Preventive vs. predictive maintenance — which does my plant need?
The short answer
Preventive maintenance services equipment on a fixed schedule whether it needs it or not. Predictive maintenance acts on actual condition and sensor data, only when a failure is developing. Most plants run preventive as the baseline and add predictive on critical, high-downtime-cost assets where avoiding one failure pays for the sensors.
Side by side
| Preventive | Predictive | |
|---|---|---|
| Trigger | Time / usage schedule | Actual condition |
| Over/under-servicing | Common | Minimized |
| Needs | A schedule | Condition/sensor data |
| Best for | Most assets | Critical assets |
How to progress — and how Praxie fits
Start by digitizing preventive maintenance and capturing downtime, then layer predictive on your most critical assets. Praxie supports both in one system and applies AI to move you up the curve as you gather data — provable in a free micro-pilot.
See what AI-powered maintenance could look like for your equipment.
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1. Review your current processWe’ll look at your work orders, downtime and maintenance data today.
2. Map the AI maintenance workspaceWe’ll show where Praxie can predict, schedule and analyze downtime.
3. Define a fast micro-pilotYou’ll get a working maintenance micro-pilot in days.