Cohiva Control vs Tractian: an honest comparison
Tractian and Cohiva Control approach assets from different ends. Tractian is known for pairing maintenance software with its own condition-monitoring sensors and predictive maintenance, aimed at heavy industry. Cohiva Control is a software CMMS whose distinguishing feature is a native fixed-asset depreciation ledger. Both manage maintenance; they lead with very different strengths.
At a glance
| Capability | Cohiva Control | Tractian |
|---|---|---|
| Asset register and work orders | Yes | Yes |
| Preventive maintenance | Yes | Yes |
| Condition-monitoring sensors and predictive maintenance | Time and meter based scheduling | Yes, a hardware-led strength |
| Fixed-asset depreciation in the same system | Yes, six methods including AASB 16 | Not the product’s focus |
| Posts depreciation journals to your ledger | Yes | Not the product’s focus |
| Contractor gate with no override | Yes, a hard 422 | As the product allows |
| Data isolation | Database per tenant | As the vendor provides |
The Tractian column is category framing. Confirm current capability and pricing on their site.
Where Tractian is strong
Tractian’s standout is hardware-led predictive maintenance. Its condition-monitoring sensors, including vibration monitoring on rotating equipment, feed data back into the maintenance workflow so teams can act on early signs of failure rather than a fixed calendar. For asset-intensive industrial operations whose biggest opportunity is predicting failures on motors, pumps and similar plant, that integrated sensor-to-software loop is a genuine advantage, and Tractian is a strong, focused choice for that profile.
Where Cohiva Control is strong
Cohiva Control leads with finance. The asset your team maintains is the asset your accountant depreciates, and Cohiva Control keeps both on one record rather than exporting to a spreadsheet. Its depreciation engine runs six methods, straight-line, diminishing value, double declining balance, units of production, sum of years digits and AASB 16 leases. Each monthly run is idempotent, writes to an append-only ledger and can post journals to Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite or Cohiva Crunch. Money is a fixed-precision decimal rounded half up, and depreciation never reduces book value below residual.
Cohiva Control schedules preventive maintenance on time or meter intervals and tracks condition and meters, but it does not ship its own condition-monitoring sensor hardware. If sensor-driven prediction is your primary requirement, that is an honest gap to weigh. Where Cohiva Control is firm is the contractor-compliance gate, a hard 422 with no override, and its append-only audit and depreciation ledgers with database-per-tenant isolation.
Choose Cohiva Control if
- You want maintenance and fixed-asset depreciation in one system, with journals posted to your ledger.
- You need a hard, non-overridable contractor-compliance gate.
- You are an AU or NZ operator needing AASB 16 lease treatment.
- Your assets are buildings, plant and facilities rather than heavy rotating industrial equipment chasing sensor-based prediction.
Choose Tractian if
- Your biggest opportunity is hardware-led predictive maintenance on industrial equipment.
- You want condition-monitoring sensors integrated with the maintenance workflow.
Part of the Cohiva platform
Cohiva Control is part of the Cohiva platform. Leisure operators often run it with Cohiva Complex, and finance teams connect it to Cohiva Crunch for the general ledger. Explore the platform at www.cohiva.app.