Evaluation result

The vendor evaluation results are presented graphically based on the IDC MarketScape model, with six platform providers ranked among the market leaders. Judging from the evaluation results, the mainstream leading platform service providers in the market have significantly improved in many aspects compared with 2021, and also need to be strengthened in some directions to further meet customer expectations.

In terms of platform and application products, the platform service providers participating in the evaluation have basically formed systematic and relatively standardized PaaS platform products covering IoT connectivity, data integration, data asset management, data visualization and low-code application development, and have expanded many general apps such as equipment management, energy management, and environmental safety monitoring on this basis. As well as some key industry professional APP. However, in terms of professional applications in key industries, many platform service providers still need to further accumulate.

PCI-4852

In terms of professional services, many platform providers have established professional teams and other ways to enhance the consulting and planning capabilities of the overall solution, and gradually improve the data governance and data intelligence service capabilities to help customers build a data standard system and tap the value of data. However, in terms of data analysis and value mining, the accumulation of data intelligent products and services of many platform service providers needs to be further strengthened. Some platform service providers on-site implementation personnel and lack of communication experience with industrial front-line personnel, after-sales service system also needs to be further improved.

In terms of industry experience, many platform service providers through strategic focus, choose to focus on 3-8 industries to carry out market expansion, and set up professional industry-oriented organizations, absorb industry experts to join the team, make themselves more knowledgeable, and provide more professional solutions for industry customers.

End user selection suggestions

Based on the evaluation results, IDC recommends that industrial enterprises carry out platform construction and service provider selection, Pay more attention to the demonstration of suppliers’ existing products, pay more attention to the decoupling of data and applications through object modeling, select suppliers with more matching industry experience, pay more attention to the application experience of suppliers when carrying out data platform construction, and strengthen the review and attention to the ecological partner capabilities of the platform.

Cui Can, research manager of IDC China, said that compared with traditional IT solutions and industrial software companies, industrial Internet platform service providers can better help industrial enterprises complete data collection, data integration, data analysis and business application development and implementation through the product form of PaaS platform +APP. The product standardization and industry specialization capabilities of China’s industrial Internet platform service providers have been significantly improved compared with two years ago, but they can be further improved in other aspects to better meet the future needs of enterprises.