Carrier i-Vu vs LOYTEC LWEB-900

Carrier i-Vu is building automation software for central monitoring, control, and optimization of HVAC and integrated building systems. i-Vu Pro presents system data, schedules, alarms, and trends in a browser-based interface accessible from web-enabled devices. It also includes dashboards, reports, trend visualization, insight sharing, security updates, and live system backups; Carrier describes it as built on open BACnet standards. The on-premises version is licensed for use in a customer's own infrastructure, while i-Vu Cloud is hosted on AWS and includes server maintenance, monitoring, database redundancy, backups, and software upgrades. Carrier says the cloud service uses BACnet Secure Connect. i-Vu Express supports integration with third-party systems such as lighting and metering. A Life Sciences offering provides change records, digitally signed reports, and audit-ready documentation aligned with FDA 21 CFR Part 11 expectations. Pricing is on request, and license or subscription scope and usage limits may apply. The cloud BAS service does not provide alarm monitoring, alarm response, or dispatch.

LOYTEC LWEB-900 is building management software for installing, configuring, and operating LOYTEC building automation systems. Its client-server architecture stores system and historic data, access rights, and device configurations in an SQL database. Built-in configuration tools let users create graphical building views with live values, alarms, trend logs, and schedules. Alarms from different sources can be brought together, with email notifications and configurable follow-up actions; schedules can be organized across devices. The software exchanges data with LOYTEC devices across CEA-709, BACnet, DALI, M-Bus, Modbus, and KNX. It can display live images from ONVIF-compatible cameras and map camera events and commands to data points, but it does not record video. The server supports custom Node.js scripts and includes Node-RED. LWEB-900 is deployed on-premise, with Windows, web, Android, and iOS access. Its standard license includes five concurrent LWEB-900 clients and 20 LWEB-802/803/app clients. Pricing is available on request.