We performed a comparison between IBM Maximo and IFS Cloud Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Asset Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the ability to correct maintenance."
"The large range of configurability of the product is great, since everyone has a different way of doing things."
"The most valuable features of IBM Maximo are the overall power and interface, and there are a lot of different modules that we use that are helpful. Additionally, it's an integrated solution and it has a lot of capabilities."
"The most valuable features are the ability to create work orders and preventative maintenance."
"Maximo is very stable. We really do not have problem with stability."
"We are very thankful to have IBM integrated with our own Legacy cloud-based system"
"It is configurable, where you can add extra fields to screens and to the database."
"The most powerful features are the database and integration with CMDB."
"The most valuable features of IFS Applications are their intuitiveness and ease of use. The navigations are also straightforward, which makes it easy to train users. The feedback I always receive is that it is very user-friendly."
"The product is quite flexible."
"Feature-wise, I like the way it provides inventory details...It is a stable solution."
"IFS has been completely rebuilt, modernized, and cloud-based so we don't need bulky software installations."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine or ten out of ten since it is an extremely scalable solution that can be used for various use cases with thousands of users."
"The most valuable feature is the distribution module."
"The financial posting controls are quite handy. The user interface is really friendly, highly flexible, and pretty intuitive for end users."
"There tends not to be a massive weakness in the product itself, as weaknesses can quickly be resolved in the next patch or the next release."
"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is easy and one is difficult, I rate the setup process a two since it is very complicated."
"Initial setup is a longer process because Maximo is bigger and has more processes."
"It's quite reliable, but new versions often are not too stable. They bring in enhancements but they break other stuff."
"Could use some alignment regarding some standards and the tracking of the IT assets. Even though they have all of the information (i.e. where are the assets, who owns the asset, etc.), they were not mapping it to different cyber standards."
"IBM Maximo can improve the financial support and financial application, to make it more similar to an ERP as opposed to an EAM. Overall they can improve the financial processes."
"I feel that the interface is a little too complicated with a large number of fields to enter."
"There are always ways to improve and make things better."
"IBM is a big company and they have a lot of products. Level One, the first level of tech support, is the one that is used to stop the tsunami. For everyone, it's always work to get past that."
"It would be ideal if, in the future, the product could incorporate IoT and blockchain elements. We'd like to explore more of these types of features going forward."
"The user interface can be improved. When you're clicking through the screens, there are some icons or symbols that really need updating and would be more useful and noticeable if they are aesthetically pleasing."
"The support provided by IFS Applications has room for improvement. I'm based in Poland, and when my company had an issue, finding people from IFS to give my company the support it needed was difficult."
"The solution needs to improve its documentation and user-friendliness."
"Technical support could be improved."
"There were initial difficulties when I started using the application."
"IFS uses Crystal Report mostly, which isn't too user-friendly. Developing reports isn't easy and requires a lot of dev time. Since SAP bought it, Crystal Report has become more complicated to use on IFS. You have a dashboard for reporting that is good, but it's incomplete. Most of our clients use Power BI or some additional tooling for BI."
"Some kind of bot assistance, some kind of artificial intelligence to help people solve the problems, would be interesting."
IBM Maximo is ranked 1st in Enterprise Asset Management with 23 reviews while IFS Cloud Platform is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Asset Management with 29 reviews. IBM Maximo is rated 8.0, while IFS Cloud Platform is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM Maximo writes "Work order management and scalability enables the businesses' needs to be met". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IFS Cloud Platform writes "Robust, customizable, and modern". IBM Maximo is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, ABB Ability Asset Suite EAM, NetSuite ERP and Oracle Enterprise Asset Management, whereas IFS Cloud Platform is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and ServiceNow. See our IBM Maximo vs. IFS Cloud Platform report.
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