What Windmill Software does

Windmill Software, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Cary, USA, develops TheWorxHub, a cloud-based computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) tailored to senior living communities. The product streamlines facility maintenance, work order management, and resident safety operations for senior living operators, with documented deployments at communities such as Immanuel Communities and Royal Oaks. Windmill operates with 11–50 employees as a focused vertical-specialist unit within the broader Brightly Software portfolio (a Siemens subsidiary since 2024), leveraging Brightly's enterprise field sales motion, 24/7 client services, and multi-product suite (Asset Essentials, Origin, Predictor, Confirm, Energy Manager, Event Manager, and AI for Maintenance Teams). TheWorxHub is sold as an annual subscription alongside implementation, consulting, and managed services, with pricing provided on a quote basis. The product now incorporates AI-driven features inherited from Brightly, including the Brightly Maintenance Copilot for technician workflow automation and predictive analytics for asset health and capital planning, applied specifically to senior living facility operations.

Name

Windmill Software

Legal name

Brightly Software, Inc.

Website

http://theworxhub.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Windmill Software, founded in 1981 and based in Cary, USA, builds TheWorxHub, a cloud-based CMMS for senior living community facility maintenance, work order management, and resident safety, operating as a vertical specialist within the Brightly Software (Siemens) ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Senior Living Facility Management Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

akta.pro primary industry

Asset & Maintenance Management (EAM/CMMS) Platforms (HDAEAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Work Order Management & CMMS Operations (EDALALAD)

Keywords

• Facility maintenance software
• Senior living operations
• CMMS software
• Work order management
• Resident safety software

Headquarters

HQ city

Cary

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Subscriptions: Cloud-based SaaS subscription model for CMMS and EAM software. Multiple product tiers across Asset Essentials, Origin, Predictor, TheWorxHub, Confirm, Energy Manager, Event Manager, and AI-powered tools.
2. Professional Services: Implementation services, consulting, and managed services provided to help clients adopt and optimize asset management solutions.
3. Managed Services: Customized services guiding clients from implementation to operational excellence.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Windmill Software develops and sells TheWorxHub, a cloud-based Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) purpose-built for senior living communities. The platform streamlines facility maintenance and operations, enabling users to connect, prioritize, and optimize work orders, resident safety tasks, and compliance documentation. It serves as the dedicated operations software for senior living providers, helping them keep residents safe and deliver personalized services.

Product overview

Brightly Software offers a cloud-based suite of CMMS and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions across a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core platform is Asset Essentials, which provides enterprise-wide operational insights from work order and asset management activities. Additional modules include Origin (strategic asset health), Predictor (lifecycle prediction and capital planning), AI for Maintenance Teams (AI-powered productivity tools including the Brightly Maintenance Copilot), Confirm (public infrastructure management), Energy Manager (energy usage tracking), Event Manager (event scheduling and promotion), and TheWorxHub (facility maintenance CMMS). The portfolio serves education, government, manufacturing, healthcare, and senior living industries, with over 11,000 client organizations and $321 billion in managed asset value.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Assetic: Asset management software brand for Australian market
• Asset Essentials
• Confirm
• Energy Manager
• Event Manager
• Origin
• Predictor
• TheWorxHub

Products and services

• TheWorxHub

Quantifiable outcome

• $355M bond secured and $8M extra insurance payout achieved for Waco School District
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• SAP Enterprise Asset Management / S/4HANA PM: Plant Maintenance and Asset Performance modules within SAP S/4HANA. Broad incumbent competing with Brightly in asset-intensive manufacturing and utilities, often displacing or alongside CMMS deployments.
• ServiceNow Facility Management / ITSM: ServiceNow's Workplace Service Delivery and ITSM offerings are extending into facilities and asset management workflows. Competes with Brightly as enterprises consolidate maintenance onto a single platform of platforms.
• Infor EAM: Enterprise asset management suite widely deployed in manufacturing, hospitality, and public sector. Competes with Brightly's EAM and Confirm offerings, particularly in asset-intensive industries and asset-heavy municipal/government deployments.
• IBM Maximo Application Suite: Enterprise-grade EAM platform serving asset-intensive industries with deep configurability. Largest traditional incumbent competing with Brightly's EAM and Predictor offerings in manufacturing, utilities, and public infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Fiix (Rockwell Automation): Cloud CMMS acquired by Rockwell, integrated with industrial automation offerings. Direct competitor in maintenance and asset management, now bundled with Rockwell's industrial portfolio similar to Brightly's Siemens relationship.
• MaintainX: Mobile CMMS and operations platform for frontline maintenance and reliability teams. Closest head-to-head competitor in work-order management and preventive maintenance against Asset Essentials and TheWorxHub.
• UpKeep: Mobile-first CMMS focused on maintenance, work orders, and asset tracking for mid-market maintenance teams. Direct competitor in the work-order and asset-management CMMS category that Brightly's Asset Essentials and TheWorxHub address.
• Asset Panda: Configurable asset-tracking and CMMS platform serving education, government, and enterprise customers. Direct competitor in fixed-asset and equipment-tracking workflows overlapping with Brightly's Asset Essentials.
• Limble CMMS: Cloud-based CMMS with preventive maintenance and work-order focus on mid-market and facility teams. Direct competitor in the maintenance management category, often replacing or competing against Brightly's CMMS deployments.
• Hippo CMMS (PagerDuty): Maintenance and facilities CMMS now under PagerDuty's operational platform. Direct competitor for facility maintenance, preventive maintenance, and work order management targeting similar mid-market and education/government segments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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