IBM provides Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to drive profitability and innovative growth with appliacation software, middleware, hardware and services. Through IBM PLM, IBM offers PLM business processes, industrry specific PLM solution, software and services, application software, service oriented approach, and services from consultants.

Siemens offers PLM software for small to medium businesses including business owners, design engineers, CAE engineers, manufacturing engineers and project managers as well as medium to large enterprises including product and project management, engineering management, mechanical engineering and design, engineering analysis and simulation, part manufacturing engineering, assembly manufacturing planning, manufacturing production, and PLM IT management.