Unmatched Reliability with TRACTIAN Smart Trac Ultra:
Outperforming Waites in Every Critical Aspect
AI Offering
Patented AI technology
Tractian
Smart Trac
Ultra
Waites
SM6
Limited analytics
Why This Matters
Waites' system, as described on their website, relies heavily on a team of analysts to manually analyze incoming data and collaborate with maintenance teams. While this approach provides human insights, it’s slow, labor-intensive, and prone to delays.
Tractian AI technology is patented and processes vast amounts of data—over 500 million hours of machine monitoring—to identify patterns and provide fast, accurate, and proactive recommendations. By combining machine learning with expert reliability engineers, Tractian delivers insights at a speed and scale that manual analysis simply cannot match.
This means fewer false alarms, quicker decision-making, and higher operational efficiency for maintenance teams.
Named by FORBES as one of the 50 biggest AI companies globally, TRACTIAN leads in AI-driven maintenance.
Source: Waites website.
Plant-wide visibility TOOLS
Comprehensive visibility with KPIs, machine comparisons, health scores, and floor plan views
Tractian
Smart Trac
Ultra
Waites
SM6
No floorplan, usage KPIs, machine chart comparisons, or health scores per failure mode
Why This Matters
Waites’ platform, as shown on screenshots available on the GVS Reliability Products website, fails to provide necessary visibility. There are no floorplan views, usage KPIs, machine chart comparisons, or health scores per failure mode, which severely limits visibility for maintenance teams.
Tractian, on the other hand, provides a comprehensive health score for all machines, making it easy for anyone to quickly grasp machine health from a floor plan view. This ensures maintenance teams have complete visibility and can proactively address issues, improving overall efficiency and reducing downtime.
Source: GVS Reliability Products website.
MOBILE MAINTENANCE APP: FULLY FUNCTIONAL ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
Fully Functional Mobile App – Online & Offline
Tractian
Smart Trac
Ultra
Waites
SM6
Limited Mobile Capabilities
Why This Matters
The Waites app, according to the Apple App Store, offers limited capabilities. It allows users to view action items, report completed PMs, and communicate with Waites analysts. While useful, it doesn’t provide full access to maintenance operations.
In contrast, Tractian’s mobile app is a complete solution for maintenance teams. It enables technicians to access work orders, failure diagnostics, and actionable prescriptions directly from the field, even offline.
With Tractian, teams can also optimize routes with geolocation, log entries with a stopwatch, and seamlessly share photos, audio messages, and files – ensuring uninterrupted workflows wherever they are.
Source: Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
RPM MONITORING: PRECISION BEYOND VIBRATION AND TEMPERATURE
Advanced RPM Monitoring with AI Precision
Tractian
Smart Trac
Ultra
Waites
SM6
No RPM Monitoring
Why This Matters
Waites' sensors, as stated on their website, monitor vibration and temperature only. While useful for basic analysis, this limited scope misses critical insights for machines with variable speeds.
In contrast, Tractian sensors monitor RPM in addition to vibration, temperature, and runtime. Powered by our exclusive RPM Encoder™ algorithm, Tractian can accurately track variable RPM machines and proactively suggest RPM levels using an AI-driven historical analysis model.
This advanced monitoring allows teams to detect irregularities sooner, optimize machine performance, and ensure reliable operations with deeper, more actionable insights.
Source: Waites website.
Hazardous Locations:
Certified Safety and Reliability
- Waites does not state anywhere on their website that their sensors are ATEX-certified or compliant for explosive environments. Without this certification, their devices may not meet the safety requirements of industries like oil & gas.
- Tractian sensors are certified for ATEX, NFPA 70 CL1, CL2, and CL3 (All Div I) zones, ensuring safe and reliable operation in hazardous locations. This makes Tractian the trusted choice for industries where equipment safety is non-negotiable.
- With Tractian, companies operating in critical sectors can confidently monitor assets while maintaining compliance and ensuring operational safety.
Source: Waites website.
A solution for every stage of
your maintenance operations
More than a Vibration Sensor, we have a end-to-end solution.
Total Predictive Maintenance
Having both the sensor and the CMMS from TRACTIAN allows for a complete maintenance management cycle —from detection to prognosis and action.
AI-Assisted Maintenance
Equipped with Auto Diagnosis™, Smart Trac Ultra feeds directly into the CMMS, enabling instant, informed responses to potential issues.
EMS - Energy Management System
The integrated Energy Management System offers sophisticated tracking and analysis of energy consumption, helping you to achieve significant cost savings and promoting sustainable operational practices.
Advanced Maintenance KPIs
By harnessing the collective strength of CbM, AI-Assisted Maintenance, and our integrated EMS, TRACTIAN provides an unparalleled suite of KPIs, all in one dashboard. Gain insights into every aspect of your maintenance operations, from energy efficiency to predictive maintenance scheduling, all contributing to a streamlined, data-driven decision-making process.
From a maintenance standpoint, TRACTIAN gives a lot better transparency to our machinery. There are some faults that are more critical, there are some that are less critical, but it's all critical. So our goal is to stop the devices from failing on their terms.
We can detect a device that is out of spec and have a replacement ready. If it's possible, we'll go ahead and pull that equipment and have it serviced.
Walt Harrison
Control & Automations Engineer
Swarco Reflex, LLC
When we were conducting all the evaluations with vendors, what really stood out to me about TRACTIAN was the analytics that they brought, like I was really impressed by the reliability metrics that they were able to calculate in real time, the level of detail when it comes to the failure modes and the insight generation.
One thing that doesn't get talked about as much, especially up front, is the user-friendliness of the systems. That was one thing I was really blown away by, the ease of use of TRACTIAN's system compared to all the other solutions I saw. It is so easy to use the system.
Gautam Sane
Senior Reliability Engineer
CP Kelco
Maintenance shouldn't be easy,
but it is with TRACTIAN.
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