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AWS Greengrass

byAmazon Web Services (AWS)
in IoT Integration (Transitioning to Global Industrial IoT Platforms)
4.1

Overview

Product Information on AWS Greengrass

Updated 13th October 2025

What is AWS Greengrass?

AWS Greengrass is a software that extends cloud capabilities to local devices, enabling the creation and deployment of applications and machine learning models at the edge. The software supports secure connectivity, local data processing, and execution of AWS Lambda functions without the need for constant cloud connectivity. It facilitates seamless integration with various AWS services, provides device management, and supports OTA updates for devices. The software is designed to address business requirements for processing and analyzing data locally in order to reduce latency, optimize bandwidth usage, and maintain operations even during periods of intermittent cloud connectivity.

AWS Greengrass Pricing

AWS Greengrass software uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model based on the number of qualified devices and the specific features enabled such as machine learning inference, stream manager, and connectors. Additional charges may apply depending on region, data processing, and storage usage. There are no upfront fees or required long-term commitments for using this software.

Overall experience with AWS Greengrass

Information Systems Engineer
50M - 250M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“IoT Developers star”

5.0
Jan 3, 2020
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Marketing And BI Manager
<50M USD, Telecommunication
CRITICAL

“Amazing service for IoT”

3.0
Dec 16, 2019
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 6th March 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

Company Details

Updated 23rd December 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2006
Head office location
Seattle, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://aws.amazon.com

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Peer Discussions

AWS Greengrass Reviews and Ratings

4.1

(11 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
36%
4 Star
36%
3 Star
27%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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  • Information Systems Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    IoT Developers star

    5.0
    Jan 3, 2020
    If you are developing an multi-device access IoT Solution working over Internet AWS Greengrass feature is the one of best solution for your demand. Other very good thing with GreenGrass, it has abilities to be integrated with other micro services serviced by AWS. However it has very less documentation on internet about GreenGrass
  • Information Systems Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    IoT Developers star

    5.0
    Jan 3, 2020
    If you are developing an multi-device access IoT Solution working over Internet AWS Greengrass feature is the one of best solution for your demand. Other very good thing with GreenGrass, it has abilities to be integrated with other micro services serviced by AWS. However it has very less documentation on internet about GreenGrass
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Reviewer Insights for: AWS Greengrass
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Comparing with AWS IOT it's little bit hard to learn, and quality of support is not so good. Also, very less programming language supports AWS Greengrass and we can deploy using only AWS Greengrass only which is major drawback . We should be able to deploy to device using our local PC.

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Comparing with AWS IOT it's little bit hard to learn, and quality of support is not so good. Also, very less programming language supports AWS Greengrass and we can deploy using only AWS Greengrass only which is major drawback . We should be able to deploy to device using our local PC.

Dislike

Comparing with AWS IOT it's little bit hard to learn, and quality of support is not so good. Also, very less programming language supports AWS Greengrass and we can deploy using only AWS Greengrass only which is major drawback . We should be able to deploy to device using our local PC.