Azure Stream Analytics vs. ThingWorx

Azure Stream Analytics

ThingWorx

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure Stream Analytics	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft offers Azure Stream Analytics for IoT and connected devices, supporting real-time analytics and reporting.	$0.11 per hour with a 1 SU minimum
ThingWorx	Score 8.2 out of 10	N/A	ThingWorx is an IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) development platform acquired by PTC in 2014 and merged with Axeda Machine Cloud in the same year, to expand PTC's development offerings.	N/A

Pricing

Azure Stream Analytics

ThingWorx

Editions & Modules

Standard: $0.11
per hour with a 1 SU minimum
Dedicated: $0.11
per hour with a 36 SU minimum

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azure Stream Analytics	ThingWorx
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Azure Stream Analytics is priced by the number of Streaming Units provisioned. A Streaming Unit represents the amount of memory and compute allocated to your resources.

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Community Pulse
	Azure Stream Analytics	ThingWorx
Top Pros	Pro Real time Pro Time data Pro Real time data	Pro Simple enough Pro Drill down Pro Real time
Top Cons	Minus Slightly difficult	Minus Interface needs improvement Minus Customer support Minus Difficult to manage

Features

Azure Stream Analytics

ThingWorx

Streaming Analytics

Comparison of Streaming Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Azure Stream Analytics 6.1 1 Ratings 28% below category average	ThingWorx - Ratings
Real-Time Data Analysis	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data Ingestion from Multiple Data Sources	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Low Latency	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrated Development Tools	2.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data wrangling and preparation	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Linear Scale-Out	5.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data Enrichment	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Internet of Things

Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
	Azure Stream Analytics - Ratings	ThingWorx 7.9 7 Ratings 0% below category average
IoT Device Management	00 Ratings	8.57 Ratings
Device Security	00 Ratings	7.97 Ratings
IoT Data Management	00 Ratings	7.56 Ratings
IoT Analytics	00 Ratings	7.37 Ratings
IoT Integration	00 Ratings	8.17 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Azure Stream Analytics	ThingWorx
Small Businesses	IBM Streams Score 9.0 out of 10	AWS IoT Core Score 7.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Confluent Score 7.4 out of 10	No answers on this topic
Enterprises	Spotfire Streaming Score 8.1 out of 10	AWS IoT Core Score 7.6 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Azure Stream Analytics	ThingWorx
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (1 ratings)	8.7 (10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure Stream Analytics	ThingWorx
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Data enrichment is effectively done in stream analytics also checking the values with different functionality like windowing and group by clause is effectively working. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	PTC It is well suited for situations where you require an end-to-end platform for pushing code and managing data and security of the IoT application. However, it is not well suited for the case when you want to scale the app up to many users and this requires more from the part of the product. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Routing of data from multiple inputs to multiple output You create your own user define function. Intermediate query is working very effectively. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	PTC Asset Monitoring - quick and easy to deploy, can connect to the plant floor and get real-time data from devices. Analytics - The TWX Analytics extension has a variety of analyses that can be done into any data source input into TWX. Alerts notification - you can program alerts to be sent via email/SMS seamlessly. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Microsoft Code competency is not that much effective Ml models can't be integrated with stream analytics Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	PTC Advanced functionality in control and data visualization often requires additional coding from the user. Support and tutorials provided are often lacking in detail or are not readily transferable. Mashup development works poorly on small monitors or laptops. Nathaniel Smith Smart Manufacturing Lab Graduate Research Assistant Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Microsoft No answers on this topic	PTC We started more than a year ago and do not plan to replace it Incentivized VM Viktor Mulac Senior Consultant Read full review
Support Rating	Microsoft No answers on this topic	PTC Experienced and knowledgeable customer support executives, Thingworx is a very large product and contains a myriad of features which is not easy to remember without enough training or hands-on experience Incentivized Kesha Parikh Senior Software Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics is easy to implement and also to integrate compare to other services like iot analytics Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	PTC Well-suited - multiple streams from many data sources, highly scalable application scenarios.Good for a quick test of internet of things (IoT) connectivity and for deploying access via the web. Smooth deployment, easy to couple to devices. Easy cooperation with Splunk, which we use also. Incentivized Pranav Goel GDG Chandigarh Member Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft Very nice roi while using it. Multiple integration is the best functionality Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	PTC Good for quick deployment of customer specific control of IoT Good for quick test of IoT platform Difficult to debug complicate system Incentivized Wonoh Kim Principal Software Engineer Read full review
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