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AVEVA PI System vs Influx Energy Management

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AVEVA PI System

Energy & Utilities

Industrial data infrastructure for real-time insights

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Influx Energy Management

Energy & Utilities

Cloud-based energy and sustainability management

From
$500/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • They diverge on capability: AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, Influx Energy Management covers Energy tracking.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where AVEVA PI System and Influx Energy Management differ
AttributeAVEVA PI SystemInflux Energy Management
Starting priceOn request$500/month
Pricing modelone-timesubscription
PlatformsDesktop, Web, Mobile, ApiWeb, Mobile
Founded19672012

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Energy & Utilities).

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 Influx Energy Management

  • Energy tracking
  • Carbon accounting
  • Building analytics
  • Benchmarking
  • Sustainability reporting
  • Salesforce
  • SAP
  • SSL encryption

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 Influx Energy Management
  • Operations dashboards and alerting through PI Visionnot Influx Energy Management
  • Edge data collection where connectivity is intermittentnot Influx Energy Management
  • Pulling process data into Excel analysis with PI DataLinknot Influx Energy Management
  • Utilities, pharma, mining and oil and gas process monitoringnot Influx Energy Management

Influx Energy Management

  • Energy trackingnot AVEVA PI System
  • Sustainability reportingnot 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

Influx Energy Management

Nothing recorded yet. See the Influx Energy Management review.

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

Influx Energy Management

$500/month
  • Starter$500/month
    • Basic tracking
    • Up to 10 buildings
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Advanced analytics
    • Unlimited buildings
    • Custom reporting

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.
AVEVA PI System review

Choose Influx Energy Management if

  • You need energy tracking.
  • You work on Web, Mobile.
  • You also want carbon accounting.
Influx Energy Management review

Questions people ask

Is AVEVA PI System or Influx Energy Management better?
Neither clearly leads. AVEVA PI System starts at On request and Influx Energy Management at $500/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, AVEVA PI System or Influx Energy Management?
AVEVA PI System starts at On request and Influx Energy Management at $500/month.
Does AVEVA PI System or Influx Energy Management run on more platforms?
AVEVA PI System runs on Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api. Influx 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 Influx Energy Management is typically brought in for.
What can AVEVA PI System do that Influx Energy Management cannot?
AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, Time-series data storage, Asset framework, Visualization. Influx Energy Management covers Energy tracking, Carbon accounting, Building analytics, Benchmarking.
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