Compare j5 Control of Work vs Sphera Control of Work across permit lifecycle, risk/JSA, isolation and LOTO, SIMOPS, mobile field execution, audit evidence and deployment.
TechSelectAI compares j5 Control of Work and Sphera Control of 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. Sphera Control of Work currently has 7 supported, 2 conditional, 4 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Known-fact confidence is 98% for j5 Control of Work and 99% for Sphera Control of Work. Latest recorded review or verification activity across the comparison: Sep 19, 2026.
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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.
Integrated control-of-work suite combining permit-to-work, risk/JHA, isolation management, SIMOPS and job-conflict visualization with mobile execution, operational dashboards and connected enterprise workflows.
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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 | Sphera Control of 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% confidenceSphera Permit to Work standardizes digital work permission, permit status, authorization and hazardous-work execution. |
| 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% confidenceSphera Control of Work integrates risk assessments, JHAs, hazards and permit workflows. |
| Isolation & lockout/tagout coordinationSafe Work Authorization & Risk Control | Supported99% confidencej5 Control of Work explicitly handles isolations and certificates alongside permit workflows. | Supported99% confidenceSphera Isolation Management supports multiphase isolation plans, isolation-point dependencies, work authorizations and permit-linked isolation workflows. |
| 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% confidencePermit to Work maintains permit/isolation/hazard histories and provides dashboards, reporting, compliance and audit-readiness visibility. |
| 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. | Supported98% confidenceSphera documents integration with ERP/work-order processes, including automatic generation of permits from work orders. |
| 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. | Supported99% confidenceSphera documents powerful mobile capabilities supporting Control of Work at the job site. |
| Shift handover & work coordinationWork Coordination, Visibility & Integration | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceOperational Logbook and Shift Handover is a dedicated module inside the broader Control of Work suite rather than universal Permit to Work entitlement. |
| SIMOPS, overlapping-work & conflict detectionWork Coordination, Visibility & Integration | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceSphera explicitly manages SIMOPS and detects work conflicts through real-time work and risk visibility. |
| 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. | Partially Supported99% confidenceControl of Work includes job-conflict visualization and offers Interactive P&ID as a dedicated suite module; full diagram/P&ID entitlement is therefore not assumed in every CoW package. |
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