Particle vs. ThingWorx

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Particle
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Particle, from Particle Industries in San Francisco, is presented as a developer-trusted IoT platform to gain insights into operations, accelerate productivity, and build new revenue streams. The platform also supports IoT device management, enabling users to monitor IoT products with end-to-end visibility in order to provide oversight and control.N/A
ThingWorx
Score 8.2 out of 10
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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
ParticleThingWorx
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ParticleThingWorx
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
ParticleThingWorx
Internet of Things
Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
Particle
9.2
1 Ratings
15% above category average
ThingWorx
7.9
7 Ratings
0% below category average
IoT Device Management10.01 Ratings8.57 Ratings
Device Security7.01 Ratings7.97 Ratings
IoT Data Management10.01 Ratings7.56 Ratings
IoT Analytics10.01 Ratings7.37 Ratings
IoT Integration9.01 Ratings8.17 Ratings
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User Ratings
ParticleThingWorx
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.7
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ParticleThingWorx
Likelihood to Recommend
Particle Industries, Inc
We used in mostly all cases in our company. It is best for beginner users and for getting started for IoT Developers. You can give it to any beginner and they can easily learn in just a few minutes. I can say the best product for the starter projects. Everything is just fab!
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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
Particle Industries, Inc
  • Particle is simple to use and accessible to any user.
  • The servers housed in the data center allow us to respond to any problem
  • Through the interface the data is analyzed in a very simple way.
  • Ideal interface for the exploitation of our devices, computers and mobile phones.
  • The interface for iOTs allows us to interact with the system in a few steps.
  • It allows, among other things, the display of information calculated from the data collected from different iOTs, in an understandable way.
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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
Particle Industries, Inc
  • For Advanced programs, a bit complicated to programme.
  • Pin Limitations (Photon DevKit).
  • Pricing is high compared to others.
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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
Particle Industries, Inc
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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
Particle Industries, Inc
Efficient integration of multiple devices very well integrated and with a minimum implementation time.
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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
Particle Industries, Inc
I have used other IoT Development Modules like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and others. Most of all starter kit doesn't come with WiFi or Cellular built-in. Arduino is a basic module where you have to add WiFi or Cellular manually in it. Raspberry Pi has WiFi but it cannot be used for small or medium use cases, it can be used in advanced and complex systems building and it is costlier.
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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
Particle Industries, Inc
  • It ensures very good results, with recovery of the investment in a short time.
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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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