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 (EAM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The large range of configurability of the product is great, since everyone has a different way of doing things."
"The most valuable feature is asset management maintenance as well as asset management overall."
"They have a real strength of tracking the asset itself along with the condition of the asset, the maintenance of the asset and who has access to the asset, etc."
"We were able to scale perfectly."
"We were doing all kinds of paperwork for every type of order and to maintain our assets but with the use of the IBM Maximo application, we can automate a lot of the processes."
"Work order management and scalability enables the businesses' needs to be met."
"It is configurable, where you can add extra fields to screens and to the database."
"Has a powerful audit combination that helps achieve high accuracy."
"The product is quite flexible."
"The most valuable feature is the distribution module."
"IFS Applications' best feature is the user-friendly interface that has a .NET Framework application in the front end and an Oracle database and WebLogic middleware."
"IFS Applications is an all-in-one solution for finance, accounting, and production."
"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."
"What I like about IFS Applications is that it's easier to use and implement than SAP. I also like that the IFS Applications team is more flexible than the SAP team."
"IFS has been completely rebuilt, modernized, and cloud-based so we don't need bulky software installations."
"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."
"There are always ways to improve and make things better."
"Areas for improvement include: an enhanced Service Catalog on Mobile; Agent intelligence; better dashboards for KPIs."
"I feel that the interface is a little too complicated with a large number of fields to enter."
"The solution is not stable. We can have one day when it is stable and another day it is not. Sometimes it crashes or becomes very slow, and there are times we are not even able to download all the databases. Without the database, we cannot work on that application. These are the small glitches, and stability issues we are facing."
"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."
"Maximo is a big system, so the initial setup is complex."
"Revision management of file attachments."
"Initial setup is a longer process because Maximo is bigger and has more processes."
"Aspects of HR and payroll could be better."
"We would like to see AI-driven CSI functions built into the tool that would allow us to quickly tie our improvement goals to metrics and activities, so Assyst will suggest the next steps to help us get closer to our goals."
"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."
"There should be some improvements in the predefined templates in IFS Applications."
"Some kind of bot assistance, some kind of artificial intelligence to help people solve the problems, would be interesting."
"I'm a business analyst, so I do a lot of customer-facing work. I take calls from businesses I have to troubleshoot. One thing that bugs me is the error messages you get from IFS. If I get an error message, I have to dig to find the cause because, often, the error message doesn't precisely describe the problem. It'll hint about where the problem lies, but you have to work to find the root cause. It doesn't help in my situation. You expect an error message to point to the field or what is causing the issue."
"The integration is a bit complex, and post-implementation support services need to be improved. They have a service center based out of Sri Lanka. The support aspect is good, but the response time is a little slower than we anticipated. In the next release, it would be better if Warehouse Management could be improvised. They have a product line that's a data warehouse management system, but it's still premature and requires a bit of enhancement."
"Ability to place approval check-points in the custom workflow, so clients can decide what they want it."
IBM Maximo is ranked 1st in Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) with 23 reviews while IFS Cloud Platform is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) 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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