Evidence-backed comparison of j5 Control of Work and Intelex Permit to Work across capabilities, integrations, deployment options, confidence and known limitations.
TechSelectAI compares j5 Control of Work and Intelex Permit to Work using recorded product facts rather than a generic winner label. j5 Control of Work has 7 supported, 0 conditional, 6 not yet verified, and 0 not-supported capability records; Intelex Permit to Work has 3 supported, 4 conditional, 6 not yet verified, and 0 not-supported capability records. Buyer-specific fit still depends on requirements such as integrations, deployment, security, region and budget.
This neutral summary uses recorded TechSelectAI facts. It is not a buyer-specific Fit Score and does not include sponsored preference.TechSelectAI compares j5 Control of Work and Intelex Permit to Work using recorded product evidence rather than user-specific recommendation scoring. j5 Control of Work currently has 7 supported, 0 conditional, 6 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Intelex Permit to Work currently has 3 supported, 4 conditional, 6 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Known-fact confidence is 98% for j5 Control of Work and 98% for Intelex Permit to Work. Latest recorded review or verification activity across the comparison: Sep 19, 2026.
This summary reflects recorded TechSelectAI evidence only. It is separate from buyer-specific Fit Score, Evidence Confidence, TechSelectAI Verified Reviews and Public Review Intelligence. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported.
Industrial permit and control-of-work application for configurable permit workflows, isolations, certificates, risk management, mobile execution, visual work planning and CMMS/EAM-connected operations.
Configurable permit-to-work application for hazardous-work request, review and authorization with hazard/control data, JSA integration, permit dashboards and platform-level mobile/offline and integration capabilities.
Different coverage percentages can reflect how much TechSelectAI has researched and verified, not which product is better. “Research pending” means the current evidence set is incomplete; it is not evidence that the product lacks the capability.
Status and confidence reflect recorded evidence. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported. In the summary above, TechSelectAI labels this state “research pending”.
| Capability | j5 Control of Work | Intelex Permit to Work |
|---|---|---|
| Android mobile applicationMobile Access | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · native_android_appMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · native_android_appMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. |
| iOS mobile applicationMobile Access | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · native_ios_appMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · native_ios_appMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. |
| Mobile web accessMobile Access | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · mobile_webMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence · mobile_webMobile availability has not yet been verified from first-party evidence. |
| Digital permit lifecycle & authorizationSafe Work Authorization & Risk Control | Supported99% confidencej5 Control of Work provides configurable workflows for preparing, reviewing, approving, issuing and managing safety-critical permits. | Supported99% confidenceIntelex manages permit request, review, authorization, status, start/end dates and reporting for hazardous work. |
| Hazard identification, JSA/JHA & risk assessmentSafe Work Authorization & Risk Control | Supported98% confidenceHexagon documents j5 Control of Work functionality for risk management alongside permits, certificates and isolation workflows. | Supported99% confidenceIntelex Permit to Work integrates completed risk assessments from Job Safety Analysis and records hazards, controls, PPE and PSSR information. |
| Isolation & lockout/tagout coordinationSafe Work Authorization & Risk Control | Supported99% confidencej5 Control of Work explicitly handles isolations and certificates alongside permit workflows. | Partially Supported97% confidenceLOTO can be configured as a hazardous work type in permit workflows, but a dedicated isolation-point planning and dependency-management engine is not inferred. |
| Worker/contractor competency & authorization checksSafe Work Authorization & Risk Control | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Audit trail, dashboards & permit analyticsWork Coordination, Visibility & Integration | Supported98% confidencej5 provides dashboards, reports, views and digital workflows for permit status, operational visibility and auditability. | Supported99% confidenceIntelex provides permit dashboards, visualizations, status views, reporting, platform audit trail and business intelligence. |
| EAM/CMMS/work-order integrationWork Coordination, Visibility & Integration | Supported99% confidencej5 Control of Work can connect to CMMS/EAM software to improve visibility between permit and maintenance workflows. | Partially Supported95% confidenceThe Intelex platform provides REST API access, but direct prebuilt CMMS/EAM work-order integration for Permit to Work is not established by the reviewed product evidence. |
| Mobile & field permit executionWork Coordination, Visibility & Integration | Supported98% confidencej5 Control of Work supports preparation and execution using desktop browsers and mobile computers; exact native mobile operating-system support is not inferred. | Partially Supported97% confidenceThe Intelex platform provides mobile and offline capability, but the reviewed Permit to Work page does not establish that every permit workflow/configuration is available identically offline. |
| Shift handover & work coordinationWork Coordination, Visibility & Integration | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| SIMOPS, overlapping-work & conflict detectionWork Coordination, Visibility & Integration | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported97% confidenceIntelex dashboards expose overlapping work in the same area, but automated SIMOPS incompatibility/risk-conflict logic is not inferred from the reviewed evidence. |
| Site, plot-plan & work-location visualizationWork Coordination, Visibility & Integration | Supported98% confidenceHexagon documents visual work planning using 3D models and laser scans to improve Control of Work planning and site context. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
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