The pure-play benchmark
MachineMetrics vs. Spall
MachineMetrics covers more ground than most machine-monitoring vendors, closer to a full manufacturing execution system with production scheduling built in. If you want monitoring and scheduling from one vendor with a direct connection into your ERP, they are worth a look.
Where MachineMetrics is strong
- ▸ Product tiers step up to an Intelligent MES level with bi-directional ERP integration, job and production-order tracking, and drag-and-drop scheduling. [MachineMetrics, Pricing]
- ▸ Named ERP integrations include SAP, Oracle, Infor, Dynamics 365, and Epicor. [MachineMetrics, Integrations]
- ▸ Connects to machine tool builders including Haas, Mazak, Okuma, Fanuc, Citizen, and Mitsubishi. [MachineMetrics, Connectivity]
- ▸ Teradyne's Industrial Automation Group led the company's $20 million Series B round. [MachineMetrics, Series B announcement]
Where Spall differs
- ▸ What connects out of the box: Spall connects directly to 18 kinds of industrial equipment, including Siemens, Allen-Bradley, Omron, Mitsubishi, and LS Electric controls, PLCs, CNCs, and sensors. Check your own machine list against the table at /protocols before you talk to anyone.
- ▸ Pricing on the site: Connected machines run $200/mo each, dropping to $160 from the 11th machine. Sensed-only machines are $125 flat. You can see the number without booking a demo.
- ▸ No write access to your machines: Spall only reads data from your machines. It never sends a command back to a controller, and there is no setting that turns that on.
- ▸ 30-day pilot: A 30-day pilot includes the hardware, credited against your first invoice if you continue: line pilot $4,500, plant pilot $8,500.
Spall's pricing, published
Connected machines run $200/mo each, dropping to $160 from the 11th machine. Sensed-only machines are $125 flat. A line pilot costs $4,500 and a plant pilot costs $8,500, both 30 days, hardware included, and fully credited against your bill if you continue. You can see the same number on /product without booking a demo.
What connects
Spall connects to 18 kinds of industrial equipment by name, including OPC-UA, Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley, FANUC FOCAS, MTConnect, Omron, Mitsubishi, and LS Electric controls, PLCs, CNCs, and sensors. If a machine has no controller at all, direct 4-20mA and digital-input wiring reaches it too. Check your own machine list against the table at /protocols before you call.
Sources
- MachineMetrics, Pricing
- MachineMetrics, Integrations
- MachineMetrics, Connectivity
- MachineMetrics, Series B announcement
MachineMetrics's name identifies who this page compares Spall to, nothing more. Every fact above comes from MachineMetrics's own published pricing or product pages. Where MachineMetrics doesn't publish something publicly, the page says so instead of guessing a number. See every named competitor on /compare.
The fastest way to see the difference on your own machines.
A 30-day pilot includes the hardware: line pilot $4,500 or plant pilot $8,500, fully credited against your bill if you continue.