Guides
How cloud services are priced, and what that means for your bill.
Google Cloud IoT Core is gone: what to use instead
Google retired Cloud IoT Core in August 2023. Here are the realistic options for connecting devices today, on Google Cloud and elsewhere, and what each means for cost.
27 Oct 2026Azure IoT Hub vs AWS IoT Core: features and cost, head to head
The two remaining managed IoT gateways from the big clouds, compared on what they do, what they charge for, and which kinds of fleets each one suits.
27 Oct 2026Cloud billing glossary: the terms on Azure, AWS and Google Cloud price lists
Plain-English definitions of the units, discounts and charges that appear on cloud price lists and bills, with the name each vendor uses.
27 Oct 2026Cloud costs in India: regions, rupee pricing and what estimates leave out
Azure, AWS and Google Cloud all run data centres in India. Here is how Indian regions compare, how rupee prices are worked out, and the costs (like GST) to add before you budget.
27 Oct 2026Event streaming costs: Azure Event Hubs vs Amazon Kinesis vs Google Pub/Sub
The event stream sits between your devices and everything that uses their data. Each cloud bills it differently, by capacity, by stream or by volume. Here is how to tell which model suits your traffic.
27 Oct 2026How IoT platform pricing works on Azure, AWS and Google Cloud
Azure IoT Hub, AWS IoT Core and Google Cloud charge for device data in very different ways. Here is how each model works and which workloads each one favours.
27 Oct 2026How to read a cloud bill on Azure, AWS and Google Cloud
Where to find your costs on each cloud, what a bill line actually says, how to compare it with an estimate, and the charges that most often cause surprises.
27 Oct 2026Edge runtimes compared: Azure IoT Edge vs AWS IoT Greengrass
Running software on factory-floor gateways can cut cloud costs and keep lines running when the internet drops. Here is how Azure and AWS price their edge runtimes, and Google Cloud's gap.
27 Oct 2026How message size and batching change your IoT cloud bill
The same sensor data can cost very different amounts depending on how it is packaged. Here is how each cloud counts messages, and simple changes that cut the bill without losing data.
27 Oct 2026Object storage for sensor archives: tiers, request costs and retention
Keeping years of raw sensor data is cheap if you store it the right way, and surprisingly expensive if you don't. How to use Blob Storage, S3 and Cloud Storage for IoT archives.
27 Oct 2026Stream processing costs: Azure Stream Analytics vs Managed Flink vs Dataflow
Real-time alerts and rolling averages need a stream processing service running all day. Here is how Azure, AWS and Google Cloud charge for it, and the hidden extras in each.
27 Oct 2026Time-series database costs: Azure Data Explorer vs Timestream for InfluxDB vs Bigtable
Sensor data usually ends up in a time-series database, and it is often the biggest line on an IoT bill. Here is how each cloud charges for one, and the minimums that catch small projects out.