AWS IoT Core

AWS IoTFree tier available

Managed IoT gateway connecting billions of devices to the cloud securely over MQTT, HTTPS, and LoRaWAN, with device shadows, rules engine, and fleet provisioning

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Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ

USSeattle, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations

APACCNEEAEUUKUSOther39 regions across 7 jurisdictions

Sovereign option

Yes — 5 sovereign-flagged regions available

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Attributes

SLA Uptime: 99.9%
Protocols: MQTT, HTTPS, WebSocket
Device Auth: Yes

Sub-services (3)

Message Broker

Pub/sub messaging between IoT devices and cloud

Device Shadow

Virtual representation of device state in the cloud

Rules Engine

Route and process IoT messages to AWS services

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

GDPR SOC 2 ISO 27001 HIPAA PCI DSS FedRAMP C5 TISAX IRAP ENS High CCCS Medium ISMAP MTCS L3 K-ISMS

Where this runs

39 regions

28 countries

5sovereign

Sovereign regions (5)

AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) · BrandenburgAWS European Sovereign Cloud
AWS GovCloud (US-East) · AshburnAWS GovCloud (US)
AWS GovCloud (US-West) · HillsboroAWS GovCloud (US)
China (Beijing) · BeijingAWS China (Sinnet)
China (Ningxia) · YinchuanAWS China (NWCD)

Commercial regions (34)

Europe (8)

Europe (Paris)
Europe (Frankfurt)
Europe (Ireland)
Europe (Milan)
Europe (Spain)
Europe (Stockholm)
Europe (Zurich)
Europe (London)

North America (7)

Canada West (Calgary)
Canada (Central)
Mexico (Central)
US East (N. Virginia)
US West (Oregon)
US East (Ohio)
US West (N. California)

South America (1)

South America (São Paulo)

Asia (11)

Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
Asia Pacific (Thailand)

Oceania (3)

Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)

Middle East (3)

Middle East (Bahrain)
Israel (Tel Aviv)
Middle East (UAE)

Africa (1)

Africa (Cape Town)

Equivalent services on other platforms

Azure IoT HubAzure

Central bidirectional message hub for IoT device communication supporting MQTT, AMQP, and HTTPS protocols, device twins, direct methods, and per-device authentication

Azure IoT CentralAzure

SaaS-style IoT platform — pre-built device templates, dashboards, rules, and export pipelines for common IoT scenarios without operating IoT Hub directly

IoT CoreGCP

Former managed MQTT/HTTP device gateway and registry for IoT fleets. Retired by Google on 16 August 2023; customers were directed to partner IoT platforms.

Pricing

Pricing model:pay-per-message