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AWS IoT Core

Overview

What is AWS IoT Core?

AWS 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…

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Recent Reviews

AWS IoT core review

9 out of 10
January 07, 2022
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AWS IoT core helps in collecting, managing data from IoT devices without having to manage the underlying infrastructure and focus on …
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AWS IoT Core Review

7 out of 10
September 21, 2020
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AWS IoT Core is being used by our organization to connect devices to AWS Services and other devices, secure data and interactions, process …
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My AWS IoT Core Review

8 out of 10
September 18, 2020
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We use AWS IoT Core in order to collect real-time data and analysis capabilities for our machine factory in order to collect data of our …
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Popular Features

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  • Device Security (15)
    8.2
    82%
  • IoT Integration (14)
    8.1
    81%
  • IoT Device Management (15)
    8.1
    81%
  • IoT Data Management (15)
    7.9
    79%
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Pricing

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Connectivity

$0.08

Cloud
Per Million Minutes

Rules Engine

$0.15

Cloud
Per Million Actions

Messaging

$1.00

Cloud
Per Million Messages

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices resulting from the proliferation of sensors and Internet-aware devices of every kind.

8.1
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

AWS IoT Core Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

AWS 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, analyze and act on data generated by connected devices, without having to manage any infrastructure. The AWS IoT Device and Mobile SDKs include open-source libraries, developer guides with samples, and porting guides so that users can build innovative IoT products or solutions on your choice of hardware platforms.

Reviewers rate IoT Analytics highest, with a score of 8.3.

The most common users of AWS IoT Core are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
AWS IoT is used to develop and prototype IoT devices. Recently, I have been prototyping an IoT device using a Raspberry Pi, and I decided to choose AWS IoT Core for the cloud solution. AWS IoT is used by the engineering department only to prototype and connect IoT devices to cloud solutions and perform analytics on the sensor data generated by IoT devices. By using AWS IoT Core, the business does not have to think about separate analytics software and data storage solution for the data generated by the IoT devices. With the use of the AWS IoT Core, we don't have to think about backend solutions and our focus remains on developing a power IoT edge device with less cost.
  • 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
  • Amazon IoT Core provides a lot of IoT services, so beginners need time to go through the documentation and Youtube videos.
  • SQL-like Syntax in the IoT rules engine can be improved.
  • Monitoring and and real-time dashboard features could be improved.
AWS IoT Core provides a good solution for IoT services required for IoT application development and for IoT startup companies. AWS IoT platform provides special packages for IoT startups, helps them in lowering costs, and caters to all their educational and training needs. AWS IoT platform is integrated with powerful AI and ML analytics so IoT startups can focus more on device development and less on backend solutions. I don't see any scenario where the IoT Core would be less appropriate.
Internet of Things (5)
96%
9.6
IoT Device Management
90%
9.0
Device Security
100%
10.0
IoT Data Management
100%
10.0
IoT Analytics
100%
10.0
IoT Integration
90%
9.0
  • AWS IoT Core has lowered the cost of device development and data management.
  • Data analytics have become easy with power AI and ML algorithms.
  • Overall, the platform is highly secure so data security is not an issue now.
We have checked other IoT platforms such as IBM Watson IoT and Microsoft Azure IoT, but Amazon IoT Core seems reasonable in terms of pricing and overall functionalities. Amazon IoT Core is easy to start and set up and our prior engagement with Amazon for AWS was a factor to go with AWX IoT Core. Other products are also good, but Amazon IoT Core has met all of our expectations. Its strong user community, affinity towards startups, and tech support are really great.
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.
Overall usability seems good. It provides all the IoT services including sensor data management, secure communication, powerful analytics, management via IoT console, SNS notification service for alerts, data storage, etc. required by an IoT app developer or device developer, so it is a complete solution for all your IoT needs. Further, you can scale up the system based on the demand.
prabhakar srivastava | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
AWS IoT helps us to connect our IoT applications to cloud based services. It is more secure and allows us to pass tons of messages. Basically it is used by IT departments and the technicians used this to communicate with IoT based applications. Technicians test their devices through the cloud based services.
  • It provides a good GUI interface for your IoT applications. so the data can be read in a more meaningful manner.
  • It helps us to test the functioning of devices and you can create custom applications that communicate with your IoT devices and send data to cloud server.
  • To develop such a type of application that reads your device data is a tedious work but AWS IoT makes it easy as it provides a custom tool that easily establishes a connection between your IoT devices and Cloud server.
  • Performance needs to increase bit more.
  • Sometime the server hangs and hence is not able to send data to cloud services.
  • Need to extend it to other devices like Android based devices.
To communicate with IOT based applications it's well suited but for others it's not able to make communications.
Internet of Things (5)
86%
8.6
IoT Device Management
80%
8.0
Device Security
90%
9.0
IoT Data Management
90%
9.0
IoT Analytics
90%
9.0
IoT Integration
80%
8.0
  • It saves on development costs.
  • It helps us to manage resources centrally using Cloud services.
  • Overall it helps us to save time and resources of our organisation.
Of course it saves our company resources and time and to the tedious job of sending our device data to Cloud server. Lots of devices communicate with Cloud using the single tool AWS IoT.
It's very useful.
September 21, 2020

AWS IoT Core Review

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
AWS IoT Core is being used by our organization to connect devices to AWS Services and other devices, secure data and interactions, process and act upon device data. It is being used throughout the whole organization. Business problems it addresses include helping our clients more effectively and making our job easier.
  • Secures data and interactions
  • Processes and acts upon device data
  • Connects devices to AWS Services and other devices
  • Enabling applications to interact with offline devices
  • Freezes up a lot
  • Glitches sometimes
AWS IoT Core is well suited when connecting devices to AWS Services and other devices. It is less appropriate to use AWS IoT when resolving problems among our clients or coding data servers to hold our clients' abundant data and information.
Internet of Things (5)
72%
7.2
IoT Device Management
60%
6.0
Device Security
90%
9.0
IoT Data Management
70%
7.0
IoT Analytics
80%
8.0
IoT Integration
60%
6.0
  • It has made work easier.
  • Everyone enjoys using it.
  • It is slow sometimes.
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.
I give it this rating because the support is always there if we need help, but they aren't always able to help us with our problems and sometimes have to transfer us to another support technician. So overall, the support for AWS IoT is pretty good and I am very satisfied with it.
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.
September 18, 2020

My AWS IoT Core Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use AWS IoT Core in order to collect real-time data and analysis capabilities for our machine factory in order to collect data of our sorting machines in order to improve the productivity and efficiency of our factory works. Data analysts of the QA department can now quickly analyze data coming from the sorting machine sensors.
  • Quickly retrieve data
  • Efficiently analyze data to meet quality controls
  • Available data in the cloud for all departments
  • Set up of IoT system
  • Firewall issues
We were satisfied with the outcome. Using AWS IoT Core, we can now get production data to analysts in just a few minutes instead of a few days (via the manual process).
Internet of Things (5)
84%
8.4
IoT Device Management
100%
10.0
Device Security
70%
7.0
IoT Data Management
70%
7.0
IoT Analytics
100%
10.0
IoT Integration
80%
8.0
  • We save around 6 hours per month of manual Q&A on production site.
We prefer Amazon storage and content delivery S3 services rather than Microsoft Blob Storage. Also, AWS IoT Core seems to be the cheaper alternative compared to Azure IoT.
We did not use the support yet.
Very useable because AWS also comes with No SQL DynamoDB storage and ElasticCache for caching + data migration services.
Microsoft Teams, Atlassian JIRA Align (formerly AgileCraft), SOLIDWORKS
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