Comparison

AVEVA PI System vs EMQX

On the evidence we track, EMQX leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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AVEVA PI System46

★EMQX65

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AVEVA PI System	EMQXLeader
vioscaleAI score	46 / 100low · 2%	65 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$234
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	50
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type 1, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018, ISO 9001:2015 +1 more
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.aveva.com/en/legal/policies-compliance/	https://www.emqx.com/ja/security-and-trust-center
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in GB, US · HQ GB	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

AVEVA PI System46 / 100low · 2%

EMQX65 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX✓

Model

AVEVA PI Systemcommercial

EMQXfreemium

Price level

AVEVA PI System–

EMQXhigh

Starting price

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX$234

Transparent

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX✓

Integrations

Count

AVEVA PI System1

EMQX50

Security

Certifications

AVEVA PI System–

EMQXSOC 2 Type 1, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018, ISO 9001:2015 +1 more

Disclosure policy

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX✓

Gdpr

AVEVA PI System✓

EMQX✓

Hipaa

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX✓

Iso27001

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX✓

Soc2

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX✓

Trust center

AVEVA PI Systemhttps://www.aveva.com/en/legal/policies-compliance/

EMQXhttps://www.emqx.com/ja/security-and-trust-center

Reliability

Sla pct

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX99.99

Market

Availability

AVEVA PI SystemAvailable worldwide · Popular in GB, US · HQ GB

EMQXAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

AVEVA PI System4 items

EMQX6 items

Features

The capabilities each product documents. These tools do not share a category taxonomy, so this aligns what each vendor states rather than a normalised feature set.

Declared feature comparison
Feature	AVEVA PI System	EMQX
Delivery guarantee	-	exactly-once
Global edge network	-	✓
Message history replay	-	✓
Mqtt support	-	✓
Offline reconnect catchup	-	✓
Pricing model	-	connections-metered
Scaling model	-	native-cluster
Self hostable	-	✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AVEVA PI System

A software portfolio that allows industrial organizations to collect, standardize, store, and visualize real-time operational data from diverse equipment and systems, supporting both operational efficiency and IT security requirements.

Independently observed

EMQX

Leader

EMQX is an MQTT-based message broker designed to connect and manage millions of IoT devices in real time. It supports multiple deployment models (cloud-hosted, self-managed, and bring-your-own-cloud), comprehensive protocol support beyond MQTT, and integrations with 50+ external systems for data routing and processing.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AVEVA PI System

Pricing not documented yet.

EMQX

Leader

from $234/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

From free tier to $234/month managed, or custom enterprise pricing

ServerlessFree
- Up to 1000 connections
- TLS/SSL encryption
- Basic monitoring & alerts
- 8/5 support
Dedicated Flex$234/month with included traffic allowance
- Dedicated isolated cluster
- VPC peering & private link
- 40+ integrations
- 99.99% uptime SLA
- 24/7 premium support
BYOCContact sales
- Deployed in your VPC
- Custom data plane & control plane
- Managed upgrades and observability
- Compliance tailored to your needs
EnterpriseContact sales
- Deploy anywhere (on-prem, edge, cloud)
- Custom plugins & extensions
- Professional services
- Priority feature requests

as of 2026-09-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AVEVA PI System	EMQX
WebPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX✓

CLI

AVEVA PI System–

EMQX✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AVEVA PI System✗

EMQX✓

Self-hosted

AVEVA PI System✗

EMQX✓

On-premise

AVEVA PI System✗

EMQX✓

Hybrid

AVEVA PI System✓

EMQX✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AVEVA PI System

1 total

Databricks

Independently observed

EMQX

Leader

26 total

Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud
Oracle Cloud
AWS
OpenAI
Anthropic
Google Gemini
ClickHouse
Snowflake
Kafka
Pulsar
RabbitMQ
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
InfluxDB
TDengine
TimescaleDB
BigQuery
S3
Azure Blob
Confluent Cloud
Webhook
Amazon S3
+2 more

Independently observed

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