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atvise® vs Ignition

Last updated October 2026

Looking for a European alternative to Ignition? Here's how atvise® compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.

Our pick for a European buyer: atvise®. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.

atvise®
Ignition
What it is
Web-based SCADA with OPC UA for industrial automation
Industrial application platform for HMI, SCADA, and IIoT.
Headquarters
🇦🇹 AT
🇺🇸 US · 2003
EU data residency
not established
not established
DSGVO / GDPR
Yes
Yes
Certifications
ISO 27001
ISO 27001:2022, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISA/IEC 62443-4-1
Price from
No
$13,500
Free plan
No
No
Open Source
No
No
Ratings
No
G2 5/5 (5)
Integrations
Modbus TCP, KNX, BACNet, SNMP, MQTT +6
AWS, Azure, SQL databases, OPC UA, Modbus +7

Where each one wins

atvise®

Ignition

Strengths

  • +Unlimited tags and clients for scalable deployments
  • +Strong industrial protocol support
  • +Flexible on-premises or cloud hosting

Limitations

  • −No public pricing for Cloud or Edge Editions
  • −Edge Edition lacks database connectivity
  • −Limited documentation on EU data residency

Data residency & compliance

atvise®
Ignition
EU data residency
not established
not established
Transfer mechanism
not established
not established
DPA
not established
not established
Sub-processors
not established
not established
Certifications
ISO 27001
ISO 27001:2022, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISA/IEC 62443-4-1

Pricing

atvise®

  • SCADA micro On request 31 Concurrent Connected Datapoints (CCDs) · 1 year standard maintenance and support included
  • SCADA small On request 94 Concurrent Connected Datapoints (CCDs) · 1 year standard maintenance and support included
  • SCADA standard On request 945 Concurrent Connected Datapoints (CCDs) · 1 year standard maintenance and support included
  • SCADA large On request 3,150 Concurrent Connected Datapoints (CCDs) · 1 year standard maintenance and support included
  • SCADA xlarge On request Custom Concurrent Connected Datapoints (CCDs) · 1 year standard maintenance and support included

Pricing available on request. Optional annual maintenance renewal at 20% of license value.

Ignition

  • Application Building (Perpetual) $13,500 One-timePer server · Unlimited tags and clients
  • BasicCare Support 16% Annual16% of software retail price · Billed annually
  • TotalCare Support 20% Annual20% of software retail price · Billed annually
  • Cloud Edition On request Usage-basedPay-as-you-go · Hosted on AWS or Azure
  • Edge Edition On request PerpetualLimited modules · No database connectivity · Up to 35 days of internal storage

Cloud Edition pricing is usage-based and not publicly listed. Edge Edition pricing is available on request.

Features

atvise®

Visualization & Web Technology
Native HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript visualization, Browser-compatible HTML5 control room screens, SVG vector graphics for scalable, zoomable interfaces, Touch gesture support for mobile devices
Engineering & Data Management
Graphical online multi-user engineering with object orientation, OPC UA server and client (DA, A&C, HA, Methods), ODBC database interaction, Server-side scripting engine for process data
Security & Redundancy
Integrated SSL certificate and encryption management, Hot-standby redundancy with automatic server switchover, Fine-grained access control based on OPC UA Rights, Redundancy add-on available
Communication & Integration
Modbus TCP, KNX, BACNet, SNMP, MQTT, and OPC UA protocol support, Integration with Siemens and Rockwell controllers, Web service interaction via HTTP, LDAP integration via Keycloak
Reporting & Analytics
Automatic PDF report generation, Excel reporting, Trend charts and historization, Notifications

Ignition

Industrial Connectivity
Unlimited tags and Designer clients, OPC UA server and client, Core drivers: Modbus, UDP/TCP, BACnet, Allen-Bradley, Siemens, DNP3, Omron, IEC 61850, Mitsubishi
Deployment & Hosting
On-premises or customer infrastructure, Cloud Edition hosted on AWS or Azure, Edge Edition with limited modules and storage
Data & Reporting
SQL database connectivity, CSV and Excel data export, Tag configuration export in JSON/XML
API & Integration
RESTful Gateway API with OpenAPI documentation, Interactive API docs at /openapi, JSON specification at /openapi.json
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