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Flow Software pricing
Flow Software publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Flow Software pricing is $11390/one-time across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $11390/one-time
- Model
- One-time purchase
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Flow Software plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $11390/one-time | 5 | Entry tier |
| Unlimited | $62230/one-time | 4 | +$50840/one-time, 4 more features |
| Distributed | $128450/one-time | 4 | +$66220/one-time, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Starter
$11390/one-timeThe entry tier. It covers 250 kpi measures and events, single server deployment, first year of software maintenance included, renewal at approximately 15 percent of installed base per year, no annual subscription option at this tier.
Unlimited
$62230/one-timeOver Starter, this tier adds:
- Unlimited KPI measures and events
- All engines must run on one server or dedicated VM
- First year of maintenance included
- Available as an annual subscription at 16,595 USD instead
Distributed
$128450/one-timeOver Unlimited, this tier adds:
- Unlimited measures with engines distributed across multiple servers
- Required for multi-server and multi-site deployments
- Available as an annual subscription at 34,250 USD instead
- AI Gateway add-on at 7,500 USD perpetual per instance
What the product covers
The full Flow Software feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Calculation engine
- Measure model
- Historian connectors
- Manual data entry
- Event framing
- Excel and Power BI output
- Flow dashboards
- AI Gateway
People bring Flow Software in for a brewery replacing a fragile network of oee spreadsheets with governed calculations from the same historian data, reporting specific energy consumption per tonne against an iso 50001 audit where the calculation method must be documented, feeding power bi plant dashboards from a historian without giving analysts direct tag-level access, a site that needs lab results typed in and combined with automated tag data in the same yield calculation. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Flow Software are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Manufacturing
Too few manufacturing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Software (this page) | $11390/one-time | One-time purchase | - | |
| Poseidon Systems | On request | quote | - | vs Flow Software |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite | $3150/month | Per year by AppPoint pool | - | vs Flow Software |
| Kepware Server | On request | quote | - | vs Flow Software |
| Samotics | On request | quote | - | vs Flow Software |
| COPA-DATA zenon | On request | quote | - | vs Flow Software |
| Rockwell FactoryTalk | On request | quote | - | vs Flow Software |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Flow Software badges page.
Before you pay for Flow Software
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $11390/one-time and $128450/one-time, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Flow Software against the tools that do have one before committing.
Flow Software runs on windows, web, and is published by Flow Software of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The full record is on the Flow Software review, and the rest of the category is under best manufacturing tools.
Flow Software pricing questions
- How much does Flow Software cost?
- Flow Software publishes 3 tiers, from $11390/one-time for Starter up to $128450/one-time for Distributed. The cheapest paid tier is $11390/one-time.
- Does Flow Software have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Flow Software is listed as One-time purchase. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Starter and Unlimited on Flow Software?
- Unlimited costs $62230/one-time against $11390/one-time, and adds unlimited kpi measures and events, all engines must run on one server or dedicated vm, first year of maintenance included, available as an annual subscription at 16,595 usd instead.
- Is the Distributed plan on Flow Software worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited measures with engines distributed across multiple servers, required for multi-server and multi-site deployments, available as an annual subscription at 34,250 usd instead, ai gateway add-on at 7,500 usd perpetual per instance. It costs $128450/one-time against $11390/one-time for Starter. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with Flow Software?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a brewery replacing a fragile network of oee spreadsheets with governed calculations from the same historian data, reporting specific energy consumption per tonne against an iso 50001 audit where the calculation method must be documented, feeding power bi plant dashboards from a historian without giving analysts direct tag-level access.
- Does Flow Software charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Flow Software prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Flow Software against before paying?
- The closest manufacturing tools in this directory are Poseidon Systems, IBM Maximo Application Suite, Kepware Server, Samotics. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Flow Software covering price, platforms and features.