Energy & Utilities · head to head
AVEVA PI System vs OATI webSmartEnergy
AVEVA PI System
Energy & Utilities
Industrial data infrastructure for real-time insights
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
OATI webSmartEnergy
Energy & Utilities
Comprehensive utility billing and customer engagement
- 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; OATI webSmartEnergy oATI publishes no price for webSmartEnergy anywhere on its site; even the product overview is gated behind a brochure request form, with further detail requiring direct email contact to sales@oati.net rather than any published rate (archived brochure page, 25 June 2024)
- They diverge on capability: AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, OATI webSmartEnergy covers Customer information system.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which AVEVA PI System and OATI webSmartEnergy actually diverge.
| Attribute | AVEVA PI System | OATI webSmartEnergy |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | one-time | subscription |
| Platforms | Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api | Web, Mobile, Api |
| Founded | 1967 | 1995 |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), 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 OATI webSmartEnergy
- Customer information system
- Utility billing
- Payment processing
- Smart meter integration
- Rate management
- Service order management
- Customer portal
- Demand response
Both cover
- SOC2
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 webSmartEnergy
- Operations dashboards and alerting through PI Visionnot OATI webSmartEnergy
- Edge data collection where connectivity is intermittentnot OATI webSmartEnergy
- Pulling process data into Excel analysis with PI DataLinknot OATI webSmartEnergy
- Utilities, pharma, mining and oil and gas process monitoringnot OATI webSmartEnergy
OATI webSmartEnergy
- Utility billingnot AVEVA PI System
- Customer managementnot AVEVA PI System
- Smart meter datanot AVEVA PI System
- Rate analysisnot AVEVA PI System
- Demand response programsnot 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 webSmartEnergy
- OATI publishes no price for webSmartEnergy anywhere on its site; even the product overview is gated behind a brochure request form, with further detail requiring direct email contact to sales@oati.net rather than any published rate (archived brochure page, 25 June 2024)
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$undefined/license
- PI Integrator
- Cloud connectivity
- Advanced analytics
OATI webSmartEnergy
On request- CIS Basic$undefined/custom
- Customer management
- Billing engine
- Payment processing
- CIS Advanced$undefined/custom
- Advanced rate structures
- Demand response
- Prepaid metering
- Enterprise$undefined/custom
- MDM integration
- Analytics suite
- Multi-commodity
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 OATI webSmartEnergy if
- You need customer information system.
- You work on Web, Mobile, Api.
- You also want utility billing.
Questions people ask
- Is AVEVA PI System or OATI webSmartEnergy better?
- Neither clearly leads. AVEVA PI System starts at On request and OATI webSmartEnergy 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 webSmartEnergy?
- AVEVA PI System starts at On request and OATI webSmartEnergy at On request.
- Does AVEVA PI System or OATI webSmartEnergy run on more platforms?
- AVEVA PI System runs on Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api. OATI webSmartEnergy runs on Web, Mobile, 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 webSmartEnergy is typically brought in for.
- What can AVEVA PI System do that OATI webSmartEnergy cannot?
- AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, Time-series data storage, Asset framework, Visualization. OATI webSmartEnergy covers Customer information system, Utility billing, Payment processing, Smart meter integration. Both handle SOC2.