Energy & Utilities · head to head
Oracle Utilities vs AVEVA PI System
Oracle Utilities
Energy & Utilities
Complete customer care and billing for utilities
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
AVEVA PI System
Energy & Utilities
Industrial data infrastructure for real-time insights
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Oracle Utilities oracle Utilities does not appear on Oracle's published price list index, which covers Technology, eBusiness Suite, Fusion Applications, Engineered Systems, Business Intelligence, Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, MySQL, Java and several cloud lines; AVEVA PI System pricing is not published and comes through an account representative
- They diverge on capability: Oracle Utilities covers Customer information system, AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Oracle Utilities and AVEVA PI System actually diverge.
| Attribute | Oracle Utilities | AVEVA PI System |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | quote | one-time |
| Platforms | Web, Mobile, Api | Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api |
| Founded | 1977 | 1967 |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Energy & Utilities).
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 Oracle Utilities
- Customer information system
- Billing and invoicing
- Meter data management
- Customer self-service portal
- Revenue management
- Credit and collections
- Field service management
- 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
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Oracle Utilities
- Customer information and billing systems for electric, gas and water utilitiesnot AVEVA PI System
- Meter data management for utility smart metering programmesnot AVEVA PI System
- Work and asset management for utility field operationsnot AVEVA PI System
AVEVA PI System
- Collecting and historising real-time process data from plant equipmentnot Oracle Utilities
- Operations dashboards and alerting through PI Visionnot Oracle Utilities
- Edge data collection where connectivity is intermittentnot Oracle Utilities
- Pulling process data into Excel analysis with PI DataLinknot Oracle Utilities
- Utilities, pharma, mining and oil and gas process monitoringnot Oracle Utilities
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Oracle Utilities
- Oracle Utilities does not appear on Oracle's published price list index, which covers Technology, eBusiness Suite, Fusion Applications, Engineered Systems, Business Intelligence, Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, MySQL, Java and several cloud lines
- Where Oracle does publish prices they are downloadable PDF price lists rather than an interactive pricing page
- Oracle publishes separate commercial and US Public Sector price lists, so the commercial rate does not apply to government buyers
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
Oracle Utilities
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Oracle Utilities review.
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 Oracle Utilities if
- You need customer information system.
- You work on Web, Mobile, Api.
- You also want billing and invoicing.
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 Oracle Utilities or AVEVA PI System better?
- Neither clearly leads. Oracle Utilities 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, Oracle Utilities or AVEVA PI System?
- Oracle Utilities starts at On request and AVEVA PI System at On request.
- Does Oracle Utilities or AVEVA PI System run on more platforms?
- Oracle Utilities runs on Web, Mobile, Api. AVEVA PI System runs on Desktop, Web, Mobile, Api.
- What is Oracle Utilities best used for?
- Oracle Utilities is most often used for customer information and billing systems for electric, gas and water utilities, meter data management for utility smart metering programmes, work and asset management for utility field operations. Of those, customer information and billing systems for electric, gas and water utilities and meter data management for utility smart metering programmes are not what AVEVA PI System is typically brought in for.
- What can Oracle Utilities do that AVEVA PI System cannot?
- Oracle Utilities covers Customer information system, Billing and invoicing, Meter data management, Customer self-service portal. AVEVA PI System covers Real-time data collection, Time-series data storage, Asset framework, Visualization. Both handle SOC2.