LogoLifecycle
Serverless PLM — Generally Available

Everything they do.
Nothing they install.

Version control, BOM tracking, change orders, and compliance workflows on ephemeral compute that scales to zero when your engineers go home — and zero dollars when it does.

Replaces

WC
TC
AR
AI
SP
Functions Invoked
24,817
this session · avg 14ms cold start
Infra Cost / HourLIVE
$0.003
vs. $18.40/hr for equivalent Windchill infra
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Version ControlBOM TrackingChange OrdersCompliance WorkflowsECO ManagementPart NumberingSupplier IntegrationAudit TrailScale to ZeroVersion ControlBOM TrackingChange OrdersCompliance WorkflowsECO ManagementPart NumberingSupplier IntegrationAudit TrailScale to Zero
The Real Cost of Legacy PLM

You're paying for servers
that sleep 16 hours a day.

The rows below show what your current PLM stack actually costs — in dollars, hours, and opportunity. Watch them resolve as Lifecycle replaces each line item.

Category
Metric
Legacy PLM
Lifecycle
Δ
Licensing
Annual License Cost (50 seats)
$284,000 / yr
...
Ops
Server Maintenance Hours / Month
120 hrs
...
Deployment
Initial Deployment Timeline
14–22 weeks
...
Performance
Cold Start Latency
N/A (always-on)
...
Risk
Vendor Lock-in Penalty (exit cost)
$60–180K
...
Integration
API Integration Count
12 (SOAP/XML)
...
Compliance
Compliance Audit Prep Time
3–4 weeks
...
Total Potential Savings (50-seat team, year one)
$274,400 — $312,000
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Head-to-Head

Stop renting yesterday's
infrastructure.

Three tools. Three comparisons. Same conclusion — you're paying enterprise prices for on-premise complexity you no longer need.

Deployment Speed

Windchill

PTC's on-premise fortress. Powerful. Immovable.

vs.
Lifecycle
Windchill
Lifecycle
Deployment Time
18 weeks
3 days
Infra Cost / Month
$22,000
$800
API Endpoints
18 (SOAP)
240+
Upgrade Downtime
72 hrs / release
Zero
Per-Seat Cost

Arena PLM

Cloud-hosted. Still priced like it isn't.

vs.
Lifecycle
Arena PLM
Lifecycle
Per-Seat / Year
$4,800
$192
Onboarding Time
6–8 weeks
2 days
Custom Workflows
Professional Services
Self-serve YAML
BOM Revision History
90-day retention
Unlimited, Git-backed
Integration Depth

Teamcenter

Siemens' enterprise behemoth. Built for Boeing.

vs.
Lifecycle
Teamcenter
Lifecycle
Integration Setup
4–6 months
1 week
REST API Coverage
12 endpoints
200+ endpoints
Compliance Reporting
2–3 week prep
On-demand PDF
Min. Contract Term
3 years
Month-to-month
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Cost Calculator

Make it personal.

The comparisons above were generic. This one uses your numbers.

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Your Current Setup
2
Your Projection
50
5500
Estimated Legacy Cost (Year 1)
$350,000
PTC Windchill · 50 seats · licenses + infra + support
3 days
Avg. time to first BOM in Lifecycle
$0
Infrastructure cost at idle
200+
REST endpoints, all documented
97%
Average license cost reduction

"We were paying $18K/month in Windchill licenses for a 12-person team. Lifecycle cut that to $2,400 and we were live in four days."

MD
Marcus Delgado
CTO, Kova Systems

"Arena was eating 28% of our tooling budget. The migration took one sprint. Our ops lead said it felt like the factory floor got cleaned overnight."

PN
Priya Nambiar
VP Engineering, Stratum Devices

"I was the person tasked with replacing Teamcenter without stopping production. Lifecycle's serverless architecture made that actually possible."

JO
James Okoye
Enterprise Transformation Architect, Meridian Mfg.
Migration Review

You walk in Monday.
Everything's still running.

Book a 45-minute migration review. We map your current PLM schema, identify the three highest-cost workflows, and show you a live Lifecycle environment with your data structure — before you sign anything.

No commitment. No NDA required. No sales deck.