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GE Proficy Smart Factory MES vs ImageKit 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

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
ImageKit
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
91st
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the AWS Marketplace category, the mindshare of GE Proficy Smart Factory MES is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ImageKit 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%
ImageKit0.2%
Other99.6%
AWS Marketplace
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Edd Michira - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at Axxis Systems
Image optimization has reduced bandwidth costs and improves e‑commerce product delivery speed
High-performance caching is very important to me. When you cache the images, such as for the most visited products and pages, it is faster to retrieve them because they are already in-memory. This means they load faster compared to accessing other products that are pulled from storage, which can take longer. I do see an impact from lazy loading. With lazy loading, as a user accesses the product page, images load in an asynchronous way, meaning not all images load at once. For example, if there are ten products, they do not all load together, which saves bandwidth instead of loading all thousands of products at once. For analytics, I rarely pay that much attention to them, though they are useful for monitoring the website. I have not experienced a challenge where I really need to go deep into the analytics; they are quite optimized primarily for bandwidth monitoring. I have not experienced any technical disadvantages with ImageKit, though I have not tried their video storage and delivery aspect. I would rate this review a 9 out of 10.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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 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 facilitates improved data capture, processing, and reporting across organizational levels, from supervisory to managerial to business levels."
"The hardware of GE Proficy Smart Factory MES is very strong, and the software is very easy and useful for me."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"ImageKit offers compression capabilities, and they can connect with any tech stack because they have an API and SDK with embedded integration, making ImageKit very flexible with all of the platforms we are using."
"There are clear savings with this tool, as I experience both time saving and money saving."
 

Cons

"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."
"In terms of how GE Proficy Smart Factory MES can be improved, I believe one key area is the connectivity on the shop floor."
"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 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."
"I think GE Proficy Smart Factory MES can be optimized better, specifically regarding the application right and the backup."
"ImageKit can improve on the integration side because their downtime occurs quite often."
"There is a huge disparity in the pricing model, from the free option to the $9 plan, then it jumps to the $89 plan, which is quite substantial."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
30%
Manufacturing Company
21%
Healthcare Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Construction Company
41%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

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, ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ImageKit?
I would not say the pricing model is unfair. I just think the difference from the $9 to the $89 plan is significant. The pricing of ImageKit is fair.
What needs improvement with ImageKit?
ImageKit can improve on the integration side because their downtime occurs quite often. Although they provide a fallback recall where image files that do not upload will be placed in a queue and au...
What is your primary use case for ImageKit?
One of our subsidiaries, OLX Indonesia, works with ImageKit as an integration for video and image compression. When a user uploads a car image to our server, ImageKit compresses it and integrates i...
 

Overview

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