Comparison

AWS IoT Greengrass vs Rafay

On the evidence we track, Rafay leads this comparison with a composite score of 53/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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AWS IoT Greengrass38

★Rafay53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS IoT Greengrass	RafayLeader
Vioscale score	38 / 100low · 42%	53 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	quote	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	unknown
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	14
Security
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

AWS IoT Greengrass38 / 100low · 42%

Rafay53 / 100low · 42%

Pricing

Free tier

AWS IoT Greengrass✓

Rafay✗

Model

AWS IoT Greengrassquote

Rafaycommercial

Price level

AWS IoT Greengrasslow

Rafayunknown

Transparent

AWS IoT Greengrass✗

Rafay✓

Integrations

Count

AWS IoT Greengrass7

Rafay14

Security

Fedramp

AWS IoT Greengrass✓

Rafay–

Gdpr

AWS IoT Greengrass✓

Rafay✓

Hipaa

AWS IoT Greengrass✓

Rafay✓

Pci

AWS IoT Greengrass✓

Rafay✓

Market

Availability

AWS IoT GreengrassAvailable worldwide · HQ US

RafayAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Edge Computing
Capability	AWS IoT Greengrass	Rafay
Capabilities
Control plane model	-	K8s extension
Kubernetes native	-	✓
Offline disconnected operation	-	✓
Hardware provided	-	✗
Ota fleet updates	-	✓
Device discovery	-	✗
Edge ML inference	-	✓
GPU accelerator support	-	✓
Air gapped support	-	✓
Telco mec purpose built	-	✗
Central fleet dashboard	-	✓
Multi cloud neutral	-	✓
License model	-	Proprietary

Capabilities

Control plane model

AWS IoT Greengrass-

RafayK8s extension

Kubernetes native

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✓

Offline disconnected operation

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✓

Hardware provided

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✗

Ota fleet updates

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✓

Device discovery

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✗

Edge ML inference

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✓

GPU accelerator support

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✓

Air gapped support

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✓

Telco mec purpose built

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✗

Central fleet dashboard

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✓

Multi cloud neutral

AWS IoT Greengrass-

Rafay✓

License model

AWS IoT Greengrass-

RafayProprietary

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

Rafay

Leader

A comprehensive platform that enables organizations to expose GPU infrastructure and Kubernetes workloads as managed, self-service cloud services with built-in multi-tenant governance, automation, and visibility across hybrid and air-gapped environments.

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

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

Rafay

Leader

Subscription

Platform fee plus per-node/per-GPU usage fee with volume discounts. Enterprise Support (24x7x365) available at 20% of subscription cost.

as of 2026-08-25verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AWS IoT Greengrass	Rafay
WebPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

AWS IoT Greengrass–

Rafay✓

CLI

AWS IoT Greengrass–

Rafay✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS IoT Greengrass✓

Rafay✓

Self-hosted

AWS IoT Greengrass✓

Rafay✓

On-premise

AWS IoT Greengrass✓

Rafay✓

Hybrid

AWS IoT Greengrass✓

Rafay✓

Air-gapped

AWS IoT Greengrass✗

Rafay✓

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

Rafay

Leader

20 total

Slack
Microsoft Teams
PagerDuty
Jira
ServiceNow
Datadog
Elasticsearch
Loki
Terraform
Crossplane
GitHub Actions
AWS EKS
Microsoft Azure AKS
Google Cloud GKE
Oracle Cloud OKE
Argo CD
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Oracle Cloud

Independently observed

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