Honeywell Forge
6/10Honeywell Forge is an enterprise AI and analytics platform that connects industrial plants, buildings, and assets to monitor performance, predict failures, and optimize operations.
Data last updated November 2026 · Our methodology
Overview
Honeywell Forge is Honeywell's industrial software and AI layer. It sits on top of the operational technology already installed at plants, refineries, and building portfolios. It comes in three parts: Applications, which are operations software with AI-assisted automation; an AI Engine for rolling out models across an enterprise; and Digital Services, where Honeywell domain experts help customers interpret their data. On the industrial side, its modules include Forge Production Intelligence, a cloud tool that pulls data together from separate plant systems for throughput and root-cause analysis. Honeywell has also folded older asset tools such as Asset Sentinel into Forge APM, a SaaS offering for asset performance management. Honeywell says the platform is hardware-agnostic and links to existing control, safety, and SCADA systems. By March 2026 it reported more than 32,000 customers and about 6.4 million connected assets. A newer offering, Forge Cognition, adds agentic AI and simulation for plant operations, built with NVIDIA and Dell. Forge suits large operators in process industries, energy, and commercial real estate that already run Honeywell controls. Pricing is not published. Every module is sold through demo requests and enterprise contracts, and implementation services are often part of the deal. Reviewers praise its real-time visibility and data integration. The main drawbacks are support capacity, slow delivery of customizations, and high total cost of ownership. Integrating systems outside the Honeywell stack may also need extra services work.
Our Rating
AI Software5.9/10
Industrial & Infrastructure Software6.2/10
Who Honeywell Forge is best for
Best software for EnterpriseGood fit
Honeywell sells Forge through enterprise contracts to large multi-site operators, with more than 32,000 customers reported.
Honeywell cites deployments across more than 4,500 refinery units, and it has utility grid asset offerings.
Modules such as Production Intelligence and Operations Management target plant throughput and execution.
Building portfolio deployments include Vanderbilt University's 100+ buildings and a manager of 600+ restaurant sites.
Less suited
Reviewers judge it too large for single sites, and it has no public pricing.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Very large installed base: Honeywell reports about 6.4 million connected assets across more than 324,000 sites.
- Designed to sit on top of existing control, safety, and SCADA systems, including third-party equipment, so plants do not need new hardware.
- Gartner reviewers of Forge Operations Management praise its real-time visibility, data integration, and standardized digital workflows.
- One vendor covers industrial plants, buildings, and OT cybersecurity, which suits operators that already run Honeywell controls.
Cons
- No public pricing; every module requires a demo request and an enterprise sale.
- Reviewers report a shortage of Honeywell support resources, and one says customizations took 3 to 4 months to deliver.
- Aggregated review scores rate total cost of ownership and implementation effort as weak points.
- Integrating systems outside the Honeywell stack may require additional paid services.
Key Features
Honeywell Forge Pricing
Enterprise (contact sales)
- Demo request only
- Applications, AI Engine and Digital Services sold separately or together
Frequently Asked Questions
Honeywell does not publish prices. You get access by requesting a demo and signing an enterprise agreement, which often includes implementation services.
Honeywell describes Forge as hardware-agnostic with an open architecture that connects to installed and third-party systems. Reviewers note that integrating outside the Honeywell stack can need extra services work.
Forge APM is Honeywell's cloud asset performance management offering. It consolidates older tools such as Asset Sentinel to monitor asset health and predict failures.
No self-service trial was found. The vendor offers demos only.
Honeywell positions Forge for regulated industries. A defense variant of Forge Performance is described as designed to meet FedRAMP security standards.
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