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What is the difference between Azure IoT Hub and Azure IoT Central?


I used Azure IoT Hub earlier and now I found a new topic Azure IoT Central which looks as same as the Azure IoT Hub.

I am confused with the difference between these IoT Services, Can anyone explain me the difference and which one is better between Azure IoT Central and Azure IoT Hub?

Thanks in advance


Solution

  • This page offers a good overview about the different IoT options on Azure: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-central/overview-iot-options

    Microsoft Azure IoT Central and Azure IoT offer several options for building an IoT solution. These options are appropriate for different sets of customer requirements:

    Azure IoT Central is a software as a service (SaaS) solution that uses a model-based approach to help you to build enterprise-grade IoT solutions without requiring expertise in cloud-solution development.

    Azure IoT solution accelerators are an enterprise-grade collection of solution accelerators built on Azure platform as a service (PaaS) that help you accelerate the development of custom IoT solutions.

    All of those build on IoT Hub which is the foundational PaaS (Plattform as a Service) offering for device connectivity, management and communication.