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    Ignition Cloud Edition makes it easy to add the power of the cloud to your Ignition on-premise installations. Extend your enterprise operations, leverage elastic architectures that instantly scale up or down, and securely host and deploy solutions on the world's most trusted cloud platforms. All on a pay-as-you-go plan.

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    John B.

    Ignition: Easy to Use for Building Industrial Process Screens

    Reviewed on Oct 19, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    The ease of use and the ability to create useful screens for your industrial processes.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    I have no found any reason to dislike Ignition. It is a well design and thought out software.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    It allows for easy troubleshooting and alarm management.
    Paper & Forest Products

    Centralizes Every Aspect of My Business in One Place

    Reviewed on Oct 16, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Ability to bring all aspects of my business to one central location
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Not as intuitive as I would like but that is probably a result of the robust nature of it
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    I am currently without historical data and the SCADA system we do use is obsolete. Ignition is allowing me to ramp up a superior system with less bugs and for less money
    Connection .

    Endless Versatility That Delivers

    Reviewed on Oct 16, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    The versatility of the software is endless.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    The complexity is quite a bit to absorb.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Alerting and reporting
    Faizankhan Pathan

    Cloud-based monitoring has unified my plants and now supports secure, cross-platform access

    Reviewed on Oct 04, 2026
    Review provided by PeerSpot

    What is our primary use case?

    In my project, I had to connect multiple plants with Ignition Cloud Edition. I was sending messages through a gateway device using the MQTT protocol, and Ignition Cloud Edition was consuming it.

    For example, there is one plant located in France and another plant located in Italy. In each plant, a PLC is connected with a gateway device, and the gateway device is able to share MQTT messages. Ignition Cloud Edition is able to subscribe to it. In the middle of that, there has to be one MQTT broker. The gateway device sends an MQTT message to a broker, and the broker sends it to Ignition Cloud Edition. In Ignition Cloud Edition, I configured a database. The particular database I used was MySQL Community Edition, and the database is used for historian purposes. There was also Perspective module usage as well.

    How has it helped my organization?

    I have compared many SCADA software for this development project, but I found Ignition Cloud Edition is better because it is limited by hardware configuration, not by tag. That is very good. It is responsive, which is again good. The concurrent clients can be acceptable.

    What is most valuable?

    First of all, I installed Ignition Cloud Edition on a VPS. I can view using Perspective by configuring Perspective screens, and then I can view whatever is going on in my plant from a mobile device, from an iOS device, from an Android device, from Windows or Linux. So it is basically cross-platform. Another feature Ignition Cloud Edition has is that I can use my mobile sensors because Ignition Cloud Edition provides the ability to use mobile sensor data if I use the Perspective module.

    For mobile sensor data, I was using it as a Google map. It shows me where the plant is located using mobile GPS, and where I am right now. So it helps me determine how to approach the plant.

    I am not sure if there are AI features inside Ignition Cloud Edition because I have used version 8.1. I am not sure about version 8.3. Regarding AI features, I cannot comment on that. However, the user profile features are very secure. I can assign view access to somebody, I can assign admin access to somebody. That is very good.

    What needs improvement?

    I would prefer if Ignition Cloud Edition would provide Python instead of Jython programming. It would be easier to do programming in Ignition Cloud Edition. Although Jython works, Python is much better to understand.

    I would love if Ignition Cloud Edition would provide one more functionality. Ignition Cloud Edition can already be configured with multiple SQL databases, which is good. Ignition Cloud Edition can also run scripts, which is very good. It supports Sparkplug B, which is again good. However, if it would provide the functionality of Python programming, other than Jython, because Jython is a little confusing to me compared to Python.

    Additionally, nowadays companies are switching to predictive maintenance. It would be better if Ignition Cloud Edition will provide some kind of API integration with AI models. The predictive maintenance process would be much easier to perform. If it would provide the functionality to do programming in Python and some kind of integration with a machine learning, deep learning model, or AI integration, a company could develop a predictive maintenance pipeline as well.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have used Ignition Cloud Edition for about four months.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I cannot comment about the latest version since I developed everything in version 8.1. Version 8.1 was very stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Ignition Cloud Edition is massively scalable.

    How are customer service and support?

    I have not had any problem using Ignition Cloud Edition. I cannot comment on support since everything was working. Support-wise, everything is okay. I never had to contact customer support since everything was working.

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    I was in a company because I needed to develop a SCADA system. The project was to develop the SCADA. The company had already a SCADA system which was very old. I looked at Aveva SCADA and then I looked at Mitsubishi SCADA and WinCC. We rejected those, since they were not that good, and money-wise, they were expensive.

    What was our ROI?

    Purely, it saved me money. In one-time setup, it is time-consuming. However, after it is set up, it is a time-saver as well. Money-wise, it saved money.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    The setup cost is amazing.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would rate Ignition Cloud Edition a nine out of ten. I have not used Ignition Cloud Edition AI. It was deployed on an online VPS.

    Ignition Cloud Edition is massively scalable. If there are more tags, such as thousands of tags, more than 30,000 I think, then Ignition Cloud Edition is a cost-saver as well. Once it is set up, the Perspective module has the ability to work cross-platform. It can use mobile sensors. Another benefit is that you are limited by your hardware configuration, not by Ignition Cloud Edition's capability. Ignition Cloud Edition is very capable.

    Industrial Automation

    Versatile and User-Friendly Software

    Reviewed on Oct 02, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    It seems like the software is pretty versatile outside of just industrial controls. But beyond that, it's mostly pretty user friendly.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    The sheer amount of learning required for new users.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    It's our primary software for SCADA.
    Victor C.

    Future-Proof Technology That Feels Built for the Long Term

    Reviewed on Oct 02, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    It’s the most future-proof technology I’ve used so far, and it feels like a solid choice for the long term.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    It isn’t easy to work with things on a company network without running into issues, even before implementing it.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    From our desk, we can easily view trends in tank temperatures, pumps, and machine centers.
    Medical Devices

    Highly Flexible App with Many Connection Options

    Reviewed on Oct 02, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Application is very flexible and allows many connection types.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Does require knowledge about other languages (SQL, CSS, python).
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    KPI and maintenance overview.

    Great Display and Plenty of Data Configuration Options

    Reviewed on Oct 02, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Great display, lots is options to configure your data
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Hard to learn, lots of time to understand the product and how to use it.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Helping to replace current SCADA system which allows multiple vendors to support
    Anonymous

    Effortless Customization and Data Navigation

    Reviewed on Oct 02, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    I like Ignition for its ease of use and customization capabilities. It's easy to navigate and interpret the data it provides. The trending capabilities help us identify issues effectively. The initial setup was fairly simple too.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    NA
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Ignition provides a single source of truth for managing operations and tracking what's going on, easing navigation and interpretation with its trending capabilities.
    Audrina H.

    Endless Automation Possibilities with Powerful Customization

    Reviewed on Sep 30, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    The possible automation applications are endless. It’s also extremely customizable.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    The learning curve is steep when you’re first getting started with designing.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    In my facility, it lets us monitor and control all of our equipment remotely, which saves a ton of time when locating and resolving issues.