Comparison
Raylux and Ignition, compared
Standard Ignition and Raylux are both perpetual licenses with unlimited tags and published prices, and both sell operator screens either counted or unlimited. The main difference is how functions are bought.
Licensing side by side
Ignition against Raylux, checked on 5 October 2026.
| Item | Ignition | Raylux |
|---|---|---|
| License model | Standard Ignition and Ignition Edge licenses are perpetual, a one-time cost. Ignition Cloud Edition carries an ongoing fee. | Perpetual. Releases within your generation are included; a new generation is a paid upgrade, or comes with the Support Plan. |
| What is metered | Tags, users and devices are unlimited. The Perspective and Vision modules are sold as Unlimited or limited to between one and five sessions. Ignition Edge allows at most two concurrent client views. | Tags, devices and users are unlimited. Concurrent operator clients are counted. |
| How functions are bought | As modules or Solution Suites (Application Building, Industrial Historian, Alarm Management, DataOps and Enterprise Integration), each priced separately. | Drivers and OPC UA are in the gateway license. Spectrum HMI, Historian, Reporting and Alarm notification are add-on modules, priced separately. |
| Prices published | Yes, with an online price calculator. | Yes, on the pricing page, with a configurator. |
| Support plan | Annual plans at 16%, 20% or 24% of the software's retail price, depending on the tier. | Support Plan at 20% a year, with generation upgrades. |
Where Ignition is the stronger choice
Track record and community. Ignition has a long track record, a large integrator community and a large module ecosystem. Raylux is a new product with a short history and a small community.
MQTT and Sparkplug B. Ignition sells MQTT through Cirrus Link modules in its Enterprise Integration suite. Raylux does not ship them yet. They are on the roadmap, not sold and not dated. If your design needs MQTT or Sparkplug B today, Raylux is not ready for it.
Where Raylux fits
The Raylux gateway license, $995, includes all eight protocols, OPC UA among them as both client and server, with no per-driver charge. Tags, devices, users and Studio engineers are unlimited.
Neither product counts user accounts, and both count operator screens unless you buy the unlimited option. Ignition sells its Perspective and Vision modules as Unlimited or limited to between one and five sessions. Raylux includes two concurrent operator clients with Spectrum, each further client up to nine is $195, and past nine you buy a capacity tier, up to an unlimited tier at $7,500.
Screens, history, reports and notifications are modules, so your total depends on which you take. Raylux is not a single price for everything, and the configurator on the pricing page quotes your actual plant.
Licenses are signed files, so a gateway on an isolated network activates with no route to the internet. Edge licenses for a single machine or panel start at $495.
Looking for an Ignition alternative?
The simplest test is to try Raylux on your own devices. The free download is fully unlocked for two hours at a time, with every driver, every module and unlimited tags and clients, and you can restart it as often as you like. Then price your plant on the pricing page.
Sources
Checked on 5 October 2026 against Inductive Automation's own pages: inductiveautomation.com/pricing/ignition, inductiveautomation.com/pricing/edition. Terms change, so confirm current terms with the vendor before you decide.
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