OSIsoft PI System

Real-time operational intelligence for industrial operations

As of 30 August 2026, OSIsoft PI System's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. OSIsoft PI System is the market-leading real-time data infrastructure platform that enables organizations to capture, analyze, visualize, and share massive amou. Softwr lists it under Energy. OSIsoft PI System is made by AVEVA (OSIsoft), launched in 1980, available on Windows, Web, API.

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Overview

What OSIsoft PI System does

OSIsoft PI System is the market-leading real-time data infrastructure platform that enables organizations to capture, analyze, visualize, and share massive amounts of time-series data from sensors, equipment, and systems across the enterprise.

What people use it for

Collecting and historising high frequency industrial process and sensor data
Operations dashboards and trend analysis for plants and utilities
Feeding real time operational data into analytics and digital twin applications

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about OSIsoft PI System.

OSIsoft is now AVEVA and osisoft.com redirects to the AVEVA PI System pages
No pricing is published; osisoft.com/pricing resolves to AVEVA product pages with no rate, minimum or cost driver
Licensing runs through the AVEVA Flex Subscription Program rather than a published per-seat or per-tag price
The PI System is split across separately listed products including PI Server, PI Vision, PI Data Infrastructure and Edge Data Store

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Capabilities

Features

Real-time data collection
Time-series data storage
Advanced analytics
Asset framework
Visualization tools
Event frames
Data compression
Notifications and alerts
SCADA systems
Integration with SCADA systems
Historians
Integration with Historians
SAP
Integration with SAP
Oracle
Integration with Oracle

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

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How much does the AVEVA PI System cost?

AVEVA PI System (formerly OSIsoft PI System) operates on a subscription-based commercial model with customized pricing. The company structures subscriptions to match specific use cases and business needs, requiring direct contact with account representatives.

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What is AVEVA PI System's pricing model?

AVEVA offers subscription-based licensing for software components running on-premises or in the cloud. Subscriptions are customized per customer use case, and pricing is determined through consultation with local account representatives.

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Behind it

Who makes OSIsoft PI System

Company: AVEVA (OSIsoft)
Based in: San Leandro, CA

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