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Landis+Gyr Gridstream vs Wood Mackenzie Lens

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Landis+Gyr Gridstream

Energy

Advanced metering infrastructure and grid edge intelligence

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Wood Mackenzie Lens logo

Wood Mackenzie Lens

Energy

Subscription research data and analytics covering oil, gas, power, renewables and mining assets

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Landis+Gyr Gridstream the platform depends on Landis+Gyr metering hardware, including electric, gas and water meters plus communication network devices, rather than being sold as software alone; Wood Mackenzie Lens licensing is per named seat and per dataset, so sharing a login across an analyst team breaches the contract and licensing the team properly multiplies the fee rather than adding to it.
  • They diverge on capability: Landis+Gyr Gridstream covers Advanced metering infrastructure, Wood Mackenzie Lens covers Upstream asset data.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Landis+Gyr Gridstream and Wood Mackenzie Lens actually diverge.

Attributes where Landis+Gyr Gridstream and Wood Mackenzie Lens differ
AttributeLandis+Gyr GridstreamWood Mackenzie Lens
Founded1896Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Api), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Energy).

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 Landis+Gyr Gridstream

  • Advanced metering infrastructure
  • Real-time meter data
  • Grid edge analytics
  • Distribution automation
  • Outage detection
  • Voltage monitoring
  • Load profiling
  • Remote connect/disconnect

Only in Wood Mackenzie Lens

  • Upstream asset data
  • Power and renewables
  • Metals and mining
  • Gas and LNG
  • Energy transition scenarios
  • Emissions data
  • Lens Direct
  • Scenario and portfolio tools

What people use each for

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

Landis+Gyr Gridstream

  • Advanced metering infrastructure for electricity, gas and water utilitiesnot Wood Mackenzie Lens
  • Edge device connectivity and orchestration through the Gridstream Connect Apps Ecosystemnot Wood Mackenzie Lens
  • Coordinating distributed energy resources to balance grid supply and demandnot Wood Mackenzie Lens
  • Energy performance monitoring and analysis for utilitiesnot Wood Mackenzie Lens

Wood Mackenzie Lens

  • A corporate development team screening acquisition targets against independent asset economicsnot Landis+Gyr Gridstream
  • A lender or investor testing a project sponsor case against third-party cost and production estimatesnot Landis+Gyr Gridstream
  • A strategy team building long-term scenarios that need consistent cross-commodity assumptionsnot Landis+Gyr Gridstream
  • A trading or origination desk that needs asset level supply data pulled into its own models through the APInot Landis+Gyr Gridstream

Where each one falls short

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

Landis+Gyr Gridstream

  • The platform depends on Landis+Gyr metering hardware, including electric, gas and water meters plus communication network devices, rather than being sold as software alone
  • No price, licensing model or subscription term is published on the solutions pages; the site offers only a contact form and a distributor finder
  • Deployment, integration and ongoing optimisation are sold as separate Lifecycle Services rather than included

Wood Mackenzie Lens

  • Licensing is per named seat and per dataset, so sharing a login across an analyst team breaches the contract and licensing the team properly multiplies the fee rather than adding to it.
  • The content is analyst-modelled rather than operator-reported, so asset economics and reserve figures are estimates and can differ materially from what the owner of the asset publishes.
  • Modules are split by commodity and by region, and a question that spans gas and power, or Americas and EMEA, can require two or three separate subscriptions to answer.
  • Content refresh follows the research publication calendar, so individual asset records can lag a transaction or a project decision by a quarter or more, which matters on live deals.
  • Ownership passed from Verisk to Veritas Capital in 2023, so buyers signing multi-year terms are contracting with a private equity holding whose plans for pricing and packaging are not public.

Pricing, plan by plan

Landis+Gyr Gridstream

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Landis+Gyr Gridstream review.

Wood Mackenzie Lens

On request
  • Lens subscription$undefined/year
    • Quoted per dataset and per named user
    • Regional variants of a module are priced as separate subscriptions
    • Lens Direct API access licensed on top of platform access

Which should you pick?

Choose Landis+Gyr Gridstream if

  • You need advanced metering infrastructure.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want real-time meter data.
Landis+Gyr Gridstream review

Choose Wood Mackenzie Lens if

  • You need upstream asset data.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want power and renewables.
Wood Mackenzie Lens review

Questions people ask

Is Landis+Gyr Gridstream or Wood Mackenzie Lens better?
Neither clearly leads. Landis+Gyr Gridstream starts at On request and Wood Mackenzie Lens at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Landis+Gyr Gridstream or Wood Mackenzie Lens?
Landis+Gyr Gridstream starts at On request and Wood Mackenzie Lens at On request.
Does Landis+Gyr Gridstream or Wood Mackenzie Lens run on more platforms?
Landis+Gyr Gridstream runs on Web, Api. Wood Mackenzie Lens runs on Web, API.
What is Landis+Gyr Gridstream best used for?
Landis+Gyr Gridstream is most often used for advanced metering infrastructure for electricity, gas and water utilities, edge device connectivity and orchestration through the gridstream connect apps ecosystem, coordinating distributed energy resources to balance grid supply and demand, energy performance monitoring and analysis for utilities. Of those, advanced metering infrastructure for electricity, gas and water utilities and edge device connectivity and orchestration through the gridstream connect apps ecosystem are not what Wood Mackenzie Lens is typically brought in for.
What can Landis+Gyr Gridstream do that Wood Mackenzie Lens cannot?
Landis+Gyr Gridstream covers Advanced metering infrastructure, Real-time meter data, Grid edge analytics, Distribution automation. Wood Mackenzie Lens covers Upstream asset data, Power and renewables, Metals and mining, Gas and LNG.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Landis+Gyr Gridstream: How much does Landis+Gyr GridStream cost?

Landis+Gyr does not publish pricing on their website. Contact Landis+Gyr directly through their contact forms, reach out to a local distributor, or contact their sales team for pricing information.

Source
Wood Mackenzie Lens: Am I buying software or research?

Research. Lens is the delivery platform for Wood Mackenzie analysis, and the analysis is what the price reflects.

Landis+Gyr Gridstream: How do I request Landis+Gyr pricing?

Use the website contact form, reach out to a local distributor, log in as an existing customer, or contact Landis+Gyr sales directly for pricing details.

Source
Wood Mackenzie Lens: Who owns Wood Mackenzie?

Veritas Capital, which acquired it from Verisk in 2023.

Wood Mackenzie Lens: Can a team share one licence?

No. Licences are per named user, and sharing breaches the subscription terms.

Wood Mackenzie Lens: Can I get the data into my own models?

Yes, through Lens Direct, which is licensed separately from platform access.

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