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IBM Maximo vs Salesforce Quote-to-Cash comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Maximo
Ranking in Billing Software
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) (1st)
Salesforce Quote-to-Cash
Ranking in Billing Software
7th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Billing Software category, the mindshare of IBM Maximo is 2.3%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Quote-to-Cash is 2.6%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Billing Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Maximo2.3%
Salesforce Quote-to-Cash2.6%
Other95.1%
Billing Software
 

Featured Reviews

Antony Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Java Software Engineer at GPA
Asset management has become streamlined and decision-making is now driven by lifecycle data
The best features IBM Maximo offers are that it is very simple to deploy on OpenShift using Ansible playbooks. It also has excellent support for integration, is simple to configure, and the asset register is very straightforward. Work management and managing inventory are seamless. In terms of integration support, I have used preventive maintenance, work generation, accurate work execution planning, tracking actuals, and I can easily integrate with other tools and systems. IBM Maximo Suite gives me a single place where service cycles are standardized and tied to compliance. IBM Maximo has positively impacted my organization as it has been a very useful tool. It reduced human error by moving away from pen and paper-based scheduling. It saved cost by minimizing unexpected downtime of assets, with approximately 50% of time being saved. We have also reduced overwork among staff by removing redundant information and smoothing task flows. It helps us scale our team without micromanaging small issues.
reviewer1873569 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer 2 at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
Solution for quoting customers, but could be faster
We use this solution internally mostly for quoting for customers. There are over 10,000 employees in my organization.  There are other modules that we use to do everything, like SteelBrick, but the UI is clunky. It could be the way the solution was implemented. The solution is a little bit slow…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"IBM Maximo is the best software for assets management."
"We have fully used Maximo for maintenance and inventory and purchasing management to manage cement factory operations and maintenance for more than 11 years."
"With Maximo, we can manage, organize, and track incidents, claims, jobs, tasks, preventive and corrective maintenance, locations, and assets."
"There are not many enterprise asset management systems on the market and not many that have the categories that IBM Maximo has."
"When it comes to their reporting and analytics capabilities, I find them to be superb."
"Provides great flexibility."
"Work order management and scalability enables the businesses' needs to be met."
"The large range of configurability of the product is great, since everyone has a different way of doing things."
"The stability is pretty solid."
"The stability is pretty solid."
 

Cons

"I feel that the interface is a little too complicated with a large number of fields to enter."
"Revision management of file attachments."
"​Maximo is a big system, so the initial setup is complex."
"Many improvements are needed in the customer support service department because of delays in response, which are very costly."
"This solution could improve by integrating or embedding finances, charts of accounts, and invoicing."
"Vendor management needs enhancement."
"From that perspective, the UI is quite old-fashioned, and that would be one of my main concerns."
"The solution is not stable. We can have one day when it is stable and another day it is not."
"The solution is a little bit slow sometimes."
"The solution is a little bit slow sometimes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Where available, concurrent licenses can be more cost efficient and provide more flexibility."
"IBM Maximo offers a licensing application, and you have to comply with the license."
"Explore the possibility of using DB2. You will avoid the cost of SQL Server or Oracle licenses."
"$USD700 per agent user."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is low and ten is high, I rate the pricing a nine. The price is very high."
"​Explore internal processes in order to evaluate the correct number of users in each Maximo module, then evaluate the different offers of pricing and licensing.​"
"The price of IBM Maximo could reduce, it is expensive."
"I do not know about the price of the solution. However, this has been an expensive project overall."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
10%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise22
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM Maximo?
The only thing that I need from IBM Maximo is more simplicity. The application has been designed in a way that it is serving the enterprises. It needs to be simpler for the SMEs, or for the compani...
What is your primary use case for IBM Maximo?
There are different use cases for IBM Maximo that I work with mostly. We use it for complete asset management. Anything that comes into the asset repository, asset management, asset evaluation, any...
What advice do you have for others considering IBM Maximo?
AWS is more recommended for IBM Maximo. You can go into Microsoft as well, but AWS is preferred. IBM also has their own cloud as well.
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Also Known As

Maximo
SteelBrick Billing, Salesforce QTC
 

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Sample Customers

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., DTE Energy, Swedish Match, Projetech, Fingrid, East Coast
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