Provideam

What Provideam does

Provideam Limited is an Irish private software company headquartered in Dublin that develops and sells a native web-based Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) monitoring platform for discrete and process manufacturers. Founded in 2004 and operated as a subsidiary of DTL Systems, the company has continuously developed the product for over 15 years, with a version history spanning v3.7 (October 2009) through v4.18.135 (June 2025). The platform collects machine and line telemetry through OPC, MQTT, OPC-UA, and ODBC interfaces, optionally paired with the company's own ProvEdgeBox IoT edge hardware, and exposes a Web Services API for integration with third-party SCADA, HMI, MES, and ERP systems. Enterprise readiness is supported by SAML2 single sign-on and Active Directory integration, while operators interact through web dashboards and a suite of companion apps (OnePageDashboard, OEEBoard, RealtimeIF) distributed via the ProvideamApps portal.

The product is sold via a sales-led motion with a free 30-day trial of the full system, after which customers buy per-machine perpetual software licences together with annual support contracts set at approximately 20% of the licence fee, plus ProvEdgeBox hardware revenue. Target verticals are Food and Beverage, Medical Devices, Automotive, Pharmaceutical, and General Manufacturing, with go-to-market reach across the UK, Ireland, and worldwide. Provideam does not disclose customer logos, financial figures, or headcount, and the platform contains no disclosed AI or machine learning capabilities, positioning it as a rules-based industrial analytics offering rather than an AI-native product.

Name

Provideam

Legal name

Provideam Limited

Website

https://provideam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Provideam is a Dublin-based software company that sells a web-based Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) monitoring platform to manufacturers in food and beverage, medical devices, automotive, pharmaceutical, and general manufacturing across the UK, Ireland, and worldwide, via perpetual per-machine licences with annual support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Manufacturing Execution / OEE Monitoring Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

IT Asset Management (ITAM) Platforms (HDAEALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Endpoint & Mobile Asset Management (UEM/MDM Asset Controls) (BPAEAOAI)

Keywords

• OEE monitoring software
• Manufacturing productivity software
• Industrial equipment monitoring
• Production data analytics
• IoT factory sensors

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Perpetual Software Licenses: Provideam licenses are typically perpetual. Licenses are sold by the number of assets (machines) the customer wishes to monitor. The number of PLCs or Tags is not a factor in license calculation.
2. Support Agreements (SLA): Annual support agreements providing phone and email support, software updates, and access to technical assistance. Cost is approximately 20% of the license fee per annum. If support lapses for more than 2 months, reinstatement costs 50% of license value.
3. ProvEdgeBox Hardware: IoT sensor hardware unit (ProvEdgeBox) combining photo electric sensor with IOT communications module for data capture.
4. Time-Limited Demo Licenses: Time-limited licenses available for demonstration or test purposes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Provideam develops and sells a web-based Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) monitoring platform that captures and analyses production data from industrial equipment in real time. The software supports modern management philosophies such as TPM, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing, and is sold alongside the ProvEdgeBox IoT sensor unit that counts good parts and reports line status. The platform is licensed per machine/asset, with optional annual support agreements, and targets manufacturing businesses in the UK, Ireland and worldwide.

Product overview

Provideam is a unified OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) monitoring platform for manufacturing productivity. The core product is the Provideam OEE Software, a comprehensive all-in-one solution that captures and analyses data from industrial equipment in real-time. The platform architecture includes the core OEE Monitoring Module as the foundation, supplemented by the Event Monitoring Module for plant floor event alarming, and the Plan Adherence Module for production planning comparison. A Web Services Interface (API) enables third-party integration with SCADA/HMI/MES/ERP systems. Recent versions have expanded into a mobile-first approach with ProvideamApps, a unified portal housing RealtimeIF (touch-based operator interface for Pads), OEEBoard (30-day performance analysis), and OnePageDashboard (configurable KPI dashboard). Hardware expansion is supported via the ProvEdgeBox IOT sensor. The solution is scalable from one machine to hundreds, supports both automatic data capture via OPC/ODBC/MQTT protocols and manual/semi-automatic entry, and is deployed as a web-based application accessible from any browser.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OnePageDashboard: OEE monitoring dashboard application
• OEEBoard
• RealtimeIF
• ProvEdgeBox

Products and services

• Provideam OEE Software A comprehensive Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) monitoring solution that captures and analyses data from industrial equipment in real time. Supports TPM, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing programs, scales from one machine to hundreds of machines, and combines automatic (OPC/ODBC/MQTT), semi-automatic and manual data entry in unified dashboards and reports. Designed for manufacturing businesses.
• RealtimeIF A touchscreen-style real-time data entry interface designed for Pads and mobile devices, with large pushbutton controls for entering mode, shift, lot and count data and assigning downtime reasons. Targeted at shop-floor operators and supervisors using the Provideam OEE platform.
• OEEBoard An application that enables analysis of the performance of an area over the last 30 days, with flexible filtering and drill-down capabilities. Targeted at manufacturing managers and engineers reviewing area-level OEE performance.
• OnePageDashboard A configurable dashboard application that displays key KPIs to drive performance on assets, highly customisable to suit user requirements. Targeted at manufacturing managers, supervisors and executives needing an at-a-glance KPI view.
• ProvEdgeBox An IoT hardware sensor unit combining a PNP Photo Electric Sensor with an IoT communications module. Mounted on production lines to count good parts and report live production counts and line status (Running/Stopped) to Provideam over the internet. Targeted at manufacturers needing simple, non-invasive machine monitoring.
• Web Services Interface (API) An API/web service interface enabling integrators and developers to query OEE and Event Logic data and integrate it into third-party applications such as SCADA/HMI/MES/ERP systems and Excel. Provides endpoints to start/stop Provideam Services and retrieve service status. Targeted at integration developers, IT teams and solution partners.
• Plan Adherence Module An extension module that compares planned production with actual production, generating Gantt Charts showing completed, in-production and pending plans and predicting when pending plans will be completed. Targeted at production planners and operations managers.
• KPI to OPC Export A plug-in that exports OEE KPIs to OPC, enabling Provideam OEE data to be shared with OPC-compatible systems and applications such as SCADA and HMI. Targeted at industrial automation and integration teams.
• Event Monitoring Module A module for monitoring events on the plant floor with alarming capabilities via email, SMS and pager (TAP), including event reporting and scheduled reports. Targeted at manufacturing operations and maintenance teams needing real-time event notifications.
• ProvideamApps Portal A unified portal combining the individual Provideam applications (OEEBoard, OnePageDashboard, RealtimeIF) into a single access point with APIKey Login support for each app. Targeted at Provideam customers using multiple apps together.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-30% productivity improvement and corresponding bottom line improvement for companies using Provideam

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DTL SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDTL Systems is the company behind Provideam, having developed the OEE monitoring software. DTL Systems has specialised in manufacturing data capture and analysis for more than twenty years, with expertise integrating solutions across diverse industrial environments.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party hosting service used to host the Provideam website. AWS helps maintain the security and performance of the website. Personal information gathered when visitors use the website is shared with AWS servers based within the EU.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft Services used as email provider. Emails are stored in Microsoft data centres in Ireland but may be transferred to the United States.
• KepwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationKepware OPC Server included with Provideam installer as trial version for demonstration purposes. Provides OPC connectivity for data collection from industrial equipment. Requires separate license purchase for production use.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MachineMetrics: Cloud-native OEE and machine monitoring platform for manufacturers. Direct overlap with Provideam's core OEE analytics proposition, differentiated by a SaaS delivery model and edge connectivity.
• Sight Machine: Manufacturing analytics and OEE platform that captures plant-floor data for real-time and historical analysis. Directly competes in factory productivity and OEE reporting for discrete and process manufacturers.
• Vorne Industries: Provider of XL OEE displays, software, and sensors for real-time production monitoring. Closely comparable in delivering OEE metrics plus industrial sensors to manufacturers across verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Critical Manufacturing: MES provider for high-tech and regulated manufacturers with deep OEE/equipment effectiveness modules. Comparable on OEE analysis functionality for plants also targeted by Provideam.
• Plex Systems (Rockwell Automation): Cloud-native MES/manufacturing platform acquired by Rockwell Automation covering OEE, production tracking and quality. Overlaps with Provideam on OEE and shop-floor data capture but bundles it into a full MES suite.
• Rockwell FactoryTalk Innovation Suite: Rockwell's portfolio of manufacturing software including OEE, analytics, and MES modules. Comparable as an enterprise-scale incumbent whose OEE functionality competes with Provideam for plant-level wins.
• PTC ThingWorx: Industrial IoT and analytics platform with OEE/manufacturing analytics capabilities. Overlaps with Provideam on real-time OEE and machine connectivity but spans a much broader IIoT scope.
• Siemens Opcenter (formerly SIMATIC IT): Siemens' flagship MES suite, incorporating OEE and shop-floor analytics as part of a broader manufacturing execution offering. Comparable as a broad incumbent for enterprise plants where Provideam also sells.

Emerging players

• Litmus Automation: Edge-to-cloud industrial data platform with OEE/manufacturing analytics use cases. Comparable to Provideam in connecting machines (OPC/MQTT) to analytics, but with a more cloud-native emphasis.
• Fogwing (Sensr): Cloud-based OEE and machine monitoring platform for SMB manufacturers with OPC/MQTT connectivity. Direct comparable to Provideam's mid-market positioning with a SaaS delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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