The short answer
Which one fits your team?
Choose AssetLab if you need
- Municipalities, school boards and facility owners managing buildings and infrastructure
- Teams that want condition, FCI and capital planning next to maintenance in one product
- Buyers who need published CAD pricing for a budget or council report
- Organizations without IT staff or an integrator budget for a partner-led rollout
- Canadian organizations that want Customer Data hosted in Canada
Consider Octave Attune if you need
- Large utilities, transit, energy and process plants with instrumented assets
- Operations that want ML failure prediction from historian and sensor data (APM)
- Enterprises integrating with SAP, Maximo or AVEVA PI
- Organizations that need deep inventory, procurement and materials management
- Buyers who require an on-premise deployment option
Feature by feature
Where they overlap, and where they part
4
In both
1
Only in AssetLab
10
With caveats in Octave Attune
4
Only in Octave Attune
Both platforms cover
- Work Order Management
- Preventive Maintenance
- Asset Registry & Hierarchies
- Parts & Purchase Orders
Where they differ
| Feature | AssetLab | Octave Attune |
|---|---|---|
| Published Pricing | Included | Not available |
| Mobile App | iOS & Android | Attune EAM Digital Work |
| Facilities Edition | Included | Attune Facilities |
| 0-100 Condition Scoring | Included | Not published |
| FCI Tracking & Forecasting | Included | Not published |
| Risk Assessment (LoF × CoF) | Included | Attune APM |
| Capital Replacement Forecasting | Included | Separate product (Sequence Enterprise) |
| REST API & MCP | Included | API |
| Linear Infrastructure (Roads, Pipes) | Esri overlay | GIS-linked work orders |
| Self-Serve Free Trial | Included | Demo on request |
| Canadian Data Residency | Included | Not published |
| Sensor & Historian Condition Monitoring | Not available | Included |
| Machine-Learning Failure Prediction | Not available | Included |
| Prebuilt SAP, Maximo & AVEVA PI Connectors | Not available | Included |
| On-Premise Deployment | Not available | Included |
| Inventory & Procurement Depth | Core | Extensive |
Pricing
What each one costs
AssetLab
- AssetLab CMMS
- From $45 CAD/user/month
- AssetLab 360
- $65 CAD/user/month
- Free Trial
- Yes - no credit card
All prices in CAD. No setup fees. Free trial available.
Octave Attune
- Attune EAM / APM / Facilities
- Quote only
- Implementation
- Partner-led (10 months at Gruppo CAP)
Octave publishes no Attune prices. Third-party estimates disagree by an order of magnitude, so we do not repeat them: ask for a quote that includes implementation and partner services.
Why teams choose AssetLab
Where AssetLab goes further than Octave Attune
Prices You Can See
AssetLab CMMS from $45 and AssetLab 360 at $65 CAD per user per month, published. Every Attune edition is quoted, and partner implementation is priced on top.
Live During the Trial
Import your asset register and issue work orders in the free trial. Attune is typically a partner-led project; Octave’s Gruppo CAP case study took ten months to go live.
Capital Planning in the Same Product
Condition scores, FCI, LoF × CoF risk and long-range replacement forecasts sit beside work orders on AssetLab 360. Octave sells portfolio and capital controls as a separate product, Sequence Enterprise.
Built for Public-Sector Owners
Municipalities, school boards and facility portfolios that have no sensor historians would leave most of an APM licence unused. AssetLab is sized for that buyer.
Canadian Data Residency
Customer Data - asset records, work orders, costs, documents, contracts, attachments and audit logs - is hosted in Canada (AWS ca-central-1, Montreal), together with its backups. Some supporting services process data in the United States; the Trust Center lists each one. Octave publishes no Canadian data residency commitment for Attune.
Easier to Adopt
Ease of use is the most common complaint in HxGN EAM reviews. AssetLab is a modern web app with native iOS and Android apps for technicians.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is Octave Attune?
Attune is the asset management suite from Octave, the company Hexagon spun off in May 2026. It comes in three editions: Attune EAM (work orders, inventory, procurement, cost), Attune APM (risk, condition monitoring and failure prediction from sensor and historian data) and Attune Facilities. The names changed on March 2, 2026; Octave says functionality and contracts did not.
Is Attune EAM the same as HxGN EAM and Infor EAM?
Yes. Attune EAM is the product previously sold as HxGN EAM, which Hexagon acquired as Infor EAM in 2021. Its roots go back to Datastream 7i. HxGN APM became Attune APM and HxGN EAM Facilities Edition became Attune Facilities.
How much does Octave Attune cost?
Octave does not publish Attune pricing; every edition is quoted. Third-party estimates vary too widely to rely on, so ask Octave or its partners for a quote that includes implementation. AssetLab publishes its prices: AssetLab CMMS from $45 CAD per user per month and AssetLab 360, which adds FCI, risk and capital planning, at $65 CAD per user per month.
How long does an Attune implementation take?
Attune is usually implemented with a certified partner. Octave’s own Gruppo CAP case study describes going live after ten months. AssetLab is self-serve: you can import an asset register and start issuing work orders during the free trial.
When is Attune a better fit than AssetLab?
Choose Attune if you run sensor-instrumented plant or a large utility and want APM: machine-learning failure prediction on historian data, prebuilt connectors to SAP, Maximo and AVEVA PI, deep inventory and procurement, or an on-premise deployment. AssetLab does not do sensor-based predictive maintenance.
When is AssetLab a better fit than Attune?
AssetLab suits municipalities, school boards and facility owners who need work orders, preventive maintenance, condition scoring, FCI and long-range replacement planning in one product, with published CAD pricing, Customer Data hosted in Canada, and native iOS and Android apps, without a partner-led project.
Next step
See it with your own assets
Start a free trial and load a few of your own assets. You will know within an afternoon whether AssetLab fits better than Octave Attune.
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