PaaS) or on-premise, and designed for machine to machine (M2M) and digital twin projects. SmartWorks accelerates your IoT application development and provides simple scalability as your projects and devices grow. Altair SmartWorks lets users collect and store data from connected devices, build powerful applications, deploy and scale from…N/A

    AWS IoT Core

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAWS 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,…

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    Altair SmartWorksAWS IoT Core
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    Altair SmartWorksAWS IoT Core
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    Entry-level Setup Fee$2 devicesNo setup fee
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    Altair SmartWorksAWS IoT Core
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Altair SmartWorksAWS IoT Core
    Internet of Things
    Comparison of Internet of Things features of Altair SmartWorks and AWS IoT Core
    Feature
    Altair SmartWorks
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    AWS IoT Core
    8.2
    15 Ratings
    3% above category average
    IoT Device Management9.01 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    Device Security9.01 Ratings8.215 Ratings
    IoT Data Management9.01 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    IoT Analytics10.01 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    IoT Integration10.01 Ratings8.214 Ratings
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    Altair SmartWorksAWS IoT Core
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Altair SmartWorksAWS IoT Core
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
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    8.6
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    Usability
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    8.7
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    Support Rating
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    7.8
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    User Testimonials
    Altair SmartWorksAWS IoT Core
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    Because Altair does not handle the area of automated marketing plans adequately, it is not as relevant in the implementation for marketing agencies, but this is easy to solve if you use an external tool to execute mail marketing campaigns, and thus also cover the project advertising, or send informative announcements about the progress of the project.
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    Amazon AWS
    End-to-end encryption is an amazing feature because we use IoT to connect to various devices in order to gather data/ stats in real-time. We're able to publish solutions with ease and at a faster rate because of AWS IoT Core. However, its inability to interact with other IoT tools is a big con that I would like them to improve upon.
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    Pros
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
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    Amazon AWS
    • 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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    Cons
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • Since the service can be used to manage development in teams of various sizes, we can conclude that Altair Smartworks can be used in almost all kinds of areas that require code development for projects, and with this, we decide that there are no negative points about the platform that can affect our experience of use.
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    Amazon AWS
    • Ability to integrate with Ethercalc software solution
    • Ability to introduce NFC toolchains and systems which could be utilized in iot modular gateway solutions like drones
    • Ability to reduce latency as the solution scales is very much needed
    • Hybrid solution which can integrate other existing iot solutions into AWS iot core
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    Usability
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
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    Amazon AWS
    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
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
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    Amazon AWS
    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
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
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    Amazon AWS
    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 integration and ease of use.
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    Return on Investment
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • In view of the fact that profits have proven to be exemplary during the last quarter that we have been working with Altair to cover our operations, as our ROI has increased by 4.
    • In reality, results may vary depending on both how easy it is for employees to get used to the service and to deliver bottom-line profits, but overall the results are promising.
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    Amazon AWS
    • 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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