ThingsBoard vs. ThingWorx

ThingsBoard

ThingWorx

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
ThingsBoard	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	ThingsBoard is an open-source IoT Platform supporting IoT device management, data collection, processing and visualization for connected IoT solutions.	$10 per month/up to 30 devices
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

ThingsBoard

ThingWorx

Editions & Modules

Cloud: $10
per month/up to 30 devices
Professional Edition - Maker: $10
per month/up to 10 devices
Self Managed - Maker: $10
per month/up to 10 devices
Self Managed - Prototype: $99
per month/up to 100 devices
Professional Edition - Prototype: $149
per month/up to 100 devices
Trendz Analytics - Prototype: $175
per month/up to 200 devices
Self Managed - Startup: $199
per month/up to 500 devices
Trendz Analytics - Startup: $200
per month/up to 500 devices
Trendz Analytics - Business: $350
per month/up to 1,000 devices
Professional Edition - Startup: $399
per month/up to 500 devices
Self Managed - Perpetual Fallback License: 2,999
one time purchase
Community Edition: Free
Trendz Analytics - Perpetual Fallback License: Contact sales team

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
ThingsBoard	ThingWorx
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	ThingsBoard	ThingWorx
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Simple enough Pro Drill down Pro Real time
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Interface needs improvement Minus Customer support Minus Difficult to manage

Features

ThingsBoard

ThingWorx

Internet of Things

Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
	ThingsBoard - Ratings	ThingWorx 7.9 7 Ratings 0% below category average
IoT Device Management	00 Ratings	8.57 Ratings
Device Security	00 Ratings	7.97 Ratings
IoT Data Management	00 Ratings	7.56 Ratings
IoT Analytics	00 Ratings	7.37 Ratings
IoT Integration	00 Ratings	8.17 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	ThingsBoard	ThingWorx
Small Businesses	Portainer Score 9.3 out of 10	AWS IoT Core Score 7.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Enterprises	No answers on this topic	AWS IoT Core Score 7.6 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	ThingsBoard	ThingWorx
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.7 (10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	ThingsBoard	ThingWorx
Likelihood to Recommend	Open Source Immediate installation on cloud VM FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Open Source API integration users management easy to use great UI Easy to upgrade Few configuration task FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Open Source MicroPython Library not yet available for downlink DATA FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review	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. Nathaniel Smith Smart Manufacturing Lab Graduate Research Assistant Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Open Source No answers on this topic	PTC We started more than a year ago and do not plan to replace it Incentivized VM Viktor Mulac Senior Consultant Read full review
Support Rating	Open Source No answers on this topic	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 Incentivized Kesha Parikh Senior Software Engineer Read full review
Implementation Rating	Open Source near to Zero Conf FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review	PTC No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Open Source AWS -> too loud :) FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review	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. Incentivized Pranav Goel GDG Chandigarh Member Read full review
Return on Investment	Open Source TB CE is real production tool TB CE is quite the same as TB PE so move to PE is easier FS f.sauve sauvé Process Engineer Read full review	PTC Good for quick deployment of customer specific control of IoT Good for quick test of IoT platform Difficult to debug complicate system Incentivized Wonoh Kim Principal Software Engineer Read full review
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