Samotics vs Sensorfact
Two vendors with Dutch offices approach machine health from different directions, and neither publishes a price. Samotics reads voltage and current at the motor control cabinet, so nothing is mounted on the machine. Sensorfact starts with electricity and sells predictive maintenance as one of several modules, next to compressed air, water and OEE. Samotics has the narrower electrical view, and its engineers review findings first. Sensorfact is broader and leans on consultants for deep diagnosis. Your plant's reason for buying probably decides it. Both ask you to talk to sales.
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Choose Samotics ifyou run pumps and motors that are hard or unsafe to reach and want monitoring without hardware on the machine. You can accept that multi-stage gearboxes are only trended.
Choose Sensorfact ifyou want an energy business case to carry the sensor spend and would like compressed air and water monitored on the same platform. You are fine with condition monitoring and consultants rather than a failure forecast.
Samotics and Sensorfact side by side
| Samotics | Sensorfact | |
|---|---|---|
| Our predictive maintenance rank | #1 of 16 | #2 of 16 |
| Established in | Netherlands | Netherlands |
| List price, 10 November 2026 | quoted subscription per monitored asset; no figures on the pricing page | quoted per sensor per month; the homepage offers only a demo request |
| Free tier | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Built for | Plants with pumps and motors that are hard or unsafe to reach | Mid-sized European plants funding sensors through an energy business case |
| Not for | Diagnosing multi-stage gearboxes and fluid-coupled drivetrains in detail | Companies expecting remaining-useful-life predictions |
Both are reviewed in full in our predictive maintenance ranking: Samotics and Sensorfact.
Where they differ
Samotics 3 · Sensorfact 1 · open 2- 01
Cabinet measurement against sensors on the machine
Samotics reads voltage and current at the motor control cabinet, or from an ESA-enabled ABB drive, so nothing needs mounting on the asset and submerged or inaccessible machines can still be watched. Installation is typically under an hour per asset according to our notes. Sensorfact describes sensors that install without downtime and consumption monitored at machine level. Nothing we read says whether its sensors need access to the machine, so Samotics is clearer for hard-to-reach assets.
Edge: Samotics
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Modules beyond maintenance
Sensorfact's homepage names Electricity Management, Predictive Maintenance, Compressed Air Management with real-time leak notifications, Water Management for leakage identification, and OEE to optimise manufacturing. Samotics lists a SAM4 platform with dashboard, diagnostics and analytics, sensorless pump monitoring, and energy and operational intelligence covering savings and trends. Sensorfact offers more separate modules, while Samotics stays close to rotating equipment. A site with leaks and air waste gets more from Sensorfact. The homepage does not say how many machines each module covers.
Edge: Sensorfact
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Where the diagnosis stops
Samotics says the electrical signature is strong for belts and single-stage gearboxes, and that multi-stage gearboxes are trended rather than diagnosed. Coverage also ends where no motor control cabinet or compatible drive exists. Sensorfact is described in our notes as condition monitoring rather than genuine failure prediction, with deeper diagnosis relying on its maintenance consultants. Each states its limit plainly, and neither promises a remaining-useful-life figure, so a buyer expecting forecasts should ask for proof first.
Depends on the buyer
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Who interprets the alerts
Samotics engineers review findings before they reach your dashboard or CMMS, which suits a plant without an in-house analyst. Sensorfact's software raises alerts and sends automated reports, and its consultants do a deep-dive diagnosis when a machine looks suspect. Both add a human step, though Samotics puts it before the alert and Sensorfact after it. For a small maintenance team that wants fewer false alarms, the Samotics order is easier to rely on.
Edge: Samotics
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Price pages that say nothing
The Samotics pricing page lists no plans, prices, currency, billing basis or limits, only contact options such as a demo, an Asset Fit Review and a partnership inquiry. Sensorfact's homepage publishes no plans or limits either and offers only 'Request demo'. Neither page states a free plan or trial. Our category notes call both quoted subscriptions, per asset for Samotics and per sensor per month for Sensorfact, so there is no way to compare cost from the public pages. Both want a conversation before any number appears.
Depends on the buyer
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Offices, ownership and connectivity
The Samotics site says 'Built in The Netherlands' with an address in Leiden, and its about page mentions ABB Motion embedding its ESA technology and European Investment Bank support, neither described as ownership. It lists CMMS, SCADA and API connectivity. Sensorfact lists offices in Amsterdam and Utrecht plus Barcelona in Spain, and states no owner or hosting model. Samotics shows more about integration, while Sensorfact shows more about where its people sit.
Edge: Samotics
When neither fits
If you need vibration analysis with remaining-life predictions or a vendor with a wider machine catalogue, neither is the obvious fit. Tractian and ifm moneo are two alternatives in our predictive maintenance list.
Samotics or Sensorfact: questions
3 answersDo Samotics or Sensorfact publish a price list?
No. The Samotics pricing page shows only contact options, and Sensorfact's homepage offers only a demo request. Neither states a free plan or trial.
Can a pump in a tank or hazardous area be monitored without opening it up?
Samotics measures at the motor control cabinet, which is how it covers submerged or inaccessible assets. It needs a cabinet or a compatible ESA-enabled ABB drive to do so. Sensorfact's pages say nothing on this case.
Are both companies based in the Netherlands?
Samotics states it is built in The Netherlands, with an address in Leiden. Sensorfact lists offices in Amsterdam and Utrecht plus Barcelona, but does not name its headquarters. No parent company is named for either.
Sources
Checked 10 November 2026- Samotics pricing page: missing price list, Leiden address and the named SAM4, pump and CMMS functions.
- Samotics about page: ABB Motion drive embedding, European Investment Bank support and the cellular architecture label.
- Sensorfact homepage: five named modules and the Request demo call to action.
- Sensorfact contact page: offices in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Barcelona.