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AMD Vivado Design Suite vs GE Proficy Smart Factory MES comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AMD Vivado Design Suite
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
40th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
GE Proficy Smart Factory MES
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
13th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the AWS Marketplace category, the mindshare of AMD Vivado Design Suite is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GE Proficy Smart Factory MES is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AWS Marketplace Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GE Proficy Smart Factory MES0.2%
AMD Vivado Design Suite0.2%
Other99.6%
AWS Marketplace
 

Featured Reviews

Alen Cherian - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Digital ASIC design engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Created complex video pipelines and now design reusable IP-based FPGA projects efficiently
The best features of AMD Vivado Design Suite is that it is a mature tool with a very good GUI. The most fascinating feature is its block design feature, which allows me to add and drop various IPs from AMD Vivado Design Suite's IP catalog and create a block design for my video designs. That is the one feature that I find very interesting. It is also very easy to source control AMD Vivado Design Suite projects using Git. The IP catalog is another valuable feature, and it is a very good tool that I install on all of my employees' project devices.
Yulianto Artawan - PeerSpot reviewer
Field Services Engineer at Tetrapak
Trend analysis has improved troubleshooting and program testing for accurate, reliable outputs
The features I appreciate most in GE Proficy Smart Factory MES are the ability to create trends when I troubleshoot during my daily work. I can also edit the program in GE Proficy Smart Factory MES, and before I download it to the PLC, I can test it first to ensure my program is working correctly. GE Proficy Smart Factory MES has been very useful in my daily work because it is user-friendly. I can also go online and change the IP address easily, which is simpler compared to other solutions. Troubleshooting with GE Proficy Smart Factory MES is easier than other options.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"If people are working on FPGA design, AMD Vivado Design Suite is the one go-to tool that I would recommend for everyone."
"The best features of AMD Vivado Design Suite is that it is a mature tool with a very good GUI."
"To others considering using AMD Vivado Design Suite, I recommend that it can be a fantastic tool for various applications, emphasizing the importance of integrating with third-party software."
"Using AMD Vivado Design Suite has helped me personally be more productive and improve the quality of my work."
"AMD Vivado Design Suite has positively impacted my organization because it helped very well by having everything in one tool."
"The hardware of GE Proficy Smart Factory MES is very strong, and the software is very easy and useful for me."
"GE Proficy Smart Factory MES has positively impacted my organization in many ways, for example, what we used to accomplish in a day as production has increased quite a bit, and our performance and quality of products have also improved, leading to a noticeable increase in OEE."
"GE Proficy Smart Factory MES has positively impacted my organization, as the production has gone up to 33% in the financial year that they introduced the MES system and we upgraded the systems."
"With GE Proficy Smart Factory MES, it has affected daily operations by making it a lot easier for them, taking a little bit of load off of their paperwork, but also allowing the customer to really see what is going on and see where they can make some improvements."
"I have seen a return on investment from using GE Proficy Smart Factory MES, as it enhanced productivity, leading to an increase in the number of parts manufactured, which resulted in good revenue generation for the business."
"GE Proficy Smart Factory MES positively impacts my organization by providing a tool for real-time production that utilizes our time in various ways, enabling us to gather all data on one page."
"GE Proficy Smart Factory MES facilitates improved data capture, processing, and reporting across organizational levels, from supervisory to managerial to business levels."
 

Cons

"AMD Vivado Design Suite could be improved regarding speed; sometimes it will take so much time to show the schematics and performance analyzing tool."
"AMD Vivado Design Suite can be improved in some of its components."
"I think the build times in certain projects are an area for improvement. When the design gets bigger, the build times to generate the bitstream can take hours."
"The only disadvantage would be the CLI and UI not being on the same page, and I personally have run into a lot of issues on that aspect."
"I consider AMD Vivado Design Suite a very large and complex tool, yet it can be slower than other integration tools."
"I think you could add more password protection inside GE Proficy Smart Factory MES."
"Improvements in GE Proficy Smart Factory MES should focus on enhancing the user interface for thick client displays."
"In terms of how GE Proficy Smart Factory MES can be improved, I believe one key area is the connectivity on the shop floor."
"GE Proficy Smart Factory MES should be a bit easier to customize."
"What I wish was easier or better with GE Proficy Smart Factory MES are some custom extensions in regards to third-party code that integrates into it, making it more of a faceplate and something easier to populate with a single tag number."
"Customer support for GE Proficy Smart Factory MES gives quick results sometimes, but there are delays at times, so I would appreciate quicker responses from their end."
"I think GE Proficy Smart Factory MES can be optimized better, specifically regarding the application right and the backup."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
45%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
5%
Construction Company
30%
Manufacturing Company
21%
Healthcare Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with AMD Vivado Design Suite?
AMD Vivado Design Suite can be improved in some of its components. For example, if I want to do something on my Artix-7 or any PS side, I need to plan for three or four attempts and then I find the...
What is your primary use case for AMD Vivado Design Suite?
My most appreciating and most fascinating project with AMD Vivado Design Suite was my final year project, which was video enhancing for better communication on an FPGA. For the IP integrations and ...
What advice do you have for others considering AMD Vivado Design Suite?
This automation in AMD Vivado Design Suite has saved me a lot of time. For example, as I was working on my FPGA Final Year Project (FYP), and it was pretty much extensive and hard, that optimizatio...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GE Proficy Smart Factory MES?
As for my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for GE Proficy Smart Factory MES, I did not have to charge for that, so I was the integrator.
What needs improvement with GE Proficy Smart Factory MES?
As for how GE Proficy Smart Factory MES can be improved, I cannot speak to that at the moment with how I have implemented it on the field. What I wish was easier or better with GE Proficy Smart Fac...
What is your primary use case for GE Proficy Smart Factory MES?
My main use case for GE Proficy Smart Factory MES is for recipes and batch executions. When using GE Proficy Smart Factory MES for recipes and batch executions, it depends on the customer process, ...
 

Overview

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