Software · head to head
OATI webSmartEnergy vs AVEVA PI System
OATI webSmartEnergy
Software
Comprehensive utility billing and customer engagement
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
AVEVA PI System
Software
Industrial data infrastructure for real-time insights
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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); AVEVA PI System pricing is not published and comes through an account representative
- They diverge on capability: OATI webSmartEnergy covers Customer information system, AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which OATI webSmartEnergy and AVEVA PI System actually diverge.
| Attribute | OATI webSmartEnergy | AVEVA PI System |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | subscription | one-time |
| Platforms | Web, Mobile, Api | Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api |
| Founded | 1995 | 1967 |
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 OATI webSmartEnergy
- Customer information system
- Utility billing
- Payment processing
- Smart meter integration
- Rate management
- Service order management
- Customer portal
- Demand response
Only in AVEVA PI System
- Real-time data collection
- Time-series data storage
- Asset framework
- Visualization
- Analytics
- Event management
- Notifications
- Data integration
Both cover
- SOC2
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
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
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
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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)
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
Pricing, plan by plan
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$undefined/custom
- MDM integration
- Analytics suite
- Multi-commodity
AVEVA PI System
On request- Data Archive$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
Which should you pick?
Choose OATI webSmartEnergy if
- You need customer information system.
- You work on Web, Mobile, Api.
- You also want utility billing.
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.
Questions people ask
- Is OATI webSmartEnergy or AVEVA PI System better?
- Neither clearly leads. OATI webSmartEnergy starts at On request and AVEVA PI System at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, OATI webSmartEnergy or AVEVA PI System?
- OATI webSmartEnergy starts at On request and AVEVA PI System at On request.
- Does OATI webSmartEnergy or AVEVA PI System run on more platforms?
- OATI webSmartEnergy runs on Web, Mobile, Api. AVEVA PI System runs on Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api.
- What is OATI webSmartEnergy best used for?
- OATI webSmartEnergy is most often used for utility billing, customer management, smart meter data, rate analysis. Of those, utility billing and customer management are not what AVEVA PI System is typically brought in for.
- What can OATI webSmartEnergy do that AVEVA PI System cannot?
- OATI webSmartEnergy covers Customer information system, Utility billing, Payment processing, Smart meter integration. AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, Time-series data storage, Asset framework, Visualization. Both handle SOC2.