Dotwork vs Planon
An integrated workplace management system for real estate, space, maintenance, services and sustainability.
Planon is an IWMS that runs space, leases, maintenance, services and sustainability. Dotwork costs occupancy for business units and capabilities on more than one basis, next to technology cost, and relies on Planon for the facilities work itself.
At a glance
Facilities & real estate
Planon
Operating model
Dotwork
Usually runs alongside Dotwork
Dotwork connects to it and puts its data in the context of the whole enterprise.
The short version
What each is built for.
Planon
Planon is an integrated workplace management system (IWMS) for corporate real estate, facilities teams and service providers. It covers real estate and lease management, space and workplace management, maintenance and asset management, service management and sustainability, including energy and emissions reporting.
- Managing space, workplaces and occupancy
- Running maintenance: work orders, preventive maintenance and service levels
- Managing leases and the real estate portfolio
- Tracking energy use, emissions and asset condition
Dotwork
Dotwork is an AI-native enterprise operating platform built on the Enterprise Operating Model: one live, graph-based model that connects strategy, capital, work, technology and AI across the enterprise. For facilities, Dotwork costs occupancy on more than one basis next to technology cost and leaves space, lease and maintenance work to IWMS platforms such as Planon.
- Allocating occupancy cost to business units and capabilities on more than one basis
- Showing occupancy cost that reaches no business unit as its own amount
- Putting facilities cost beside technology cost without adding them together
- Treating lease notice dates as decision dates next to headcount and strategy
The core difference
How Dotwork and Planon approach the problem.
Planon runs the work of managing buildings, space, leases and maintenance. Dotwork costs occupancy for the business, on more than one basis and next to technology cost, and leaves facilities operations to Planon.
Context
Planon organizes context around properties, spaces, assets, contracts and service requests. Dotwork organizes it around business units, capabilities, investments and allocated cost, with locations and leases as connected records.
Decisions
Planon supports operational and real estate decisions: how to use space, when to maintain assets, how to manage leases and how to meet service levels. Dotwork supports management decisions about what space costs each business unit and capability, and how that view changes with the allocation basis.
Time
Planon works on maintenance plans, service-level clocks and lease terms. Dotwork works on planning and funding cycles and treats lease notice dates as decision dates.
Change
Planon manages change in the estate through moves, projects and maintenance planning. Dotwork shows how those changes connect to business units, capabilities and the rest of the cost base.
Architecture and data model
Side by side.
Planon is a system of record and execution for buildings, space, leases and services. Dotwork brings facilities data into a model that also holds technology cost, labor, capabilities and strategy, so the estate can be read in business terms. Occupancy allocations come from the model's allocation runs and are shown in Dotwork, while Planon stays the system where facilities work gets done.
| Dimension | Planon | Dotwork |
|---|---|---|
| Primary objects | Properties, spaces, assets, contracts and service requests | Business units, capabilities, investments and allocated cost, with locations and leases connected |
| Work execution | Work orders, preventive maintenance, service requests and service levels | Holds work-order records that explain maintenance cost; does not dispatch or execute work |
| Leases | Real estate and lease management across the portfolio | Lease records with notice dates as decision dates; lease disclosures are not built |
| Occupancy cost | Space chargeback to cost centers, cost per area and vacancy cost | Allocated on more than one basis over the same total, with unallocated occupancy kept visible |
| Technology cost | Outside its scope; technology cost is managed in other systems | Technology and facilities cost kept separate and shown together on one business-unit view |
| Sustainability | Energy and emissions tracking with sustainability dashboards | Utility cost and emissions by scope held as records |
The role of AI
Where the AI gets its context.
Planon's AI is aimed at running buildings and workplaces more efficiently. Dotwork's AI is aimed at management questions across facilities, technology cost, portfolio and strategy on one model.
Planon
Planon is building AI into its IWMS to help with maintenance, space and sustainability work, drawing on the building data the platform holds.
Dotwork
Dotwork's assistant answers questions across the whole model, and chat agents can create and update Dotwork records with optional human review. An MCP server, enabled per site, makes the same model available to outside AI tools. A lease question can reach business units, headcount plans and technology cost on the same model. Dotwork's agents change Dotwork records only; they do not act in facilities or lease systems.
A fair comparison
Where Planon is strong — and where Dotwork is different.
Where Planon is strong
- Real estate, space, maintenance, services and sustainability in one IWMS
- Work orders, preventive maintenance and service levels in depth
- Space and occupancy management with chargeback to cost centers
- A lease register by notice date, with cost per area and vacancy cost reporting
- Energy, utility and emissions tracking
Where Dotwork is different
- Allocates occupancy cost on more than one basis over the same total, so the effect of the basis can be seen
- Lands occupancy cost on the same capabilities that technology and labor cost land on
- Shows facilities and technology cost on one business-unit view, kept separate rather than added together
- Connects lease notice dates to headcount plans and strategy records
- Starts from a reference Enterprise Operating Model that already includes facilities, technology, labor and strategy
Choosing
Which fits your situation.
Choose Planon when
- You need to run maintenance, work orders and service levels
- You manage space, workplaces and moves
- You need lease management across a real estate portfolio
- You track energy, emissions and building condition
Corporate real estate, facilities and service teams that need to run space, maintenance, leases, services and sustainability on one integrated platform.
Choose Dotwork when
- You need to know what space costs each business unit and capability
- You want to compare occupancy cost on more than one allocation basis
- Facilities and technology cost must be viewed together for business-unit decisions
- Lease renewals need to be weighed against headcount plans and strategy
Finance, real estate and technology leaders who need to see what space costs each business unit and capability, next to technology and labor cost, and to weigh lease decisions against headcount and strategy.
The bottom line
Choose Dotwork when you want to connect the enterprise across systems and silos — with a lower total cost of ownership.
One operating model across strategy, capital, work, technology and AI, instead of another tool to integrate, reconcile and maintain alongside Planon.
FAQ
Questions buyers ask.
Does Dotwork manage space or work orders?+
No. Dotwork holds work-order and space records that explain facilities cost, but it does not dispatch work, run preventive maintenance or manage moves and reservations. Planon handles that work.
Does Dotwork report cost per square foot or square meter?+
Only in a limited way today, and Planon reports it in more depth. Dotwork focuses on allocating occupancy cost to business units and capabilities on more than one basis, next to technology cost.
Can Dotwork and Planon be used together?+
Yes, and that is the expected setup. Planon remains the system of record for space, leases, assets and maintenance. Its location, lease and cost data can become a source for Dotwork, which connects occupancy cost to business units, capabilities and technology cost. The connection is scoped for each customer.
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