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Description

A managed service facilitates two-way communication between IoT devices and Azure, ensuring secure and dependable interaction between your IoT application and its managed devices. With Azure IoT Hub, you have access to a cloud-based backend that can connect almost any device seamlessly. Moreover, you can enhance your solution from the cloud to edge devices through features like per-device authentication, integrated device management, and scalable provisioning options. By utilizing telemetry data from devices to the cloud, you can gain insights into device status and establish message pathways to other Azure services effortlessly, without the need for coding. For cloud-to-device messages, you can reliably send commands and alerts to your connected devices while monitoring message delivery via acknowledgment receipts. The system also allows for automatic resending of messages to address any connectivity issues that may arise. Azure IoT Central goes beyond just proof of concept; it empowers you to create top-tier solutions using a comprehensive hosted IoT application platform, thus fostering innovation in your projects. This combination of features positions Azure as a leading choice for IoT communication solutions.

Description

PubNub is a cloud-based real-time communication platform designed to help developers build applications that require immediate data exchange and synchronized user experiences. Its publish/subscribe messaging infrastructure delivers information between connected applications, users, and devices through globally distributed servers. The platform supports real-time chat, notifications, collaborative editing, multiplayer games, live event interactions, and IoT communication. Presence detection capabilities allow applications to monitor connected users, track online status, and respond to changes in device or user activity. Message persistence enables developers to store conversation histories, retrieve previous messages, and recover information after connection interruptions. PubNub Functions provides serverless processing for validating, filtering, transforming, and enriching messages as they move through the network. Its App Context functionality stores user profiles, channel information, and membership data while synchronizing changes across connected clients. Additional capabilities include access management, push notifications, file sharing, analytics, and integrations with services such as Kafka and AWS. PubNub provides SDKs for multiple programming languages and development environments, allowing organizations to implement real-time functionality without building and maintaining dedicated messaging infrastructure.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

Azure AI Translator No 
Azure IoT Edge Yes 
Azure Marketplace Yes 
Clarifai No 
ClickSend No 
Codename One No 
Dialogflow No 
Easyflow No 
Equinix Smart View Yes 
GPT-3 No 
IBM Watson Language Translator No 
JavaScript No 
MQTTnet Yes 
Microsoft Power BI No 
SendGrid No 
Slack No 
The Asset Guardian EAM (TAG) Yes 
Tisane No 
Vonage Business No 
X (Twitter) No 

Integrations

Azure AI Translator Yes 
Azure IoT Edge No 
Azure Marketplace No 
Clarifai Yes 
ClickSend Yes 
Codename One Yes 
Dialogflow Yes 
Easyflow Yes 
Equinix Smart View No 
GPT-3 Yes 
IBM Watson Language Translator Yes 
JavaScript Yes 
MQTTnet No 
Microsoft Power BI Yes 
SendGrid Yes 
Slack Yes 
The Asset Guardian EAM (TAG) No 
Tisane Yes 
Vonage Business Yes 
X (Twitter) Yes 

Pricing Details

$10 per IoT unit per month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

$98/month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App Yes 
iPad App Yes 
Android App Yes 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Microsoft

Founded

1975

Country

United States

Website

azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/iot-hub/

Vendor Details

Company Name

PubNub

Founded

2010

Country

United States

Website

pubnub.com

Product Features

IoT

Application Development No 
Big Data Analytics No 
Configuration Management No 
Connectivity Management No 
Data Collection No 
Data Management No 
Device Management No 
Performance Management No 
Prototyping No 
Visualization No 

Product Features

Application Development

Access Controls/Permissions Yes 
Code Assistance No 
Code Refactoring No 
Collaboration Tools No 
Compatibility Testing No 
Data Modeling No 
Debugging Yes 
Deployment Management No 
Graphical User Interface No 
Mobile Development Yes 
No-Code No 
Reporting/Analytics Yes 
Software Development No 
Source Control No 
Testing Management No 
Version Control No 
Web App Development Yes 

Game Development

2D No 
3D No 
Analytics No 
Animation No 
Asset Management No 
Drag & Drop No 
IT Asset Management No 
Network Management No 
Physics No 
Player Management No 
Prototyping No 
Virtual Reality No 
eCommerce No 

IoT

Application Development Yes 
Big Data Analytics No 
Configuration Management No 
Connectivity Management No 
Data Collection No 
Data Management No 
Device Management No 
Performance Management No 
Prototyping No 
Visualization No 

Serverless

API Proxy Yes 
Application Integration No 
Data Stores No 
Developer Tooling Yes 
Orchestration No 
Reporting / Analytics Yes 
Serverless Computing Yes 
Storage Yes 

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