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    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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    Google Cloud IoT

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Google Cloud IoT Core is a fully managed service that allows you to easily and securely connect, manage, and ingest data from millions of globally dispersed devices. Cloud IoT Core, in combination with other services on Cloud IoT platform, provides a complete solution for collecting, processing, analyzing, and visualizing IoT data in real time to support improved operational efficiency.N/A
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    AWS IoT CoreGoogle Cloud IoT
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    $0.08
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    Rules Engine
    $0.15
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    Messaging
    $1.00
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    AWS IoT CoreGoogle Cloud IoT
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    AWS IoT CoreGoogle Cloud IoT
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    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 …
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    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.
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    Google
    Chose Google Cloud IoT
    Although comparisons are hateful, even more so when we are talking about leading brands where the quality of their services are indisputable, the general environment of Google was more familiar to me since I use, for example, Google Firebase on a daily basis, where part of the …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AWS IoT CoreGoogle Cloud IoT
    Internet of Things
    Comparison of Internet of Things features of AWS IoT Core and Google Cloud IoT
    Feature
    AWS IoT Core
    8.2
    15 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Google Cloud IoT
    6.9
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    IoT Device Management8.115 Ratings5.22 Ratings
    Device Security8.215 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    IoT Data Management8.015 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    IoT Analytics8.413 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    IoT Integration8.214 Ratings5.42 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AWS IoT CoreGoogle Cloud IoT
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    6.3
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    Usability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    AWS IoT CoreGoogle Cloud IoT
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Google
    I consider myself very techy and found Google Cloud IoT platform very challenging to manage. The lack of tutorials and discussions to understand how each section works is very challenging. I specifically made a connection after several hours to Google Nest to third-party integration, Home Assistant. Shortly after Google Cloud upgraded to a new version breaking the connection. This was extremely frustrating. No service should take several hours to figure out, in my opinion, if it does, the platform is doing a poor job of making it easy. I'm personally very discouraged any time I ever have to use this platform. It's very hard to find answers.
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    Pros
    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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    Google
    • Integration with different brands of microcontrollers including the one currently used by Espresiff.
    • The platform is very robust and secure.
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    Cons
    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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    Google
    • Not beginner friendly.
    • Needs more tutorials and walk throughs on how to get started.
    • Very complicated and unless you know what you are doing you will be lost.
    • Lack of material found on how to do each section / services.
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    Usability
    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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Google
    Although comparisons are hateful, even more so when we are talking about leading brands where the quality of their services are indisputable, the general environment of Google was more familiar to me since I use, for example, Google Firebase on a daily basis, where part of the concepts are similar, without Without a doubt, AWS services are excellent, but it was easier for me to go through the functions of Google Cloud IoT.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Google
    • The amount of hours to get things integrated is negative.
    • The amount of hours researching how to get devices integrated is negative.
    • Overall the amount of time and effort getting things working has been a negative experience.
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