Adept vs Asite

Adept combines product data management with engineering document management for teams handling design files and related records. It manages parts, assemblies, drawings, XREFs, and configurations, with check-in, check-out, move, and rename actions. CAD integrations include SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, and Autodesk Inventor, with access through an expandable task pane; other listed CAD integrations include MicroStation, AutoCAD Electrical, and Navisworks. Teams can route designs for review and approval, manage document states, receive notifications, and retain workflow activity in an audit trail. CAD, PDF, and Office files can be viewed and marked up without a CAD license. Permissions are available for users and groups, alongside single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and encrypted storage. Adept can run on a customer's own infrastructure or as Adept Cloud, a managed SaaS platform. On-premise named-user plans start at $12 a month, billed $144 per named user/year. Adept Cloud Essentials is $1,400 a month, billed annually, with 20,000 assets included and a mandatory $10,000 onboarding fee for new customers. Cloud asset allowances exclude prior versions; several listed add-ons are not available for Adept Cloud.

Asite is a common data environment for collaboration across supply chains and project teams working on capital projects. Its standards-based workflows are designed to control project information. The online document archive can convert documents into read-only, searchable data while retaining the original audit trail. The mobile app provides access to project information and supports drawing markups, assigning actions, and sending messages. Asite Field adds site task management and offline project data access, subject to available device storage. Integrations listed include Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Sage Intacct, Sage 300, Bluebeam, Acumatica, Dokobit, and Autodesk Construction Cloud. Data exchange supports EDI, XML, STEP, KML, CSV, Excel, and MDB; the Open Data API supports REST-based interfaces. The Common Data Environment plan priced on request, with add-ons listed; Asite 3D Repo priced on request, and Asite Marketplace at a price agreed with the maker. The platform supports Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows, and lists 24/7 support helpdesks and online guides.