IBM Maximo Application Suite vs. IFS Applications

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Maximo Application Suite
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
IBM Maximo Application Suite is an enterprise asset management (EAM) platform.N/A
IFS Applications
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
IFS Applications is presented by the vendor as an agile application suite that offers enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise project management, handling 4 core processes: Service & Asset Management Full Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and Field Service Management (FSM) Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with support for process manufacturing, discrete manufacturing…N/A
Pricing
IBM Maximo Application SuiteIFS Applications
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Maximo Application SuiteIFS Applications
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
IBM Maximo Application SuiteIFS Applications
Considered Both Products
IBM Maximo Application Suite
Chose IBM Maximo Application Suite
It's highly configurable than SAP PM
IFS Applications

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Features
IBM Maximo Application SuiteIFS Applications
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
IFS Applications
4.2
3 Ratings
54% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.63 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings5.63 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
IFS Applications
8.7
5 Ratings
15% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
IFS Applications
9.8
5 Ratings
16% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.75 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
IFS Applications
8.5
5 Ratings
15% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
7.5
5 Ratings
2% below category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
IFS Applications
8.9
5 Ratings
12% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
6.0
5 Ratings
26% below category average
Pricing00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
3.8
4 Ratings
65% below category average
Billing Management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
2.7
1 Ratings
95% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Capital Project Management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
3.5
4 Ratings
66% below category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings9.74 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
9.5
2 Ratings
26% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
3.5
4 Ratings
66% below category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
4.9
4 Ratings
29% below category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
7.4
4 Ratings
8% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
6.6
4 Ratings
11% below category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
8.9
4 Ratings
21% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
IFS Applications
4.6
4 Ratings
44% below category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Maximo Application SuiteIFS Applications
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(66 ratings)
8.3
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.9
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(6 ratings)
8.3
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(4 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Maximo Application SuiteIFS Applications
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
It’s really good for organizing all your assets and managing your field technician teams. The new features, like the assistant and remote assistant, are also really good. On the other side, for the second part of the question, what’s less appropriate, for example, for network scanning, there used to be a part of the product that handled natural discovery. Now IBM has discontinued that, so we have to use two different products now to scan the IT environment, which is not so efficient, I would say.
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IFS
Order to cash processes and scenario are implemented natively in IFS. An HR module exists for career management also (objectives, comportments, training, mobility) but may be improved in terms of workflow validation (e.g. training to validate by a manager) or reporting.
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Pros
IBM
  • Delivers Out-of-Box solutions for various industries without the need for customization and configuration
  • Modules and Applications are well developed and linked in an orderly way, with proper documentation and help guides that allow end users to start using the system with ease
  • Powerful Work Management, Contracts, Inventory, and Purchasing applications and features that are a better match to other ERP applications today
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IFS
  • It supports the web version in most later versions.
  • It provides various mobile versions of the applications as mobile apps to cater various areas.
  • IFS Applications allows easy configurations of the application without going for costly customization.
  • It covers almost every areas of an industrial company so any other third party applications are minimum.
  • It allows safer and easier built-in options for integrations capabilities.
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Cons
IBM
  • The interface is not friendly, and it took a lot of time for our team to get comfortable with it.
  • Sometimes updates can led to unexpected lag and downtime.
  • It has many useful modules and features, but it is not well known, and I only recently found it after I was actively searching for it.
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IFS
  • Handling massive volumes of data can be improved.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
IBM Maximo Application Suite has provided a solution to our desire to consolidate the multiple applications serving the layers of the Procurement process we has been accustomed to using. By consolidating applications, licensing and software costs are reduced, and the overall headcount to support the various applications was able to be minimized.
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IFS
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Usability
IBM
The IBM Maximo Application Suite is well known for inventory management solutions. This solution is in use by many corporations but mostly I have seen its use in Ports, defense and aerospace industries. Some of the benefits are 1. asset tracking is amazing 2. Maintenance cost is less 3. Reduced inspection costs 4. Less downtime 5. It allows customization 6 Simplify data management 7. Highly adaptable
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IFS
The system is very difficult to use, overly complex, and difficult to learn. It also has limitations that are hard to overcome.
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Performance
IBM
Depends on DB tuning, Query builds etc
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IFS
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Support Rating
IBM
I have regularly contacted IBM Support to report issues and raise requests for issues we face during project implementations. The response from them has overall been good and to the point, and they get back to us within a day or 2 and guide us through the process of fixing it or providing an interim fix of the product
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IFS
We have been unable to get answers to our questions, solutions to our problems, and they don't seem interested in working in the construction industry.
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In-Person Training
IBM
As expected, good content and instructions
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IFS
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Implementation Rating
IBM
Implementation of IBM MAS as a service provider has been easy. The functionality in the OEM space has been the best of its class with all related modules and application subject to maintenance
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IFS
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
As a computerized maintenance management system i do not have experience of any other system. The only experience I have is for Maximo and it works excellent for me. I am using many modules available in Maximo and all of these modules are almost fulfilling all of my business needs.
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IFS
IFS Applications is based on Agile Technology which allows organizations to reconfigure user interface as per user requirements and make it user-friendly. Other applications are lagging on many fronts like User Interface, Online help document availability, Implementation methodology, and post-implementation expenses.
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Scalability
IBM
i dont use it
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IFS
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Being the core business of my organization, IBM Maximo had a complete ROI for our objectives. We are able to successfully maintain and offer multiple solutions based on our interaction with Maximo.
  • Based on our contracts, we are able to provide a great partnership with IBM thru Maximo and it's tools.
  • We are able to maintain our business with steady market growth based mainly on our offer of the IBM Maximo in various layers.
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IFS
  • Reporting is now centralized and managed. Previously, reports were outside the information systems and there was a risk of incoherence.
  • Accounting controls are now in place on the overall processes, including production, which helped the company to reduce closing periods or to produce more easily official mandatory accounting files yearly.
  • Interfaces between the CRM forecast tool and IFS helped to keep the tools in sync, and to decrease the processing times prior to production launch.
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