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AVEVA PI System vs Fluence Energy Management

AVEVA PI System logo

AVEVA PI System

Software

Industrial data infrastructure for real-time insights

From
On request
Rated
-
Fluence Energy Management logo

Fluence Energy Management

Software

Battery energy storage system software and services

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: AVEVA PI System pricing is not published and comes through an account representative; Fluence Energy Management no price, licensing model, subscription term or contract detail is published anywhere on the site; the only route is a contact page
  • They diverge on capability: AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, Fluence Energy Management covers Battery management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which AVEVA PI System and Fluence Energy Management actually diverge.

Attributes where AVEVA PI System and Fluence Energy Management differ
AttributeAVEVA PI SystemFluence Energy Management
Pricing modelone-timequote
PlatformsDesktop, Web, Mobile, ApiWeb, Mobile
Founded19672016

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

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 AVEVA PI System

  • Real-time data collection
  • Time-series data storage
  • Asset framework
  • Visualization
  • Analytics
  • Event management
  • Notifications
  • Data integration

Only in Fluence Energy Management

  • Battery management
  • Grid services optimization
  • Performance analytics
  • Remote monitoring
  • Integration management
  • SSL encryption
  • Cloud deployment
  • Web support

What people use each for

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

AVEVA PI System

  • Collecting and historising real-time process data from plant equipmentnot Fluence Energy Management
  • Operations dashboards and alerting through PI Visionnot Fluence Energy Management
  • Edge data collection where connectivity is intermittentnot Fluence Energy Management
  • Pulling process data into Excel analysis with PI DataLinknot Fluence Energy Management
  • Utilities, pharma, mining and oil and gas process monitoringnot Fluence Energy Management

Fluence Energy Management

  • Automated market bidding for battery energy storage with Mosaicnot AVEVA PI System
  • Asset performance management for renewable generation fleets with Nisperanot AVEVA PI System
  • Operating grid scale energy storage systemsnot AVEVA PI System

Where each one falls short

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

AVEVA PI System

  • Pricing is not published and comes through an account representative
  • The vendor is moving to a subscription commercial model, so perpetual licence expectations no longer hold
  • Made up of several separately named components, including PI Server, PI Vision, Edge Data Store and the adapters and connectors needed per data source

Fluence Energy Management

  • No price, licensing model, subscription term or contract detail is published anywhere on the site; the only route is a contact page
  • Bidding and asset performance management are separate products, Mosaic and Nispera, rather than one platform licence

Pricing, plan by plan

AVEVA PI System

On request
  • Data Archive$undefined/license
    • Time-series data storage
    • High-speed data collection
    • Data compression
  • Operations$undefined/license
    • PI Vision dashboards
    • AF analytics
    • Event frames
  • Enterprise$undefined/license
    • PI Integrator
    • Cloud connectivity
    • Advanced analytics

Fluence Energy Management

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Fluence Energy Management review.

Which should you pick?

Choose AVEVA PI System if

  • You need real-time data collection.
  • You work on Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api.
  • You also want time-series data storage.

Choose Fluence Energy Management if

  • You need battery management.
  • You work on Web, Mobile.
  • You also want grid services optimization.

Questions people ask

Is AVEVA PI System or Fluence Energy Management better?
Neither clearly leads. AVEVA PI System starts at On request and Fluence Energy Management at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, AVEVA PI System or Fluence Energy Management?
AVEVA PI System starts at On request and Fluence Energy Management at On request.
Does AVEVA PI System or Fluence Energy Management run on more platforms?
AVEVA PI System runs on Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api. Fluence Energy Management runs on Web, Mobile.
What is AVEVA PI System best used for?
AVEVA PI System is most often used for collecting and historising real-time process data from plant equipment, operations dashboards and alerting through pi vision, edge data collection where connectivity is intermittent, pulling process data into excel analysis with pi datalink. Of those, collecting and historising real-time process data from plant equipment and operations dashboards and alerting through pi vision are not what Fluence Energy Management is typically brought in for.
What can AVEVA PI System do that Fluence Energy Management cannot?
AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, Time-series data storage, Asset framework, Visualization. Fluence Energy Management covers Battery management, Grid services optimization, Performance analytics, Remote monitoring.

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