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2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Asset Performance Management Software

Asset-intensive organizations are under increasing pressure to improve reliability, reduce downtime, and justify digital investments across complex operational environments. In our opinion, 2026 Gartner® Market Guide helps CIOs, maintenance leaders, and operations teams understand the evolving APM landscape, prioritize initiatives, and select vendors that align asset performance with business outcomes.

Why You Should Read This Report

Published: 10 August 2026

Asset Performance Management has shifted from a niche maintenance tool to a core operational decision capability that optimizes asset reliability, availability, and cost efficiency across power, utilities, manufacturing, oil and gas, transportation, and other asset-intensive sectors. The report explains how to move beyond isolated pilots to enterprise-scale APM deployments that integrate data, analytics, and automation across IT and OT environments.

Download the Market Guide to explore:

  • How asset performance management software helps organizations move from reactive maintenance to outcome-driven, enterprise-scale APM programs that improve reliability and uptime.
  • Why IT/OT integration, data quality, and unified architectures are now critical foundations for APM success and faster time-to-value.
  • How digital twins, automation, and industrial AI are converging with APM to enable predictive and prescriptive maintenance strategies across complex asset fleets.
  • What critical gaps and risks APM buyers must address; including data readiness, AI maturity, and vendor lock-in, to avoid stalled deployments and unrealized ROI.
  • How to evaluate APM vendors based on industry-specific expertise, asset-class coverage, and proven capabilities for your target use cases and operational environments.
  • **Gartner® Market Guide for Enterprise Asset Management Software: Kristian Steenstrup, Nicole Foust, 10 August 2026. Gartner is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.

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