How to choose a predictive maintenance system in 2026
Choose a predictive maintenance system by checking six things: what the sensors measure, how fast you can deploy, where your data runs, how alerts are judged, what it costs to start, and who supports you.
DHMSCare answers the deployment and cost questions with self-serve deployment in 90 seconds and no implementation fee, and its facts for all six follow below.
Sensors and deployment
What do the sensors measure? Ask which signals each sensor captures and which faults those signals reveal on your machines. DHMSCare measures vibration and temperature, with speed on four models; see whether MEMS sensors catch early bearing faults.
How fast can you deploy? Ask who installs the system and whether machines must stop. DHMSCare deployment is self-serve, and fitting the sensors needs no machine downtime; see online monitoring versus handheld rounds.
Data and alerts
Where does your data run? Ask which country stores the data and who can reach it. DHMSCare runs in the cloud in your country or region by default.
For on-premises deployment DHMSCare supplies the application server and the AI server as standard; if you want to run it on your own servers, contact us first to agree the configuration.
How are alerts judged? Ask how the system learns what is normal for each machine and how it measures accuracy.
DHMSCare learns a baseline from each machine's own readings and judges new readings against it; its alerts are accurate in 90%+ of cases, and AI fault diagnosis is correct in 85%+ of cases on its own, and multi-expert review brings that from the 85%+ base to 90%+.
Cost and support
What does it cost to start? Ask for the full first-year cost: hardware, software and any installation work. DHMSCare quotes each plant as hardware plus a yearly software subscription per sensor, with no implementation fee; see our plans and why the entry cost is lower.
Who supports you? Ask who answers when something goes wrong, and how fast. Certified local partners work on site, backed by DHMSCare's remote experts; response targets range from 4 hours for a site-wide outage to 1 business day for general requests, under the service contract.
Questions buyers also ask
Should we test two vendors on the same line?
Yes. Fit both systems to the same kind of machine and agree in advance which alerts you will check. A side-by-side test tells you more than a feature list.
Do we need our own vibration analyst?
Not to act on an alert. Mina, DHMSCare's industrial AI agent, explains each fault and the next step in plain words, in 11 languages.
Which vendors belong on a 2026 shortlist?
Tractian, Augury and SKF are among the vendors buyers compare. Put each of them, and DHMSCare, through the six questions above, using facts each vendor publishes, and see our Tractian comparison.