Differences between Bluetooth and Zigbee

Definitions

What is Bluetooth

It is a wireless technology based on mobile computing. The Bluetooth uses the standard wireless technology to transfer the files between two connected devices. It is used to send or receive data to connected device. The Bluetooth is also known as IEEE 802.15 standards. The data between the two connected devices can only be sent when they are not far from each other that there will be a range between them. Nowadays, Bluetooth is used in many devices for different purposes. Bluetooth is not only used for sending or receiving files but, it is also used for a lot of things likes playing music, video sharing etc. The speed of transferring files through Bluetooth can be upto one Mbps. There are different versions of Bluetooth devices using in the market.

What is Zigbee?

Zigbee is a wireless technology developed to connect many low battery powered devices under a network. This is simple and less expensive than other wireless personal area networks such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.  It is used in low data rate applications that require long battery life and secure networking. Zigbee has a short range of about 10-to-20-meter range because it uses less power, and this increases the battery life of the low power devices. Zigbee uses networking which can be called as mesh topology, which helps a ZigBee device to transfer its message. We can add a number of intermediate ZigBee devices connected with in a network.

Features of Bluetooth

• Bluetooth is a wireless technology based on mobile computing technology.
• The Bluetooth uses a standard called IEEE 802.15
• With the help of Bluetooth, we can connect two devices within a specific range. The range of the Bluetooth is very short.
• By the help of the Bluetooth, we can transfer data files. It can also transfer audio, music and video files between two connected devices.
• The Bluetooth have the transmission speed of around one Mbps.
• The Bluetooth have the high transmission speed for the transferring files.
• Bluetooth consumes more power or energy and drains the battery of the connected devices fast.
• Bluetooth is not good for low powered devices.

Features of Zigbee

• Zigbee technology runs under a network which is called as mesh topology.
• The range of the ZigBee is in between 10 to 20 metres.
• This technology is mainly used for low or less power devices.
• Zigbee has a low data transfer rate off about 250 kbps.
•  Zigbee network may contain many number of ZigBee devices in it. The data is transferred from one device to another within the network.
• We can connect as many devices as we want In ZigBee unlike in Bluetooth where we can connect only two devices.

Advantages of Bluetooth

Bluetooth allows us to transfer files without any use of wires as it is a wireless technology. It is very simple technology to join or connect two devices. Bluetooth is much cheaper technology than ZigBee. Bluetooth is robust. The transfer speed of data is very high as compared to other wireless networks or technologies as it can be up to 1 Mbps. By the help of Bluetooth, a large variety of data like audio files, video files and images can be transferred.

Advantages of Zigbee

By the help of ZigBee, we can connect a large number of devices and operate them very easily. Zigbee works well for low battery powered devices as it consumes very less power. With the help of ZigBee enabled devices, we can manage and operate all the devices which are under the network as it forms a network.

Disadvantages of Bluetooth

The bandwidth of the Bluetooth is very low. In Bluetooth the data transmission range is a constraint, and it is very less. Bluetooth consumes a lot of energy which is not good for less battery powered devices.

Disadvantages of Zigbee

The transferring speed of the ZigBee connected devices is very less. The ZigBee can only use in indoors but it cannot work in outdoor conditions.

Bluetooth	Zigbee
Bluetooth is a wireless technology based on mobile computing technology.	Zigbee technology runs under a network which is called as mesh topology
The Bluetooth uses a standard called IEEE 802.15	The range of the ZigBee is in between 10 to 20 metres.
With the help of the Bluetooth, we can connect two devices within a specific range. The range of the Bluetooth is very short.	We can connect as many devices as we want In ZigBee unlike in Bluetooth where we can only connect two devices.
With the help of the Bluetooth, we can transfer data files, audio, music and video files between two connected devices.	Zigbee network may contain many number of ZigBee devices in it and the data can be transferred from one device to another in the network.
The Bluetooth have the transmission speed of around one Mbps.	Zigbee has a low data transfer rate off about 250 kbps.
Bluetooth consumes more power or energy and drains the battery of the connected devices fast.	This technology is mainly used for low or less power devices.