ThingWorx vs. Watson IoT Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ThingWorx
Score 8.3 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
Watson IoT Platform
Score 8.5 out of 10
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The IBM Watson IoT Platform is an Internet-of-things is a managed cloud-hosted solution supporting device connectivity, control, visualization, and overall device visibility and management. It provides a UI where users can add and manage devices, control access to IoT service, and monitor usage. With its device management service, users can perform device actions like rebooting or updating firmware, receive device diagnostics and metadata, or perform bulk device addition and removal.N/A
Pricing
ThingWorxWatson IoT Platform
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ThingWorxWatson IoT Platform
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
ThingWorxWatson IoT Platform
Internet of Things
Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
ThingWorx
7.9
7 Ratings
0% below category average
Watson IoT Platform
-
Ratings
IoT Device Management8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Device Security7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
IoT Data Management7.56 Ratings00 Ratings
IoT Analytics7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
IoT Integration8.17 Ratings00 Ratings
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ThingWorxWatson IoT Platform
Small Businesses
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.8 out of 10
Portainer
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies

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Enterprises
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.8 out of 10

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User Ratings
ThingWorxWatson IoT Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(10 ratings)
8.4
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ThingWorxWatson IoT Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
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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IBM
For large companies with large-scale manufacturing, electronics management, and infrastructures that require lots of maintenance, IBM Watson IoT is a must-have. It greatly increases performance, decreases downtime, and is an all-around great management dashboard. This is best for infrastructures that have a larger infrastructures of IoT devices in an enterprise/manufacturing setting, otherwise IBM Watson may not bring many benefits to your team.
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Pros
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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IBM
  • The asset information is available in both static and dynamic format (from thermal images, to OEM data, to time series data). The ability to ingest all the information using a single platform has great value.
  • Another benefit is a seamless integration with Maximo. This has been a challenge with other 3rd party systems available.
  • The experience of IBM Maximo systems updates is positive.
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Cons
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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IBM
  • Some of the tutorials could use a little more improvement - While there is a considerable amount of documentation, most of the good documentation for Watson IoT we found to be from third-parties.
  • Administration and billing tools could use a bit more improvement - The UI is a bit clunky and poorly-designed here.
  • Be prepared to work with IBM support to get this going - Their turn-around support for inquiries can be lengthy, and setup time may also be quite lengthy because of this.
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Likelihood to Renew
PTC
We started more than a year ago and do not plan to replace it
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IBM
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Support Rating
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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IBM
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Alternatives Considered
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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IBM
Predix has recently launched their Asset Performance management Unified system. I am keen to see how it stacks up against Watson.
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Return on Investment
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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IBM
  • Positive - This tool greatly increases most company's manufacturing and production efficiency, and the use-cases are extensive. It was a great way of decreasing down-time for us.
  • Negative - Took lots of work and energy to get up and running, we had to rely on IBM support and tutorials many times during this process.
  • Positive - Quite cheap, most of the tiers of pricing cost very little, and it's possible to use Watson IoT for a few months for free to see if it is beneficial for your company.
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