Ignition comparisons
Ignition is compared head-to-head with AVEVA System Platform, AVEVA Plant SCADA and SIMATIC WinCC and more: 7 head-to-heads in SCADA Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Ignition head-to-head
- Ignition vs AVEVA System Platform
- Ignition vs AVEVA Plant SCADA
- Ignition vs SIMATIC WinCC
- Ignition vs AVEVA Edge
- Ignition vs zenon Software Platform
- Ignition vs Ovation Green
- Ignition vs VTScada
Ignition vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment options | Protocol support | Alarm management | Built-in historian | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Ignition | Yes | — | — | OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP, Siemens S7, DNP3, BACnet | Yes | Yes | 7.8 |
| 1 | AVEVA System Platform | — | — | Hybrid | OPC-UA, MQTT, DNP3, Modbus, IEC 60870 | Yes | Yes | 9.3 |
| 2 | AVEVA Plant SCADA | — | — | On-premises | OPC UA, BACnet, IEC 61850, Modbus, DNP3, IEC 60870; 150+ native protocol drivers | Yes | Yes | 9.2 |
| 3 | SIMATIC WinCC | No | — | On-premises | OPC UA, REST, MQTT, Modbus TCP/IP, PROFIBUS DP, Allen-Bradley Ethernet/IP, Mitsubishi Ethernet, Omron Ethernet/IP | Yes | Yes | 9.1 |
| 4 | AVEVA Edge | — | — | Hybrid | Modbus, MQTT Sparkplug B, OPC UA, OPC DA, OPC XML, OPC HDA, Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Omron, Schneider Electric | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 5 | zenon Software Platform | No | — | — | IEC 61850; DNP3; IEC 60870-5 (101/103/104); Modbus; ICCP/TASE.2; OPC UA/DA; IEEE C37.118; IEC 61850-90-5; 62056-21; PROFINET; PROFIBUS; EtherNet/IP; CAN/CANopen; SNMPv3; Syslog | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 6 | Ovation Green | — | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | 8.4 |
| 7 | VTScada | No | — | On-premises | OPC UA, OPC DA, DNP3, IEC, DF1, DDE, SNMP, Modbus (Serial, TCP/IP, RTU), Enron Modus, Stevens, Campbell Scientific Pakbus, Delta, Motorola, GE, Siemens, BSAP, Omron, DFS, Allen-Bradley CIP, MQTT, JSON, Sparkplug B | Yes | Yes | 7.9 |
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