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zenon vs Ignition

Last updated October 2026

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

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

zenon
Ignition
What it is
Industrial SCADA platform with 300+ protocols and IEC 61131-3 logic
Industrial application platform for HMI, SCADA, and IIoT.
Headquarters
🇦🇹 AT
🇺🇸 US · 2003
EU data residency
not established
not established
DSGVO / GDPR
No
Yes
Certifications
ISO 50001:2011
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
SAP NetWeaver, OPC UA, Docker, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft SQL Server +4
AWS, Azure, SQL databases, OPC UA, Modbus +7

Where each one wins

zenon

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

zenon
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 50001:2011
ISO 27001:2022, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISA/IEC 62443-4-1

Pricing

zenon

No published pricing we could verify.

Pricing is custom and available on request only.

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

zenon

Industrial automation
HMI (Human-Machine Interface), SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), Data acquisition and logging, Real-time process visualization
Data and analytics
Production data analytics, Custom reporting, Excel integration via Report Engine, Historical data storage
Connectivity and integration
OPC UA support, SAP NetWeaver integration, ERP system connectivity, Linux compatibility
Deployment and scalability
Scalable architecture, Docker support, Microsoft Azure compatibility, On-premise and cloud deployment

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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