Cisco Jasper vs. Microsoft Azure IoT Central

Cisco Jasper is well suited to enable lifecycle automation, diagnostics of your IoT devices, integrate with virtually any code or program, and manage costs. It also allows for inter-device connectivity additionally to cellular IoT connection. The AI part of it helps us protect against malware breaches and adapts to new devices easily. We would love to see an easier integration interface, as it was a complicated implementation for us.

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If there is a need for a system to be developed in a short time then Azure IoT Central is the perfect option, offering a fast solution for a simple system that can be used and built upon. This is a great advantage as it skips on some details, also this is a bit of a disadvantage as most times developers want to know what they are working with.

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• Device integration
• Connectivity management
• Enterprise-grade solution

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• Creation and management of user roles, who can access your IoT resources and configure the level of access, very granular and self-explanatory
• Configuration of apps and devices, integrations, and administrations are done in an intuitive way and it's easy to navigate your way through the available settings.
• The documentation is really excellent, everything is explained succinctly and there are enough practical examples to get you started.
• Existing templates can save you a lot of time in getting your desired setup complete with less effort and time invested.

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• Occasionally, it takes a long time for things to load, but that is just a feature.
• There are a few minor glitches, but nothing that affects usage.
• It was assuring security as a vendor-based solution.

• Lack of info on error messages
• GUI misses important configuration options
• Not well documented options inside IoT Hub for example (consumer groups)

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In our country, the subscriber management platform is not eligible since each cell phone operator opts for a particular brand, that is, we have not had an option, although we have no complaints about the platform, we feel comfortable using it. I know of other management platforms used by other operators and they are really all very well designed, but we all know about CISCO's track record in the market, which adds additional value.

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Before deciding to go with Microsoft Azure IoT Central, we considered Google, Datadog, and AWS alternatives. The reason we went with Azure was that the client was heavily invested in Microsoft technologies and Azure plays really well with other Microsoft products. The competitive products might be a little bit easier to set up, with more flexible pricing, but, the integrations with other Microsoft services were the deciding factor for our use case.

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• It allows us to reduce costs, improve reliability, and quickly recoup our investment and achieve excellent results.
• It has complete control over its connection, messages, and remote phone services.
• Cisco Jasper 5G connectivity connects all devices well. It's a good choice for protecting sensitive data.

• Continuous and significant progress
• Integration of the product in the ongoing work and improvement of our system capacity
• Convenient interface

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