Enterprise EAM Software
Hexagon HxGN EAM
SF 8.3Enterprise EAM platform from Hexagon
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Enterprise EAM Software
IFS Ultimo
SF 8.2EAM with strong safety features
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Quick decision guide
Choose based on your workflow
Hexagon HxGN EAM may fit better if...
- Asset Records
- Work Orders
- Materials Module
IFS Ultimo may fit better if...
- EAM Core
- Safety Integration
- Inspection Workflows
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.
IFS Ultimo
What is IFS Ultimo?
IFS Ultimo is a cloud-based enterprise asset management platform for industrial and asset-intensive organizations, combining maintenance management, asset records, spare-parts control, safety and operations processes, mobile field work, reporting, and lifecycle management.
- Maintenance and mobile work: teams can manage corrective and preventive work orders, inspections, equipment histories, spare parts, planning, condition information, and maintenance activities. Ultimo GO provides browser-based mobile working, while the Ultimo GO+ iOS and Android app adds offline operation for technicians working where connectivity is limited.
- Embedded maintenance AI: Ultimo’s purpose-built AI can improve failure reports, describe uploaded failure images, suggest completed activities, retrieve similar historical failures through vector search, draft work instructions, and convert unstructured instructions into structured inspection lines. Additional assistants can recommend corrective measures after HSE incidents and translate root-cause analysis findings into practical follow-up actions.
- Operations, safety, and connectivity: Ultimo extends beyond maintenance into EHS incident management, work permits, management of change, shift handovers, and asset lifecycle records. Premium and Enterprise support broader integration with systems such as ERP and supply-chain applications, with documented integrations including SAP S/4HANA. The Configuration Tool allows organizations to adapt workflows, fields, and dashboards without building a heavily customized application from scratch.
- Commercial considerations: Ultimo is sold as subscription-based SaaS with quote-based Professional, Premium, and Enterprise editions. Professional starts at five users with standard flexibility and DIY implementation; Premium starts at 10 users and adds greater configuration, integration, storage, implementation assistance, and support; Enterprise starts at 50 users with higher storage and 24/7 Platinum support. Embedded AI capabilities are separately presented through a request-for-quotation process.
IFS Ultimo is most relevant to organizations that want maintenance, operations, and safety processes in a configurable EAM system with mobile and embedded AI capabilities, while retaining the option to start with a more standardized deployment and expand as asset-management requirements mature.
Side-by-side
Key differences
Criteria
Enterprise EAM SoftwareHexagon HxGN EAM
Enterprise EAM SoftwareIFS Ultimo
Best for
Enterprise EAM Software
Enterprise EAM Software
Score
8.3/10
8.2/10
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
- cmms
- asset management
- eam
OVERLAP
Where Hexagon HxGN EAM and IFS Ultimo 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
Hexagon HxGN EAM
IFS Ultimo
Asset RecordsDetailed hierarchy across sites and equipment
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Work OrdersPlan execute and close maintenance jobs
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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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EAM CoreAsset records work orders and PM scheduling
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11 capabilities compared.10 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
IFS Ultimo
- Combine maintenance and safety in oneRun permits inspections and work orders on one platform
- Operate utility asset programs across regionsTrack distribution generation and water utility maintenance work
- Manage manufacturing maintenance work across plantsRun PM and corrective work across many plant sites
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
IFS Ultimo
Pros
- Combines maintenance work with integrated safety processes
- Useful when EHS and reliability share teams
- Strong references across European industrial customer base
Cons
- Mid market footprint smaller in some regions
- Heavier than the basic mobile-first CMMS tools
- Roadmap now closely tied to IFS portfolio
Final verdict
Best fit depends on your workflow
Current catalog data shows meaningful overlap between Hexagon HxGN EAM and IFS Ultimo. Use the signals below to decide based on workflow, ecosystem, pricing, and implementation fit.
Shared catalog overlap
Hexagon HxGN EAM and IFS Ultimo share 1 catalog signal, so the decision should focus on fit rather than broad capability alone.
Differentiators available
Hexagon HxGN EAM has 4 visible decision signals and IFS Ultimo has 4.
Score signal
Hexagon HxGN EAM 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 IFS Ultimo if…
- Combine maintenance and safety in one
- Operate utility asset programs across regions
- Manage manufacturing maintenance work across plants
- EAM Core
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.