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Prodsmart
Mobile manufacturing execution for small plants, acquired by Autodesk and folded into Fusion Operations
As of 31 August 2026, Prodsmart's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Prodsmart put shop floor tracking on phones and tablets so small manufacturers could get production data without touching a machine controller. Softwr lists it under Manufacturing. Prodsmart is made by Autodesk, Inc., available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Prodsmart does
Prodsmart is a manufacturing execution system founded in Lisbon and designed for small and mid size manufacturers that have no plant network, no historian and no automation budget. Operators run it on phones or tablets, scanning barcodes to declare production, scrap and downtime against work orders, and the system builds live production status, traceability and simple OEE from those declarations. The distinguishing decision is deliberately low technology. It does not require PLC connectivity, OPC servers, MTConnect or any controller integration, which means it works identically on a machine bought last year and one bought in 1994. For a small manufacturer that is often the difference between having production data and not having it, because every alternative starts with a conversation about connecting equipment that cannot be connected without a retrofit costing more than the software. The fact that changes an evaluation is ownership. Autodesk acquired Prodsmart in 2022 and has been folding it into the Fusion product family, where it is positioned as the operations layer alongside Fusion design and manufacturing tooling. That brings a large company behind the product and tighter links to CAM, but it also means the standalone product identity, pricing and channel are now Autodesk decisions, support runs through Autodesk, and the roadmap serves a design led strategy rather than a pure MES one. Buyers should evaluate the current Autodesk packaging rather than the independent product they may have read about.
What people use it for
- A small manufacturer with older machines that cannot be connected to any network without a costly retrofit
- A plant that needs lot traceability for a customer or regulatory audit and currently keeps it on paper
- A shop wanting live work order status without installing terminals and cabling on the floor
- An Autodesk Fusion user looking for an operations layer from the same vendor as its CAD and CAM
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Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Prodsmart.
- The product has been absorbed into the Autodesk Fusion family, so the standalone brand, pricing page and channel that earlier reviews describe no longer reflect how it is bought, and buyers must evaluate the current Autodesk packaging instead.
- All data originates from operator declarations, so accuracy depends entirely on shop floor discipline, and a plant that cannot enforce scanning gets confident charts built on incomplete input.
- Because it reads nothing from machines, it cannot detect a stoppage the operator does not report, which means downtime analysis captures what people admit to rather than what happened.
- Scheduling and planning are shallow compared with a full MES or ERP, so most customers still plan elsewhere and use Prodsmart for execution only.
- Support and account management now run through a very large software vendor, and small manufacturers frequently report longer response paths than they had with the original company.
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Pricing
What Prodsmart costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Prodsmart (Autodesk Fusion Operations)
On request
- Mobile shop floor execution
- Traceability and production reporting
- Sold within the Autodesk Fusion product family
Capabilities
Features
Mobile shop floor declarations
Operators record production, scrap and downtime by scanning on a phone or tablet
No controller integration required
Works on any machine regardless of age or communication protocol
Traceability
Lot and serial genealogy from raw material through operations to the shipped item
Live production status
Work order progress and work centre state visible without walking the floor
Basic OEE
Availability, performance and quality derived from operator declarations
Maintenance records
Planned and reactive maintenance logged against equipment
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Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Who owns Prodsmart?
Autodesk acquired it in 2022 and has integrated it into the Fusion product family as its operations offering.
Does it need my machines to be connected?
No. That is the central design decision. Operators declare production on mobile devices.
Is it a full MES?
It covers execution, traceability and basic OEE. Detailed scheduling, quality workflows and controller level data are not its scope.
Can I still buy it as a standalone product?
It is sold through Autodesk. Confirm the current packaging and pricing with Autodesk rather than relying on pre acquisition material.
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