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OpenLink Endur vs AVEVA PI System

OpenLink Endur logo

OpenLink Endur

Software

Enterprise trading and risk management

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
AVEVA PI System logo

AVEVA PI System

Software

Industrial data infrastructure for real-time insights

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: OpenLink Endur openLink Endur (an ETRM/CTRM platform, now part of ION Group's OpenLink brand) is sold only through named enterprise license agreements with individual utilities and trading firms, confirmed by a chain of dated press releases announcing signed licenses (DTE Energy, Barclays Capital, RWE Trading Americas, Petrobras and others), none of which disclose a price; ION's current careers pages still list dedicated Endur and Findur implementation consultant roles, confirming the product line is separate from and sold alongside sibling products IRM, RightAngle and dbcSMARTsoft rather than as one unified suite (archived press release, 16 April 2015); AVEVA PI System pricing is not published and comes through an account representative
  • They diverge on capability: OpenLink Endur covers Deal capture, AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which OpenLink Endur and AVEVA PI System actually diverge.

Attributes where OpenLink Endur and AVEVA PI System differ
AttributeOpenLink EndurAVEVA PI System
Pricing modelquoteone-time
PlatformsDesktop, Web, ApiDesktop, Web, Mobile, Api
Founded19991967

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 OpenLink Endur

  • Deal capture
  • Position management
  • Risk analytics
  • Credit management
  • Logistics
  • Settlement
  • Accounting integration
  • Regulatory compliance

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
  • ISO27001

What people use each for

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

OpenLink Endur

  • Energy tradingnot AVEVA PI System
  • Risk managementnot AVEVA PI System
  • Commodity logisticsnot AVEVA PI System
  • Regulatory compliancenot AVEVA PI System
  • Settlementnot AVEVA PI System

AVEVA PI System

  • Collecting and historising real-time process data from plant equipmentnot OpenLink Endur
  • Operations dashboards and alerting through PI Visionnot OpenLink Endur
  • Edge data collection where connectivity is intermittentnot OpenLink Endur
  • Pulling process data into Excel analysis with PI DataLinknot OpenLink Endur
  • Utilities, pharma, mining and oil and gas process monitoringnot OpenLink Endur

Where each one falls short

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

OpenLink Endur

  • OpenLink Endur (an ETRM/CTRM platform, now part of ION Group's OpenLink brand) is sold only through named enterprise license agreements with individual utilities and trading firms, confirmed by a chain of dated press releases announcing signed licenses (DTE Energy, Barclays Capital, RWE Trading Americas, Petrobras and others), none of which disclose a price; ION's current careers pages still list dedicated Endur and Findur implementation consultant roles, confirming the product line is separate from and sold alongside sibling products IRM, RightAngle and dbcSMARTsoft rather than as one unified suite (archived press release, 16 April 2015)

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

OpenLink Endur

On request
  • Trading$undefined/custom
    • Deal capture
    • Position management
    • P&L analytics
  • Risk$undefined/custom
    • VaR and PaR
    • Credit risk
    • Limit monitoring
  • Enterprise$undefined/custom
    • Full ETRM suite
    • Multi-commodity
    • Global support

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 OpenLink Endur if

  • You need deal capture.
  • You work on Desktop, Web, Api.
  • You also want position management.
OpenLink Endur review

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.
AVEVA PI System review

Questions people ask

Is OpenLink Endur or AVEVA PI System better?
Neither clearly leads. OpenLink Endur 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, OpenLink Endur or AVEVA PI System?
OpenLink Endur starts at On request and AVEVA PI System at On request.
Does OpenLink Endur or AVEVA PI System run on more platforms?
OpenLink Endur runs on Desktop, Web, Api. AVEVA PI System runs on Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api.
What is OpenLink Endur best used for?
OpenLink Endur is most often used for energy trading, risk management, commodity logistics, regulatory compliance. Of those, energy trading and risk management are not what AVEVA PI System is typically brought in for.
What can OpenLink Endur do that AVEVA PI System cannot?
OpenLink Endur covers Deal capture, Position management, Risk analytics, Credit management. AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, Time-series data storage, Asset framework, Visualization. Both handle SOC2, ISO27001.
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