Popularity

Popularity represents overall trends in data about the volume of reviews of products in the PLM category. While this section does not look into user satisfaction, product affordability, competition dynamics, or language support - we will have sections for those topics as well.

Overall Popularity

PLM currently ranks as the 293rd most reviewed software category according to our data with 138 customer reviews last year. Year over year, PLM's popularity rose 13.11%. It hit its peak popularity level in 2016 coming in 260th place with 23 customer reviews. On the other hand, it reached its minimum popularity in 2018 coming in 335th place with 138 customer reviews. Over the years, PLM has collected 493 total ratings. As the 293rd most reviewed category worldwide, PLM is an exceedingly niche category.

Oldest and Newest Products in the Market

The oldest PLM product in our records is Arena PLM & QMS with its first tracked review turning up in 2012. The most recent PLM product on our list is OpenBOM with its earliest known review materializing in 2019.

Lets Take a Trip

The United States uses PLM software more than any other nation with 352 customer reviews. The United States is followed by India, Canada, Australia, and Mexico which have an overall average of 18 ratings. Over this past year PLM category gained popularity in the United States to become the nation's 263rd most reviewed category over the last year. The most regularly used PLM product is Arena PLM & QMS and currently boasts 286 reviews.

Popularity by Business Size

Many companies using PLM products are small businesses, accounting for 51% of all reviews. They are trailed by medium business customers (41%), and large businesses (9%). The influence of PLM software solutions for small businesses is increasing currently, swelling by 6% over the last year. PLM products for large businesses have experienced no change this year, which is an uncommon thing for software categories.

Titans of Industry

The top industries for PLM are medical devices, electricalelectronic manufacturing, mechanical or industrial engineering, biotechnology, and consumer electronics.