AWS IoT Events
IoT event detection (legacy)
Closed to new customers since May 2025. A service that monitors device data using detector models (state machines) to detect events such as overheating and then trigger actions.
- Cost$ Low
- Difficulty●●●●●
- Costs money when idle?No
- Serverless
⚠️ Retired or retiring service
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Closed to new customers since May 2025
Think of it asLike an automatic relay: when the condition matches, it sounds the alarm.
When to use it
✓ Use it when
Only when you have existing workloads already using IoT Events.
✗ Avoid it when
New projects → IoT Core Rules Engine combined with Lambda / Step Functions.
Common uses
- Device overheating alerts
- Track machine state across multiple steps
What does it cost?
- Pricing model: Billed by the number of messages evaluated by detector models.
