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Alternatives to Novity
20 energy tools sit alongside Novity in this directory. Below is what separates each from Novity on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Novity starts at
- On request
Why people look past Novity
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Novity entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Novity carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 2 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Novity publishes a single plan, TruPrognostics at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Machine health monitoring sold as a per-machine annual service including sensors, installation and analyst diagnostics
Priced and rated the same as Novity on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Industrial data infrastructure for real-time insights
- Sold on a one-time model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Novity's 1.
Industrial data platform that contextualises OT, IT and engineering data into an asset-centric knowledge graph
Priced and rated the same as Novity on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Solar inverter monitoring and analytics platform
- Can be used without paying; Novity cannot.
Microinverter monitoring and management platform
- Can be used without paying; Novity cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $9.99/month, where Novity does not.
Distributed control system for power generation and water treatment plants
Priced and rated the same as Novity on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Novity alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novity (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| AuguryPick Augury if you would rather buy sensors and analysts as one per-machine service than configure models. | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Novity |
| AVEVA PI SystemPick PI System if you first need the data collected and historised before prognostics is a realistic goal. | On request | One-time | 3 | vs Novity |
| Cognite Data FusionPick Cognite if the wider problem is contextualising plant data rather than predicting one class of failure. | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Novity |
| Fronius SOLARWEB | Free | - | 1 | vs Novity |
| Enphase Enlighten | Free, then $9.99/month | - | - | vs Novity |
| Emerson Ovation | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Novity |
| Bently Nevada System 1 | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Novity |
| Cutsforth InsightCM | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Novity |
| iHawk by Cyberhawk | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Novity |
| Wood Mackenzie Lens | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Novity |
| Uplight | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Novity |
| GE Digital Grid Software | On request | Quote | - | vs Novity |
| Enel X DER Optimization | On request | Quote | - | vs Novity |
| Generac Grid Services | On request | Quote | - | vs Novity |
| PowerFactory DIgSILENT | On request | Quote | - | vs Novity |
| Helioscope | $159/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Novity |
| Aurora Solar | $135/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Novity |
| Azelio Energy Storage | On request | Quote | - | vs Novity |
| EnergyCAP | $1000/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Novity |
| GE Digital GridOS | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Novity |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Novity badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (2)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Fronius SOLARWEB , Free
- Enphase Enlighten , Free, then $9.99/month
What you would be giving up
Novity is most often brought in for a gas processing plant that needs a defensible time-to-failure number before deferring a turnaround, an lng terminal with critical compressors and no run-to-failure history to train a conventional model, a wastewater operator whose existing vibration alarms are ignored because they carry no severity or horizon, a generator operator supplying data centre load where an unplanned trip carries contractual penalties. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Novity is broadly right and the question is cost, the Novity pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Energy category lists everything the directory holds, and best energy tools ranks them.
Novity runs on web, cloud. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Novity alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Novity?
- 20 other energy tools are listed in this directory, led by Augury, AVEVA PI System, Cognite Data Fusion, Fronius SOLARWEB. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Novity?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Fronius SOLARWEB, Enphase Enlighten.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Novity?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Novity?
- Novity is most often brought in for a gas processing plant that needs a defensible time-to-failure number before deferring a turnaround, an lng terminal with critical compressors and no run-to-failure history to train a conventional model, a wastewater operator whose existing vibration alarms are ignored because they carry no severity or horizon, a generator operator supplying data centre load where an unplanned trip carries contractual penalties. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Novity?
- None of the energy tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Novity alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Energy, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Novity against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Novity covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every energy tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Energy category, 20 tools beside Novity. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.