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Augury vs Oden Technologies

Augury logo

Augury

Manufacturing

Machine health monitoring sold as a per-machine annual service including sensors, installation and analyst diagnostics

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Oden Technologies logo

Oden Technologies

Manufacturing

Process analytics for continuous production, strongest in plastics extrusion and moulding

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Augury the per-machine annual fee never stops, so over a five to eight year horizon the total exceeds buying sensors and software outright and running the programme yourself.; Oden Technologies the depth is in plastics and continuous processing, so a discrete job shop with short runs and frequent changeovers does not generate the repetition the analysis needs and will get little from it.
  • They diverge on capability: Augury covers Halo sensors, Oden Technologies covers High frequency data collection.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Augury and Oden Technologies actually diverge.

Attributes where Augury and Oden Technologies differ
AttributeAuguryOden Technologies
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, API

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 Augury

  • Halo sensors
  • Diagnostics as a Service
  • Named fault diagnosis
  • Process Health
  • CMMS integration
  • Installation included
  • Fleet views
  • Unlimited users

Only in Oden Technologies

  • High frequency data collection
  • Reference run analysis
  • Scrap and yield analytics
  • Line and plant dashboards
  • PLC and historian connectivity
  • Alerting on process drift

What people use each for

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

Augury

  • A food plant with 200 similar motors and pumps and no vibration analyst on staffnot Oden Technologies
  • A multi-site manufacturer that needs one reliability picture across plants without standardising their maintenance teamsnot Oden Technologies
  • An operator whose capex budget will not approve sensor hardware but whose opex budget will approve a servicenot Oden Technologies
  • A site trying to move from calendar-based motor overhauls to condition-based intervals with defensible evidencenot Oden Technologies

Oden Technologies

  • A plastics extrusion plant losing material to scrap when settings drift between shifts and operatorsnot Augury
  • A moulder that wants to know which parameter combination produced its best historical run of a given partnot Augury
  • A continuous processor whose historian holds years of data that nobody has turned into operating guidancenot Augury
  • A multi site group wanting comparable line performance figures across plants that currently report differentlynot Augury

Where each one falls short

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

Augury

  • The per-machine annual fee never stops, so over a five to eight year horizon the total exceeds buying sensors and software outright and running the programme yourself.
  • Coverage is aimed at standard rotating equipment; reciprocating compressors, very low-speed machinery and non-rotating assets are poorly served, so you still need a second monitoring approach.
  • Diagnoses depend on Augurys analysts, which means the quality of your programme is set by a vendor queue you do not control and turnaround is not something you can escalate internally.
  • The sensors and the analytics are one system, so leaving Augury means removing the hardware and starting again; there is no path to keep the sensors and change the software.
  • Pricing is unpublished and negotiated per fleet, so buyers have no benchmark and comparable plants can pay materially different per-machine rates.

Oden Technologies

  • The depth is in plastics and continuous processing, so a discrete job shop with short runs and frequent changeovers does not generate the repetition the analysis needs and will get little from it.
  • It depends on fast process data from PLCs or a historian, so a plant with older machines that have no controller data must pay for instrumentation before the software does anything, which is the opposite of a low friction rollout.
  • Realising the benefit requires process engineers who can act on the findings, and a plant without that capability ends up with analysis nobody converts into standard operating conditions.
  • Pricing is per line and not published, so a plant with many small lines pays in proportion to line count rather than to output value, and the economics favour fewer high value lines.
  • It overlaps with historian and SCADA investments a plant may already have, and buyers frequently have to justify why an existing AVEVA or Ignition estate cannot be made to do a version of the same job.

Pricing, plan by plan

Augury

On request
  • Machine Health$undefined/year
    • Flat annual fee per monitored machine
    • Sensors, gateway, connectivity and installation included
    • Unlimited users and unlimited diagnostic reviews

Oden Technologies

On request
  • Oden$undefined/year
    • Per line data collection and analytics
    • Reference run and yield analysis
    • Connectivity to PLCs and historians

Which should you pick?

Choose Augury if

  • You need halo sensors.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want diagnostics as a service.
Augury review

Choose Oden Technologies if

  • You need high frequency data collection.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want reference run analysis.
Oden Technologies review

Questions people ask

Is Augury or Oden Technologies better?
Neither clearly leads. Augury starts at On request and Oden Technologies at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Augury or Oden Technologies?
Augury starts at On request and Oden Technologies at On request.
Does Augury or Oden Technologies run on more platforms?
Augury runs on Web, iOS, Android. Oden Technologies runs on Web, API.
What is Augury best used for?
Augury is most often used for a food plant with 200 similar motors and pumps and no vibration analyst on staff, a multi-site manufacturer that needs one reliability picture across plants without standardising their maintenance teams, an operator whose capex budget will not approve sensor hardware but whose opex budget will approve a service, a site trying to move from calendar-based motor overhauls to condition-based intervals with defensible evidence. Of those, a food plant with 200 similar motors and pumps and no vibration analyst on staff and a multi-site manufacturer that needs one reliability picture across plants without standardising their maintenance teams are not what Oden Technologies is typically brought in for.
What can Augury do that Oden Technologies cannot?
Augury covers Halo sensors, Diagnostics as a Service, Named fault diagnosis, Process Health. Oden Technologies covers High frequency data collection, Reference run analysis, Scrap and yield analytics, Line and plant dashboards.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Augury: Do I buy the sensors?

No. Sensors, gateways, connectivity and installation are included in the per-machine annual fee.

Oden Technologies: Is it suitable for a machine shop?

Not really. It is built for continuous and repetitive high volume processes, not short run discrete machining.

Augury: Is there a per-user licence?

No. The web application allows unlimited users; the meter is monitored machines.

Oden Technologies: Does it need a historian?

No, it can collect directly from PLCs, but it will read from an existing historian where one is present.

Augury: Who does the diagnosis?

Machine-learning models flag issues and Augury vibration analysts review them before a finding is released to you.

Oden Technologies: What is the main measurable outcome?

Scrap reduction and throughput improvement on repeated products, rather than labour savings.

Augury: What happens if we cancel?

The sensors are part of the service and monitoring stops; you do not retain a usable standalone system.

Oden Technologies: Will it work on machines without PLC data?

No. Those machines need instrumenting first, and that cost belongs in the business case.

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