Unsurprisingly, the three traditionally technically and commercially leading PLM solutions top the analyst and research firm ABI's new evaluation, "Competitive Assessment." It is thus about PTC, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Dassault Systèmes and their platforms. The analyst writes that their survey of PLM players, "provides an in-depth and unbiased review of the solutions offered by 11 product lifecycle management (PLM) vendors."
The analysis focused on ten criteria segmented across innovation and implementation. These include the product's distribution offering, customized solution, use of new technologies (AI, generative AI, AR/VR), compliance compliance and external software integrations. Additionally, the report evaluates tangible impact, industry penetration, software scalability, user experience, and market share.
The companies evaluated and ranked are in order from top to bottom as follows:
Market leaders: PTC, Siemens, Dassault Systèmes
Mainstream players are: Autodesk, ARAS, SAP, Infor, Oracle.
While Epicor, Propel, and NEC fall under the label, "followers".
”Overall, the PLM software market is a well-defined ecosystem with clear industry leaders for both process and discrete manufacturing industries. PLM vendors are benefiting from the emerging trends of SaaS deployment along with low or no code customization, enabling more fluid and personalized experiences. Vendors that prioritize and invest in these trends are increasingly competitive, but the strongest solutions come from vendors that provide the full suite of core capabilities along with innovation,” explains James Iversen, industrial and manufacturing industry analyst at ABI Research.
As noted above, PTC - with the Arena, Windchill and Windchill+ platforms - tops the competitive assessment, and it led the implementation criteria with, “strong user experience and tangible impact as the criteria that drove the score. PTC had a great innovation ranking, placing second, with strong scores in distribution offerings and compliance.”
Siemens Digital Industries Software is placed by ABI as second overall, with Teamcenter and the new SaaS variant of this PLM suite, Teamcenter X. However, on the innovation side, it was considered the leading solution. The highest scores came from new technology and external software integration. For implementation, Siemens scored second highest, with the most notable criteria being scaled solutions and market share, with Siemens leading the pack.
Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE app ENOVIA finished third in both innovation and implementation, leading to an overall “bronze medal.” DS scored highly across the board; but did not become the sole leader in any criterion. The highest scores were for distribution offers, customized solutions and external software integrations.
