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Google Cloud IoT

Score8.6 out of 10

13 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Google Cloud IoT?

The 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.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Google Cloud IoT has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 13 ratings of Google Cloud IoT's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Device Security

    Security to prevent connected devices from being hacked or compromised.

    Category average: 8.3

  • IoT Data Management

    Support for ingesting edge data and storing it to enterprise platforms, providing data accessibility, and managing data flows.

    Category average: 8.3

  • IoT Analytics

    Rich analytics to transform large quantities of sensor data into actionable insights.

    Category average: 7.7

Areas for Improvement

  • IoT Integration

    Software integration and APIs to support business processes and applications.

    Category average: 8

  • IoT Device Management

    Software for provisioning configuring, troubleshooting and managing IoT devices and gateways remotely.

    Category average: 8.3

Reviews

What users are saying about Google Cloud IoT.
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Google Clout IoT is very complex to beginners

Incentivized
Jeffrey LangeView profile
PHP Web Developer and Linux Server Administrator in Information Technology at Private Smart Home Project (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I had to use Google Cloud IoT platform for building a smart home project to interact with entities, mostly Google's Nest thermometer. The third-party software was called Home Assistant, where you can connect IoT devices and automate making a smart home a lot smoother. There is a lot of integration that happens doing it this way but the functionality is very pleasing.

Pros

  • Access to several services.
  • Very thorough services.
  • Wide range of functionality.

Cons

  • 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.

Most Important Features

  • Needs to be User friendly.
  • Tutorials need to be easy accessible.
  • A working example needs to be included with each service.

Return on Investment

  • 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.

Other Software Used

Adobe Dreamweaver, Terminal, Ubuntu Linux, Microsoft 365, NordVPN, Discord, IBM Cloud Virtual Servers, Notepad++, Kali Linux, Fedora Linux, Facebook Business Manager, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Bridge, Microsoft Windows, GitHub

One of the best IOT platforms.

Incentivized
Jose PerriView profile
Director of Engineering and Product Development in Research & Development at Alarmas Marshall (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The last years of work have been dedicated to the design of electronic equipment related to the IoT, I have analyzed and experimented with different platforms, Google Cloud IoT being one of the ones that have best impressed me. Although later I have chosen to design a personalized platform that uses parts from different providers including Google, to date I consider that I will use it again in new projects.

Pros

  • Integration with different brands of microcontrollers including the one currently used by Espresiff.
  • The platform is very robust and secure.

Cons

  • It would be convenient to be able to calculate operating costs simply and in advance.
  • At the moment the interface offers too many options that could be a problem for an inexperienced user.

Most Important Features

  • Scalability, no matter how many subscribers Google Cloud IoT has, it adapts its processing automatically.
  • Informatic security.
  • The best current technology.

Return on Investment

  • The use of Google Cloud IoT services is essentially charged according to the data transmission carried out, it is important to consider the volume of data to be used previously.
  • Despite the expense that cloud services may have, it is also true that a lot of personnel is saved, who should be available at all hours to ensure that the servers are active.

Alternatives Considered

AWS IoT Core