# Azure IoT Solution Accelerators Reviews
**Vendor:** Microsoft  
**Category:** [IoT Device Management Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/iot-device-management-platforms)  
**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 14
## About Azure IoT Solution Accelerators
Use templates to create fully customizable solutions for common Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios—Bring your business together in insightful new ways from increasing process efficiencies to delivering better customer experiences and generating new revenue streams.




## Azure IoT Solution Accelerators Reviews
  ### 1. Azure Next level of Real Time Monitoring and Control

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Nitin S. | Associate Professor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 09, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Azure IoT solution is easy to learn and use, is faster and has an excellent Graphical User Interface. It allows a user to deploy remote monitoring and control in no time. It provides faster ways to connect Sensors and Communication devices to the cloud and has excellent maps inbuilt

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

The subscription cost is a little on the higher side. It would be great if Azure could add some predefined basic applications to reduce deployment time further. Sometimes authentication is an issue with the devices

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We used Azure IoT for our project, transmitting the Wastewater treatment plants' data to Azure for storage and real-time processing.  The main advantage is that the data is accessible from anywhere in the world.

  ### 2. Azure IoT Solution Accelerators

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ravinder H. | AIX Lead , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Azure IoT Solution Accelerators are much faster and provide a good UI. We can use it in any OS because it has built-in virtualization software. A few good new features are added, like remote monitoring, and enhanced UI.

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Traning should be easy. Sometimes we get a high bill at the end of the month.

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Mainly we are using this product for live monitoring like a health check, on/off etc. This product helped us to improve unplanned downtime and improve machine availability.

  ### 3. Great place for your IT Requirements

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ayush R. | COO and shareholder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Provide ened to end solutions for better development of codes and smooth triggering and integerations

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Not for NewBies as it needs better understanding of IoT

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Developing Bigger projects at a very high speed pace with better understanding for developers

  ### 4. Saas- The Accelators

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Axit P. | Quality Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 21, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

The best thing about Azure Accelerators is the in-built virtualization software so that we can use it in any of the OS.
Another thing that I like the most about the Azure Accelerators is the Unified Architecture.

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

As I have started it, I feel the services are too costly, I do feel that the price range should be reduced and the training can be simpler which should be easy to understand even for the freshers.

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

One of the best benefits which I have realized is the ability to work remotely, even monitoring is smooth.
The functionality and the built are excellent and it is the starting point to develop our own IOT solutions.

  ### 5. Really good service layers and multiple options fr building blocks.

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** MANTHAN M. | Senior Specialist - Squad Lead - 3D Printing, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 27, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

We liked 2 major components: IoT hub and stream analytics. 

Also really good Machine learning module for analytics and multiple Database options are also excellent so architects can choose based on the use case.

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Sometimes it's difficult to understand the billings we get by end of the month.

Also, it would be great if Azure can have pre-defined architectures ready to use it will be very easy for new users.

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Majorly we have used Azure IoT cloud for building IoT platform for our machine monitoring application. We are doing live monitoring for machine health, status (on/off), performance, availability and energy consumption.

It helped us to improve machine availability and unplanned downtime.

  ### 6. Feedback on Azure IoT Solution Accelerators

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Wireless | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 22, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Azure IoT Solution Accelerators is built towards the vision of building the capabilities of IoT products and solutions. It provides the solution-suite as a whole for IoT Device management, Subscriber provisioning, SIM management, Usage, Monitoring all under one roof.

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Some of the features like usage and monitoring requires further enhancement in order to segregate the usage for different types of usage that touches the devices of different domains and use cases such as Electricity, transport, utility etc.

**Recommendations to others considering Azure IoT Solution Accelerators:**

Azure IoT Solution Accelerators is suitable for those people/enterprise who wants to build new solutions and services in the IoT workspace. It helps in building customized solutions with its different modules/utility such as SIM provisioning, Device management, locations adjustment, Usage and other capabilities which is must for  IoT solutions.
Also it helps to scale the solutions for faster expansion of the service.

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Azure IoT Solution Accelerators provides the suite of solutions in comparatively lower cost with a all new UI and enhanced operations and flexibility to build new service to be ahead of competitions in the IoT ecosystem.
Also it has capability of Remote Monitoring that helps collecting powerful metrics and helps in faster decision making.

  ### 7. Azure works for us

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Danny Z. | Senior Customer Success Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 05, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

We enjoy the reporting dashboards and the ease of accessibility

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

The compatibility with authentication has prevented us from using other integrations with apps we use in hosue

**Recommendations to others considering Azure IoT Solution Accelerators:**

Make sure that you do not have any security issues that require you to limit your authentication methods

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Large scale integration of our websites and user base for our web application

  ### 8. Best Solution for IoT onboarding

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** James Arwin C. B. | Systems Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 31, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

It's helpful protecting and identifying IoT.

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Nothing for now, it works well and is very helpful to us.

**Recommendations to others considering Azure IoT Solution Accelerators:**

It's a greay solution to use even for a person with less knowledge on IoT

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

The propert security and onboaring of IoT devices

  ### 9. Azure IoT Solution Accelerators are great when it comes to high level overview.

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 10, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

The improved UI
Better Map services
Easier device connectivity: see your device details light up in the platform automatically, no need to customize the UI.

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Integration required a lot of effort and needs to be improved with more and more configuration that should be added

**Recommendations to others considering Azure IoT Solution Accelerators:**

Microsoft has a robust support system where they partner with you to implement or to do POC

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

IoT managed services is something it solving upto a certain extent

  ### 10. Prebuilt business application component

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Help you solve common business problems, as a foundation of software

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

as accelerators need training and knowledge for customize

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

help to quickly build a solution that uses Cosmos DB

  ### 11. Azure lot solution bring the next wave of innovation

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

The new updates like Enhance UI, operator scenario with advance rules, live maintence mode, can see device details to the platform automatically, better maps richer integration options.

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

GUI looks not that simple where new user easily start interacting, some function require more details to the users, always have simple and user interaction required.

**Recommendations to others considering Azure IoT Solution Accelerators:**

Great product for business, please try you hands on this to boost.

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

There are many key features like connect and scale with efficiency, analysis on act on new data, integration and transform business process with its improved UI.

  ### 12. best tool for monitoring

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Bhargav V. | Senior Software Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 10, 2022

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

it Kick-starts your implementation of common Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios like remote monitoring

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

I don't have any point to mention over here.

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We can  develop and test your IoT solution on simulated devices using the device simulation solution accelerator

  ### 13. Nice accelerator to use

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ravi B. | Senior Hybris Developer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2018

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Build with comprehensive IoT cloud solution accelerators
Use common, preconfigured solutions to accelerate your IoT projects and jump ahead of the competition
Collect and analyse your device data with advanced analytics to reveal insights that lead to better-informed business decisions.

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

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**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Build with comprehensive IoT cloud solution accelerators
Use common, preconfigured solutions to accelerate your IoT projects and jump ahead of the competition
Collect and analyse your device data with advanced analytics to reveal insights that lead to better-informed business decisions.

  ### 14. Review

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2018

**What do you like best about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

I enjoy the atmosphere and layout of the software.

**What do you dislike about Azure IoT Solution Accelerators?**

Sometimes navigation can be very difficult. 

**What problems is Azure IoT Solution Accelerators solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Cost benefit analysis.


## Azure IoT Solution Accelerators Discussions
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## Azure IoT Solution Accelerators Features
**Device Recognition**
- Device Discovery
- Device Types
- Dashboard

**Monitoring**
- Device Status
- Alerts & Notifications
- Analytics

**Provisioning**
- Remote Configuration
- Event Triggering
- Device Diagnostics & Repair
- Firmware Updates

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