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Azure IoT Hub

Score7.1 out of 10

13 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Azure IoT Hub?

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.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Azure IoT Hub has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Device Security

    Security to prevent connected devices from being hacked or compromised.

    Category average: 8.3

  • IoT Device Management

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

    Category average: 8.5

  • IoT Data Management

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

    Category average: 8.4

Areas for Improvement

  • IoT Integration

    Software integration and APIs to support business processes and applications.

    Category average: 8

  • IoT Analytics

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

    Category average: 7.8

Reviews

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One of the best IoT service in the industry!!

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Omkar MarneView profile
Software Engineer in Information Technology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are developing a device that will use the Azure IOT hub to communicate with other devices. This device will communicate within our research building to send notifications regarding login in and login out. Azure IoT hub with Azure student programs is cheap and our school has purchased a yearly subscription for the same. This device will be helpful for our school and is a part of our research.

Pros

  • Bidirectional communication on cloud with different devices.
  • Secured communication with different devices.
  • Compatibility with IOT central and Azure event grid.

Cons

  • Its expensive for individual use and price needs to be decreased.
  • Documentation of IOT hub is a little confusing and needs to be detailed.
  • Azure edge services are mediocre as compare to Amazon edge services.

Most Important Features

  • Bidirectional communication with the devices on the cloud
  • End to End connection oriented communication with the devices on the cloud.
  • Secured communication with the devices on the cloud
  • Easy to mange and configure just with hitting buttons.

Return on Investment

  • 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.

Alternatives Considered

AWS IoT Device Management

Other Software Used

Jupyter Notebook, NetBeans, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet

IoT integration

Incentivized
Orlando Remédios
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Corporate at Sensefinity (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Usage of IoT products for intelligent logistics operations. We develop Smart Sensors (Sensoroids) which are capable of acting as a direct representation of their physical counterparts in the cloud. For the sensors to act as digital twins in logistics we require to acquire several sensor data to represent the staus of the good in transport. As such we need to acquire location (GPS and indoor location) sensors (such as temperature, humidity, weight, vibration and shock) to be able to inform the asset owner about the relevant data for their goods.

Pros

  • Sensor Data
  • Security
  • Integration
  • Scalability

Cons

  • Management Portal

Most Important Features

  • Security
  • Integration
  • Azure Cloud

Return on Investment

  • Little code
  • scalable
  • secure

Alternatives Considered

AWS IoT Core

Other Software Used

Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft), Notion, Microsoft Project

Personal Experience on Azure vs AWS for the IoT War.

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Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Azure IoT Hub is used by several clients within my organization, the latest project is about telemetry data from sensors installed in cars allowing easy connection and registration at the scale of new sensors, managing them, and redirecting the data to other services of the business workflow. The Microsoft Azure IoT Hub is very intuitive and easy to use, this is why is our to-go service for handling several IoT devices.

Pros

  • Massive registration and deployment of new devices.
  • Easy integration with other Azure services.
  • Handling security if devices.

Cons

  • It's usually more expensive than its competitors.
  • More restrictions and limitations for registering IoT Devices.
  • Documentation is confusing, compared to AWS IoT.

Most Important Features

  • Device management.
  • IoT Hub SDK.
  • Security
  • Message routing.

Return on Investment

  • Azure is the main partner of my organization, so it's the to-go platform, having a positive impact on the ROI.

Alternatives Considered

AWS IoT Core

Other Software Used

AWS IoT Core

Very strong, secure and robust global IoT Platform

Incentivized
Verified User
Executive in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Very Strong Security Standards.
  • Good documentation and easy to implement.

Cons

  • Hardware and embedded integration could improve or be at parity with competitor.
  • Pricing model not as flexible as competitor.

Return on Investment

  • Drove down our TCO by double digit percentage.
  • Easy to find professionals who understand the platform.

Alternatives Considered

AWS IoT, AT&T IoT Platform and IBM Watson IoT

Other Software Used

AWS IoT, IBM Watson IoT, IBM Watson Analytics