# Ignition Reviews **Vendor:** Inductive Automation **Category:** [Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/supervisory-control-and-data-acquisition-scada) **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 5 ## About Ignition Ignition is a universal industrial automation software platform that gives organizations a single environment to connect, design, build, and deploy industrial applications at enterprise scale. It serves as the central hub for your operational technology, bringing together real-time data from programmable logic controllers, databases, IoT devices, and enterprise systems into a unified system of record. With unlimited tags, devices, screens, and connections under one flat server license, Ignition enables rapid development of SCADA, HMI, MES, IIoT, and custom automation solutions while reducing cost and complexity. Its cross-platform architecture is built on open standards like SQL, Python, OPC UA, and MQTT, and supports web-based deployment to desktops and mobile devices anywhere in your enterprise. Ignition bridges the gap between plant floor control and enterprise IT, making it easier to scale, integrate, visualize, and act on data across operations. ## Ignition Reviews ### 1. Why use anything else **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nick D. | Control Systems Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2024 **What do you like best about Ignition?** The templating and UDT structure is very user friendly and connecting to the controller is a snap with a few quick steps. Inductive University provides a ton of helpful information and the fact that you can use the full functional software to test is awesome **What do you dislike about Ignition?** The company seems to be pushing their Perspective module more and more which while it has useful features, unless you're building plant controls for all sorts of different screen sizes it's not as user friendly as the Vision platform they started with **What problems is Ignition solving and how is that benefiting you?** Connecting to multiple PLCs at a single location is seemless and straight forward. Visualizing the data in a template structured environment makes deployment quick ### 2. A world class light weight HMI **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** falgun a. | Software engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2020 **What do you like best about Ignition?** The Ignition scada has a variety of protocols selection to communicate with devices manufactured all over the world. The user interface is very good. Also, it is very easy for a fresher engineer to understand. **What do you dislike about Ignition?** from the pricing side, the "IGNITION Perspective" license is very much costly. otherwise from technical side, so far so good. **What problems is Ignition solving and how is that benefiting you?** Process Automation supervisory control applications development ### 3. Ignition works with everything **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nick D. | Systems Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 12, 2021 **What do you like best about Ignition?** The connection to all various PLC brands and connections to databases is simple and straightforward. Historical data recording is as easy as checking a box. **What do you dislike about Ignition?** The newer Perspective module can be cumbersome to work with, especially around formatting for resizable and different screen types **Recommendations to others considering Ignition:** The product support staff is excellent at addressing your questions and the Inductive University and user manual has a wealth of easy to access information to guide you through most tasks. **What problems is Ignition solving and how is that benefiting you?** Human Machine Interface (HMI) design and deployment and historical trending of information. The access to information has never been easier or more effective than with Ingition. ### 4. Inductive Automation's Ignition Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tarig I. | SCADA Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 04, 2021 **What do you like best about Ignition?** A modular SCADA gateway system that allows integrating different protocols (OPC, MQQT, Modbus, gateway connections to name a few) into one uniform system and aggregate data via Ignition provided component as well as scripting and python coding. **What do you dislike about Ignition?** Ran into some issues, however they were mostly 3rd party related. Though, 3rd party as well as Ignition's support was very helpful to provide custom solutions. **Recommendations to others considering Ignition:** Highly recommended. With its modular licensing it is very cost-effective tailored to specific project needs. **What problems is Ignition solving and how is that benefiting you?** operator HMI displays for real-time monitoring, alarming with automated email notification, historical data management, AWS cloud injection and scheduled automatic reports. ### 5. Ignition just works **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 17, 2021 **What do you like best about Ignition?** Ignition does a really good job as a connected application. It has everything to build a solid foundation for a good digital shopfloor. **What do you dislike about Ignition?** I don't really have allot to dislike about Ignition. Some minor things could be improved, but I haven't seen other platforms being better. **Recommendations to others considering Ignition:** Do it. There is so much value for your money. **What problems is Ignition solving and how is that benefiting you?** You can do anything from SCADA applications to very complex MES functionalities, and even remote IIoT application with great asset monitoring. ## Ignition Discussions - [Who uses ignition Scada?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/who-uses-ignition-scada) - [What can ignition do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-can-ignition-do) - [What is Ignition program?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-ignition-program) - [View Ignition pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/inductive-automation-ignition/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-16+20%3A57%3A06+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=caa60480-ff49-4108-8d12-7a1dff4ae41d&secure%5Btoken%5D=387d539c65cd89aac1a1537f712557c2ea3fc44130e8333bdbf73ff1a287cc18&format=llm_user) ## Ignition Features **Monitoring** - Compatibility - Interface - Dashboards - Alerts **Control** - Locations - Adjustments - Remote Access ## Top Ignition Alternatives - [SIMATIC WinCC](https://www.g2.com/products/simatic-wincc/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (72 reviews) - [Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY](https://www.g2.com/products/proficy-hmi-scada-cimplicity/reviews) - 4.0/5.0 (22 reviews) - [AVEVA Edge](https://www.g2.com/products/aveva-edge/reviews) - 4.0/5.0 (30 reviews)