Buyer’s Guide: Industrial Design And Engineering (IDE) Software (2025)
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Executive Summary
This report provides decision-makers with a comprehensive evaluation of the industrial design and engineering (IDE) software landscape, offering detailed profiles of 12 leading solution providers and a broader market view covering 36 firms active across plant design, engineering analysis, facility modelling and multidisciplinary project delivery. The analysis draws on structured questionnaires collected between September and November 2024, alongside Verdantix research on product strategy, roadmap development, ecosystem partnerships and industry adoption trends. To ground the findings in current buyer priorities, the report incorporates insights from our latest global survey of 333 executives across engineering, capital projects, maintenance and operations. Prospective buyers should use this report to benchmark vendors, understand capability differentiation and identify IDE solutions that best align with their technical, operational and lifecycle requirements.
Figure 1. Integrated design and engineering workflow map
Figure 2. List of IDE software providers
Figure 3. AI and agentic workflow opportunity matrix
Figure 4. Autodesk IDE solution overview
Figure 5. AVEVA IDE solution overview
Figure 6. Bentley Systems IDE solution overview
Figure 7. Dassault Systèmes IDE solution overview
Figure 8. Deswik IDE solution overview
Figure 9. EPLAN IDE solution overview
Figure 10. ETAP IDE solution overview
Figure 11. Halliburton IDE solution overview
Figure 12. Hexagon IDE solution overview
Figure 13. RPMGlobal IDE solution overview
Figure 14. SLB IDE solution overview
Figure 15. Trimble IDE solution overview
About the Authors
Josh Graessle
Senior Analyst
Josh is a Senior Analyst at Verdantix, covering asset maintenance management, industrial engineering design and construction, and asset management services. He advises softwar...
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Malavika Tohani
Research Director
Malavika is a Research Director at Verdantix, guiding research that explores how digital technologies and services are reshaping industrial operations to become safer, more ef...
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