What is Plex MES?
With a complete, unified set of ERP solutions, the Plex Manufacturing Cloud drives continuous improvements across your manufacturing enterprise.
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85 Likeliness to Recommend
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100 Plan to Renew
78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+55 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Plex MES?
Pros
- Respectful
- Reliable
- Fair
- Performance Enhancing
Cons
- Under Delivered
- Vendor's Interest First
- Less Generous
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Quality Control
Asset Management
ERP & PLM Integration
Production Control Execution
Machine Data Collection
Document Management
Analytics and Reporting
Visual Dashboard Capabilities
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of IT Administration
Usability and Intuitiveness
Business Value Created
Ease of Implementation
Quality of Features
Ease of Data Integration
Breadth of Features
Ease of Customization
Vendor Support
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Availability and Quality of Training
Plex MES Reviews
Kareema B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Initial Implementation
Submitted Dec 2025
PLEX is well developed and easy to implement.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Plex MES from other similar products?
As a person who implemented it , I notices Plex MES is easy to setup because it didn't take me 7 hours to set it up and start running, additional interface is clean and modern all team members got adapted to it in few days.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
There are some things we were paying separate in the past for example document control system but with PLEX alot of features are combined in one platform.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It seems PLEX since it was acquired Rockwell Automation it seems they laid off staff and I think support staff was impacted because I notice delays in support tickets.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is excellent software it has vast capabilities to improve manufacturing business operations at many levels.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Connor W.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2025
Secure Control for Manufacturing Systems
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Plex MES from other similar products?
Plex MES is tightly connected to real-time manufacturing operations. It blends production data and system access in a way that feels purpose-built for factories.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Centralized control. Having production systems managed through one platform reduces shadow access and improves accountability.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Security related settings can be complex. It takes time to fully understand how permissions interact across modules.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Define user roles carefully before rollout. Strong role design makes ongoing security management much easier.
Pros
- Reliable
- Effective Service
- Caring
- Saves Time
David P.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2025
PLEX MES is the face of discrete manufacturing.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Plex MES from other similar products?
It was designed by a small team of engineers who worked for the same company that I started my career with called "AAM". It was specifically created to fit the business needs of the manufacturing process in an automotive environment.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Customization for reporting. Shop Floor Control Panel features including the graphic user interface for production recording. Enterprise Security Roles feature is also nice in regards to data management and reporting control.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Customer service competency.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Make sure it fits your business needs.
Pros
- Fair
- Saves Time
- Respectful
- Helps Innovate
Cons
- Under Delivered
- Less Effective Service
- Vendor's Interest First