Manufacturing · head to head
Duro PLM vs Petasense
Duro PLM
Manufacturing
Hosted PLM for hardware startups, sold in fixed user bands with no published price
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Petasense
Manufacturing
Wireless vibration and asset reliability monitoring, now owned by AssetWatch
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Duro PLM no pricing is published anywhere, so budgeting requires a sales conversation and buyers cannot compare against alternatives without entering a pipeline.; Petasense petasense is now owned by AssetWatch, whose business is monitoring delivered as a managed service, so a buyer wanting self-service software should get the delivery model written into the contract rather than assume it.
- They diverge on capability: Duro PLM covers Part library, Petasense covers Vibration Mote.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Duro PLM and Petasense actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Manufacturing).
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 Duro PLM
- Part library
- Multi-level BOMs
- Change orders
- CAD integrations
- Supplier and cost data
- User band plans
Only in Petasense
- Vibration Mote
- Transmitter range
- ARO cloud
- VFD-specific monitoring
- Reliability workflow
- Mixed wired and wireless
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Duro PLM
- A robotics startup imposing change control on a design before releasing it to a contract manufacturernot Petasense
- A consumer electronics team tracking supplier part numbers and costs against every item in the BOMnot Petasense
- A hardware company whose engineers keep overwriting each other's BOM spreadsheet versionsnot Petasense
- A venture-funded startup that needs a defensible change history before a first production buildnot Petasense
Petasense
- A reliability team wanting continuous vibration data on assets currently covered by a quarterly walkaround routenot Duro PLM
- A plant with variable frequency drive assets where generic vibration analytics produce too many false alarmsnot Duro PLM
- Mixing battery sensors on accessible pumps with wired sensors on the handful of assets that would stop productionnot Duro PLM
- A manufacturer with no in-house vibration analyst that wants the analysis delivered as a service rather than as a dashboardnot Duro PLM
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Duro PLM
- No pricing is published anywhere, so budgeting requires a sales conversation and buyers cannot compare against alternatives without entering a pipeline.
- Plans are sold in fixed user bands rather than per seat, so hiring an eleventh engineer moves you to the next tier instead of adding one seat.
- Storage allowances are capped at 25, 50 and 100 GB, which is tight for teams keeping native CAD files rather than only neutral formats.
- There is no self-hosted or on-premises option, which rules Duro out for defence and some aerospace suppliers with data residency or ITAR handling constraints.
- Scope stops at engineering data: no requirements management, no quality module and no manufacturing process planning, so it does not replace the systems a company needs at production scale.
Petasense
- Petasense is now owned by AssetWatch, whose business is monitoring delivered as a managed service, so a buyer wanting self-service software should get the delivery model written into the contract rather than assume it.
- Hardware is required per measurement point and gateways are required per area, so the up-front capital for a plant-wide deployment is substantial and separate from the subscription.
- Per-asset subscription pricing scales linearly, which makes full coverage of a large population of low-value motors uneconomic compared with route-based monitoring.
- Nothing is published on sensor cost, subscription rate, gateway requirements or contract length, so a total cost of ownership figure requires a full sales engagement before you can compare it against anything.
- Battery-powered wireless sensors trade measurement richness for battery life, so the sampling rate and resolution are lower than a wired analyser would give, which limits diagnosis of high-frequency bearing defects on critical machines.
Pricing, plan by plan
Duro PLM
On request- Team$undefined/year
- Up to 10 users
- 25 GB data storage
- Part library, BOMs and change orders
- Business$undefined/year
- Up to 20 users
- 50 GB data storage
- CAD integrations
- Enterprise$undefined/year
- 20 or more users
- 100 GB data storage
- Extended support
Petasense
On request- Petasense ARO$undefined/year
- Subscription priced per monitored asset
- Vibration Mote or Transmitter hardware required per measurement point
- Gateway hardware required for wireless deployments
Which should you pick?
Choose Petasense if
- You need vibration mote.
- You work on Web, Cloud, iOS, Android.
- You also want transmitter range.
Questions people ask
- Is Duro PLM or Petasense better?
- Neither clearly leads. Duro PLM starts at On request and Petasense at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Duro PLM or Petasense?
- Duro PLM starts at On request and Petasense at On request.
- Does Duro PLM or Petasense run on more platforms?
- Duro PLM runs on Web. Petasense runs on Web, Cloud, iOS, Android.
- What is Duro PLM best used for?
- Duro PLM is most often used for a robotics startup imposing change control on a design before releasing it to a contract manufacturer, a consumer electronics team tracking supplier part numbers and costs against every item in the bom, a hardware company whose engineers keep overwriting each other's bom spreadsheet versions, a venture-funded startup that needs a defensible change history before a first production build. Of those, a robotics startup imposing change control on a design before releasing it to a contract manufacturer and a consumer electronics team tracking supplier part numbers and costs against every item in the bom are not what Petasense is typically brought in for.
- What can Duro PLM do that Petasense cannot?
- Duro PLM covers Part library, Multi-level BOMs, Change orders, CAD integrations. Petasense covers Vibration Mote, Transmitter range, ARO cloud, VFD-specific monitoring.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Duro PLM: How much does Duro cost?
Duro does not publish prices. Plans are fixed annual subscriptions quoted by sales against a user band, billed Net 30.
Petasense: Is Petasense still a separate product?
Yes. It trades under its own name with its own product line, but the owner since January 2024 is AssetWatch.
Duro PLM: Can I run Duro on my own servers?
No. It is cloud only, which is a hard blocker for organisations with data residency or export control requirements.
Petasense: Do I have to buy Petasense hardware?
Yes. The platform is built around its own Motes and Transmitters; it is not a bring-your-own-sensor analytics product.
Duro PLM: What happens when we exceed our user band?
You move to the next tier rather than adding individual seats, so growth arrives as a step change in cost.
Petasense: Can I get monitoring as a service?
Yes, through parent AssetWatch, whose model is condition monitoring engineers reviewing your data. Clarify which model your quote covers.
Duro PLM: Is Duro suitable for medical device work?
Its change control is real but the workflow configuration and audit depth are lighter than dedicated regulated-industry PLM, so most ISO 13485 programmes need more.
Petasense: How is it priced?
Per monitored asset on subscription, plus sensors and gateways. Nothing is published.
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