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Verdigris vs Metrikus

Two AI-first building data platforms that read very different signals. Not like-for-like (our reading): Verdigris meters electrical circuits at 8 kHz, is now focused on data centers and publishes a starting price; Metrikus unifies occupancy, booking, IAQ and BMS data for workplace and real estate teams and is quote-only. Desk research from vendor pages read Oct 20, 2026; not tested, no winner.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 20, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: Verdigris (Electrical intelligence & energy sensing; vendor publishes prices) vs Metrikus (Building intelligence & workplace data; no public prices (quote / sales)). Facts last checked Oct 20, 2026. No winner declared; not tested.

Side by side

Verdigris vs Metrikus: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowVerdigrisMetrikus
CategoryElectrical intelligence & energy sensingBuilding intelligence & workplace data
AI role (our label)AI-firstAI-first
What it doesAI-native electrical intelligence that uses high-frequency circuit meters to flag equipment degradation, with a current focus on data centers. Its clamp-on EV2 / EV2 Pro meters sample circuits at 8 kHz (vs typical BMS 1 Hz) for waveform analysis that flags equipment degradation and validates safe operating headroom. Applications include Signals (degradation triage) and orchestration inputs over REST, MQTT, Modbus and BACnet. Current product focus is AI data centers, colocation and enterprise data centers; commercial and industrial buildings are described as served through partner EnergyHub360, with prior C&I deployments noted. Vendor cites 2+ GW peak demand monitored, 20M+ sq ft deployments and 10K+ power equipment monitored; a T-Mobile case study claims catching rectifier degradation up to 21 days before failure (vendor claims, not verified). Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: homepage figures unchanged (2+ GW, 20M+ sq ft, 10K+ equipment, the 21-day T-Mobile example; vendor claims); the homepage adds a Fortune 50 New York data center that cut chiller energy 19% by acting on validated operating limits (vendor claim, not verified). The pricing FAQ says existing Schneider, Honeywell, Eaton or Vertiv gear feeds data over BACnet, Modbus, REST or MQTT, ServiceNow can auto-create work orders from alerts, and API and webhook docs are public with no NDA. Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: the homepage still cites 2+ GW, 20M+ sq ft, 10K+ equipment and the T-Mobile 21-day example (vendor claims) and now offers a free four-week rectifier health audit it describes as having no hardware commitment; the platform page describes clamp-on CTs it says install with zero downtime and cellular backhaul that needs no firewall changes (vendor claims), and the commercial and industrial page says existing C&I customers continue with full Verdigris support.Building intelligence platform that unifies 100+ building data sets and adds AI-driven plain-language insights and natural-language questions. Data sets include occupancy, booking, IAQ, BMS and more; insights cover what changed, why it matters, what to do next, plus natural-language questions and periodic space-recommendation reports. Hardware-agnostic; Microsoft partnership for Azure-based AI chat and insights. Vendor says most customers ingest live data within two weeks and full portfolio onboarding typically takes four to eight weeks; ISO 27001 and GDPR cited. Case claims include a 25% energy reduction across seven sites and a £500k lease avoided through utilisation evidence (vendor-published case figures, not verified). Re-read Oct 17, 2026: integrations named include Cisco, Poly, Logitech, VergeSense, PointGrab and Butlr; custom connectors and a public API for building data; it says it sits above sensors, booking systems and the BMS rather than replacing them, and adds a case figure of data consolidation cut from 14 days to 2 hours (vendor claim). Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: unchanged in substance (100+ integrations including Cisco, Poly, Logitech, VergeSense, PointGrab and Butlr, public API, Microsoft and Azure-based AI, ISO 27001 and GDPR, two-week and four-to-eight-week onboarding, 25%, GBP 500k and 14-day case figures). Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: unchanged in substance (100+ integrations, custom connectors, public API, Microsoft partnership, ISO 27001 and GDPR, two-week and four-to-eight-week onboarding; case figures as above, vendor claims). The homepage also describes live occupancy by floor with alerts when CO2 crosses a threshold for workplace teams, and 6, 12 and 24 month utilisation trends with drill-down from region to desk for real estate teams.
Who it's forData center and colocation operators; commercial/industrial via partner; owners needing circuit-level electrical ground truth.Enterprise workplace, real estate and facilities teams managing multi-building portfolios.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Vendor-listed starting price (pricing page, checked Oct 16, 2026): Cloud (OpEx subscription) from $25K per MW per year; Forge (CapEx perpetual license plus maintenance) and Sentinel (enterprise, audit-grade) without listed prices. The page offers a deployment estimator it labels an order-of-magnitude estimate, not a quote, with final pricing scoped on a call; it suggests starting with a 30 to 90 day single-facility pilot. Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 17, 2026: unchanged. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: Cloud still from $25K per MW per year; the FAQ adds that pilots and sites under 1 MW are charged per gateway, switching to per-MW pricing past about 50 gateways or 2 MW, that pilots run with no commitment on one facility with 5 gateways for 30 to 90 days, and that Forge is a perpetual license plus annual maintenance and Sentinel a subscription with custom terms. It also cites a T-Mobile 6:1 ROI on 800 rectifiers (vendor claim, not verified). Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: Cloud still from $25K per MW per year; per-gateway pricing for pilots and sites under 1 MW, the no-commitment five-gateway pilot of 30 to 90 days and the estimator's order-of-magnitude caveat are unchanged.No public prices found (checked Oct 16, 2026): the vendor site has no pricing or plans link in its navigation or footer, and /pricing and /plans return a not-found page (metrikus.io/pricing still not found Oct 17, 2026). The site's calls to action include "Book a demo". Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: unchanged. (/pricing still not found). Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: unchanged (/pricing still not found; the call to action is a demo).
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Facts last checked: Oct 20, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • What each reads: Verdigris says its clamp-on EV2 meters sample every circuit at 8 kHz, against the 1 Hz a typical BMS polls, and analyze waveforms for the harmonic and phase shifts that come before equipment failure. Metrikus sells no sensors; it says it is hardware agnostic and sits above existing occupancy sensors, booking systems, IAQ monitors and the BMS.
  • Who it is for: Verdigris says it now focuses on AI data centers, colocation and enterprise data centers, and refers commercial and industrial buildings to its partner EnergyHUB 360, with existing C&I customers keeping full support. Metrikus says it is built for heads of workplace and real estate managing multi-building portfolios.
  • Where the AI sits: Verdigris describes ML fault detection on waveform data and validated safe operating limits per circuit, surfaced in its Signals application and published to whatever orchestration software you run. Metrikus pairs every chart with plain-language insights, answers natural-language questions and emails periodic space-recommendation reports, built with Microsoft on Azure-based AI.
  • Connections: Verdigris publishes limits and equipment health over REST, MQTT, Modbus and BACnet, takes in data from existing Schneider, Honeywell, Eaton or Vertiv gear, says ServiceNow can open work orders from its alerts, and has public API docs with no NDA. Metrikus lists 100+ native integrations (Cisco, Poly, Logitech, VergeSense, PointGrab and Butlr among them), custom connectors and a public API for building data.
  • Getting started: Verdigris offers a free four-week rectifier health audit and a no-commitment pilot on one facility with 5 gateways for 30 to 90 days. Metrikus says most customers ingest live data within two weeks of kickoff and full portfolio onboarding typically takes four to eight weeks.
  • Pricing (checked Oct 20, 2026): Verdigris Cloud starts at $25K per MW per year, with per-gateway pricing for pilots and sites under 1 MW; Forge (perpetual license plus maintenance) and Sentinel have no listed price, and its estimator is labeled an order-of-magnitude estimate, not a quote. Metrikus publishes no prices (/pricing not found; the call to action is a demo).
  • Security (vendor statements): Metrikus cites ISO 27001 and GDPR. Verdigris links a Trust Center from its site footer.
  • Not used here: Verdigris's capacity, ROI, payback and customer energy figures, and Metrikus's case-study savings figures and customer quotes. Neither tool has been tested by Means & Methods Lab.

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