Microsoft Azure IoT Hub vs. ThingsBoard

Microsoft Azure IoT Hub

ThingsBoard

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure IoT Hub	Score 6.0 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft's Azure IoT Hub is a managed service for bidirectional communication between IoT devices and Azure. Azure IoT Hub provides a cloud-hosted solution back end to connect virtually any device. Users can extend their solutions from the cloud to the edge with per-device authentication, built-in device management, and scaled provisioning.	$10 per month per IoT Hub unit (per month)
ThingsBoard	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	ThingsBoard is an open-source IoT Platform supporting IoT device management, data collection, processing and visualization for connected IoT solutions.	$10 per month/up to 30 devices

Pricing

Microsoft Azure IoT Hub

ThingsBoard

Editions & Modules

B1: $10
per month per IoT Hub unit
S1: $25
per month per IoT Hub unit
B2: $50
per month per IoT Hub unit
S2: $250
per month per IoT Hub unit
B3: $500
per month per IoT Hub unit
S3: $2500
per month per IoT Hub unit
Free: Free
per month per IoT Hub unit

Cloud: $10
per month/up to 30 devices
Professional Edition - Maker: $10
per month/up to 10 devices
Self Managed - Maker: $10
per month/up to 10 devices
Self Managed - Prototype: $99
per month/up to 100 devices
Professional Edition - Prototype: $149
per month/up to 100 devices
Trendz Analytics - Prototype: $175
per month/up to 200 devices
Self Managed - Startup: $199
per month/up to 500 devices
Trendz Analytics - Startup: $200
per month/up to 500 devices
Trendz Analytics - Business: $350
per month/up to 1,000 devices
Professional Edition - Startup: $399
per month/up to 500 devices
Self Managed - Perpetual Fallback License: 2,999
one time purchase
Community Edition: Free
Trendz Analytics - Perpetual Fallback License: Contact sales team

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azure IoT Hub	ThingsBoard
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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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Microsoft Azure IoT Hub	ThingsBoard

Features

Microsoft Azure IoT Hub

ThingsBoard

Internet of Things

Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Azure IoT Hub 8.7 4 Ratings 9% above category average	ThingsBoard - Ratings
IoT Device Management	9.64 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device Security	9.74 Ratings	00 Ratings
IoT Data Management	9.64 Ratings	00 Ratings
IoT Analytics	6.14 Ratings	00 Ratings
IoT Integration	8.34 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Microsoft Azure IoT Hub	ThingsBoard
Small Businesses	AWS IoT Core Score 9.9 out of 10	Portainer Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Enterprises	AWS IoT Core Score 9.9 out of 10	No answers on this topic
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Microsoft Azure IoT Hub	ThingsBoard
Likelihood to Recommend	8.9 (4 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Microsoft Azure IoT Hub	ThingsBoard
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft We are using the Azure IOT hub for solving the multitenancy problem within our research project. We are consuming data from various resources and communicating it with different devices on our hybrid cloud. We also use Azure IoT as a bridge between two business Intelligence sources which are really hard to connect devices. Incentivized Omkar Marne Software Engineer Read full review	Open Source Immediate installation on cloud VM FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Massive registration and deployment of new devices. Easy integration with other Azure services. Handling security if devices. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Open Source API integration users management easy to use great UI Easy to upgrade Few configuration task FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review
Cons	Microsoft Hardware and embedded integration could improve or be at parity with competitor. Pricing model not as flexible as competitor. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Open Source MicroPython Library not yet available for downlink DATA FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review
Support Rating	Microsoft Azure IoT support professionals are strong, and always provide timely responses. Vast documentation and examples are available, plus a network of professionals in the market. It's very comparable to the main competitor offer, and easily integrated into the main Azure product offer. Azure IoT is not a new solution, so it is very mature and support can easily address any day to day or architectural concern you have. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Open Source No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	Microsoft No answers on this topic	Open Source near to Zero Conf FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft We require Azure integration, data security and simple development. IoT Hub ticked all those boxes. Incentivized OR Orlando Remédios CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Read full review	Open Source AWS -> too loud :) FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft As a student, we are using student program subscription which is cheaper than an individual or business subscription. Our school devices our efficiently communicating with each other which has increased the revenue of our school. It provides strong and robust cloud communication within the premises which also helped in increased in the school reputation. Incentivized Omkar Marne Software Engineer Read full review	Open Source TB CE is real production tool TB CE is quite the same as TB PE so move to PE is easier FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review
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