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Augury vs PTC Windchill

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Augury

Manufacturing

Machine health monitoring sold as a per-machine annual service including sensors, installation and analyst diagnostics

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
PTC Windchill logo

PTC Windchill

Manufacturing

Enterprise PLM for regulated hardware, priced entirely by negotiation

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Augury the per-machine annual fee never stops, so over a five to eight year horizon the total exceeds buying sensors and software outright and running the programme yourself.; PTC Windchill no pricing is published at any tier, and per-user rates are heavily negotiable on multi-year commitments, so the first quote a buyer receives is rarely the achievable price and small buyers without volume have little leverage.
  • They diverge on capability: Augury covers Halo sensors, PTC Windchill covers Part and BOM management.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Augury and PTC Windchill actually diverge.

Attributes where Augury and PTC Windchill differ
AttributeAuguryPTC Windchill
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Windows, On-premise, Cloud, API

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Manufacturing).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Augury

  • Halo sensors
  • Diagnostics as a Service
  • Named fault diagnosis
  • Process Health
  • CMMS integration
  • Installation included
  • Fleet views
  • Unlimited users

Only in PTC Windchill

  • Part and BOM management
  • Change and configuration management
  • CAD data management
  • Variant and options management
  • Quality management
  • Windchill Navigate
  • Service information

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Augury

  • A food plant with 200 similar motors and pumps and no vibration analyst on staffnot PTC Windchill
  • A multi-site manufacturer that needs one reliability picture across plants without standardising their maintenance teamsnot PTC Windchill
  • An operator whose capex budget will not approve sensor hardware but whose opex budget will approve a servicenot PTC Windchill
  • A site trying to move from calendar-based motor overhauls to condition-based intervals with defensible evidencenot PTC Windchill

PTC Windchill

  • A medical device manufacturer needing a design history file and audit-ready change control for FDA and MDR submissionsnot Augury
  • An aerospace supplier reconciling engineering and plant-specific manufacturing BOMs across multiple factoriesnot Augury
  • An industrial equipment firm managing configurable product families where every unit shipped has a different option setnot Augury
  • A company standardising on Creo that wants CAD data management and PLM from one vendor rather than twonot Augury

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Augury

  • The per-machine annual fee never stops, so over a five to eight year horizon the total exceeds buying sensors and software outright and running the programme yourself.
  • Coverage is aimed at standard rotating equipment; reciprocating compressors, very low-speed machinery and non-rotating assets are poorly served, so you still need a second monitoring approach.
  • Diagnoses depend on Augurys analysts, which means the quality of your programme is set by a vendor queue you do not control and turnaround is not something you can escalate internally.
  • The sensors and the analytics are one system, so leaving Augury means removing the hardware and starting again; there is no path to keep the sensors and change the software.
  • Pricing is unpublished and negotiated per fleet, so buyers have no benchmark and comparable plants can pay materially different per-machine rates.

PTC Windchill

  • No pricing is published at any tier, and per-user rates are heavily negotiable on multi-year commitments, so the first quote a buyer receives is rarely the achievable price and small buyers without volume have little leverage.
  • Implementation dominates cost: data migration, configuration and training routinely account for the majority of three-year total cost of ownership, and large programmes run into seven figures of services.
  • Annual support and maintenance is charged as a percentage of licence value in the low-to-mid teens, so the bill continues indefinitely even in years when nothing is upgraded.
  • Upgrades between major releases are projects rather than updates, particularly where the deployment has been customised, and heavily customised sites often sit several versions behind.
  • The role-based licence tiers mean occasional participants such as purchasing or quality still consume paid seats unless you deploy Windchill Navigate, which is a further product to buy and configure.

Pricing, plan by plan

Augury

On request
  • Machine Health$undefined/year
    • Flat annual fee per monitored machine
    • Sensors, gateway, connectivity and installation included
    • Unlimited users and unlimited diagnostic reviews

PTC Windchill

On request
  • Windchill$undefined/year
    • Role-based seat tiers: Viewer, Contributor, Editor, Administrator
    • Modules for quality, variants, service and supplier collaboration priced separately
    • On-premise, customer cloud or PTC-hosted SaaS

Which should you pick?

Choose Augury if

  • You need halo sensors.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want diagnostics as a service.
Augury review

Choose PTC Windchill if

  • You need part and bom management.
  • You work on Web, Windows, On-premise, Cloud, API.
  • You also want change and configuration management.
PTC Windchill review

Questions people ask

Is Augury or PTC Windchill better?
Neither clearly leads. Augury starts at On request and PTC Windchill at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Augury or PTC Windchill?
Augury starts at On request and PTC Windchill at On request.
Does Augury or PTC Windchill run on more platforms?
Augury runs on Web, iOS, Android. PTC Windchill runs on Web, Windows, On-premise, Cloud, API.
What is Augury best used for?
Augury is most often used for a food plant with 200 similar motors and pumps and no vibration analyst on staff, a multi-site manufacturer that needs one reliability picture across plants without standardising their maintenance teams, an operator whose capex budget will not approve sensor hardware but whose opex budget will approve a service, a site trying to move from calendar-based motor overhauls to condition-based intervals with defensible evidence. Of those, a food plant with 200 similar motors and pumps and no vibration analyst on staff and a multi-site manufacturer that needs one reliability picture across plants without standardising their maintenance teams are not what PTC Windchill is typically brought in for.
What can Augury do that PTC Windchill cannot?
Augury covers Halo sensors, Diagnostics as a Service, Named fault diagnosis, Process Health. PTC Windchill covers Part and BOM management, Change and configuration management, CAD data management, Variant and options management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Augury: Do I buy the sensors?

No. Sensors, gateways, connectivity and installation are included in the per-machine annual fee.

PTC Windchill: Is a perpetual licence still available?

PTC has moved decisively to subscription and now positions Windchill as a subscription product. Existing perpetual estates are supported but new perpetual sales are not the default route and should not be assumed.

Augury: Is there a per-user licence?

No. The web application allows unlimited users; the meter is monitored machines.

PTC Windchill: How much does Windchill cost?

PTC publishes nothing. Expect role-tiered per-user subscription plus modules, plus support at a percentage of licence value, plus implementation services that usually exceed the software.

Augury: Who does the diagnosis?

Machine-learning models flag issues and Augury vibration analysts review them before a finding is released to you.

PTC Windchill: Does it require Creo?

No. Creo integration is deepest, but connectors exist for SolidWorks, NX, CATIA and Inventor. Mixed-CAD sites are common.

Augury: What happens if we cancel?

The sensors are part of the service and monitoring stops; you do not retain a usable standalone system.

PTC Windchill: Is it overkill for a hundred-person hardware company?

Usually yes, unless you are in a regulated sector. Below that scale a cloud-native PLM will reach useful state in weeks rather than quarters.

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