EAM and CMMS Software · CMMS
Asset Essentials
by Siemens
Cloud CMMS from Siemens Asset Management Software, formerly Brightly, for work orders, preventive maintenance, parts and total cost of ownership tracking, strongest in education and government.
What it is
If you are searching for Brightly, this is it. Brightly Software was rebranded into Siemens as Siemens Asset Management Software on 15 July 2026, brightlysoftware.com now redirects, and the product name Asset Essentials was kept. The transition is still visible in the documentation: help page footers still say Brightly, the academy still sits on a Brightly domain, and the Android package name dates from Dude Solutions, the owner before that.
The product's centre of gravity is education and government. The help centre has dedicated sections for Education, Government, Healthcare, Senior Living and Manufacturing, GIS integration and a map view suit distributed infrastructure, and the vendor cites 11,000 organisations. For a school district or a public works department this is a far more natural fit than an industrial CMMS.
It is also one of only two products in this directory with total cost of ownership tracking explicitly evidenced, with repair-versus-replace decision support attached, which matters when capital planning rather than work execution is the reason you are buying.
Capabilities
Each capability carries its own verification status. “Not verified” means exactly that: it has not been checked, and must not be read as absent.
| Capability | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Work order management Creation, assignment, approval and closure of work orders. | Yes | Reactive, corrective, preventive and predictive work order workflow, with duplicate work order detection. source |
| Preventive maintenance scheduling Calendar, meter and usage-based schedule generation. | Yes | Automated preventive maintenance schedules with automatic work order creation. source |
| Predictive or condition-based maintenance Condition monitoring or failure prediction functions in the product itself. | Yes | IoT remote monitoring for predictive maintenance. The underlying mechanism is not documented in what we could read. source |
| Mobile technician app A native mobile app for technicians, with offline capability where stated. | Yes | Work orders, assets, parts, QR scanning, timers and approvals. Offline support is partial: in the release documented, editing and creating work orders works offline but QR scanning and meter reading updates do not. source |
| Spare parts and inventory Storerooms, stock levels, reorder points and parts issued to work orders. | Yes | Low-stock alerts, parts recommendations and order creation. source |
| Procurement and purchase orders Purchase requisitions and purchase orders raised inside the system. | Yes | Purchase order sync with ERP systems is documented. Whether full PO management exists in the product was not verified. source |
| Asset lifecycle and cost tracking Cost accumulated against an asset from acquisition through to retirement. | Yes | Total cost of ownership tracking with repair-versus-replace decision support. One of only two products here with TCO explicitly evidenced. source |
| IoT and BMS integration Sensor, condition or building-management-system data reaching the system. | Yes | IoT remote monitoring. No building-management-system connector is named, which is notable for a Siemens-owned product. source |
| Maintenance KPI reporting MTBF, MTTR, downtime, schedule compliance and maintenance cost reporting. | Yes | Over 100 predefined reports and dashboards, plus advanced analytics. source |
| Asset register and hierarchy Parent-child asset structure with locations and equipment, not a flat list. | Not verified | |
| Multi-site operation Multiple facilities, plants or sites in one instance with separable data. | Not verified | |
| Contractor management External contractors and vendor workflows, not just internal technicians. | Not verified | |
| Documented API A publicly documented API, which is what makes every other integration possible. | Not verified |
Deployment
| Model | Supported |
|---|---|
| Cloud (vendor hosted) | Yes |
| On-premises / self-hosted | Not verified |
| Hybrid | Not verified |
Integrations
Business applications
- GIS and mapping source
Iot
- IoT sensors and platforms source
Licensing and pricing
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Licensing model | Commercial |
| Free version | Not verified |
| Trial available | Not verified |
| Published price | Contact vendor for pricing |
| Note | No price is published. The pricing page carries no figures at all, only a demo booking. The product page offers a tour and a demo request rather than a trial, though the vendor does not state that no trial exists. |
| Official pricing page | Vendor pricing |
| Pricing last checked | 7 November 2026 |
Prices move and discounting is common. Treat anything here as a starting point and confirm with the vendor before budgeting.
Strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Total cost of ownership tracking with repair-versus-replace decision support, which is rare at this tier and directly useful for capital planning. verified source
- Over 100 predefined reports and dashboards out of the box. verified source
- A genuine education and government specialism: sector-specific documentation sections, GIS integration and a map view for distributed infrastructure assets. verified source
- Now backed by Siemens, with the rebrand from Brightly completed in July 2026. verified source
Limitations
- Offline mobile is partial: in the release documented, QR code scanning and meter reading updates are unavailable offline, although work orders can be edited and created. verified source
- No published price and no published trial; the only route is a demo request. verified source
- Branding and documentation are mid-transition: help page footers still say Brightly Software, some links still point to Brightly domains, and the Android package name predates both owners. Expect mixed naming across documentation for a while. verified source
Who it suits
Organisation sizes: Small, Medium, Enterprise
The strongest fit here for education, local government and public works: sector-specific documentation, GIS and mapping for distributed assets, more than 100 predefined reports, and TCO tracking for capital planning cycles that depend on it.
Weaker where you need to self-qualify. No price, no published trial, no API documented anywhere we could find, and multi-site not stated on any vendor page. For an industrial plant with OT integration needs, Fiix or eMaint are better starting points.
Alternatives
Compared with other products
Frequently asked questions
It became Siemens. Siemens Smart Infrastructure acquired Brightly in 2022 and rebranded it to Siemens Asset Management Software on 15 July 2026, announced at Siemens Transform. The product name Asset Essentials is unchanged, and brightlysoftware.com redirects to the Siemens domain. It has not been folded into Siemens Building X.
We could not establish that it does. Neither the product page, the product overview nor the integrations help page mentions an API, and we found no public API documentation. The only integrations documented are three Siemens-internal ones, with Energy Manager, Event Manager and Capital Forecast. If integration matters to you, make it an explicit question, because this is the one product in this group where we found no API evidence at all.
It can be, but that is clearly where its strength lies: dedicated documentation sections, GIS and mapping, and a reporting library built around public-sector reporting cycles. For a manufacturing plant with condition monitoring needs, Fiix or eMaint fit the problem better. Sector-specific guidance is in CMMS for education and campus facilities.
Sources and review basis
- Evaluation basis: vendor documentation and public sources, not hands-on testing
- Last reviewed: 7 November 2026
- Vendor: Siemens
- Documentation: Official docs
References
- Asset Essentials product site accessed 7 November 2026
- Asset Essentials documentation accessed 7 November 2026
- Asset Essentials pricing page accessed 7 November 2026
- Siemens announces the Brightly rebrand, 15 July 2026 accessed 7 November 2026
- Asset Essentials release notes accessed 7 November 2026
Disclosure
Alongside advisory work I also build a CMMS and CAFM platform, so I have a commercial interest in enterprise software generally. No vendor in this directory has paid for inclusion, placement or wording, and there are no reseller or affiliate arrangements. Weigh the analysis accordingly.
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