01 — Industrial completionsDeskelyour product
Best for: Industrial and energy scopes certified per subsystem
Our own product, so treat this entry accordingly. Deskely is a completions system: a tag register rolled into subsystems, templated ITRs executed offline on tablet, punch categorised so it gates issuance, preservation routines against live equipment, and MC, RFC and RFSU certificates derived from signed evidence with a dossier generated continuously.
Strengths
- Certificates refuse to issue when prerequisites are unmet
- Full offline field execution with sync on reconnect
- P&ID and vendor register ingestion into tags
- Published plans including a free tier you can run a subsystem on
Where it stops
- Not built around LEED or ASHRAE-style building commissioning processes
- A newer platform than the legacy completions systems it competes with
Bluerithm
Best for: Cx providers wanting configurable commissioning and closeout workflows
Positions itself around commissioning, quality and closeout for buildings, with configurable checklists and test scripts, reporting, and published integrations into construction platforms. A natural fit when the deliverable is a configured, well-reported closeout package on a facility.
Strengths
- Depth of template and workflow configuration
- Commissioning, quality and closeout in one workflow
- Construction platform integrations
Where it stops
- Built around equipment and functional tests, not tags in subsystems
- Pricing quote-based rather than published
CxAlloy
Best for: Issue and equipment tracking across building projects and portfolios
A widely used commissioning and quality platform for issue tracking, equipment records, checklists and closeout, used by commissioning providers, general contractors and owners. Strongest when your reporting is driven by what remains outstanding.
Strengths
- Mature issue tracking workflow
- Works well across portfolios of projects
- Established with owners and GCs
Where it stops
- No subsystem certification hierarchy
- Closeout documentation rather than gated certificates
CxPlanner
Best for: Teams wanting a commissioning plan and checklists running quickly
Combines commissioning planning and scheduling with checklists, punch and issue management, positioned as an accessible platform for commissioning professionals. The fastest of the building-oriented tools to get moving on.
Strengths
- Low setup overhead
- Planning and execution in one place
- Accessible for smaller teams
Where it stops
- Progress is counted from checklists rather than derived from signed records
- No preservation or loop check model
Facility Grid
Best for: Operational readiness and functional performance testing on facilities
Oriented around commissioning and operational readiness for facilities, tracking equipment through checklists and functional performance tests to owner turnover. Common on data centre and campus work.
Strengths
- Strong functional performance testing focus
- Established on data centre projects
- Clear owner turnover package
Where it stops
- Asset-led rather than tag-and-subsystem
- Not designed to enforce certificate prerequisites
Procore
Best for: Running the construction project around the commissioning scope
A construction management platform covering contracts, RFIs, submittals, drawings, financials and location-based punch. It is on this list because teams frequently ask whether it can absorb commissioning; for light building scopes it sometimes can, and for certified completions it cannot.
Strengths
- Comprehensive construction system of record
- Wide contractor adoption
- Strong document and drawing management
Where it stops
- No tag-to-subsystem model
- Snagging is not equipment-level test evidence
Legacy completions systems
Best for: Mega-projects with a dedicated completions systems team
The WinPCS, Hexagon and InEight class of system models the right domain — tags, subsystems, certificates, preservation — and is proven on very large programmes. The friction is operational rather than conceptual: long configuration cycles, seat-based access and vendor-dependent change.
Strengths
- Correct completions data model
- Proven at mega-project scale
- Deep enterprise interfacing
Where it stops
- Setup can consume a phase of the schedule
- Licensing often rations field access
- Configuration changes typically need the vendor
Excel and paper
Best for: A single small scope with one register owner
Still the most widely used completions tool in the industry, and genuinely adequate for a single package with a few hundred records and one editor. It fails at the point where several parties edit the same register, evidence must bind to individual tags, and certificates must be blocked until their records are signed.
Strengths
- No cost, no rollout, no training
- Total flexibility of layout
- Works anywhere, including with no power or signal
Where it stops
- Cannot enforce prerequisites or gate a certificate
- Registers fork once more than one person edits them
- Dossier assembly becomes a scanning exercise
