Arduino vs. Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

Arduino

Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Arduino	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Arduino is an open-source hardware and software ecosystem. Providing software tools, hardware platforms and documentation that enables anyone to be creative with technology. Arduino is a popular tool for IoT product development as well as STEM/STEAM education.	N/A
Azure IoT Edge	Score 8.4 out of 10	N/A	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

Arduino

Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Arduino	Azure IoT Edge
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Arduino	Microsoft Azure IoT Edge
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Mission critical Pro Business solutions Pro Video conferencing
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Technical support Minus Latency issues Minus Built in functionality

Features

Arduino

Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

Internet of Things

Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
	Arduino 4.8 1 Ratings 49% below category average	Microsoft Azure IoT Edge 9.2 3 Ratings 15% above category average
IoT Device Management	5.01 Ratings	9.93 Ratings
Device Security	5.01 Ratings	9.93 Ratings
IoT Data Management	6.01 Ratings	9.93 Ratings
IoT Analytics	3.01 Ratings	8.03 Ratings
IoT Integration	5.01 Ratings	8.13 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Arduino	Microsoft Azure IoT Edge
Small Businesses	AWS IoT Core Score 7.6 out of 10	AWS IoT Core Score 7.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Enterprises	AWS IoT Core Score 7.6 out of 10	AWS IoT Core Score 7.6 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Arduino	Microsoft Azure IoT Edge
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Arduino	Microsoft Azure IoT Edge
Likelihood to Recommend	Arduino Excellent for teaching - learning and small projects of automation, robotics, domotics in industry.It has a large development community and being a free software is widely recognized and is constantly evolving.Not very suitable for scenarios where wifi connectivity is needed, in order to make use of it, it is necessary to purchase additional products. Incentivized Deimer Miranda Montoya Profesor Read full review	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Arduino Easy interfacing with other microcontrollers Your IDE is versatile for programming other types of microcontrollers. Incentivized Deimer Miranda Montoya Profesor Read full review	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. Incentivized Rishabh Khanna Software Engineer Read full review
Cons	Arduino Arduino should implement wifi communication on most of its development boards. Extend your protection against electromagnetic noise Incentivized Deimer Miranda Montoya Profesor Read full review	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. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Arduino Arduino has its own IDE which allows the programming of its development kits to be done quickly and easily, compared to others. Incentivized Deimer Miranda Montoya Profesor Read full review	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Arduino Positive impact on teaching processes, students find their development cards attractive. In projects where fast implementation is necessary, it is the best option. Incentivized Deimer Miranda Montoya Profesor Read full review	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. Incentivized Rishabh Khanna Software Engineer Read full review
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