What's the Difference Between IoT Device Defender and IoT Device Management?

Compare IoT Device Defender and IoT Device Management side by side — features, pricing, and ideal use cases to help you choose the right product.

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Comparisons	AWS IoT Device Defender	AWS IoT Device Management
Category	Application Integration, IoT Security	Application Integration, IoT
Description	Audit and monitor IoT devices to detect abnormal behavior and maintain security.	Register, organize, monitor, and remotely manage IoT devices at scale.
Best for	IoT security auditing Anomaly detection Device compliance Threat mitigation	Device onboarding Fleet management OTA updates Device organization
Key features	Security audits ML-based anomaly detection Custom metrics Alerting Mitigation actions	Bulk registration Fleet indexing Remote actions OTA updates Device tunneling
Pricing model	Pay per device audit + metric data points	Pay per device registered + index queries + jobs
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Expert take	“Device Defender audits IoT device configurations and detects anomalies in device behavior. It alerts you when devices communicate with unexpected endpoints.” — Giovanni Lauria, re:Post Top Contributor [profile]	“Device Management handles fleet indexing, remote actions, and over-the-air updates. It scales to millions of devices with job scheduling and rollback capabilities.” — Riku Kobayashi, re:Post Top Contributor [profile]
Product page	Learn more about IoT Device Defender »	Learn more about IoT Device Management »

When to use AWS IoT Device Defender or AWS IoT Device Management

Use AWS IoT Device Defender when:

IoT security auditing
Anomaly detection
Device compliance
Threat mitigation

Learn more about AWS IoT Device Defender »

Use AWS IoT Device Management when:

Device onboarding
Fleet management
OTA updates
Device organization

Learn more about AWS IoT Device Management »

Next steps with AWS for IoT

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Get started with IoT Device Defender

Audit and monitor IoT devices to detect abnormal behavior and maintain security.

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Get started with IoT Device Management

Register, organize, monitor, and remotely manage IoT devices at scale.

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