Manufacturing · head to head
Augury vs Uptake
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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Uptake
Fleet Management
Predictive maintenance analytics for commercial vehicle fleets and heavy industrial assets
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- On request
- Rated
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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.; Uptake bosch announced a planned acquisition in March 2026, so the roadmap and the pricing model beyond the current contract term are outside the seller's control; buyers should insist on contractual protection rather than verbal reassurance.
- They diverge on capability: Augury covers Halo sensors, Uptake covers Fault code prioritisation.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Augury and Uptake actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
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 Uptake
- Fault code prioritisation
- Failure prediction models
- Telematics ingestion
- Maintenance recommendations
- Fleet health dashboards
- Industrial APM
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 Uptake
- A multi-site manufacturer that needs one reliability picture across plants without standardising their maintenance teamsnot Uptake
- An operator whose capex budget will not approve sensor hardware but whose opex budget will approve a servicenot Uptake
- A site trying to move from calendar-based motor overhauls to condition-based intervals with defensible evidencenot Uptake
Uptake
- A long-haul carrier drowning in engine fault codes that needs the ten trucks worth acting on today rather than the four hundred codes loggednot Augury
- A vehicle OEM wanting failure prediction on its own product without building a data science teamnot Augury
- A mixed fleet running several telematics providers where the operator wants one health view instead of three vendor portalsnot Augury
- A mining operation predicting haul truck component failures where an unplanned pit stoppage costs far more than the softwarenot 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.
Uptake
- Bosch announced a planned acquisition in March 2026, so the roadmap and the pricing model beyond the current contract term are outside the seller's control; buyers should insist on contractual protection rather than verbal reassurance.
- The company narrowed dramatically from its original industrial AI positioning, and non-fleet industrial customers are now clearly a secondary segment whose requirements will compete with vehicle priorities inside a much larger parent.
- Predictions depend entirely on the telematics feed, so a fleet with cheap devices that expose limited fault codes gets weaker results and no amount of model quality compensates.
- Pricing is per asset per month with a practical fleet minimum, which puts it out of reach for smaller operators who arguably have the least maintenance analytics capability of their own.
- It recommends but does not execute: alerts still have to be turned into work orders in a separate maintenance system, so value depends on integration work and on shop discipline Uptake cannot enforce.
Pricing, plan by plan
Augury
On request- Machine Health$undefined/year
- Flat annual fee per monitored machine
- Sensors, gateway, connectivity and installation included
- Unlimited users and unlimited diagnostic reviews
Uptake
On request- Uptake Fleet$undefined/year
- Priced per asset per month, quoted
- Practical minimum fleet size applies
- Telematics integration scoped and charged separately
Which should you pick?
Choose Augury if
- You need halo sensors.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want diagnostics as a service.
Choose Uptake if
- You need fault code prioritisation.
- You work on Web, Cloud, iOS, Android.
- You also want failure prediction models.
Questions people ask
- Is Augury or Uptake better?
- Neither clearly leads. Augury starts at On request and Uptake at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Augury or Uptake?
- Augury starts at On request and Uptake at On request.
- Does Augury or Uptake run on more platforms?
- Augury runs on Web, iOS, Android. Uptake runs on Web, Cloud, iOS, Android.
- 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 Uptake is typically brought in for.
- What can Augury do that Uptake cannot?
- Augury covers Halo sensors, Diagnostics as a Service, Named fault diagnosis, Process Health. Uptake covers Fault code prioritisation, Failure prediction models, Telematics ingestion, Maintenance recommendations.
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.
Uptake: Is Uptake still trading?
Yes. It is operating and selling, with a Bosch acquisition announced in March 2026 and subject to regulatory approval.
Augury: Is there a per-user licence?
No. The web application allows unlimited users; the meter is monitored machines.
Uptake: Do I need Uptake hardware?
No. It consumes data from existing telematics devices and OEM feeds; there is no Uptake sensor to buy.
Augury: Who does the diagnosis?
Machine-learning models flag issues and Augury vibration analysts review them before a finding is released to you.
Uptake: Is Uptake still selling industrial asset performance management?
It retains the capability, but the commercial focus and the acquisition rationale are both fleet vehicles. Treat non-fleet roadmap commitments cautiously.
Augury: What happens if we cancel?
The sensors are part of the service and monitoring stops; you do not retain a usable standalone system.
Uptake: How is it priced?
Per asset per month, quoted, with a practical minimum fleet size. Nothing is published.
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