AVEVA vs Proficy: MES and Plant Software Compared by Job

A group with six food plants is standardising. Two sites run Wonderware screens, three run iFIX, one runs paper. Head office wants one MES, and the shortlist reads AVEVA and Proficy. The other half of the question is which SCADA, historian and integrators each site already lives with.

Below, the two portfolios are compared one job at a time, from what each vendor publishes. Fabrico wrote the page. We make OEE and light MES software, not SCADA or a full MES, so Fabrico is not scored here; it gets a closing section on where OEE belongs. Other options are covered in our Proficy alternatives and AVEVA alternatives pages.

AVEVA vs Proficy at a glance

Our summary of the vendor pages cited below, read on 13.11.2026. Rows are not scored; ask each vendor for detail.

Both suites map to the same reference model: the manufacturing operations level of the ISA-95 standard from ISA (internationally IEC 62264-1). Where this page compares OEE, it means the KPI defined in ISO 22400-2 KPI definitions.

Who sells each one today

AVEVA. Per AVEVA's about page, Schneider Electric completed its acquisition and AVEVA belongs to the Schneider Electric group. The same page names Wonderware, OSIsoft, Invensys and Citect among its heritage brands, and over 6,000 system integrators and OEM partners. On the System Platform page, AVEVA MES is labelled formerly known as Wonderware MES.

Proficy. In a blog post from 31 August 2026, Velotic introduces itself as a new independent company combining GE Vernova's Proficy with PTC's Kepware and ThingWorx. GE Vernova's own Proficy overview and MES page now open with a "We are now Velotic" notice, and velotic.com lists Proficy next to Kepware and ThingWorx.

If your support contracts still say GE, ask Velotic how they carry over.

What AVEVA offers for MES and plant operations

As of 13.11.2026, two AVEVA product pages carry most of the story:

• AVEVA Manufacturing Execution System. The MES page describes a composable operator interface rolled out module by module, with low-code and no-code tools for workflows. Features include plant schedules and job execution, OEE KPIs and schedule adherence in real time, automated sample plans with SPC, and tracing material from raw to finished goods across storage and production locations.
• BOMs and recipes. Under plant inventory, the page lists enforcing bills of material and pre-weigh recipes to cut out-of-spec product.
• Industries named. Its FAQ points to make-to-order and make-to-stock production in food and beverages, consumer goods, specialty chemicals and other repetitive volume manufacturing.
• AVEVA System Platform. Per the System Platform page, it builds SCADA, MES and IIoT applications on an object model with reusable templates, includes a process historian, publishes its plant model over MQTT, and can be extended with plug-ins such as MES, Insight, Quality and Batch. A Historian MCP Server is listed as beta.

A question for AVEVA: which parts of a first phase need System Platform, and which run on AVEVA MES alone.

What Proficy offers for MES and plant operations

As of 13.11.2026, Velotic's Proficy portfolio page groups production management, HMI/SCADA, industrial data, visualization, analytics and scheduling. The pieces that matter for an MES choice:

• Proficy Smart Factory MES. Per its product page, it digitizes production from work orders and routes to materials, labor and operator activity. It shows OEE, availability, performance, quality, downtime and losses in real time, embeds SPC, specifications and approvals in execution, and records material, equipment and operator events for genealogy.
• Deployment and AI. SaaS or on premises, with cloud-native Kubernetes support. The page also names MCP support, GraphQL APIs and Chat with Proficy MES.
• The rest of the stack. iFIX and CIMPLICITY for HMI/SCADA, Proficy Historian for time-series and alarm data, Tracker for routing serialized items and orders, Scheduler for finite-capacity plans, and Kepware with over 150 drivers for device data.
• Older GE Vernova pages. Proficy Plant Applications is described as MOM software for process, discrete and mixed plants, in a private or public cloud or on premises. Cloud OEE is a managed service fully hosted in AWS, alone or combined with on-premises MES.

Customer results on vendor pages are left out here. A question for Velotic: which Proficy product fits your scope, Smart Factory MES or Plant Applications, and whether Velotic or a partner leads the rollout.

AVEVA vs Proficy, job by job

MES scope. Both describe the full MES set: orders and schedules, OEE, quality with SPC, and traceability. AVEVA leans on composable operator tasks and use case libraries; Velotic's page leans on route execution, operator qualifications and connected worker instructions. Ask both to walk one order through the same steps.

The SCADA beneath. AVEVA MES names native integration with System Platform. Proficy Smart Factory MES pairs with Proficy Historian and Operations Hub, which pulls HMI/SCADA and MES data into one web view. The SCADA your sites run today changes integration effort more than any feature list.

Cloud. AVEVA describes plant-floor execution on premises, with multi-site analysis in the cloud through CONNECT. Velotic describes SaaS or on-premises Smart Factory MES, and GE Vernova a Cloud OEE service on AWS. Ask where the line keeps running if the internet link drops.

Where OEE fits: inside the MES or in a light layer beside it

Both MES products measure OEE. The practical question is timing: a group-wide MES takes a programme, and the lines lose time while it is scoped. Our OEE vs MES guide and SCADA vs MES explain the layers.

Book a demo and we will show lost time ranked by cause for a filling line like yours.

Where Fabrico fits next to AVEVA or Proficy

Fabrico is the maker of one option here, so this section keeps to what its own product pages state. Fabrico runs in the cloud as OEE and light MES software, not SCADA and not a full MES; the MES and OEE overview sets out the scope. For the six-plant group above, the useful question is what each kind of site gets while the MES decision runs.

• The Wonderware and iFIX sites. Fabrico reads cycles, stops and output from the line PLCs those screens already talk to, over protocols such as PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC UA and MQTT (connectivity). The SCADA stays as it is.
• The paper site. Older fillers and cappers get external sensors wired to a Fabrico IoT device. At hand-packing tables with no machine signal, AI cameras, an add-on, count output; a supervisor can call up video from a chosen moment, which by default streams when asked for and is not kept in Fabrico (the camera add-on).
• Head office. The multi-plant view puts the plants side by side on one screen, with reports that compare them. OEE is shown by machine, line and shift, with the losses in money.
• On the floor. Micro-stops come from the machine signal, operators tag causes on a tablet or phone, and a stop that needs a fix becomes a maintenance work order.
• Into the MES later. The loss history can travel across through the REST API and webhooks, or as Excel or CSV files; SAP or another ERP is scoped per customer.
• Left to the MES: job dispatching, BOMs, routings and genealogy, with batch records and SPC in the MES or a quality system. Roadmap, not live: a camera add-on that spots stops and offers a likely reason, and production planning and scheduling.

An illustration with invented figures: the iFIX site and the paper site both report about 80% OEE on their fillers. Side by side, the iFIX filler loses most of its time to cleaning overruns and the paper site to capper jams, two different fixes that a group average hides. Agree up front which system publishes each plant's OEE figure, and begin with a one-line pilot; the OEE software guide covers what to compare.

Worked example: what the MES holds, and what the OEE layer holds

Invented figures for one shift on a bottle filling line, not a customer's data or a product screen. Eight hours is 480 minutes; take off a 30 minute break and 450 minutes are planned. The filler's ideal rate is 120 bottles a minute.

The line stood still for 54 minutes, so it ran for 396 and availability is 88.0%. Running at the ideal rate for 396 minutes would give 47,520 bottles; the counter shows 44,669, so performance is 94.0%. Inspection rejected 888, which leaves 43,781 good bottles and a quality rate of 98.0%.

The product is 88.0% x 94.0% x 98.0% = 81.1%. The cross-check: 43,781 good bottles at 120 a minute take 364.8 minutes, and 364.8 over 450 is 81.1% (how OEE is calculated).

An MES from either vendor would also hold the order, the batch of product in the tank, and which caps and labels went into which pallets. The OEE layer holds where the 54 minutes went: cleaning that overran by 18, capper feed jams 15, a label reel change 12, and 9 with no cause given. Different records, both useful, and they can live in one system or two.

Questions to put to both vendors

• Which product covers our scope, and which other products does it need underneath?
• How does it connect to the SCADA each of our sites runs today, not only the vendor's own?
• Who implements it: the vendor, a certified partner, or our own team, and who supports it after go-live?
• How does an operator record a stop reason, and how fast does it show up in the OEE report?
• What runs on site and what runs in the cloud, and what happens to the line if the link drops?
• How does the quote scale from one pilot line to every site? Ask all vendors, Fabrico too, to price the same scope.

For how full and light MES differ, see light MES vs full MES; for the platform layer, AVEVA vs Ignition. Packaged goods plants can also look at computer vision in FMCG manufacturing for where the camera add-on fits.

What people ask next

Who owns Proficy now?

Velotic. Velotic's launch post, published on 31 August 2026, presents it as a new, independent software company that brings together GE Vernova's Proficy with Kepware and ThingWorx from PTC. GE Vernova's Proficy pages now carry a notice that they are Velotic.

Who owns AVEVA?

Schneider Electric. AVEVA's site says Schneider Electric completed its acquisition, making AVEVA part of the Schneider Electric group. Its heritage brands include Wonderware, OSIsoft and Citect, and AVEVA MES was formerly known as Wonderware MES.

Is AVEVA MES or Proficy Smart Factory better for food and consumer goods?

Neither vendor's page settles that, and we don't rank them. AVEVA's MES FAQ names food and beverages, consumer goods and specialty chemicals. Velotic lists consumer packaged goods and food and beverage among its industries. Run the same line scenario in both demos.

Do both track OEE and downtime?

Yes, per their pages. AVEVA MES measures OEE KPIs and schedule adherence in real time. Proficy Smart Factory MES shows OEE, availability, performance, quality, downtime and production losses, and GE Vernova also offers a Cloud OEE managed service hosted in AWS.

Can AVEVA and Proficy run in the cloud?

Both name cloud options. AVEVA MES offers on-premises or hybrid-cloud deployment with multi-site data on CONNECT, and System Platform can be deployed on site, in the cloud or as a hybrid. Velotic offers Proficy Smart Factory MES as SaaS or on premises.

Can Fabrico sit beside AVEVA or Proficy?

Yes, as a separate OEE layer. Fabrico takes its data from the PLC, from its own IoT device, or from the camera add-on; results leave through a REST API, webhooks and file exports to Excel or CSV. Decide early which system owns the plant's OEE figure.

Want the OEE side of a multi-site MES review covered? Book a demo, or write to us with the sites in scope.