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Looking for a Demand Logic alternative? Explore ranks decisions; Demand Logic runs Actions.

Demand Logic is UK building-performance analytics with live intelligence, a collaboration Actions workflow, and a managed-service path. FrostLogic Explore is a Demand Logic alternative when you want a prioritised decision queue, EU hosting, and write access that starts off.

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  • Updated November 2026
  • Claims from Demand Logic's own published materials
  • UK and EU buyer's perspective

Why compare a ranked queue to Actions and collaboration

Demand Logic centres Actions and scorecards. Explore centres a ranked queue.

Anyone searching for a Demand Logic alternative is usually weighing a UK-established building-performance stack: live intelligence on how a building operates, a fast path to Actions with evidence and insights, portfolio scorecards, and optional managed analysis. Demand Logic (London contact: Runway East, The Hickman Building) connects to existing BMS, metering, and IAQ/IEQ sensors. Public materials describe a Data Acquisition Device (DAD) gateway with a site visit typically under three hours, then remote setup. The platform surfaces automated analysis of exceptional equipment behaviour as Actions in a collaboration tool, with an Actions List as the progress log, online chat while viewing the same operating data, a portfolio homepage, and a Building Operational Performance (BOP) score. Named product threads include BMS data utilisation, virtual metering for energy and water, internal environment / IAQ, major plant tracking, CxLogic for commissioning / MBCx / ACx, and DL Optimise with a Technical Account Manager. They claim integration with over 30 systems and APIs. Marketing cites large savings and carbon figures and "as much as 30%" energy cost cuts; those are Demand Logic's claims, stated once here, not ours.

FrostLogic Explore is built for a different day-to-day. It reads your BMS, meters, and IoT sensors and returns a ranked queue: what to fix, why, and what waiting costs, with an evidence trail back to the signal. The engine is Frostdynamics™. Anomaly detection runs seven detector types. Forecasting carries confidence bounds. Continuous compliance covers BREEAM, LEED, and Nordic Swan. What-if simulation is available before anyone touches setpoints. Write access starts off; you grant BMS writes one scope at a time after review, or auto-run inside a granted scope. Smart Schedules exist as a default-off pilot; the LLM is never in the control loop. Protocols: BACnet, OPC UA, Modbus, MQTT, M-Bus, oBIX. Hosting is in the EU on Hetzner, GDPR-native, with no vendor lock-in. List prices are public, with a free 90-day pilot on one building and no start fee or hardware. Stay on Demand Logic when you want UK-established performance analytics, the DAD install narrative, virtual metering and BOP scorecard framing, CxLogic commissioning support, or a TAM-led DL Optimise managed service. Shortlist Explore when the gap is a prioritised decision queue from grounded sensor inference, EU hosting, and optional permissioned BMS write-back.

Head to head

FrostLogic Explore and Demand Logic, and who each one is actually for.

FrostLogic Explore

Best for teams that want a ranked decision queue with grounded evidence, not another dashboard-first analytics layer

Explore is ours, so read this entry knowing that. It runs seven anomaly-detection methods with causal filtering, forecasts every tracked metric one hour to seven days ahead with confidence bounds, and tracks BREEAM, LEED, and Nordic Swan criteria continuously. Findings land as a prioritised queue with an evidence trail. Hosting is in the EU on Hetzner or in your own cluster; data and trained models are exportable from day one. Write access starts off; you grant them one scope at a time. AI Automation is €1,500 per building per year flat; AI Maintenance starts at €5,450 per building per year by sensor band, cheaper on a 3-year deal; Enterprise over 20 buildings is quoted. Free 90-day pilot, no start fee or hardware.

Where Explore wins: ranked queue day-to-day, grounded inference, EU hosting, permissioned BMS write-back after you grant a scope, and published pricing plus pilot. Where Demand Logic still wins: UK-established building-performance analytics with Actions collaboration, fast DAD install narrative, virtual metering / BOP scorecard framing, CxLogic commissioning support, and TAM-led DL Optimise.

Demand Logic

Best for UK and commercial estates that want building-performance analytics, Actions collaboration, and optional managed optimisation

Demand Logic provides live intelligence on how a building operates, with a path to Actions, evidence, and insights. Public materials describe BMS, metering, and IAQ/IEQ connectivity via a DAD gateway (site visit typically ≤3 hours, then remote setup), automated exception analysis into an Actions collaboration tool, an Actions List progress log, online chat over the same operating data, portfolio homepage / scorecard framing, and a Building Operational Performance (BOP) score. Product threads publicly named: BMS data utilisation, virtual metering (energy/water), internal environment / IAQ, major plant tracking, CxLogic (commissioning / MBCx / ACx), and DL Optimise (TAM managed service). They claim integration with over 30 systems and APIs. Treat large savings and carbon marketing figures as their claims.

Where Demand Logic wins: UK market depth, Actions/collaboration workflow, DAD install speed narrative, virtual metering and BOP scorecards, CxLogic commissioning, and DL Optimise managed service. The boundary for Explore buyers: Demand Logic centres performance analytics and collaboration. Explore is Sensor Intelligence that returns a ranked queue, with writes that start off on the systems you already run.

Weighing other European EMS and BEMS options too? Clockworks, BrainBox, Nuuka, Facilio, Kiona, Myrspoven, Spacewell Energy (formerly DEXMA), and aedifion sit on the same shortlist. See the full field in our best building energy management software comparison. Facilio: Facilio alternative. BrainBox: BrainBox alternative. Clockworks: Clockworks alternative. Nuuka: Nuuka alternative. Kiona: Kiona alternative. Myrspoven: Myrspoven alternative. Spacewell Energy / DEXMA: DEXMA alternative. aedifion: aedifion alternative.

Side by side

Demand Logic vs FrostLogic Explore, in one table.

FrostLogic Explore and Demand Logic compared on day-to-day output, analytics posture, write access, pricing, hosting, integrations, UK packaging, and best-for fit.
FrostLogic ExploreDemand Logic
What you get day-to-dayPrioritised decision queue with evidence trailActions collaboration tool, Actions List log, portfolio scorecard / BOP
Analytics postureGrounded inference across BMS, meters, IoT; ranked by cost of waitingLive building-performance intelligence; automated exceptional-behaviour analysis
Write / controlWrite access starts off; granted per scope after reviewAnalytics and Actions workflow; DL Optimise is TAM-managed analysis (not Explore-style scoped write-back)
Pricing transparencyPublic per-building list prices + free 90-day pilotNot published as a public EUR list we could verify
Hosting / EUEU-hosted on Hetzner, or self-hostedUK company (London); confirm contract residency for your deal
IntegrationsReads existing BMS / meters / IoT; BACnet, OPC UA, Modbus, MQTT, M-Bus, oBIXBMS, metering, IAQ/IEQ via DAD; claims 30+ systems and APIs
UK / commissioning packagingEU Sensor Intelligence queue; continuous BREEAM/LEED/Nordic Swan trackingDAD install narrative, virtual metering, BOP score, CxLogic, DL Optimise
Best forOperators who want ranked action with writes that stay scopedBuyers who want UK performance analytics plus Actions collaboration or managed TAM support

Demand Logic claims from demandlogic.co.uk as of November 2026. Not published means no public EUR list price found. Savings and carbon figures, including "as much as 30%" energy cost cuts, are Demand Logic marketing claims.

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Before you shortlist

Five questions that settle Demand Logic vs Explore faster than any comparison.

Ask these on the first call with either vendor, including us. The field narrows itself fast.

  1. Do you need an Actions collaboration workflow, or a ranked decision queue? Demand Logic centres Actions, chat over shared operating data, and progress logging. Explore opens a prioritised queue with evidence, and write access starts off until you grant a scope. Match the tool to the morning job.

  2. Is a fast DAD gateway install and UK-established performance analytics the buying criterion? Demand Logic markets a DAD site visit typically under three hours, then remote setup, plus UK commercial-building positioning. If that install narrative and UK market depth are mandatory, Demand Logic is the stronger fit. Explore connects without claiming a Demand Logic-style DAD product.

  3. Do you need CxLogic commissioning / MBCx / ACx or a TAM-led DL Optimise service? Those are Demand Logic product threads. Explore does not package CxLogic or a named Technical Account Manager managed-analysis service. If commissioning transparency or TAM-led optimisation is the job, stay with Demand Logic.

  4. Can you see list pricing before a sales cycle? Explore publishes AI Automation at €1,500 per building per year and AI Maintenance from €5,450 per building per year by sensor band, with a free 90-day pilot. Demand Logic does not publish a public EUR list price we could verify; ask them for a current quote rather than inventing a number.

  5. Where does the data live, and can you leave with it? Explore is EU-hosted on Hetzner or self-hosted, with exportable data and models. Demand Logic is a UK company; confirm residency, subprocessors, and exit terms in writing for your portfolio.

For the wider field, read our best building energy management software comparison. For German analytics-plus-control, see our aedifion alternative comparison. For European EMS dashboards and M&V, see our DEXMA alternative comparison.

Before you ask

Demand Logic alternative questions we get about Demand Logic and Explore.

No. Demand Logic is UK building-performance analytics with an Actions collaboration workflow, virtual metering, BOP scorecards, CxLogic, and optional DL Optimise managed service. Explore is a Sensor Intelligence layer that returns a ranked decision queue on the BMS and meters you already run, with write access that starts off. Different product centre.

Pick Demand Logic when you want UK-established performance analytics, a fast DAD install narrative, Actions/collaboration tooling, virtual metering and BOP scorecard framing, CxLogic commissioning support, or a TAM-led DL Optimise managed service. Pick Explore when operators need a prioritised queue with grounded evidence, EU hosting, public list prices, and writes that start off and stay scoped.

Explore list prices are public: AI Automation €1,500 per building per year flat; AI Maintenance from €5,450 per building per year by sensor band, cheaper on a 3-year deal; Enterprise over 20 buildings quoted; free 90-day pilot; no start fee or hardware. Demand Logic does not publish a public EUR list we could verify. We do not invent EUR list prices for them; ask Demand Logic for a current quote.

Write access starts off. You grant permissioned BMS writes per scope after review. Smart Schedules exist inside a granted scope. Do not read Explore as a never-write product, and do not read it as unsupervised closed-loop HVAC control by default.

No. Demand Logic marketing cites large savings/carbon figures and energy cost cuts of as much as 30%; those are their claims. Explore does not mirror rival savings percentages as our own.

In the EU on Hetzner, or self-hosted in your own cluster. Data and trained models are exportable. That is a deliberate EU-buyer posture beside any UK building-performance analytics stack you keep for Actions workflows.

Clockworks for HVAC diagnostics (Clockworks alternative), BrainBox or Nuuka for autonomous control (BrainBox alternative, Nuuka alternative), Facilio when energy sits inside a CMMS (Facilio alternative), Kiona or Myrspoven for Nordic closed-loop HVAC (Kiona alternative, Myrspoven alternative), Spacewell Energy (formerly DEXMA) for European EMS dashboards and M&V (DEXMA alternative), aedifion for German analytics-plus-control (aedifion alternative), and Explore when the gap is a ranked queue. Our best building energy management software comparison covers the wider shortlist.

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