Crestron XiO vs. ThingWorx

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Crestron XiO
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Crestron, headquartered in New Jersey, offers Crestron XiO, an Internet of Things (IoT) device management platform which provides automated hardware patching and firmware updates, device connectivity and condition monitoring, and analytics platform for tracking device usage.
$1
Per Room Per Month
ThingWorx
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
ThingWorx is an IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) development platform acquired by PTC in 2014 and merged with Axeda Machine Cloud in the same year, to expand PTC's development offerings.N/A
Pricing
Crestron XiOThingWorx
Editions & Modules
API Access
$1.00
Per Room Per Month
Endpoint Management
$3.00
Per Room Per Month
Support
$4.00
Per Room Per Month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Crestron XiOThingWorx
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Crestron XiOThingWorx
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Features
Crestron XiOThingWorx
Internet of Things
Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
Crestron XiO
7.5
1 Ratings
5% below category average
ThingWorx
7.9
7 Ratings
0% below category average
IoT Device Management8.01 Ratings8.57 Ratings
Device Security7.01 Ratings7.97 Ratings
IoT Data Management8.01 Ratings7.56 Ratings
IoT Analytics7.01 Ratings7.37 Ratings
IoT Integration00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
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Crestron XiOThingWorx
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Score 7.6 out of 10
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Score 7.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies

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Enterprises
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.6 out of 10
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Score 7.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Crestron XiOThingWorx
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Crestron XiOThingWorx
Likelihood to Recommend
Crestron Electronics
XiO is definitely well suited for applications like ours where we have a large number of devices to manage. I like being able to see all my devices and locations in one place. It is very helpful to see if any devices are offline each morning and be able to troubleshoot before any customers realize there is a problem
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PTC
It is well suited for situations where you require an end-to-end platform for pushing code and managing data and security of the IoT application. However, it is not well suited for the case when you want to scale the app up to many users and this requires more from the part of the product.
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Pros
Crestron Electronics
  • Scheduled re-boots and updates
  • I like the way the hierarchy can be set up
  • individually customizable group settings within the hierarchy
  • I like the capability of setting up background images for brand promotion or employee information
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PTC
  • Asset Monitoring - quick and easy to deploy, can connect to the plant floor and get real-time data from devices.
  • Analytics - The TWX Analytics extension has a variety of analyses that can be done into any data source input into TWX.
  • Alerts notification - you can program alerts to be sent via email/SMS seamlessly.
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Cons
Crestron Electronics
  • I would like the option to choose IP addresses as one of the viewable columns when looking at/sorting through all your available devices.
  • It would be nice to be able to link the IP address listed directly to their devices.
  • Sometime trying to reboot a device in XiO does not work for me and I need to go directly to the device's admin page.
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PTC
  • Advanced functionality in control and data visualization often requires additional coding from the user.
  • Support and tutorials provided are often lacking in detail or are not readily transferable.
  • Mashup development works poorly on small monitors or laptops.
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Likelihood to Renew
Crestron Electronics
XiO is a necessity when managing the large number of device our company has
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PTC
We started more than a year ago and do not plan to replace it
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Support Rating
Crestron Electronics
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PTC
Experienced and knowledgeable customer support executives, Thingworx is a very large product and contains a myriad of features which is not easy to remember without enough training or hands-on experience
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Alternatives Considered
Crestron Electronics
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PTC
Well-suited - multiple streams from many data sources, highly scalable application scenarios.Good for a quick test of internet of things (IoT) connectivity and for deploying access via the web. Smooth deployment, easy to couple to devices. Easy cooperation with Splunk, which we use also.
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Return on Investment
Crestron Electronics
  • being able to manage all my devices remotely saves us time/money
  • XiO reduces the need to have someone on-site/in person to manage my devices
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PTC
  • Good for quick deployment of customer specific control of IoT
  • Good for quick test of IoT platform
  • Difficult to debug complicate system
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