Enterprise EAM Software
Bentley AssetWise
SF 8.4EAM for infrastructure and linear assets
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Enterprise EAM Software
Hexagon HxGN EAM
SF 8.3Enterprise EAM platform from Hexagon
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Quick decision guide
Choose based on your workflow
Bentley AssetWise may fit better if...
- Linear Assets
- Inspection Tools
- Digital Twins
Hexagon HxGN EAM may fit better if...
- Asset Records
- Work Orders
- Materials Module
Overview
How each tool is described
Bentley AssetWise
What is Bentley AssetWise?
Bentley AssetWise is a family of infrastructure asset-performance and lifecycle-information applications within Bentley Infrastructure Cloud. It combines governed engineering information, reliability and integrity management, operational analytics, inspections, and iTwin-powered digital-twin workflows for organizations operating complex physical infrastructure.
- Asset information: AssetWise ALIM connects asset data, engineering documents, organizations, requirements, people, and processes in a controlled information environment. It manages configuration and change while maintaining audit trails and validated information that can remain linked to project and performance digital twins throughout the asset lifecycle.
- Reliability role: AssetWise Reliability supports asset criticality and risk prioritization, reliability-centered maintenance, risk-based inspection, safety and integrity management, condition monitoring, and proactive inspection and maintenance programs. Bentley positions these workflows within a digital-twin environment so reliability teams can prioritize work according to risk, production requirements, safety, and cost.
- Operational fit: AssetWise Reliability can combine 1D, 2D, and 3D models with asset information, IoT data, geospatial context, and engineering design information for visual asset-health and operational decision-making. AssetWise 4D Analytics separately adds real-time data ingestion, calculations, alarms, dashboards, and performance analytics across operational assets.
- Commercial considerations: AssetWise is primarily evaluated as an enterprise deployment rather than through simple public self-service pricing. Buyers should determine which AssetWise applications are required, the number and type of assets involved, digital-twin and enterprise-system integrations, deployment architecture, migration requirements, and implementation or Bentley service needs. Bentley directs prospective AssetWise customers to its sales organization for commercial evaluation.
Bentley AssetWise is particularly relevant to infrastructure owners and asset-intensive operators that need governed engineering information, formal reliability strategies, and operational asset intelligence connected across the long-term infrastructure lifecycle rather than a standalone maintenance application.
Hexagon HxGN EAM
What is HxGN EAM?
HxGN EAM is Hexagon’s enterprise asset management platform for asset-intensive organizations, covering asset lifecycle management, maintenance execution, materials and procurement, inspections, reliability, risk, asset performance, and long-term investment planning.
- Maintenance and asset operations: organizations can maintain equipment hierarchies and histories, manage work orders and preventive maintenance, control parts and stores, handle purchasing, inspections, projects, budgets, and reporting, and separate data and permissions across multiple organizations.
- Mobile and reliability workflows: HxGN EAM Mobile supports field access to work orders, requests, meter readings, equipment, inspections, checklists, and inventory, including offline operation with synchronization after connectivity returns. Beyond routine maintenance, HxGN EAM supports Reliability-Centered Maintenance, risk analysis, FMECA, condition-based inspections, and root-cause analysis.
- Asset performance and investment planning: optional advanced capabilities extend the platform beyond a conventional CMMS. Asset Investment Planning uses future budgets, equipment investment options, and capital requests to calculate optimized multi-year investment plans, while inspection and reliability functions can use asset condition, criticality, and failure information to guide maintenance decisions.
- Commercial and deployment considerations: HxGN EAM uses modular product access rather than a single uniform license. Hexagon separately identifies access for core EAM, Requestor, Analytics, Mobile, Connector, Barcoding, Advanced Mobile, Mobile Requestor, Lite User, and Author or Consumer reporting. Documentation also supports both SaaS and on-premises environments, so licensing, mobile requirements, integrations, and deployment architecture should be scoped with Hexagon.
HxGN EAM is most relevant to large or operationally complex organizations that need maintenance execution and materials management alongside reliability engineering, multi-organization governance, asset performance management, and longer-term capital planning.
Side-by-side
Key differences
Criteria
Enterprise EAM SoftwareBentley AssetWise
Enterprise EAM SoftwareHexagon HxGN EAM
Best for
Enterprise EAM Software
Enterprise EAM Software
Score
8.4/10
8.3/10
Pricing
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Category / audience
AI Maintenance, CMMS & Asset Reliability Software › Enterprise EAM Software
- bentley assetwise
- infrastructure eam
- linear assets
AI Maintenance, CMMS & Asset Reliability Software › Enterprise EAM Software
- asset management
- enterprise eam
- hexagon
OVERLAP
Where Bentley AssetWise and Hexagon HxGN EAM are similar
Both tools cover similar catalog signals. The deciding factor is usually workflow fit, implementation needs, and ecosystem fit.
1 capabilities0 workflows
Shared capabilities
Capability overlap
Feature check
Side-by-side feature check
Feature
Bentley AssetWise
Hexagon HxGN EAM
Linear AssetsModels for rail roads pipelines and networks
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Inspection ToolsField inspections aligned to asset standards
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Digital TwinsConnects engineering data with operational records
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Work ManagementPlans and tracks infrastructure maintenance work
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GIS IntegrationGeospatial views of distributed asset networks
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Asset RecordsDetailed hierarchy across sites and equipment
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11 capabilities compared.10 differentiating rows are shown first.
Use cases
Who they're built for
Bentley AssetWise
- Operate rail network maintenance programs efficientlyManage track signaling and station infrastructure asset programs
- Run roads and bridges programsTrack inspections condition and intervention plans across networks
- Manage water and utility network operationsCoordinate water and wastewater asset operations and maintenance
Hexagon HxGN EAM
- Operate transit and rail networksRun rail bus and metro maintenance with proven EAM
- Manage manufacturing operations across plant sitesTrack work orders inspections and reliability across plants
- Operate oil and gas assetsCoordinate complex asset maintenance in upstream and downstream
The trade-offs
Pros & cons of each tool
Trade-offs
Bentley AssetWise
Pros
- Built for linear and infrastructure asset networks
- Connects engineering data with operational asset records
- Strong fit for transport and utility infrastructure
Cons
- Less natural fit for plant equipment maintenance
- Implementations involve significant engineering data integration work
- Pricing oriented mainly to enterprise infrastructure operators
Trade-offs
Hexagon HxGN EAM
Pros
- Mature EAM platform with broad functional coverage
- Strong references across transit manufacturing and energy
- Connects with the wider Hexagon industrial portfolio
Cons
- Heavier than basic CMMS for small teams
- User experience can feel less modern overall
- Implementation needs a structured program and partners
Final verdict
Best fit depends on your workflow
Current catalog data shows meaningful overlap between Bentley AssetWise and Hexagon HxGN EAM. Use the signals below to decide based on workflow, ecosystem, pricing, and implementation fit.
Shared catalog overlap
Bentley AssetWise and Hexagon HxGN EAM share 1 catalog signal, so the decision should focus on fit rather than broad capability alone.
Differentiators available
Bentley AssetWise has 4 visible decision signals and Hexagon HxGN EAM has 4.
Score signal
Bentley AssetWise has the higher SoftFinders Score in the current catalog data.
Choose Bentley AssetWise if…
- Operate rail network maintenance programs efficiently
- Run roads and bridges programs
- Manage water and utility network operations
- Linear Assets
Choose Hexagon HxGN EAM if…
- Operate transit and rail networks
- Manage manufacturing operations across plant sites
- Operate oil and gas assets
- Asset Records
TRY THEM YOURSELF
See which one fits your workflow
Both tools have their strengths, the best way to decide is to spend a few minutes inside each.