Now that we have gone through the various features that an IoT platform should have, we are going to compare the five platforms and provide a matrix that can help define a use case:
|
Feature |
AWS |
Azure |
Google IoT |
IBM Watson |
Kaa |
|
Device Inventory Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No (management is more on an application level) |
|
Device SDK |
Yes-provided |
Yes-provided |
Yes-can use any MQTT client software |
Yes-provided |
Yes-provided |
|
Security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Data protocols |
MQTT(s), HTTP(s) |
MQTT(s) |
MQTT(s) |
MQTT(s), HTTP(s) |
HTTP(s) |
|
Storage support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Dashboard |
Not built in |
Not built in |
Not built in |
Not built in |
Not built in |
|
Has dashboard tools as part of the platform |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Big data support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Depends... |