Manufacturing · pricing
Ignition pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Ignition. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the manufacturing tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Per-server licensing with published module pricing; unlimited clients and tags
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Not on record
What is on record
The Ignition catalogue entry carries no price and a Per-server licensing with published module pricing; unlimited clients and tags pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Ignition review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Ignition 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
- Unlimited-client licensing
- SCADA and HMI
- Historian
- MES modules
- Web-based clients
- Wide PLC support
People bring Ignition in for plants where per-tag licensing has made expansion a budget conversation, replacing installed operator terminals with browser-based clients, connecting plant floor data to sql and business systems. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Ignition 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ignition (this page) | On request | Per-server licensing with published module pricing; unlimited clients and tags | - | |
| TrakSYS | On request | quote | - | vs Ignition |
| Fulcrum | $39/month | subscription | - | vs Ignition |
| Fusion 360 | Free, then $70/month | freemium | - | vs Ignition |
| MachineMetrics | On request | quote | - | vs Ignition |
| SolidWorks | $3300/year | - | - | vs Ignition |
| Tulip | $100/month | subscription | - | vs Ignition |
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 Ignition badges page.
Before you pay for Ignition
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: not published on the record we hold. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Ignition against the tools that do have one before committing.
Ignition runs on windows, linux, macos, web, and is published by Inductive Automation of Folsom, California, United States. The full record is on the Ignition review, and the rest of the category is under best manufacturing tools.
Ignition pricing questions
- How much does Ignition cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Ignition, which is listed as Per-server licensing with published module pricing; unlimited clients and tags. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Ignition have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Ignition is listed as Per-server licensing with published module pricing; unlimited clients and tags. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which manufacturing tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 6 manufacturing tools listed alongside Ignition have a free tier: Fusion 360.
- What am I actually paying for with Ignition?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for plants where per-tag licensing has made expansion a budget conversation, replacing installed operator terminals with browser-based clients, connecting plant floor data to sql and business systems.
- Does Ignition charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, 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 Ignition 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 Ignition against before paying?
- The closest manufacturing tools in this directory are TrakSYS, Fulcrum, Fusion 360, MachineMetrics. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Ignition covering price, platforms and features.