Cloud-based 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE platform
Overview
What Ignition does
Ignition is an industrial automation platform from Inductive Automation covering SCADA, HMI, historian and MES functions. It connects to PLCs and industrial equipment, visualises plant data and stores it for analysis. Its commercial model is the differentiator and the reason it displaced incumbents. Traditional industrial software is licensed per tag, per client or per screen, which makes adding a fifth operator terminal a purchasing decision. Ignition licenses per server with unlimited clients, tags and connections, so the cost stops scaling with how widely it is used.
What people use it 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
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Where it falls short
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- Requires real engineering to implement; it is a platform rather than a finished application
- Steep learning curve, and Inductive Automation runs its own training programme because of it
- Self-hosted and self-supported by default, so plant IT carries the availability burden
- Module-based pricing means the entry figure is rarely the final one
Capabilities
Features
Unlimited-client licensing
Priced per server rather than per tag, seat or screen
SCADA and HMI
Plant visualisation and operator interfaces
Historian
Time-series storage of process data
MES modules
Production tracking, OEE and scheduling
Web-based clients
Runs in a browser rather than requiring installed terminals
Wide PLC support
Drivers for the major industrial controllers
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Questions people ask
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What does Ignition cost?
It publishes per-server module pricing with unlimited clients, tags and connections, so cost does not scale with how many people use it.
Why does unlimited-client licensing matter?
Traditional SCADA is licensed per tag or per screen, which turns adding an operator terminal into a purchase. Ignition removes that ceiling.
Is it a finished application?
No, it is a platform. Screens, tags and logic are built for the specific plant, which is real engineering work.
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