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VTScada pricing
VTScada publishes 5 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, VTScada pricing is $3395/one-time across 5 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
- $3395/one-time
- Model
- One-time purchase
- Tiers
- 5
- Free tier
- Not on record
VTScada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base licence up to 1,000 I/O | $3395/one-time | 4 | Entry tier |
| Base licence up to 5,000 I/O | $4295/one-time | 4 | +$900/one-time, 3 more features |
| Single Server bundle, 5,000 I/O | $19095/one-time | 4 | +$14800/one-time, 4 more features |
| Single Server bundle, 50,000 I/O | $32495/one-time | 4 | +$13400/one-time |
| Dual Server Premium bundle, 50,000 I/O | $79595/one-time | 4 | +$47100/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.
Base licence up to 1,000 I/O
$3395/one-timeThe entry tier. It covers runtime and full historian, all i/o drivers included, alarms and events, 90 days supportplus.
Base licence up to 5,000 I/O
$4295/one-timeOver Base licence up to 1,000 I/O, this tier adds:
- Development add-on 4,100 USD
- Alarm notification add-on 2,895 USD
- Single thin client 3,395 USD
Single Server bundle, 5,000 I/O
$19095/one-timeOver Base licence up to 5,000 I/O, this tier adds:
- Development node
- Alarm notification
- 2 thin clients
- 1 year SupportPlus included
Single Server bundle, 50,000 I/O
$32495/one-timeNothing on the record separates this tier from Single Server bundle, 5,000 I/O on features. Check the vendor's page for the limits it lifts.
Dual Server Premium bundle, 50,000 I/O
$79595/one-timeOver Single Server bundle, 50,000 I/O, this tier adds:
- Auto failover and sync across 2 sites
- Unlimited thin clients
- Redundant alarm notification
- 1 year 24/7 emergency support and training credit
What the product covers
The full VTScada 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
- Automatic version control
- Bundled historian
- Alarm notification
- Driver set included
- Redundancy and sync
- Thin clients
- Idea Studio
- Slippy maps
People bring VTScada in for a municipal water authority with 60 remote pump stations on licensed radio that needs dnp3 polling and regulator-facing change records, an oil and gas gathering operator polling wellsite rtus over intermittent cellular links with store and forward, a small utility that must produce a defensible budget number before going to council for capital approval, an integrator standardising on one product where historian, alarming and dialler costs are inside the licence rather than quoted separately. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to VTScada are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Utilities
Too few utilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTScada (this page) | $3395/one-time | One-time purchase | - | |
| Calsense | On request | quote | - | vs VTScada |
| Find My | Free | Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud | - | vs VTScada |
| Google Lens | Free | Free, bundled into other Google apps | - | vs VTScada |
| Hazel | $42/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs VTScada |
| Karabiner-Elements | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs VTScada |
| Kap | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs VTScada |
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 VTScada badges page.
Before you pay for VTScada
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: 5 tiers between $3395/one-time and $79595/one-time, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare VTScada against the tools that do have one before committing.
VTScada runs on windows, and is published by Trihedral Engineering Limited of Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada. The full record is on the VTScada review, and the rest of the category is under best utilities tools.
VTScada pricing questions
- How much does VTScada cost?
- VTScada publishes 5 tiers, from $3395/one-time for Base licence up to 1,000 I/O up to $79595/one-time for Dual Server Premium bundle, 50,000 I/O. The cheapest paid tier is $3395/one-time.
- Does VTScada have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: VTScada 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 Base licence up to 1,000 I/O and Base licence up to 5,000 I/O on VTScada?
- Base licence up to 5,000 I/O costs $4295/one-time against $3395/one-time, and adds development add-on 4,100 usd, alarm notification add-on 2,895 usd, single thin client 3,395 usd.
- Is the Dual Server Premium bundle, 50,000 I/O plan on VTScada worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is auto failover and sync across 2 sites, unlimited thin clients, redundant alarm notification, 1 year 24/7 emergency support and training credit. It costs $79595/one-time against $3395/one-time for Base licence up to 1,000 I/O. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which utilities tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 utilities tools listed alongside VTScada have a free tier: Find My, Google Lens, Karabiner-Elements, Kap, Deluge.
- What am I actually paying for with VTScada?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a municipal water authority with 60 remote pump stations on licensed radio that needs dnp3 polling and regulator-facing change records, an oil and gas gathering operator polling wellsite rtus over intermittent cellular links with store and forward, a small utility that must produce a defensible budget number before going to council for capital approval.
- Does VTScada charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 5 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 VTScada 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 VTScada against before paying?
- The closest utilities tools in this directory are Calsense, Find My, Google Lens, Hazel. Each has a side-by-side comparison with VTScada covering price, platforms and features.