Sensia vs FacilityOne — IoT-first building alternative

Sensia vs FacilityOne — comparison

Criterion	Sensia	FacilityOne
Onboarding	5-minute wizard, 100% cloud	Guided onboarding, several weeks
Pricing	Public per-m²/year pricing, from €2,500/yr	Personalised quote, no public pricing
3D BIM digital twin	Native (IFC drag-drop)	2D floor plans + 3D add-ons depending on config
Sensor IoT supervision	Native (LoRaWAN, Zigbee, MQTT)	Connectors available, less central
CMMS (work orders)	Basic (alerts → external tickets)	Native, this is the core business
ISA-18.2 alarms	Native (full lifecycle)	Notifications, not industrial standard
AI predictive maintenance	RUL, MTBF, anomalies, LLM recommendations	Predictive analytics depending on module
Hosting	France cloud, GDPR by design	US cloud
Field mobile app	Responsive PWA	Native iOS/Android app dedicated
Open API	Native REST + webhooks	Partner integrations

Data sourced from public documentation of Sensia and FacilityOne (May 2026). Vendors evolve — verify up-to-date documentation before any purchase decision.

Who uses FacilityOne?

FacilityOne is primarily adopted by North American real estate portfolio managers — universities, hospitals, multi-site retail, enterprise real estate. The historical positioning is centered on CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System): asset tracking, work orders, preventive scheduling, field technician management.

The target audience is more operations / maintenance than pure IoT: users are facility managers, maintenance technicians, planners. The real-time IoT layer is a recent extension, not the historical core.

Why consider Sensia vs FacilityOne

If you're a FacilityOne user looking elsewhere, it's probably for one of these reasons:

You need native real-time IoT — LoRaWAN / Zigbee sensors, live dashboards, sub-second alarms — and FacilityOne's IoT layer isn't enough
You want a 3D BIM digital twin where your sensors are visually placed in space, not just on 2D plans
You want native AI predictive maintenance (RUL, unsupervised anomalies) without paying for a separate module
You want to evaluate without a mandatory sales call: public demo with no account, and a per-m²/year grid published openly

Note: FacilityOne remains stronger on field CMMS (work-order workflows, native mobile app, technician management). Sensia targets IoT supervision more than operational CMMS.

Key stack differences

Functional domain. FacilityOne is primarily a CMMS extended to IoT. Sensia is primarily an IoT smart building platform that can trigger external tickets via webhook.

Data model. FacilityOne revolves around the asset and work order. Sensia revolves around the sensor / equipment and real-time measurement.

Analytics approach. Sensia natively integrates 3D BIM and predictive AI (RUL, MTBF, anomalies). FacilityOne offers these features via add-on modules depending on the tier chosen.

Pricing. FacilityOne operates on personalised quotes, with no public grid. Sensia publishes its own, per m² per year: Compliance from €2,500/yr, Hypervision from €4,500/yr.

Coexistence and migration

If you already use FacilityOne for CMMS and want to add Sensia for real-time IoT:

Coexistence by webhook — Sensia rules can trigger work-order creation in FacilityOne via webhook when an alarm fires. Sensia does real-time IoT, FacilityOne does CMMS
Pilot on a building — equip one building with LoRaWAN and Zigbee sensors, onboard Sensia, keep FacilityOne for CMMS. Evaluate 2-3 months
Progressive switch — if you want to consolidate on Sensia, plan a CMMS layer upgrade (later roadmap phase)

Who Sensia fits best vs FacilityOne

Sensia is the right answer if:

Your priority is real-time IoT supervision and 3D BIM, not work-order management
You want to know the price before talking to sales: the per-m²/year grid is public
You're in Europe and France GDPR hosting is a criterion
You want native AI predictive maintenance without add-on module

FacilityOne remains relevant if:

Your core business is extended CMMS (work orders, technician management, field mobile)
You operate primarily in North America
You need a native mobile app for field technicians (Sensia's PWA is responsive but not a native app)

Frequently asked questions

Does Sensia replace a full CMMS like FacilityOne?

Not in V1. Sensia has a basic alert / intervention layer (simple work-order creation, user assignment) but not the full CMMS arsenal (technician management, parts inventory, preventive contracts, native field mobile). If CMMS is your #1 need, FacilityOne remains stronger. Sensia can send webhooks to FacilityOne to trigger work orders.

How does Sensia handle work orders?

Sensia offers a simple ticket / intervention layer tied to alerts: when an alarm fires, you can acknowledge it, assign it to a team member, add notes, and resolve it. Sufficient for lightweight ticketing. For industrial CMMS (inventory management, preventive scheduling, field mobile), Sensia integrates via webhook to a dedicated CMMS.

Where does Sensia host my data vs FacilityOne?

Sensia hosts in France (OVH cloud), GDPR by design, European hosting. FacilityOne hosts primarily in the US (AWS / Azure US). For European organisations subject to GDPR or French sovereignty requirements (public admin, healthcare, banking), this is a discriminating criterion.

Why doesn't FacilityOne publish its pricing?

FacilityOne operates a personalised enterprise commercial model based on portfolio size, modules chosen and onboarding level, with no public grid. Sensia publishes its per-m²/year grid: Compliance from €2,500/yr, Hypervision from €4,500/yr — you know the price before any sales call, and without the delays of an integrator-led deployment.

Sensia : an alternative to FacilityOne for smart building supervision