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AWS IoT Greengrass vs Azure IoT Edge

No leader: the top candidate Azure IoT Edge has only 0.26 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.

AWS IoT Greengrass full profile →Azure IoT Edge full profile →
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AWS IoT Greengrass38
Azure IoT Edge47
Score
Vioscale score
AWS IoT Greengrass38 / 100low · 42%
Azure IoT Edge47 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS IoT Greengrass✓
Azure IoT Edge✓
Model
AWS IoT Greengrassquote
Azure IoT Edgefree
Price level
AWS IoT Greengrasslow
Azure IoT Edgefree
Transparent
AWS IoT Greengrass✗
Azure IoT Edge✗
Integrations
Count
AWS IoT Greengrass7
Azure IoT Edge5
Security
Fedramp
AWS IoT Greengrass✓
Azure IoT Edge–
Gdpr
AWS IoT Greengrass✓
Azure IoT Edge–
Hipaa
AWS IoT Greengrass✓
Azure IoT Edge–
Pci
AWS IoT Greengrass✓
Azure IoT Edge–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for edge computing. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Control plane model
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Kubernetes native
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Offline disconnected operation
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Hardware provided
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Ota fleet updates
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Device discovery
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Edge ML inference
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
GPU accelerator support
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Air gapped support
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Telco mec purpose built
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Central fleet dashboard
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
Multi cloud neutral
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-
License model
AWS IoT Greengrass-
Azure IoT Edge-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AWS IoT Greengrass

A cloud-integrated platform that enables building and deploying applications to edge devices, with local data processing and device management capabilities that operate independently when cloud connectivity is unavailable.

Independently observed

Azure IoT Edge

A managed service that deploys cloud intelligence, AI models, and business logic directly onto IoT edge devices, enabling local analysis and decision-making without constant cloud connectivity.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AWS IoT Greengrass

Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier includes 3 devices per month for 12 months. Subsequently $0.16/device/month plus AWS IoT Core and service charges.

  • StandardContact sales
    • Edge runtime deployment
    • Local data processing
    • Cloud synchronization
    • Docker container support
    • AWS Lambda execution
    • +1 more
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Azure IoT Edge

FreeFree tier

Runtime is free and open-source (MIT license). Service itself is free but requires Azure IoT Hub; actual costs depend on hub tier and modules deployed.

  • FreeFree
  • S1-
  • S2-
  • S3-
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Windows
AWS IoT Greengrass–
Azure IoT Edge✓
Linux
AWS IoT Greengrass–
Azure IoT Edge✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS IoT Greengrass✓
Azure IoT Edge✓
Self-hosted
AWS IoT Greengrass✓
Azure IoT Edge✗
On-premise
AWS IoT Greengrass✓
Azure IoT Edge✓
Hybrid
AWS IoT Greengrass✓
Azure IoT Edge✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AWS IoT Greengrass

7 total
  • AWS IoT Core
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon Kinesis
  • Amazon ECR
  • Docker Hub
  • AWS Secrets Manager
Independently observed

Azure IoT Edge

5 total
  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Azure Custom Vision
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Marketplace (certified edge modules)
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.