AWS IoT Core vs Golioth
No leader: the top candidate Golioth has only 0.29 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for embedded iot dev. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
AWS IoT Core
An AWS cloud service providing a managed MQTT message broker for securely connecting millions of IoT devices using end-to-end encryption and mutual authentication, with message routing and fleet management capabilities.
Golioth
Provides a firmware SDK that enables IoT devices to connect to a cloud platform for device management and communication
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
AWS IoT Core
Usage-based pricing. Connectivity from $0.08/million connection-minutes, messaging from $1/million messages. 12-month free tier included for new AWS accounts.
- Pay-as-You-Go$0.08 per 1000000 connection-minutes + $1 per 1000000 messages + $1.25 per 1000000 operations + $0.15 per 1000000 rules-or-actions
- Device connectivity
- MQTT and HTTP messaging
- Device Shadow state storage
- Device registry
- Rules engine for message transformation and routing
- +4 more
Golioth
Usage-based, no minimums or seat limits. Free tier: $50 credits + unlimited device management. Volume discounts available. Annual contracts offer up to 10% additional savings.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
AWS IoT Core
- Amazon S3
- Amazon CloudWatch
Golioth
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
AWS IoT Core or Golioth: which one depends on you
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