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AVEVA PI System vs OATI webOASIS

AVEVA PI System logo

AVEVA PI System

Software

Industrial data infrastructure for real-time insights

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
OATI webOASIS logo

OATI webOASIS

Software

Energy trading and transmission management platform

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: AVEVA PI System pricing is not published and comes through an account representative; OATI webOASIS the Internet Archive's capture of OATI's homepage on 20 December 2020 named webOASIS-related modules (OASIS, OASIS Management, OASIS Automation) among dozens of grid and energy trading products, all sold enterprise-to-enterprise via login/contact with no price figure published.
  • They diverge on capability: AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, OATI webOASIS covers Energy scheduling.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which AVEVA PI System and OATI webOASIS actually diverge.

Attributes where AVEVA PI System and OATI webOASIS differ
AttributeAVEVA PI SystemOATI webOASIS
Pricing modelone-timequote
PlatformsDesktop, Web, Mobile, ApiWeb, Api
Founded19671998

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 OATI webOASIS

  • Energy scheduling
  • Transmission reservations
  • E-tagging
  • Market operations
  • Balancing authority management
  • Congestion management
  • Settlement processing
  • Real-time dispatch

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

OATI webOASIS

  • Energy tradingnot AVEVA PI System
  • Transmission schedulingnot AVEVA PI System
  • Market settlementsnot AVEVA PI System
  • Grid balancingnot 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

OATI webOASIS

  • The Internet Archive's capture of OATI's homepage on 20 December 2020 named webOASIS-related modules (OASIS, OASIS Management, OASIS Automation) among dozens of grid and energy trading products, all sold enterprise-to-enterprise via login/contact with no price figure published.

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

OATI webOASIS

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the OATI webOASIS 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.
AVEVA PI System review

Choose OATI webOASIS if

  • You need energy scheduling.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want transmission reservations.
OATI webOASIS review

Questions people ask

Is AVEVA PI System or OATI webOASIS better?
Neither clearly leads. AVEVA PI System starts at On request and OATI webOASIS 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 OATI webOASIS?
AVEVA PI System starts at On request and OATI webOASIS at On request.
Does AVEVA PI System or OATI webOASIS run on more platforms?
AVEVA PI System runs on Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api. OATI webOASIS runs on Web, Api.
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 OATI webOASIS is typically brought in for.
What can AVEVA PI System do that OATI webOASIS cannot?
AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, Time-series data storage, Asset framework, Visualization. OATI webOASIS covers Energy scheduling, Transmission reservations, E-tagging, Market operations.
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