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Tulip pricing
Tulip publishes 4 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 28 August 2026, Tulip pricing is $100/month across 4 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
- $100/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
Tulip 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $100/month | 7 | Entry tier |
| Professional | $250/month | 8 | +$150/month, 7 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 8 | Priced on request |
| Regulated Industries | On request | 6 | Priced on request |
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.
Essentials
$100/monthThe entry tier. It covers apps, tulip ai, tables, analytics, mobile/desktop/touchscreen access, usb device integrations, community access, 250 ai actions/month, 1,000 automation tasks/month.
Professional
$250/monthOver Essentials, this tier adds:
- All Essentials features
- Advanced edge connectivity
- SSO/SAML/LDAP
- 3rd-party integrations (HTTP, SQL)
- Custom widgets
- 500 AI Actions/month
- 7,500 automation tasks/month
Enterprise
On requestOver Professional, this tier adds:
- All Professional features
- Workspaces, app approval workflows
- Custom roles, multilingual apps
- Import/export capabilities
- 1,000 AI Actions/month
- 15,000 automation tasks/month
- Custom pricing
Regulated Industries
On requestOver Enterprise, this tier adds:
- eSignatures (21 CFR Part 11)
- Auditable record history
- Zero data loss protection
- Validation pack access
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulip (this page) | $100/month | subscription | - | |
| Poseidon Systems | On request | quote | - | vs Tulip |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite | $3150/month | Per year by AppPoint pool | - | vs Tulip |
| Kepware Server | On request | quote | - | vs Tulip |
| Samotics | On request | quote | - | vs Tulip |
| COPA-DATA zenon | On request | quote | - | vs Tulip |
| Rockwell FactoryTalk | On request | quote | - | vs Tulip |
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 Tulip badges page.
Before you pay for Tulip
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: 4 tiers between $100/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Tulip against the tools that do have one before committing.
Tulip runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Tulip review, and the rest of the category is under best manufacturing tools.
Tulip pricing questions
- How much does Tulip cost?
- Tulip publishes 4 tiers, from $100/month for Essentials up to On request for Regulated Industries. The cheapest paid tier is $100/month.
- Does Tulip have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Tulip is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Essentials and Professional on Tulip?
- Professional costs $250/month against $100/month, and adds all essentials features, advanced edge connectivity, sso/saml/ldap, 3rd-party integrations (http, sql).
- Is the Regulated Industries plan on Tulip worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is esignatures (21 cfr part 11), auditable record history, zero data loss protection, validation pack access. It costs On request against $100/month for Essentials. 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 Tulip?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Tulip review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Tulip charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 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 Tulip 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 Tulip 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 Tulip covering price, platforms and features.
