Enterprise Internet of Things Handbook

Comparison between platforms

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 ...