Enterprise EAM Software
Hexagon HxGN EAM
SF 8.3Enterprise EAM platform from Hexagon
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Enterprise EAM Software
IBM Maximo
SF 9.0Enterprise asset management from IBM
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Quick decision guide
Choose based on your workflow
Hexagon HxGN EAM may fit better if...
- Asset Records
- Materials Module
- Reliability Analytics
IBM Maximo may fit better if...
- Asset Hierarchy
- Inventory Management
- Predictive Modules
Overview
How each tool is described
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.
IBM Maximo
What is IBM Maximo?
IBM Maximo Application Suite is an enterprise asset lifecycle management platform for asset-intensive organizations, combining maintenance execution, mobile field work, inspections, asset performance management, reliability-centered maintenance, facilities capabilities, and AI-assisted operational decision-making.
- Enterprise asset management: Maximo Manage supports asset records and history, work orders, preventive and corrective maintenance, job plans, scheduling, inventory and spare parts, inspections, failure tracking, and maintenance workflows. Maximo Mobile extends work orders, inspections, inventory, meter readings, barcode scanning, and asset information to technicians in the field, including offline operation.
- Asset performance and reliability: Maximo Asset Performance Management combines asset-health monitoring, condition data, predictive analytics, reliability engineering, and maintenance history to support condition-based, predictive, reliability-centered, and prescriptive maintenance. Capabilities such as Health, Monitor, Predict, Reliability Strategies, and the newer Condition Insight help identify deterioration, analyze failure risk, and recommend maintenance actions.
- AI-assisted operations: Maximo 9.2 embeds AI directly into reliability, maintenance, field-service, safety, and planning workflows. Condition Insight analyzes work orders, inspections, meter readings, and reliability strategies to recommend actions; Maximo Assistant on Mobile lets technicians query asset information and history using natural language; conversational scheduling supports plain-language what-if analysis; and an MCP Server allows external AI agents to connect with Maximo Manage APIs.
- Deployment and commercial model: Maximo is available as IBM-managed SaaS or client-managed software, including on-premises and supported hyperscaler deployments. Licensing uses AppPoints, with different consumption models for SaaS and client-managed environments. IBM’s current Essentials Maintenance SaaS offering starts at under US$40,000 per year and includes Maximo Manage, Health, Reliability Strategies, Mobile, and Scheduler within defined capacity limits.
IBM Maximo is most relevant to organizations managing large or operationally critical asset estates that need maintenance execution, mobile work, condition intelligence, reliability engineering, and increasingly AI-assisted asset decisions within one configurable enterprise platform.
Side-by-side
Key differences
Criteria
Enterprise EAM SoftwareHexagon HxGN EAM
Enterprise EAM SoftwareIBM Maximo
Best for
Enterprise EAM Software
Enterprise EAM Software
Score
8.3/10
9.0/10
Pricing
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Category / audience
AI Maintenance, CMMS & Asset Reliability Software › Enterprise EAM Software
- asset management
- enterprise eam
- hexagon
AI Maintenance, CMMS & Asset Reliability Software › Enterprise EAM Software
- work orders
- asset management
- reliability software
OVERLAP
Where Hexagon HxGN EAM and IBM Maximo are similar
Both tools cover similar catalog signals. The deciding factor is usually workflow fit, implementation needs, and ecosystem fit.
2 capabilities1 workflows
Shared capabilities
Capability overlap
Shared workflows
Workflow overlap
Feature check
Side-by-side feature check
Feature
Hexagon HxGN EAM
IBM Maximo
Asset RecordsDetailed hierarchy across sites and equipment
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Materials ModuleInventory parts and procurement workflow tools
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Reliability AnalyticsReports on costs reliability and asset KPIs
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Industry EditionsConfigurations for transit manufacturing and energy
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Asset HierarchyDetailed structures for sites lines and assets
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Inventory ManagementTracks parts purchases and reorder logic
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10 capabilities compared.8 differentiating rows are shown first.
Use cases
Who they're built for
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
IBM Maximo
- Manage utility asset operations across networksTrack work orders inspections and reliability across utility networks
- Operate refining and petrochemical plantsCoordinate maintenance across many complex process plant operations
- Run transit and rail maintenanceManage asset records and inspections for vehicle fleets
The trade-offs
Pros & cons of each tool
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
Trade-offs
IBM Maximo
Pros
- Mature platform proven across heavy industrial sectors
- Broad application suite with predictive maintenance add-ons
- Strong industry solutions for utilities and transit
Cons
- Implementation effort is significant across larger sites
- Heavier than needed for small maintenance teams
- Pricing and licensing structure can feel complex
Final verdict
Best fit depends on your workflow
Current catalog data shows meaningful overlap between Hexagon HxGN EAM and IBM Maximo. Use the signals below to decide based on workflow, ecosystem, pricing, and implementation fit.
Shared catalog overlap
Hexagon HxGN EAM and IBM Maximo share 3 catalog signals, so the decision should focus on fit rather than broad capability alone.
Differentiators available
Hexagon HxGN EAM has 4 visible decision signals and IBM Maximo has 4.
Score signal
IBM Maximo has the higher SoftFinders Score in the current catalog data.
Choose Hexagon HxGN EAM if…
- Operate transit and rail networks
- Manage manufacturing operations across plant sites
- Operate oil and gas assets
- Asset Records
Choose IBM Maximo if…
- Manage utility asset operations across networks
- Operate refining and petrochemical plants
- Run transit and rail maintenance
- Asset Hierarchy
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.