Altair SmartWorks vs. Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altair SmartWorks
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Altair 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
Azure IoT Edge
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Azure IoT Edge is a fully managed service built on Azure IoT Hub. Users can deploy cloud workloads—artificial intelligence, Azure and third-party services, or business logic—to run on Internet of Things (IoT) edge devices via standard containers. The vendor states that by moving certain workloads to the edge of the network, devices spend less time communicating with the cloud, react more quickly to local changes, and operate reliably even in extended offline periods.N/A
Pricing
Altair SmartWorksMicrosoft Azure IoT Edge
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Altair SmartWorksAzure IoT Edge
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$2 devicesNo setup fee
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Features
Altair SmartWorksMicrosoft Azure IoT Edge
Internet of Things
Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartWorks
9.4
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Microsoft Azure IoT Edge
9.2
3 Ratings
15% above category average
IoT Device Management9.01 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Device Security9.01 Ratings9.93 Ratings
IoT Data Management9.01 Ratings9.93 Ratings
IoT Analytics10.01 Ratings8.03 Ratings
IoT Integration10.01 Ratings8.13 Ratings
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Altair SmartWorksMicrosoft Azure IoT Edge
Small Businesses
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.6 out of 10
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies

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Enterprises
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.6 out of 10
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Altair SmartWorksMicrosoft Azure IoT Edge
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altair SmartWorksMicrosoft Azure IoT Edge
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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Microsoft
Deployment of mission critical business support solutions particularly those that support virtual learning and video conferencing environments. This is because they help organisations such as the university to effectively transition to a digitally compliant organisation.
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Pros
Altair Engineering, Inc.
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Microsoft
  • It works even if there is no internet at client location. It will record all the generated data and only send them to cloud storage when there is internet connection.
  • It allows you to bring cloud functionality down to Edge location in the form of docker container.
  • It also supports two way communication from device to cloud and vice-versa.
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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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Microsoft
  • Microsoft Azure IoT Edge must support more Azure services for Edge computing.
  • Like stream analytics integration with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge. Other services also should be integrated with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge for alerts and notifications.
  • Buffering issue needs to be resolved.
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Alternatives Considered
Altair Engineering, Inc.
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Microsoft
In terms of creating a smart digital workplace, in terms of being granular in enterprise security, provides a modernised experience, high quality data analysis at the edge of computing, while providing efficient mobility and workplace services.
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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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Microsoft
  • ROI was high, as we were able to impress our clients with POC of Microsoft Azure IoT Edge with our IoT based ERP product.
  • We were able to perform our POC for almost free, as there no charges for Azure IoT Edge, only minimal charges for storage.
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