# Studio 5000 Reviews **Vendor:** Rockwell Automation **Category:** [Systems Engineering & MBSE Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/systems-engineering-and-mbse) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 50 ## About Studio 5000 The Studio 5000® environment, by Rockwell Automation, combines engineering and design elements into one standard framework that enables optimized productivity and reduced commissioning time. With the Studio 5000 environment, you can respond more quickly to changing market and business needs, while reducing total costs of ownership, including maintenance and training. ## Studio 5000 Reviews ### 1. Best PLC programming software on the market that comes with a hefty price tag **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nick D. | Control Systems Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2024 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Of all the major PLC development software Studio 5000 is the easiest to work with for both creating new programs and maintaining running systems. The visualization of online code, trending, and tag structure are top notch **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** The only negative of this software is the massive cost associated to buying **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Automation control, the software is user friendly and easy to get connected to live systems for troubleshooting and maintenance ### 2. Studio 5000 -Good Platform for learners **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2022 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** In Studio 5000, the main liked feature is finding and replacing the tags we assigned for the particular IOs. Also, we can quickly post modules configuration compared to other systems **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Most of the time system hangs due to program loading, which affects the SCADA screen operations when we work online or access the studio5000 program online. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reliability and easy functional checks for the IOs is the most desired thing. also easy creation of tags and module configuration is an easy task for the beginers ### 3. Fully functional but way to expensive **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nick D. | Systems Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 01, 2021 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** The best part of this software suite is that it is exceptionally easy to work with and begin development, a lot of other systems require more background work like address mapping which RSLogix manages for you. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** The cost of the software compared to any comparible platform is incredibly high and the competition has been catching up to some of the ease of use in the rockwell environment. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Unless you have a very specific need to get the annual "Toolkit" subscription, look at purchasing lifetime licenses because it will save you a lot in a couple years. The technical support provided by Rockwell has become less and less available over the years. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** PLC Programming, integration of peripherals is typically a lot more simplistic. ### 4. RSLogix Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sidram . | Senior Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 12, 2021 ### 5. Rockwell Studio 5000 review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Pharmaceuticals | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2021 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** It supports multiple Allen Bradley PLCs programming. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** It does not have a free version available, at least to view the logic of PLCs for troubleshooting in the process. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Use in case of new controllers is being used in the process. Not suitable for legacy PLCs like Micrologix 1200 **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ladder logic developments for PLCs used in process automation. ### 6. The best software to have for any manufacturing plant **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Studio 5000 is the top program for any ladder logic needs. Everything is so seamless and there are endless options of equipment that can be used with it. I have been in controls for just a few years but I will be a lifelong Rockwell/studio 5000 advocate. I will always use Rockwell if I have a choice. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Not much to dislike about it. In previous versions there were a few things that I thought could be a bit smoother. Minor things like multi window and tabs but the updates fixed all of that and now it's the most user friendly software that any programmer could ask for. Whatever it is that someone may dislike, there will be an update that will fix it. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Just do it. You won't regret it at all. They are always making improvements and will always be #1 on the market. Anything you may think you need automation for, Studio 5000 is the way to go. It will support you and anything you may need. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've used it in almost every job I've had in automotive and distribution centers. The opportunities for integration and application are nearly endless. It doesn't matter what field you work in or service; you can always find a way to implement a little bit of Studio 5000 and other Rockwell products. There are endless benefits to using Studio 5000. Online editing couldn't be any easier. Also the amount of devices that can be used is outstanding and they keep making the list grow day by day. ### 7. Studio5000 has a better User Interface compared to others PLC suite **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jude O. | Controls & Applications Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** I like the character appearance on the Programming screens a lot. It is not as boring compared to other suites I’ve used. It’s easier to work on projects with a really clear display and easy to read. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** I hate the limitations to using AOIs. I want to be able to make edits anytime and all around my project. I dislike not been able to edit project online in AOI subroutines. I also hate that studio5000 crashes a lot working with IOs. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** It is better to consider your individual requirements before switching to studio5000. It is sure a great tool to use. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it for my day to day troubleshooting and diagnosing of machine faults. I use it to design logics from scratch and so far, I have had little to no problem using it ### 8. I’ve been using studio 5000 for serval years now. The best software for programming out there. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Building Materials | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 04, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Studio 5000 give you the flexibility to use almost anything you need to program from a simply to complex machines. The ability to use ladder, function block, structure text is nice. The help files and examples are a great tool when getting into unfamiliar situations. Very easy to learn too. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** I can’t say there is a lot of things I dislike about the software, I guess the one thing would be version 31 has a few bugs in it that cause small problems with the PLC not getting all the data. It would cause the machine to stop from not receiving an input on a remote IO. Very small glitch that was corrected when we flashed it to 32. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have solve Numerous problems with communication and the ability to have multiple HMIs on the same equipment. Also being able to use our tablet to control the machine has been very beneficial to the operators. The other problems that studio 5000 help us with is PID loops, it is very nice to control all heat from the PLC and not a bunch of temp controllers everywhere. ### 9. Studio 5000 vs other platforms **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David S. | Senior Automation Technologist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Studio 5000 it is the easiest platform I've used. The way I can create reusable blocks such as AOI's and the way I can communicate with other devices is the best vs others platforms such as siemens, Omron or B&R **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** SFC language it's not good enough and sometimes working with strings data type Isn't easy as it should be. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** I highly recommended Studio 5000, is one of most the Popular and easy to use. You can find this software with any local supplier in your country. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cross reference it's a great tool for tracking the tags ### 10. I used it for process automation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2021 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** We will get everything in help that's help me out. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Actually nothing to say.but I got issue while communicating with modbus devices.thats is link layer error I'm still searching answer for that how to troubleshoot error **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm solving problem related process.while doing that same logic will use many time in such cases I used to build UFB ### 11. Studio 5000 Honest Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew H. | Controls Engineer (CONTRACT), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** The User Interface for Studio has always been very intuitive to me. Moreover the context-sensitive help is very helpful. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** The error codes could be changed to be actual error messages. Why should we have to go to the Rockwell Support website to look up what a fault code really means and the corrective actions required to fix the issue? Then depending on your access level (Tech-Connect versus standard user) you may or may not get enough information to correct the issue. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to quickly replace older controls systems using newer Rockwell hardware and program it quickly and efficiently using Studio 5000 ### 12. Using Studio 5000 **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Studio 5000 by Rockwell Software is an easy to use software provided the user has basic knowledge on one of the following PLC programming languages, namely, ladder logic, function block, instruction list or sequenced function charts. All these languages are easy to learn, their ease in learning descends in the order listed above. Features of Studio 5000 allow different ways of expressing different processes and testing of a process before making actual connections. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Studio 5000 needs you to be connected to a PLC to test programs written for processes and Studio 5000 needs other softwares, like RSlinx for configuration and setup of connection to PLCs. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** I would recommend Studio 5000 when you have equipments that meet the requirements and compatibility with Rockwell automation PLCs or Allen Bradley PLCs as famously known. If you are using any other PLC then I would ask you to check for other softwares relevant to your PLC or control system. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Studio 5000 allows programming PLCs to manipulate devices connected to PLCs as well as use different inputs and outputs for industrial usage or personnel training. ### 13. From RSLOGIX5000 to Studio5000 **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 15, 2021 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Tools available for easier access to write logic. Inbuilt blocks for Rockwell Hardware. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Sometimes application crashes when working. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Studio5000 on daily basis to tackle logic building problems. ### 14. It's an easy to use software suite for Allen Bradley controllers **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Taiwo F. | Co-Founder/Technical Superintendent, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 01, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** It's easy to use. I'm conversant with automation suit from other OEMs, the ease at which I was able to troubleshoot Allen Bradley controllers is surprising, because Studio 5000 is easy to use. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** The User Interface needs to be redesigned for easier navigation **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Troubleshooting a client's automation system, the client make use of Allen Bradley controllers, and I had my trainings on another Popular OEM. Studio 5000 makes it easy for me to troubleshoot the system. ### 15. Excellent platform to integrate all your PLC into one and crosslink different processors **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Munish S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** I found this very helpful easy to write new program and link to running programs also very quick making any changes and troubleshooting **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Sometimes adding new processor card you have downsize the plateform to adjust the program **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ladder logics with automation feedback and control process for precision addition of product mixing and sanitation ### 16. Old-School But Functional **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food & Beverages | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Simple, straightforward layout. Online edits are easy. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Tag alias system is annoying. Lags and crashes a lot when opening IO config windows, especially online. Window organization is poor. Lack of functionality in the interface when compared to something like TIA Portal. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** For mid- to low-range tasks, I prefer TIA Portal. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I like the ability to easily create AOIs. Being able to change the colours of the programming environment is nice. ### 17. friendly-user environment, allows SFC and is easy to learn. Would recommend! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** How it allows to merge SFC with Ladder sequences. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** How tedious it can be to get connected to the PLCs and that it doesn't have compatibility with older controller models (like SLC). **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** -So far, SFC has been the most efficient way of programming and doing industrial automation, so my recommendation is to use this as the way to go. -Work as standarized as possible, Standard tags make the work easier! **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've been able to generate automated solutions for the clients of the company i work for. From Leak Testing to full assembly machines, my team has been able to deliver fast and reliable solutions. ### 18. Studio5000 is Rockwell automation's PAC software from version 21 **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Deepu N. | Automation and Controls Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 25, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Pictorial view is greater than logix5000 the tag monitoring management more features came like multi select **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Can't use this software to open old version lesser that 21 **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** If your using Ab controllers version greater than 21 you want to use studio 5000 **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Trend monitoring of real time data,this have more features now like copy paste options ### 19. Work with many projects, small and big scale. **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maid S. | Electrical Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Network tree, memory structure, easy diagnostic and help. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** The big dislike is need for preconfiguration network connection in RSLinx. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Read documentation. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** PLC programming for oil and gas industry and many others. ### 20. Good **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sunil S. | Automation and Project Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 29, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** The overall software is very easy to use **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** It would be better if the software had a standard toolbar **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have tried simple logics for testing ### 21. Studio 5000 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Glass, Ceramics & Concrete | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** I like the ease of navigation through studio 5000 versus some other platforms. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** With newer revisions, there can be varying issues once rolled out. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** I would recommend this platform. It is easy to use, and good support. I would also recommend taking a class or two, to get yourself familiarized. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Some problems being solved are minor bugs with new revisions. These can be solved by providing feedback to customer service. ### 22. The software is awesome, but most of my friends aren't controls engineers. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 20, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** It is daily intuitive and well laid out. Program scan times are well defined and programs are organized well. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** It can be a pain at time to open up old ladders (V20 and before). **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is allowing me to commission high quality, automated welding machines. ### 23. Sana **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 04, 2021 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** PlantPax objects and detailed user manuals. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Too many steps involved in communication setting for FactoryTalk. It shall not involve any extra steps done in RSLinx. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Control System solution for a pumping station. HVAC control system. Benefits are rigorous hardware and hot modifications in live system. ### 24. So far my experience with Studio5000 logix designer has been excellent. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** SYED SALIK A. | Senior Turbocompressors Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 17, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Graphical User Interface and troubleshooting **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Help section of the Studio5000 application **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Since this application is used as the base engine for the Programmable Logic Control (PLC) which we are using at our plant site, it really helps with troubleshooting and finding out sequential errors and faults. ### 25. Studio 5000 is easy to navigate and learn. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Utilities | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 20, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** The cross reference tool makes it easy for me to trace the logic and understand what the program is doing. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Messaging between PLCs has always been confusing to me. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** I have tried software from Automation Direct as well as Siemens. I prefer Studio 5000 above all. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Wastewater treatment. It's an easy program to learn and it allows me to easily troubleshoot issues in the process by going online with the PLC and looking at the logic live. ### 26. Studio5000 is one of the most helpful product, very user friendly and easy to program. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food & Beverages | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** User interface, User Friendly, Easy to build Program **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Online editing of the AOIs is not possible **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Plant Automation ### 27. User friendly and straightforward interface which helps in ease of programming **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 05, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** We can have complete hardware configuration and software tasks, AOIs, Motion Groups, all controller tags are retentive **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Too many versions releases rest all things are upside **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Great tool, easy to learn programming style for freshers in the industry **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Complete software development, troubleshooting, diagnosis, monitoring, motion control, controller tags ### 28. Studio 5000 and tagging. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mining & Metals | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 26, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** On my experience programming on Studio 5000 the cross reference and tagging is really helpful and intuitive while troubleshooting a system. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** I have personally experienced crashing (fatal error) and bugs due visual studio. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Studio 5000 is a heavy software, you need a latest processor. 16gb ram or more, and a graphics card. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** with the latest revisions, the online editing of AOI blocks is great. ### 29. I have been using Studio 5000 for more than 4 years and I would strongly recommend Rockwell **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Warehousing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 27, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Stability and easy interface use that helps programmers to easily work with less trainings **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Interface needs to be colored to give moderate view **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Warehouse automation bussiness ### 30. Training in industrial automation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** easy to use because of the full guidance for each function **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** it requires a computer with high specifications to work efficiently. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** This application is used for a specific family of Allen-Bradley PLCs. If you want to use this product you have to purchase it, don't waste your time trying to find a cracked version of it. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** it helps to program Allen-Bradley PLC, used mostly in industry ### 31. Easy to use Easy to troubleshoot **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** AOI instructions and easy maping in SCADA **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Very difficult to install it on window 10 **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Easy to use **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Network trafic reduced and easy to replace hard ware .no need to have the program backup ### 32. Worked with studio 5000 for many years **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food & Beverages | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 22, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Everything in one place. View designers view logix and easy to use **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** I think I don’t dislike any thing except how long it take to open the application. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solved multiple problems with studio 5000. Easy to troubleshoot the problem and locate where the problem is. ### 33. Studio 5000 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 26, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** The seamless integration with Studio. Also the many extra features that are not in 500. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Very labor intensive process for non-coders. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** We trend many fault reasons and drives along with our integration of Kinetix drives and their control abilities. ### 34. Studio5000 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** PLC coding, SCADA and HMI designing included in same software **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** HMI networking with Logix series I found difficult to connect **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** I suggest Studio 5000 to my friends **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Tag based addressing, easy networking with remote modules ### 35. Studio 5000 Good IDE **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Warehousing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 23, 2020 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** It has a nice clean interface that makes working with multiple projects at a time easy. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** There are interface issues with some devices and has a lack of online abilities. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Warehouse handling systems ### 36. RS - Logix For Process Control Logic **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Oluwatomisin O. | Data and AI Professional, Government Administration, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 09, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** RS- Logix is an essential software for industrial automation experts. What i like most about the software is that it allows one to simulate process control even without having the hardware device.The software is is open-source and easy to access for any one.This is a big boost for new users that wants to get introduced to automation but without the funds for a real training.The installation is seamless and easy as the procedure and steps can be easily read about or videos watched on YouTube.. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** What i dislike about this software is that it does not come with inbuilt explanation notes that helps to understand the full functionality of some tools.Some tools are not clearly explained in detail on how to use them except you source for videos . The simulation of the software requires that the user makes to many clicks in downloading ,running and toggling.These process should be made faster and less strenuous as programmers will need to run and test codes frequently. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Rs- Logix is highly recommended for users who are new to process control logic system and want to get accustomed to SCADA,HMI system.This is the first step to learning it and the software is absolutely open-source and fee to use. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** RS-Logix is been used presently to solve some process control problems. Like automatic control of tank level,chemical mixer reactors etc. ### 37. Rockwell has come a long way **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Larry T. | Director, Product Development, Industrial Automation, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Solid development platform that is well tested. We use the environment to develop controls for entire chiller plants. The integration is simple and rarely encounters any problems. If problems are encountered, the tech support is top notch. We have hundreds of installations through out the US. Rockwell is also a very good partner in our installations. They have gone above and beyond in helping us to penetrate the market place. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Not enough "open" programming, can't change AOIs online. I would love it if the add-on instruction blocks could be modified while the project was online. This is really the only feature that we miss from our previous solution. Also, it would be nice if they supported more commercially available languages for control (java, javascript, etc.). **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** If you have no programming experience, you should go through training. Otherwise, it's fairly intuitive and easy to navigate. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Chiller plant automation. Easier to get into industrial market when utilizing Rockwell name. ### 38. Rs-Logix - Easy and Simple Ladder Logic System For PLC **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew O. | Graduate Mechanical Engineer, Oil & Energy, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** RS-Logix is a very good tool for all plc programmers,the software is free to download and use.Rs-Logix requires no tutorial to use.I love that the software does not experience crashes or errors upon usage . Rs-logix tutorial is easy to find on YouTube and requires no extra experience but just the knowledge of process control to use **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** What i dislike about RS-logix is the testing and running of code.To test ,run and debug programs,user have to download,run and toggle bits.These seems to be a long process and can be frustrating when debugging programs of which many changes are constantly made. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** For new process control/mechanical and electrical engineers aspiring to be an automation engineer.,rs-logix is a good way to start plc programming and later move on to HMI systems **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Rs-logix has greatly impacted process control for use on the allen bradley 500 ..It has been used to modify instrumentation hookups during debottlenecking of facilities ### 39. RS LOGIX 500 FOR PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAMMING **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Oluwatosin O. | Mr, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 03, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** RS Logix can be used and studied without purchasing the hardware.It can be used with an emulator on PC for students and learners. Whenever a program is compiled and errors are encountered ,the errors are displayed in very simple statements.Clicking on any line on the log of errors will direct you to the rung where the error was encountered and also the error message will direct you in simple statements on how to rectify the errors. The Emulator software is also easy to source online ,download and install without bugs **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** The non inclusion of functions like TT for timer on the TIMER ON and TIMER OFF display. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** RS logix is an easy to use software.Less expensive and also resources for help and tutorials can easily be gotten online. For new users,it is advisable to use the 'help' section of every functions to understand better **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Process control problems like tank,vessel level ,temperature,pressure control can be easily solved with RS logix packages. ### 40. RS Logix Software review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Akolade A. | AKOLADE ADEWUNMI, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** RSLogix emulator has been helpful to perform logic solving simulation in a manner that make it distinct from other logic solver software. It can even be utilized without having the physical device. This has been very helpful couple with the fact that the software is accessible to use. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** RSLogix has to deal with how named variables being created to save files should be able to identify in the storage archive. It is a worrisome situation because i mostly found it difficult to locate my saved files. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** I will strongly recommend RSLogix as a veritable tool when dealing with Programmable logic control issues. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** To Facilitate better teaching process for instrumentation logic control To create PLC for proces equipment and their control operation. To create multiple logic control interface. As a enhancement tool for plant automation. ### 41. Review of RSLogix **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** OLUFEMI A. | Adewunmi Olufemi, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 19, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Use of RSLogix emulator allows for user to run a simulation in a seamless manner without the actual device. This is indeed a greater asset. In addition, RSLogix software can be freely accessible online. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** I do have issues with creating named variables being in synchronization with how they were being stored. This is one of the most unpleasant scenario of the software. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** It is highly recommended for any issues or projects that require logic solving **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. To develop Programmable logic control for process devices 2. Being used for plant automation. 3. As logic solving devices 4. As teaching aid for training on PLC and automation ### 42. User friendly and very fast. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jannis N. | Accountant, Accounting, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Easy to access the software,easy to navigate,easy to set up and operate,it's very fast and initiative,has good management and quality services. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Sincerely,I haven't noted any disadvantage when it comes to dealing with RSLogix. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** It's great to work with RSLogix,it's very fast and initiative,easy to set up and has good management.Always the best amongst many softwares. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Management of inventory in a better way,has helped in production and promotions of products and has helped in making payments very fast with better insights. ### 43. Heart of Allen Bradley PLC's **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 05, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** RS logix 500 and RS logix 5000, it is IEC 1131 compliant ladder logic programming software, very powerful, easy and time saving functionality inbuilt software **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Allen bradley should have a single source of software like TIA for siemens, user interface needs to be improved **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Its a have must software for those who are working on allen bradley's plc, **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** For plc's of of allen bradley tgis software is must for programming and communication, everything is depends on thia software ### 44. Top Of The Line Ladder Logic Program **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** This software has by far the most documentation out there. Mostly forums and 3rd party. Also the AOI, UDT, and advanced motion controls are world class. The ability to copy out/copy in lines of ladder logic is very useful. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Needing like 20 different versions of this software installed based on the controller is annoying. Also it should be possible to copy out groups of tags, modify them and re import them. It is way too manual of a process at the moment. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Use this if you are using Allen Bradley PLCs. It really doesn't have a use besides this. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use this to program Allen Bradley PLCs. The main benefit is it is required to make Allen Bradley PLCs work. ### 45. Great software, but hard to use **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mining & Metals | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** I like how helpful this software is to program PLCs, it’s very thorough, and has a good graphical layout. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** I don’t like how it looks so old, is slow, and just seems to be outdated overall **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Improved efficiency and reduced costs by more effective automation. ### 46. Easy to use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Ease of use. Also, lots of tutorials are available through software's menu itself. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Slow response from software while operating/working with logic. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using for PLC Ladder Logic programming. Reduced logic preparation time because of easy access. ### 47. One of the most powerful software tool in industrial automation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sergio A. | Research Assistant, Industrial Automation, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2018 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** This software offers a complete set of tools that allows you design, develop, and test a lot of different type of industrial automation applications. User have the possibility to also to emulate processors and modules to test the development before it runs in the real device. The tools included let you configure the Rockwell Automation network very easly and with a lot of features for operational diagnostic. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** I have work with this set of tools a long time ago and it is difficult to find cons of the software, but one feature that Rockwell Automation could improve a little bit more is the third party devices integration, sometimes takes a lot of time and effort to develop an application that includes devices of different brands of RA. Another issue that RA could improve is in the technical support obtained by phone. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** In my opinion, Rockwell Automaton have the best industrial automation solution with Studio 5000 and the current hardware platforms. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helps a lot improving the performance of the plant processes through automation. This software complemented with other RA software, allows the customer to have the entire control of the plant processes. ### 48. Solid Logic **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mining & Metals | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 27, 2018 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** The user interface is strong, the control sets are plenty. I think for running a plant PLC system, it has by far surpassed other technology similar to it in the competition space. We are able to run our entire cement plant with Rockwell Automation and Studio 5000 is the main platform design and logic is presented to the end users and PLC's. With over 3700 tags in our system Studio allows for quick work of the logic and keeps up running as efficiently as possible. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** There are times where it is difficult to navigate. It has some program lag and creates updates requiring me to update the firmware on the PLC's which is sometimes a problem, when your existing PLC doesn't support Firmware above certain levels. **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** Be sure to really know your stuff, this is not a beginner program **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to run our entire cement plant with Rockwell Automation and Studio 5000 is the main platform design and logic is presented to the end users and PLC's. With over 3700 tags in our system Studio allows for quick work of the logic and keeps up running as efficiently as possible. ### 49. Excellent PLC code software **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vincent M. | Electrical Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** Rslogix is extremely easy to use, the layout of the program is excellent and all the logic functions are easily accessible. I have been using the software for 2-3 years and I enjoy it. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** Sometimes the software has issues connecting to a PLC and crashes. The Rslinx software which comes bundled with it sometimes has glitches **Recommendations to others considering Studio 5000:** One of the best programs to develop plc ladder logic, very easy to use. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** We create some very complicated ladder logic in the software and it makes it easy to use. The main benefit is the savings in time using this product. ### 50. Powerful automation software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Dairy | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 28, 2018 **What do you like best about Studio 5000?** I like the ease of creating a tagname database. It is easy to navigate and add any additional hardware. Connecting to and finding connected equipment is good. **What do you dislike about Studio 5000?** I dislike that while scrolling through the tagname database it sometimes freezes and lags. Often the rslinx comms freezes. **What problems is Studio 5000 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Offers a good solution to our automation. ## Studio 5000 Discussions - [What is Studio 5000 Logix Designer?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-studio-5000-logix-designer) - 1 comment - [View Studio 5000 pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/studio-5000/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-14+19%3A40%3A44+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=e8ff73d6-9f89-40a5-bd5f-f3dacf2ace3b&secure%5Btoken%5D=238f7e5b0790cd829393b587b54fffc9e10b2983cfd3a88675cf27965d5d0aa4&format=llm_user) ## Studio 5000 Features **Systems Modeling** - Systems Modeling Language (SysML) - Unified Modeling Language (UML) - Model Based testing - Graphical programming - Drag and Drop **Requirements** - Requirements traceablity - Requirements analysis - Requirements priortization **Collaboration** - Distributed use - Stakeholder collaboration **Debugging** - Automatic error list - Breakpoints ## Top Studio 5000 Alternatives - [LabVIEW](https://www.g2.com/products/labview/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (183 reviews) - [Epsilon3](https://www.g2.com/products/epsilon3/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (259 reviews) - [Simcenter Amesim](https://www.g2.com/products/simcenter-amesim/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (112 reviews)