--- title: AWS IoT Device Defender Reviews meta\_title: 'AWS IoT Device Defender Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 59 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AWS IoT Device Defender works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 59 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: System Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/system-security --- # AWS IoT Device Defender Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by AWS IoT Device Defender but has limited features. Are you part of the AWS IoT Device Defender team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! AWS IoT Device Defender is a fully managed service that helps you secure your fleet of IoT devices. AWS IoT Device Defender continuously audits the security policies associated with your devices to make sure that they aren't deviating from security practices. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [AWS IoT Device Defender Community](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-iot-device-defender/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by John Miranda (Digital Marketing Specialist at Amazon Web Services) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-iot-device-defender/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Microsoft Defender for IoT](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Microsoft Defender for IoT") Microsoft Defender for IoT 4.3/5(99) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-defender-for-iot/reviews) [ ![Google Cloud IoT Core](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud IoT Core") Google Cloud IoT Core 4.1/5(30) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-iot-core/reviews) [ ![Azure IoT Hub](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Azure IoT Hub") Azure IoT Hub 4.3/5(44) ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-iot-hub/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-iot-device-defender/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 59 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## AWS IoT Device Defender Integrations (3) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. ![Atharva P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Atharva P.") AP Atharva P. Cloud BI Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/27/2026 "Continuous IoT Security Monitoring and Fleet-Wide Visibility with AWS IoT Device Defender" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? What I like most about AWS IoT Device Defender is that it delivers continuous security monitoring for connected devices without the need to build custom security tooling. It automatically audits IoT configurations against AWS security best practices and keeps monitoring device behavior to flag unusual communication patterns, authentication failures, or abnormal message traffic. I also appreciate that it helps secure an entire device fleet from a centralized dashboard, which makes it especially valuable for enterprise IoT deployments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? The service needs careful configuration of security profiles and behavioral thresholds to prevent unnecessary alerts. If your organization has highly dynamic device workloads, you may need to fine-tune the anomaly detection policies before you start getting meaningful results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? AWS IoT Device Defender helps identify insecure device configurations and detect suspicious device activity before it affects production systems. Example: During an industrial IoT deployment, Device Defender continuously audited thousands of registered devices for overly permissive IoT policies, expired certificates, and missing security controls. At the same time, it monitored MQTT traffic and detected abnormal spikes in message frequency from a subset of devices caused by a firmware issue. Alerts were automatically sent through Amazon SNS, allowing the operations team to isolate affected devices before they impacted the rest of the fleet. This improved fleet security while reducing the time required to identify potential security incidents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise. G2 IconCurrent UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/26/2026 "Clear IoT Security Monitoring with a Steep Initial Learning Curve" 3.5/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? I like the security monitoring capabilities and policy-based alerts that help identify abnormal device behavior. It provides good visibility into IoT device compliance and potential security risks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? The setup and configuration can feel complex at first, especially for teams new to IoT security. Interpreting alerts also requires some familiarity with AWS IoT concepts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? AWS IoT Device Defender helps monitor IoT devices for security issues such as misconfigurations and unusual behavior. This improves visibility into device health and helps reduce potential security risks in IoT deployments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![ABHISHEK J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ABHISHEK J.") AJ ABHISHEK J. Data Scientist Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/19/2022 "AWS IoT Device Defender a complete security solution for IOT devices" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? The best thing about AWS IoT Device Defender it helps you to secure your fleet of IoT devices. basically, it provides three service 1. IoT security audit is off 2. monitor device activity 3. conduct the ongoing audit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? The cost of this service AWS IoT Device Defender is a little bit high otherwise it is the best service of AWS. The cost of this service is charged hourly by the AWS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? It gives us the ability to continuous monitoring of our IoT devices and their security. It helps us in the monitoring and the conduct outgoing audit easy. this service make it unique and helps to debug the issue easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Yash K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Yash K.") YK Yash K. Marketing executive Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/1/2022 "AWS IoT Defender: Is it needed to secure yourself?" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? Real-time threat alert or behavior-shift alert is something that I admire the most about the software. Being part of an educational institution, I had to convince & take full responsibility to make the place IoT-friendly because of data leaks, security compromises & other security concerns. With this X509-certified software, it makes sure that the devices do not deviate from their intended purpose & authority (permissions). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? To be honest, I did not find a flaw in this software because my primary use case is not too complex. I had bare minimum requirements from the software & it performed on its mark. If I find a flaw shortly, would surely like to update it here & inform the concerned stakeholders to get it rectified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS IoT Device Defender: Any person who wishes to make their lifestyle IoT-friendly should go ahead with this software; be it for personal use or commercial use. There is no issues that I could find at the moment, i.e., 0 breaches which speaks for itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? Integrating IoT-friendly devices at the workplace, connecting them & using them to facilitate a better lifestyle is something that AWS IoT Device Defender is resolving. The primary concern of any person in such a case is security concerns like leaks & anomalies. The software has an easy interface & alert mechanism which updates the authorized personnel about any data breaches, compromises & security concerns in real-time. This has helped me trust the devices, upload the data to the cloud & be sound about their security. Peace of mind is what I am getting out of this software, apart from other tangible things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jevik L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jevik L.") JL Jevik L. Engineering Trainee Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/14/2022 "AWS IOT must use" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? I like more AWS IoT nowadays. it is very using full for developers. it is easy to use to connect with hardware or software devices using IoT AWS. it provides much more security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? As per my thought, AWS IOT needs to improve some speed or progress. so we can use it more than from now. it is very poor regarding device management. sometimes it take more time to understand some things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS IoT Device Defender: as per me, AWS IoT needs to improve some processes. it will take more time to connect sometimes so need to improve that. no doubt AWS is very good than AWS IoT. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? So, as per me, AWS IOT has some bit bucket data center so AWS IoT device defender solves some progress issues so user can use their version of IoT in AWS.solve some time-consuming issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite VG VISHAL G. Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/18/2022 "Let's Discuss about AWS Iot." 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? I like the mostabout in AWS Iot is its connection duration. I like to work with AWS the bug bucket is mainly used in AWS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? As per me sometimes it's take much more time to connect with other device but we can manage that but someone need to fix that issue as soon as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? AWS Iot device defender need to more accurate with other device. Sometimes it's easy to connect and that is mainly helpfull for me in work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/4/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") UB Verified User in Banking Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/3/2022 "Recommended Security Service for your IOT Project" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? I have used it in one of my personal projects, what I found is that this provides best practices when it comes to security. This reports all the configurations that dont comply with best security practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? Used it very briefly so as to mention any kind of dislikes, this is quite complex to use and requires a learning curve but at the end of the day, it does make life easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS IoT Device Defender: Recommended Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? It enforces to use best security compliance providing best authorization and authentication practices. Safeguards stakeholders from a number of unwanted attacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/11/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") II Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/15/2022 "A good security audit and issue tracker" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? We get one month of AWS IoT device defender free of cost trial, it can execute security audits to find vulnerabilities and identity gaps, and we can define or own machine learning models to deal with specific types of dangerous attacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? Well, amazon as always focuses on quality and customer satisfaction at its best, I havent seen any flaws till now, and I hope they keep upgrading the latest vulnerabilities otherwise it will be bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? It is helping us enable IoT-friendly devices at the workplace, and the software is having an easy interface and use case and sends alerts when something is bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Earnest P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Earnest P.") EP Earnest P. Research And Development Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/30/2022 "AWS IoT the best defender?" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? It's monitoring capability for detecting anomalities for cloud metrics. Best is alert generation which is done once the anomality is triggered. Compared to azure it is reigning it's space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? In my days of using the service I did not find a drawback in this product. Should there be any new vulnerability which could pull this service down I hope the engineers fix that too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? 1. Alert while any anomality is detected - This has been a key guide in helping me solve and find vulnerabilities in my system and the host product. Our business is safe guarded via this service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/19/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jenish L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jenish L.") JL Jenish L. QA/QC Engineer with all Execution work Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/1/2022 "AWS IOS device defender." 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender? According to me It provides fully manage service. It has very good audit configuration which is helpfull in connecting to device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender? According to me i had not faced any such major flaw till now but i think it might be difficult for any complex case. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS IoT Device Defender solving and how is that benefiting you? Before some time it was having problem in integrating but some time ago it has improved and i find it very helpfu, yes it is very helpful for me in increasing my productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about AWS IoT Device Defender? 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