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Comparison

EMQX vs Ignition by Inductive Automation

On the evidence we track, EMQX leads this comparison with a composite score of 54/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★EMQX54
Ignition by Inductive Automation32
Score
Vioscale score
EMQX54 / 100medium · 61%
Ignition by Inductive Automation32 / 100low · 29%
Pricing
Free tier
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
Model
EMQXfreemium
Ignition by Inductive Automationfreemium
Price level
EMQXlow
Ignition by Inductive Automationhigh
Starting price
EMQX–
Ignition by Inductive Automation$3,200
Transparent
EMQX✗
Ignition by Inductive Automation✗
Integrations
Count
EMQX50
Ignition by Inductive Automation1
Security
Disclosure policy
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Gdpr
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Iso27001
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Soc2
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Reliability
Sla pct
EMQX99.99
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Market
Availability

What each one is

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

EMQX

Leader

An MQTT-based infrastructure platform that enables real-time communication between numerous IoT devices and cloud systems, with built-in data processing, 50+ integrations to enterprise backends, and AI agent capabilities for autonomous device monitoring and control.

Independently observed

Ignition by Inductive Automation

A flexible platform that centralizes industrial operational data and enables rapid development of custom automation applications deployable to devices at any scale, from single installations to enterprise systems.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

EMQX

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Tiered subscription model with different SLA levels (99.9% and 99.99%). Pricing not transparently displayed.

  • Standard-
  • Enterprise-
as of verify ↗

Ignition by Inductive Automation

from $3200Perpetual licenceFree tier

Alarm Management Suite $3,200 (billing period not specified). Free trial available (2-hour timeout, resettable).

  • Alarm Management Suite$3200 one-time
    • Alarm notification with pipeline builder
    • Email notifications and roster management
    • Twilio SMS integration
    • Voice notifications with text-to-speech
    • Unlimited clients, tags, and connections
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
macOS
EMQX✗
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
Windows
EMQX✗
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
Linux
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
CLI
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
Self-hosted
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
On-premise
EMQX✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✗

Integrations

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

EMQX

Leader
23 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
Independently observed

Ignition by Inductive Automation

1 total
  • Twilio
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.