If you are evaluating maintenance software for a manufacturing plant, Fabrico and Llumin may both be on your shortlist. They overlap in the basics, both help you manage assets, work orders and preventive maintenance, but they come at the problem from different angles. This comparison lays out where each one is strong and who each is best suited to, so you can make a confident choice rather than a coin-flip.
The core question: do you want maintenance management alone, or maintenance unified with real-time OEE?
Llumin is an established CMMS/EAM focused on maintenance and asset management, with particular strength in condition-driven workflows for asset-intensive operations. Fabrico approaches the same plant from a different starting point: it natively unifies OEE monitoring and CMMS in one platform, so production performance and maintenance live together rather than in separate tools. If your priority is connecting why a machine underperforms with the maintenance that fixes it, that unification is the deciding factor.
Mature CMMS/EAM capabilities for asset and work-order management.
Condition-based and rules-driven maintenance workflows.
A track record in asset-intensive industries.
Native OEE + CMMS in one system, with no separate tool or integration project to connect production and maintenance.
Direct OT-layer integration (PLCs, SCADA) for real-time machine data and live OEE.
Mobile-first, fast to adopt for frontline operators and technicians.
One contextualised data foundation that is ready for analytics and AI.
| Area | Fabrico | Llumin |
|---|---|---|
| Primary focus | Unified OEE + CMMS | CMMS / EAM (maintenance & assets) |
| Real-time OEE | Native, built in | Not the core focus |
| OT integration (PLC/SCADA) | Direct, for live data | Varies / via configuration |
| Best-fit user | Manufacturers wanting production + maintenance in one | Asset-intensive maintenance teams |
| Adoption | Mobile-first, quick rollout | Established, configurable |
Choose Llumin if your need is primarily maintenance and asset management in an asset-intensive setting and OEE is not central to your goals. Choose Fabrico if you want to improve overall equipment effectiveness and maintenance together, capture real-time machine data, and avoid stitching two systems together. For the broader landscape, see our guide to integrated OEE and CMMS software, and if a CMMS refresher helps, what is a CMMS.
Fabrico natively combines real-time OEE monitoring with CMMS in one platform; Llumin is primarily a CMMS/EAM focused on maintenance and asset management.
Yes. Fabrico includes full CMMS functionality and adds native OEE, so for many manufacturers it covers both needs in one system.
Fabrico, because OEE is built in and fed by direct machine-data capture, rather than added on top of a maintenance tool.
See the unified approach for yourself. Compare Fabrico's OEE + CMMS in one platform against your shortlist. Book a demo and see it on your lines.
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