Faclon Labs Feature Focus

Unified Data Fabric CoreEmbedded MLOpsContextual AI CopilotAI Enabled UX Development

Unified Data Fabric Core

Seamlessly ingests and stores time-series, relational, unstructured and vector data under one namespace, eliminating silos and simplifying data management.

Embedded MLOps

Pre-trained models for predictive maintenance, computer vision, energy optimization and anomaly detection with minor configurations.

Contextual AI Copilot

Natural-language “AskBruce” interface and AI agents that provide root-cause analysis, prescriptive recommendations like a subject matter expert.

AI Enabled UX Development

Prompt based dashboard creation with drag-and-drop canvas, industry-specific app templates to deliver pilot-to-takeoff deployment in weeks instead of months.

Faclon vs Aveva : Business impact made clear

Quickly see how each platform aligns to key business needs and user expectations

Energy & Thermal Losses
Technical Comparison
Target Stakeholders
CxOs, Plant Managers, Data Engineers, Field Personnel, Facility Managers, Supply Chain
CxOs, Plant Managers, Data Engineers, Field Personnel
Data Privacy
Faclon/Customer Cloud, Hybrid  or on-prem options
Cloud or on-prem
Prototyping Speed
Dashboards & AI demos in minutes
Rapid dashboarding with drag and drop tools
AI-enabled Prognosis
Built-in ML-Ops and Gen AI tools
Relies on external AI tools via API
Customisability
Drag-drop + extensive prebuilt use-case libraries + Platform Design with I/O Lens
Drag-drop; limited prebuilt libraries and Platform design support with PI Vision
Modularity & Scaling
From one asset up to global sites with platform system integration
Enterprise license + 3rd Party System Integration
Pre-built use-cases
Faclon offers 100s of pre-built plug and play use-cases for Reliability, Energy, Productivity, Safety and much more
Highly comprehensive use-case libraries with setup and customisations
Workflow Orchestration for Alerts and Reports
AI-enabled Escalation alerts and customizable reports with drag and drop features
Configurable event-triggered notifications and standard reports; setup is more manual.
Adoption & UX
Intuitive UI/UX drives fast adoption
Easy-to-use UI, slightly steeper learning curve
Industry Coverage
Manufacturing - Discrete and Process, Oil and Gas, Commercial and Utility (GENCOM, TRANSCOM and DISCOM)
Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, and Utility
Data Aggregation
Turnkey IT-OT and IoT integration across any protocol with I/O Connect Modules
Requires customer-built data pipelines via DCS, IoT Gateways, Sensors
Architecture
Cloud-native microservices + containerized edge for SCADA
Centralized client-server historian with edge for SCADA
AI/ML Readiness
DeepSense MLOps + Gen AI inbuilt with Bruce AI
Limited ML-Ops; third-party API integration for modelling
Multi-tenant Infrastructure
Built-in tenant isolation & security with I/O Forge and I/O Foundry
Supported via PI System architecture
APIs and SDKs
Extensive API and SDK support with I/O Wiki
Comprehensive API and SDK support available
Standards & Certifications
ISO 27001, SOC 2, RBAC and MFA,  IEC 62443; built-in compliance dashboards
Aligns with IEC 62443 and industry best practices
Encryption and Access Control
AES-256 encryption in transit & at rest, granular RBAC, MFA, SSO
TLS/SSL for data-in-transit, OS-level encryption at rest, role-based AD integration
UI/UX
No-code canvas + Gen AI data exploration and dashboarding
No-Code Canvas; manual graphing and charting
Deployment Flexibility
Asset→Plant→Enterprise, on-prem/cloud/hybrid
Asset→Enterprise; on-prem/cloud license
Contextual Intelligence
Bruce AI refines insights like a subject-matter expert
Needs human context to interpret, store and visualize insights

Why Choose Faclon?

Choose Faclon for a turnkey Industrial AI platform that seamlessly blends historian, visualization, and embedded AI to turn your plant data into real-time, autonomous decisions.

Turnkey End-to-End Platform
Dedicated success teams and domain experts work side-by-side with you defining use-cases, customizing workflows, and ensuring rapid adoption.
Accurate, Built-In AI
Dedicated success teams and domain experts work side-by-side with you defining use-cases, customizing workflows, and ensuring rapid adoption.
Deep IT-OT Integration & Security
Dedicated success teams and domain experts work side-by-side with you defining use-cases, customizing workflows, and ensuring rapid adoption.
Customer Success & Co-Development
Dedicated success teams and domain experts work side-by-side with you defining use-cases, customizing workflows, and ensuring rapid adoption.

FAQ

Questions we get asked by our clients Often

We have OSI PI Historian Available, how can Faclon help us?
Faclon can help with proving AI enabled Front ending and ML Models for specific use-cases, converting existing data into real-time decision ready insights.
Can we hookup data from I/O Connect to our PI Historian?
Faclon can help with proving AI enabled Front ending and ML Models for specific use-cases, converting existing data into real-time decision ready insights.
Does Faclon provide a historian?
Faclon can help with proving AI enabled Front ending and ML Models for specific use-cases, converting existing data into real-time decision ready insights.
Can Faclon Replace Aveva’s Existing Infra?
Faclon can help with proving AI enabled Front ending and ML Models for specific use-cases, converting existing data into real-time decision ready insights.
Is Faclon Labs more expensive?
Faclon can help with proving AI enabled Front ending and ML Models for specific use-cases, converting existing data into real-time decision ready insights.
What if we don’t have AI teams?
Faclon can help with proving AI enabled Front ending and ML Models for specific use-cases, converting existing data into real-time decision ready insights.
Can we start with just one use case?
Faclon can help with proving AI enabled Front ending and ML Models for specific use-cases, converting existing data into real-time decision ready insights.
Which industries does Faclon Labs support best?
Faclon can help with proving AI enabled Front ending and ML Models for specific use-cases, converting existing data into real-time decision ready insights.