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Ignition

byInductive Automation
in
4.3
Market Presence: Global Industrial IoT Platforms, SCADA Software

Overview

Product Information on Ignition

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Ignition?

Ignition is a software platform designed for industrial automation applications, providing tools for building and deploying SCADA, IIoT, and MES solutions. The software offers features such as real-time monitoring, data visualization, reporting, alarming, and device connectivity across diverse industrial systems. Ignition supports integration with a wide range of protocols, databases, and devices, enabling centralized management and analysis of process data. The platform assists businesses in improving operational efficiency, optimizing data collection, and enhancing system flexibility by facilitating remote access, modular expansion, and secure communications within industrial environments.

Ignition Pricing

Ignition software uses a modular pricing model based on user-selected components and licenses, allowing organizations to purchase only required modules. The software license is perpetual with options for annual support and upgrades. Pricing varies according to the number of devices, modules, and concurrent client connections.

Overall experience with Ignition

IT MANAGER
<50M USD, Hardware
FAVORABLE

“Ignition SCADA: A Powerful Platform with Stellar Visualization Tools”

4.0
Jan 16, 2025
Ignition is currently one of the finest SCADA platforms and offers some of the best visualization tools. If Ignition SCADA could provide a more friendly scripting environment for coding then that would be the complete package for us for SCADA.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
1B - 3B USD, Miscellaneous
CRITICAL

“Rapid development of SCADA projects and real time monitoring feature”

3.0
May 11, 2022
Ignition has been a flawless SCADA system. It is very reliable and supports all our current needs now and in the future. It has a great visualization tool with true real-time monitoring of the data.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th December 2023

Inductive Automation is a firm specializing in the production of industrial software. The primary aim is to facilitate organizations in rapidly transforming innovative ideas into realities by overcoming all related technological and monetary challenges. The introduction of Ignition software is a result of the integration of IT with SCADA technologies by the company. This software stands as an exclusive universal industrial application platform that enables industrial organizations to develop a wide range of industrial applications, including SCADA, IIoT, MES, and more. The platform's versatility and robust support make it a preferred choice for many organizations around the globe.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2003
Head office location
Folsom, United States
Number of employees
201 - 500
Website
http://www.inductiveautomation.com

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Reviewer Insights for: Ignition
Performance of Ignition Across Market Features

Ignition Likes & Dislikes

Like

Ignition enabled me to design visually appealing and user-friendly SCADA interfaces without even having to use PHP. This has freed up our team hundreds of working hours compared to rigid, code-intensive solutions.

Like

What we like the most is the real-time monitoring feature of the product and the rapid development of any SCADA project.

Like

Drag and Drop functionality. Access via any web browser. The community and vendor support is very responsive.

Dislike

Additional features are more often than not dependent on scripting languages which I being a mere non coder find annoying. This means that things like some automation is done by our IT team or through outsourcing IT consultants only.

Dislike

We faced scalability issues during product deployment and the deployment process is difficult too. Also, it is a costly product.

Dislike

Scripting and database integration are complex. Setup of large scale applications is complex and takes time and some expertise. For big project you have to use strong server.

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Ignition Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 14 ratings and reviews for SCADA Software market. View all 38 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.3

(14 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
29%
4 Star
64%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

Integration & Deployment

4.3

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • IT MANAGER
    <50M USD
    Hardware
    Review Source

    Ignition SCADA: A Powerful Platform with Stellar Visualization Tools

    4.0
    Jan 16, 2025
    Ignition is currently one of the finest SCADA platforms and offers some of the best visualization tools. If Ignition SCADA could provide a more friendly scripting environment for coding then that would be the complete package for us for SCADA.
  • SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
    50M-1B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Cost-Effective Automation Software with Responsive Support

    4.0
    Jan 22, 2025
    This is the best software used for industrial automation, monitoring and control systems. Drag-and-drop functionality simplifies the development of complex dashboards without advanced training. Single license subscription makes it cost effective. We can access software by web browser, it makes it easier to monitor and maintain.
  • Engineering Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Open Standards Enhance Hardware and Software Integration in SCADA

    5.0
    Jul 1, 2024
    the software redefines the SCADA system by providing modern, state-of-the-art platforms with modern tools that help you build any application on top of it. with open standards, we can connect any HW or SW to it
  • Sr. Security Engineer
    1B-10B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Powerful and highly capable platform, but requires strict oversight.

    4.0
    Sep 27, 2023
    Great platform with almost no limits to it's capabilities. A bit lacking in user management however.
  • Automation engineer
    1B-10B USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Ignition, an IIOT-platform for solving problems where few others can.

    5.0
    Jun 17, 2022
    The ability to test-drive Ignition at full throttle before buying, full transparency when it comes to pricing and cost. The easy setup and installation in addition to the forums / exchange-pages where users share experience and knowledge makes this a unique product in the SCADA-segment. However: SCADA is probably not the correct name for it, Ignition should really have been marketed as a "multi/problem-solving platform" for modern manufacturing.
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