Key Takeaways
Agile became the PLM gold standard by pairing easy-to-use design with flexible configuration
Agile users valued speed, usability, and workflows and domain objects that modeled their own business processes, plus an SDK for enterprise integration. Those strengths made Agile the PLM benchmark across multiple verticals in the early 2000s.
Agile users find Propel familiar because data access, objects, and workflows carry over
Change management and BOM management workflows feel familiar to Agile users, while Propel adds a role-based user experience that adapts to each persona. The result is a recognizable starting point with a more productive experience.
Agile's on-prem architecture and aging libraries create cloud and security gaps
Agile was built as on-prem software in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with few framework upgrades since its last major release. AI makes those potential vulnerabilities a bigger threat today than ever before.
Propel replaces Agile's full-code process extensions with no-code, low-code, and AI agent options
Agile process extensions required developers to build and maintain them over time. Propel offers no-code and low-code Propel automations, a full-code option, and AI agents that make modifications through conversation.
Most Agile process extensions are now out-of-the-box features in Propel
Each Agile migration has closed gaps, so Propel now provides most of the features Agile customers rely on. Some gaps may remain, and revamped MBOM, site-specific BOM, and configure-to-order functionality is on the way.
Embedded AI agents speed review with full impact context
Built into Propel, the Change Analyst agent breaks down information silos and brings together everything an ECO reviewer needs to see change impact and approve, reject, or route the change for more work.
MCP access and an ETL migration tool open a headless, lower-barrier path off Agile
Core Propel functionality is available through MCP, so AI agents can take actions, not just read data. A classic extract, transform, and load tool pulls data out of Agile quickly to reduce the migration barrier.
