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Ignition Cloud Edition vs Tulip comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Ignition Cloud Edition
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tulip
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the AWS Marketplace category, the mindshare of Ignition Cloud Edition is 0.3%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tulip is 0.3%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AWS Marketplace Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tulip0.3%
Ignition Cloud Edition0.3%
Other99.4%
AWS Marketplace
 

Featured Reviews

Hassana Abubakar - PeerSpot reviewer
Control Systems (Scada) Engineer at Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited
Cloud monitoring has transformed real-time plant control and automated preventive maintenance
There is always room for improvement, and at the moment, I am on the good side. I do not really have a bad side of it or anything that I would like to see changed; I love what I see and I love what I use. One feature that comes to my mind as missing in Ignition Cloud Edition is the user graphics in the user interface. The graphics in the user interface, such as the slider or the shapes for the equipment, can be improved upon. When I am selecting a tank, I should see a real tank, or when I am selecting a breaker, it should look like a real breaker in the field, or a valve or a sensor or a slider. Every other feature, such as the graphs and charts, are cool.
Prathamesh Kakde - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Digital workflows have replaced paper on the shop floor and speed up regulated manufacturing
Definitely, AI in a regulated industry is something that is a concern of the clients. However, Tulip can stick to 21 CFR Part 11 strictly when it comes to Tulip's AI capabilities. Tulip has already started to look forward to compliance-related things. For example, Tulip's AI widget offers data reading throughout the site. It does not allow any AI to interact with external systems when we apply firewalls on it. In this regard, if Tulip continues in that way, they can definitely stick to the governance and security. As of now, I didn't face any issue related to their AI capabilities. It is working fine but not accurate, which is a red flag in a GXP regulated system. This is my feedback on their AI capabilities. This has been introduced into the latest LTS version and needs more hands-on experience. Before that, I cannot give a direct justification or feedback on their AI capabilities being reliable and accurate. However, at the extent that I have used them, they are accurate and reliable as of now. Tulip is an emerging platform and being a cloud-native MES, it has a lot to improve. According to me, traditional MES like FactoryTalk PharmaSuite has more complex features and user-oriented use cases and complexities that the application itself handles. However, when it comes to Tulip, all the things that matter are in the hands of a developer. That is something that Tulip can improve on. Tulip can switch to a traditional way of delivering in the pharmaceutical industry while keeping the cloud-native impact intact. One improvement that I can give an example of is that Tulip has application templates. Instead of templates, they can offer concrete applications to their pharmaceutical or any specific industrial client for their specific needs, such as a recipe designer and production management for a pharmaceutical client. Then production or material tracking or BOM tracking for a discrete client. In that way, I can see an improvement where Tulip can perform well.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Ignition Cloud Edition has positively impacted my organization by enabling sharing so that projects can be shared without everyone having to access them through manual file sharing."
"Both the database and Ignition can be set up very easily without any hardware, and reliability and high availability are always there, built in."
"My main use case for Ignition Cloud Edition, even if it's just in my learning phase, was that it is a very interesting cloud platform, it was very much feasible, it can interface to multiple types of controllers and also with RTUs, and I see that its application can be used in other applications which is much more comfortable than other available platforms."
"Ignition platform is a general, powerful platform that is easy to use and cost-effective, where in most cases, you pay one time for your license and then use it forever."
"Ignition Cloud Edition has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to get more projects and also increasing our revenue."
"Ignition Cloud Edition has had a very positive impact on our organization, especially in the way we access and use industrial data."
"The best features Ignition Cloud Edition offers are the ability to set alerts on a system and access that remotely."
"What I love about Ignition Cloud Edition is the advantages and functionalities it has over other SCADA software."
"Tulip has changed my life, as I started using it just for making some inventory, and now I'm moving forward to digitalize 100% of the facility."
"Tulip is really about empowering people to build applications, and those people who build the applications are not necessarily only technical experts or developers."
"For projects that would take two to three days in other applications, Tulip allows us to complete them in one day."
"What has really improved is the time taken to develop and deploy applications, as we save many work weeks in the development phase and have shortened the process compared to the conventional way of programming, while also saving time for operators and improving data accuracy."
"Since using Tulip, my organization has positively transitioned from a lot of manual documentation for GMP compliance to digital, significantly reducing paperwork and now maintaining data retention within Tulip instead of manually."
"The best features Tulip offers are the low or no code features that enable users with no programming background to work on and build applications."
"Organizations should start using Tulip as soon as possible."
"Tulip is a pre-configured tool where all fields and options are readily available on the Tulip platform, which impressed me when I evaluated it from a CSV perspective and development perspective."
 

Cons

"The accuracy of Ignition Cloud Edition is not very great, and reliability also needs improvement."
"For someone considering Ignition Cloud Edition, I think it is not bad, but honestly, I see it as overpriced."
"Ignition Cloud Edition can be improved in the sense that it doesn't come with some drivers in the Cloud version. For example, local device drivers are not included, and you always need a local Ignition Edge there."
"My concern is about cybersecurity. Since it's a cloud platform, the chances of countering cybersecurity attacks will be a major concern."
"The pricing aspect of Ignition Cloud Edition is actually on the high side."
"The way the historian is set up is not conducive to large deployments and it makes querying the data challenging."
"Ignition Cloud Edition reflects that it is still missing some driver options and we require a more cost-effective solution, which is why I rate it an eight on a scale of one to ten."
"I think Ignition Cloud Edition could be more intuitive on how to use it."
"Regarding Tulip's AI capabilities, I perceive that it is not yet mature and is still in the testing phase, with several features rolled out for end users."
"Customer support receives a rating of two in my experience because they are very difficult to contact."
"As of now, I didn't face any issue related to their AI capabilities. It is working fine but not accurate, which is a red flag in a GXP regulated system."
"In terms of integration and analytics, I do not see any other special features that Tulip provides that other modern market solutions do not provide, such as Ignition, Siemens Opcenter, and many other applications."
"I believe it is still at the beginning and not really advanced for the part I was using, so it could be improved."
"Tulip can do a lot better in user interface."
"One way Tulip can be improved is that the biggest challenge is if you already know programming. Tulip is extremely hard to set up because it doesn't follow standard programming rules."
"Tulip can improve by providing additional features developers can use in the application."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
27%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Construction Company
20%
Healthcare Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Ignition Cloud Edition?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was quite good, as it was straightforward based on how many machines, what kind of hardware we wanted to use, and how many users were needed.
What needs improvement with Ignition Cloud Edition?
Improvements for Ignition Cloud Edition should include the addition of more traditional PLCs-based drivers. I would also suggest that they might launch future Ignition Cloud Edition-based services,...
What is your primary use case for Ignition Cloud Edition?
My main use case for Ignition Cloud Edition is regarding the customer deployment of these Ignition Cloud Edition projects when they do not want to install on the on-premises servers. My main use ca...
What needs improvement with Tulip?
Tulip can be improved by offering better design and better functionalities. While making the application workable is really good, we should also focus on being great and user-friendly. Tulip is alr...
What is your primary use case for Tulip?
My main use case for Tulip is to fill up all the data which will be available from backend for the use of a warehouse. In a warehouse environment, I use Tulip by recording all the data, which made ...
What advice do you have for others considering Tulip?
Regarding Tulip's AI capabilities, I believe its accuracy and reliability of output is good. Whatever data we provide from the data perspective is displayed, and whatever UI is created is there as ...
 

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