--- title: Google Cloud IoT Core Reviews meta_title: 'Google Cloud IoT Core Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 30 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Google Cloud IoT Core works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.1 review_count: 30 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: System Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/system-security --- # Google Cloud IoT Core Reviews **Vendor:** Google **Category:** [IoT Security Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/iot-security-solutions) **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 30 ## About Google Cloud IoT Core A fully managed service to easily and securely connect, manage, and ingest data from globally dispersed devices ## Google Cloud IoT Core Reviews ### 1. Google Cloud IoT Core Analytics feature is nice! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Deepak Kumar N. | Campus Ambassador || Business Developer Intern, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Talking about the best, I think the analytics feature is the most valuable. Out-of-box data insights integrated with big-data analytics and ML services like Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Bigtable, etc., are best for real-time analysis when connected through a custom pipeline. **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Mainly we should be cautious about data breaches. If there is any bug within it, there are chances that our and our subscribers' data can be accessed. It can be improved if more security features like two-factor authentication are included. **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** Google Cloud IoT Core makes it easier to collect, process, analyze and visualize IoT data in real-time safely. It is combined with different services on IoT platforms. ### 2. Not enough support available , news are they are discontinuing it **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rohit S. | Senior Data Scientist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Easy to use and good documentation /videos available. **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Amazon cloud has a better IOT service than GCP, continuous support **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** we were getting hospital sensors data to analyze the holistic health of the patient ### 3. Google Cloud IoT Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexander K. | Mr, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 28, 2022 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Connecting various IoT devices via MQTT or HTTP **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** High learning curve to use and storage of data on a remote server **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes it possible to collect data from a lot of IoT devices in a centralized cloud platform ### 4. Google Cloud IoT **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Doreen A. | Virtual Office Assistant, Content Rater, Evaluator for Social Media, Video and Speech Recognition, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2019 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Google Cloud IoT analyzes data both at the edge and in the cloud. It is a complete set of tools that helps connect and store information and it is fully managed by cloud services. Savings of up to 57% without up-front fees or instance-type lock-in. You can pick any configuration of CPU and memory to save up to 48% compared to fixed machine types from other clouds. I like that you pay for services as needed, you save money and can focus on innovating. There are no termination fees so we can stop paying for services the second we turn it off. That helps the business by saving money. **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** I dislike about the Google Cloud IoT is the prices. The prices are not reasonable especially for small business owners and Entrepreneurs. You pay per second, which is how a cloud should work but it becomes pricey. You can get up to 79% off workloads that can be interrupted, like data mining and data processing but I wish it was 100%. **Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud IoT Core:** Try the free trial and I guarantee you will love it and will use it forever. High recommended to friends and coworkers. Give Google Cloud a chance you will not regret it. **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** The business problems we are solving involves Archival storage with the speed of disk at the cost of tape. The benefits are sizing recommendations based on compute usage, time savings, and money management. ### 5. All connected **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kwame I. | Human Resources, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 12, 2019 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** I like what this product does for data. For someone who is newly interested in collecting data and showing how it can improve business and also show what may be hurting business, I think this is an amazing tool and I am hopeful I will get better at utilizing all its functions. Google has a way of combining tools that make my life a little easier. **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** I have no complaints with the product yet. I do wish that is had its own tutorial for newbies like myself to learn how to utilize the data in a more beneficial factor, but I guess that is what classes charge for. **Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud IoT Core:** I recommend that you take some data analytics courses if you have time for you to be able to know how to truly apply the data you have compiled and put it to good use. I have not mastered this by any means, but am a work in progress. **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** With data, especially in a human resources role, you can use data to see why turnover rates and what data correlates with the least desirable outcome you are looking for and try to modify from there. ### 6. Google Cloud Internet Of Things: Connecting Devices & Optimizing Efficiency with AI **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Isabelle F. | Director, Entertainment, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2019 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** I love the fact that the platform is scalable, enabling us to choose the best plan at the most optimal pricing. Furthermore, the fact that it is a fully managed cloud service removed the troubles of any hardware of software updates. **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Google Cloud IoT is not that easy to use or understand, especially to non-IT staffs. Some training is required prior to proper usage. **Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud IoT Core:** I definitely recommend to anyone looking for a professional solutions to accelerate their business processes and optimize their efficiency. **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** At the company, we were able to connect all of our smart devices to Google Cloud and eventually build a smart network, fully automated. This greatly optimized efficiency in terms of time saving and increased profit. ### 7. One of the best for deploying IOT systems. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** It's really convenient for deploying IOT systems. The organizational structure really helps us keep track of projects. Also, multiple language support such as python, nodeJS, and pub-sub mechanism are very useful for controlling and reading the data for devices **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Could improve on the beginner documentation in my opinion. It might be very daunting to get started using it for someone who is not very familiar with IOT systems. **Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud IoT Core:** I would advise a novice to get familiar with cloud services before getting started with using Google IOT core. Once familiar with that, it's really easy to use and has lots of key features required for IoT device management. **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've used it to build a plug and play universal IOT system for carbon content and water quality monitoring. Remote control of sensors is, in my opinion, the biggest benefit that the system provides. Also, the support of various communication protocols such as MQTT and I2C makes it very convenient to use. ### 8. Cloud IoT Core for using data in better way **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Pharmaceuticals | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 17, 2019 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Cloud IoT Core is managed services which is used for connecting and managing IoT devices from single person to millions. One can easily connect globally by using Clout IoT Core. One can easily take and import data from other devices and make the applications which are best to use and connect with other applications for better data usage. **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** There is little bit scope to add more features regards to authentication for using the services. Other IoT platforms has more better features for authentication. **Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud IoT Core:** By using Cloud IoT Core you can do better data analysis. **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its very easy to connect with other data devices through Cloud IoT Core, which gives better flexibility to work and data usage in best way. ### 9. Google Cloud IoT **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alyssa R. | Transition Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2019 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Google cloud IoT is a great product and very efficient. It's a great product for data analyzing. Sign up is easy and quick. **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** The pricing is a bit much and expensive for GCP product. **Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud IoT Core:** great program for storage and analyzing data. **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** Some business problems include more storage of files and a serverless product. ### 10. Cost efficient and convenient cloud platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Neeta G. | PLM Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 12, 2019 **What do you like best about Google Cloud IoT Core?** I have experience using GCP and other cloud services. I found GCP to be more cost efficient, easy to use and manageable platform.One of the biggest advantage of using GCP is it's performance. Data store is backed by Spanner and Colossus, which is the most performant data storage combination available so far. It is compatible with MySQL, Java and Python and supports connection with SSL protocol. **What do you dislike about Google Cloud IoT Core?** Size limit for individual instances and user defined functions are not supported. **What problems is Google Cloud IoT Core solving and how is that benefiting you?** It can be accessed anytime anywhere across the world as applications are deployed in the cloud. ## Google Cloud IoT Core Discussions - [What is Google Cloud IoT Core used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-google-cloud-iot-core-used-for) - [View Google Cloud IoT Core pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-iot-core/reviews/google-cloud-iot-core-review-1640894?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-13+14%3A05%3A54+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=0fb8106c-865a-48ca-b889-a22ed2368208&secure%5Btoken%5D=511701e3e8d8d7fac290957dfb6c9dc706d1b2f5e360edc81394a217889734ed&format=llm_user) ## Google Cloud IoT Core Features **Data Sources** - Pre-Built Connectors - API - Performance and Stability **Device Recognition** - Device Discovery - Device Types - Dashboard ** Application Design** - Interface - Templates - Device Workflows - Testing - Hardware Support - Application Deployment **Connected Device Security** - Vulnerability Assessment - Identity Lifecycle - Threat Protection - Behavior Analysis - Incident Response - IoT Network Security - OTA Updates - Alerts & Notifications **Analytics** - Queries - Dashboards - Visualizations - Insights **Monitoring** - Device Status - Alerts & Notifications - Analytics ** Application Control** - Data Migration - Data Syncronization - Data Security - Integrations - Lifecycle Management - Analytics **Platform** - Dashboard - Hardware - Performance - Reporting **Metrics** - Device Performance - Operational Performance - Environmental Conditions - Resource Usage **Provisioning** - Remote Configuration - Event Triggering - Device Diagnostics & Repair - Firmware Updates ## Top Google Cloud IoT Core Alternatives - [IBM Watson IoT Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-watson-iot-platform/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (21 reviews) - [Azure IoT Hub](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-iot-hub/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (38 reviews) - [Datadog](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (713 reviews)