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3YOURMIND vs Yokogawa CENTUM VP

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3YOURMIND

Manufacturing

Order management and MES for additive manufacturing, with digital part inventories

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Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Yokogawa CENTUM VP logo

Yokogawa CENTUM VP

Manufacturing

Distributed control system for continuous process plants with a documented 30-year upgrade path

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Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 3YOURMIND no pricing is published, and the suite is modular, so the quoted figure depends on which of the three product lines you take; the widely repeated 10,000 euro figure comes from third-party directories, not the vendor.; Yokogawa CENTUM VP there is no published price list and no way to size a budget without engaging Yokogawa or an EPC, so early-stage comparison against DeltaV or Experion is guesswork until quotations arrive.
  • They diverge on capability: 3YOURMIND covers Part identification, Yokogawa CENTUM VP covers Field Control Station.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which 3YOURMIND and Yokogawa CENTUM VP actually diverge.

Attributes where 3YOURMIND and Yokogawa CENTUM VP differ
Attribute3YOURMINDYokogawa CENTUM VP
PlatformsWeb, Cloud, On-premise, APIWindows, On-premise

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Manufacturing).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in 3YOURMIND

  • Part identification
  • Digital inventory
  • Order management
  • Automated quoting
  • Agile MES
  • Quality tracking
  • Distributed manufacturing
  • Machine connectivity

Only in Yokogawa CENTUM VP

  • Field Control Station
  • N-IO
  • Human Interface Station
  • ProSafe-RS integration
  • Vnet/IP
  • Migration from CS 1000 and CS 3000
  • Exaquantum integration
  • Alarm management

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

3YOURMIND

  • A navy or defence logistics organisation setting up distributed on-demand manufacturing for spares at forward sitesnot Yokogawa CENTUM VP
  • An energy operator screening a legacy spare parts catalogue to find which items are cheaper printed on demand than stockednot Yokogawa CENTUM VP
  • An additive service bureau automating quoting and order intake so engineers stop pricing jobs by handnot Yokogawa CENTUM VP
  • A manufacturer scheduling mixed jobs across several printer technologies with traceable quality records per partnot Yokogawa CENTUM VP

Yokogawa CENTUM VP

  • Replacing end-of-life CENTUM CS 3000 controllers during a refinery turnaround without pulling field cablingnot 3YOURMIND
  • Greenfield LNG train where the control and safety systems must share one operator console and one event lognot 3YOURMIND
  • Specialty chemicals batch plant needing sequence control with recipe management and full electronic batch recordsnot 3YOURMIND
  • Combined cycle power station where 99.99999 percent availability figures are written into the contractnot 3YOURMIND

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

3YOURMIND

  • No pricing is published, and the suite is modular, so the quoted figure depends on which of the three product lines you take; the widely repeated 10,000 euro figure comes from third-party directories, not the vendor.
  • The part identification module only produces useful output if ERP master data and consumption history are clean, and organisations with poor material master data spend the first phase on data quality rather than printing.
  • It is enterprise-scale software aimed at fleets and networks; a shop with a handful of machines gets more from a printer vendor own job management at no extra cost.
  • Machine integration depth varies by manufacturer, so a mixed fleet including smaller or newer OEMs often needs manual steps that undermine the automated scheduling case.
  • The company is a mid-sized independent in a sector that has consolidated heavily, and buyers making a multi-year distributed manufacturing commitment are exposed to that if ownership changes.

Yokogawa CENTUM VP

  • There is no published price list and no way to size a budget without engaging Yokogawa or an EPC, so early-stage comparison against DeltaV or Experion is guesswork until quotations arrive.
  • Engineering and commissioning routinely cost several times the hardware and software, and owners who budget from the equipment quote alone are consistently short.
  • The ecosystem is closed: controllers, I/O and diagnostics are Yokogawa, and third-party alternatives at the controller layer do not exist, so the vendor holds pricing power for the twenty years or more the plant runs.
  • Operator stations run on Windows and are tied to specific validated Windows releases, so operating system end-of-life forces console refresh cycles that are governed by Yokogawa validation rather than by your IT policy.
  • Engineering staff who know CENTUM are scarce outside Japan, the Middle East and South East Asia, and in North America and Europe you will pay a premium or depend on Yokogawa’s own services organisation for changes.

Pricing, plan by plan

3YOURMIND

On request
  • 3YOURMIND Suite$undefined/year
    • Modular: Agile PLM, Agile ERP and Agile MES licensed separately
    • Cloud or on-premise deployment
    • Annual subscription quoted by module and scale

Yokogawa CENTUM VP

On request
  • CENTUM VP$undefined/year
    • Priced as an engineered system, not a per-seat licence
    • Cost driven by I/O count, controller redundancy and number of operator stations
    • Engineering, FAT, commissioning and training quoted separately and usually exceed hardware

Which should you pick?

Choose 3YOURMIND if

  • You need part identification.
  • You work on Web, Cloud, On-premise, API.
  • You also want digital inventory.
3YOURMIND review

Choose Yokogawa CENTUM VP if

  • You need field control station.
  • You work on Windows, On-premise.
  • You also want n-io.
Yokogawa CENTUM VP review

Questions people ask

Is 3YOURMIND or Yokogawa CENTUM VP better?
Neither clearly leads. 3YOURMIND starts at On request and Yokogawa CENTUM VP at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, 3YOURMIND or Yokogawa CENTUM VP?
3YOURMIND starts at On request and Yokogawa CENTUM VP at On request.
Does 3YOURMIND or Yokogawa CENTUM VP run on more platforms?
3YOURMIND runs on Web, Cloud, On-premise, API. Yokogawa CENTUM VP runs on Windows, On-premise.
What is 3YOURMIND best used for?
3YOURMIND is most often used for a navy or defence logistics organisation setting up distributed on-demand manufacturing for spares at forward sites, an energy operator screening a legacy spare parts catalogue to find which items are cheaper printed on demand than stocked, an additive service bureau automating quoting and order intake so engineers stop pricing jobs by hand, a manufacturer scheduling mixed jobs across several printer technologies with traceable quality records per part. Of those, a navy or defence logistics organisation setting up distributed on-demand manufacturing for spares at forward sites and an energy operator screening a legacy spare parts catalogue to find which items are cheaper printed on demand than stocked are not what Yokogawa CENTUM VP is typically brought in for.
What can 3YOURMIND do that Yokogawa CENTUM VP cannot?
3YOURMIND covers Part identification, Digital inventory, Order management, Automated quoting. Yokogawa CENTUM VP covers Field Control Station, N-IO, Human Interface Station, ProSafe-RS integration.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

3YOURMIND: What does 3YOURMIND cost?

The vendor publishes nothing. Expect an annual subscription quoted per module, plus integration work. Third-party listings cite roughly 10,000 euro a year as an entry point, which should be treated as unverified.

Yokogawa CENTUM VP: Can I upgrade from CENTUM CS 3000 without rewiring the plant?

Yes. Yokogawa sells migration packages that replace the controller and keep existing field wiring and marshalling, which is the main reason CENTUM installations stay CENTUM.

3YOURMIND: Is it a slicer?

No. It sits above build preparation, handling part selection, orders, scheduling and traceability, and integrates with preparation tools such as Netfabb and Magics.

Yokogawa CENTUM VP: Is CENTUM VP sold as a subscription?

No. It is a capital purchase of hardware and licences with an annual service agreement for updates and support.

3YOURMIND: Who actually uses it?

Large asset operators and service bureaus. Public references include US Navy distributed manufacturing and energy sector digital inventory programmes.

Yokogawa CENTUM VP: How does it compare with Emerson DeltaV on cost?

Neither publishes prices. CENTUM tends to win on brownfield migration cost because the field wiring stays; DeltaV tends to be cheaper on small greenfield systems.

3YOURMIND: Can it run on-premise?

Yes. On-premise deployment is offered, which matters for defence and critical infrastructure customers.

Yokogawa CENTUM VP: Do I need a separate safety system?

Yes, for SIL-rated functions. ProSafe-RS is the Yokogawa SIS and shares the CENTUM engineering database and operator console.

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