What Tatsoft does

Tatsoft is a Houston-based industrial software company that develops the FrameworX platform for SCADA, HMI, IIoT, MES, and edge computing applications. Built on 100% managed .NET, the platform uses a unified three-view architecture (Config Tables, Runtime Namespace, Designer UI) in which every configuration object exists in synchronized forms, with native Unified Namespace, built-in MQTT broker, and 100+ industrial protocol connectors (OPC-UA, Modbus, BACnet, MQTT with SparkplugB, Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley ControlLogix). Security is engineered to align with IEC 62443, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, and NERC CIP. The platform is sold in three editions (FrameworX Enterprise for plant-wide SCADA + IIoT, MachineHMI for standalone machines, and EdgeConnect as a $750 perpetual edge SKU) with all modules and connectors included and no per-tag licensing.

Tatsoft monetizes through annual subscription licensing, perpetual EdgeConnect units, and recurring fees from two tiered system-integrator partner programs (Vanguard Alliance at $0 enrollment + $750/yr and SI Partner Program at $1,500 enrollment + $750/yr), plus an OEM Partner Program for machine builders. A free evaluation download of FrameworX 10.1 with unlimited tags functions as a product-led growth entry point. Distribution is primarily indirect, through certified system integrators, OEMs, and technology partners (Canary Labs, HiveMQ, Cisco), supported by a direct enterprise field-sales motion. The company claims 5,000+ deployments across 20+ countries and verticals including oil and gas, pharmaceutical, water, food and beverage, and building automation, with named reference customers such as Apache, Hess, Chevron, 3M, AstraZeneca, Bombardier, and Ecolab.

The most recent strategic emphasis is on AI-powered development. In March 2026 Tatsoft launched FrameworX AI Designer, which connects AI agents directly to the live Designer IDE through 18 specialized Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools and 73 structured schemas, enabling engineers to generate complete SCADA, HMI, alarm, historian, and scripting configurations from natural language. The company is privately held (Tatsoft LLC, Delaware), bootstrapped with no disclosed funding, and operates with a 1-10 person team led by President Harry McCollum and CTO Marc Taccolini.

Name

Tatsoft

Legal name

Tatsoft LLC

Website

https://tatsoft.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tatsoft is a Houston-based software company that develops the FrameworX platform for SCADA, HMI, IIoT, and MES applications. It serves system integrators, OEM machine builders, and plant operations across oil and gas, pharmaceutical, water, and food and beverage industries worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation Software / SCADA Platform

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Automation Software (SCADA, HMI, MES, Historian) (IMAHAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

SCADA/HMI Platforms (IMAGABAB), Factory Automation & Control Systems (PLC/SCADA/DCS) (IMAIAMAA), LLMOps & Generative AI Platforms (Prompt/Agent Orchestration, RAG) (HDAEANAD), Model Serving, Inference & Deployment Platforms (APIs, Edge/On-Prem) (HDAEANAC)

Keywords

• SCADA software platform
• Industrial automation software
• HMI development tools
• IIoT connectivity platform
• MES software solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses (Enterprise, MachineHMI, EdgeConnect): FrameworX platform sold in three editions: Enterprise (unlimited SCADA + IIoT for plant-wide and multi-site scale), MachineHMI (full-featured HMI/SCADA for standalone machines with unlimited tags), and EdgeConnect (industrial edge platform for $750). All modules included with no per-tag or per-client fees that penalize growth.
2. Partner Program Fees: SI Partner Program ($1,500 enrollment + $750/year) and Vanguard Alliance ($750/year) generate recurring revenue from system integrator channel partners. Includes software discounts, NFR licenses, and support benefits.
3. Free Evaluation Downloads: FrameworX 10.1 available as free download for evaluation with unlimited tags and all features included. Serves as product-led growth entry point that converts to paid licensing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

Tatsoft sells the FrameworX industrial software platform, a 100% managed .NET application suite for SCADA, HMI, IIoT, and MES, delivered in three editions (Enterprise, MachineHMI, EdgeConnect). The platform bundles 100+ industrial protocol connectors, a native Unified Namespace, a built-in MQTT broker, native ML.NET/Python runtime, WebAssembly deployment, and the FrameworX AI Designer that uses Model Context Protocol (MCP) to let AI agents autonomously generate complete industrial automation projects from natural-language prompts.

Product overview

Tatsoft offers the FrameworX platform, a unified industrial software solution for SCADA, HMI, IIoT, MES, and edge computing applications. Built on 100% managed .NET code, the platform consists of three editions: FrameworX Enterprise (unlimited plant-wide SCADA + IIoT with dashboards, analytics, and AI), MachineHMI (standalone machine HMI/SCADA with unlimited tags), and EdgeConnect (low-cost edge platform with 100+ connectors for $750). The platform includes AI Designer capabilities powered by Model Context Protocol for autonomous engineering from natural language. Key application modules cover SCADA, HMI, IIoT/MQTT, MES, reporting/dashboards, and alarming. The company maintains a System Integrator Partner Program (Vanguard Alliance) for channel partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FrameworX: The main software platform for SCADA, HMI, IIoT, and MES solutions. Includes Enterprise, MachineHMI, and EdgeConnect editions.
• FactoryStudio
• FrameworX AI Designer
• MachineHMI
• EdgeConnect
• FrameworX Enterprise

Products and services

• FrameworX Enterprise Unlimited SCADA + IIoT platform for plant-wide and multi-site industrial deployments, including dashboards, analytics, historian, alarms, reports, scripts, datasets, security, and DevOps tools. Sold on annual subscription with all modules included. Targets plant operations and system integrators serving industrial end customers.
• MachineHMI Full-featured HMI/SCADA edition for standalone industrial machines, including unlimited tags, alarms, historian, and local control. Designed for OEM machine builders who embed the platform in shipped equipment. Sold on annual subscription with all modules included.
• EdgeConnect Industrial edge platform providing local processing, SQL, scripting, and 100+ built-in protocol connectors with secure cloud connectivity. Sold as a one-time/perpetual license at $750. Used by OEMs and plant operators for edge analytics and IIoT gateway applications.
• FrameworX AI Designer AI-powered development tool that connects AI agents directly to the live FrameworX Designer IDE via Model Context Protocol (MCP). Through 18 specialized MCP tools and 73 structured schemas, engineers describe requirements in natural language and AI generates tags, devices, alarms, historian configurations, displays, and scripts in real time. Delivered as part of FrameworX 10.1 (GA in build 2000+).
• System Integrator Partner Program (Vanguard Alliance / SI Partner Program) Recurring channel partner program for system integrators and OEMs. Includes certification training, NFR development licenses, software discounts (10%–50%), direct technical support, quarterly solution planning, optional deal registration, and (for Vanguard Alliance) a dedicated Architecture Mentor and priority support. Generates recurring partner-program fees on top of software sales.
• FrameworX Platform The unified FrameworX industrial software platform, built on 100% managed .NET with a three-view architecture (Config Tables, Runtime Namespace, Designer UI), 100+ industrial protocol connectors, native Unified Namespace, built-in MQTT broker, native ML.NET/Python runtime, and WebAssembly deployment. Underpins the Enterprise, MachineHMI, EdgeConnect, and AI Designer editions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40-50% reduction in project timelines through AI-powered development
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability11 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Wunderlich-Malec EngineeringminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSystem integrator partner using FrameworX for customer projects, specifically mentioned in reference testimonial for United Copper Company project.
• Control System TechnologiesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSystem integrator partner building SCADA solutions for oil and gas customers. Provides testimonial noting tasks completed in one-tenth the time with Tatsoft compared to legacy systems.
• Renifer SystemsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBuilding automation system integrator partner using FrameworX for flexible, reliable platform to build long-lasting applications.
• Mobius Automation (Mike Rioux)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSystem integrator for Lincoln Water District SCADA deployment. Selected FrameworX for its intuitive platform, scalability, and three-clicks-to-everything design philosophy.
• Irrigation Automation CompanyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWater irrigation automation company using FrameworX for pivot control systems with iPad/iPhone mobile access, real-time alarms, and government compliance reporting.
• IntellicessminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSI partner in oil and gas using FrameworX as data hub at the edge for collecting real-time drilling rig data, storing/forwarding to Azure IoT or OSISoft PI, and hosting AI-based drilling analytics.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• GE Digital (iFIX / CIMPLICITY): GE Digital's iFIX and CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA products serve similar process-manufacturing and utilities use cases as FrameworX and are common incumbent alternatives in plant upgrades.
• Rockwell Automation (FactoryTalk): Rockwell's FactoryTalk View and FactoryTalk Innovation Suite target the same SCADA/HMI/IIoT use cases as FrameworX, particularly among Allen-Bradley ControlLogix customers that FrameworX connects to.
• Honeywell (Experion): Honeywell Experion is a DCS-adjacent SCADA platform with strong positions in oil & gas, refining, and pharma — verticals that overlap with Tatsoft's Chevron, AstraZeneca, and Ecolab deployments.
• Siemens (WinCC / TIA Portal): Siemens WinCC Unified and TIA Portal compete head-on with FrameworX for SCADA, HMI, and PLC integration projects, with deep installed base among Siemens S7 customers that FrameworX also supports via its connector library.
• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): Schneider's EcoStruxure SCADA / Citect platform targets oil & gas, water, and industrial process SCADA — overlapping verticals with Tatsoft's named customer base (Apache, Hess, water utilities).
• AVEVA (formerly Wonderware / Schneider Electric): AVEVA's System Platform / Wonderware is a long-established SCADA/HMI/MES suite serving process industries; competes with FrameworX for plant-wide SCADA opportunities and brings far broader portfolio and larger installed base.

Others

• Canary Labs: Canary Labs is a named Tatsoft technology partner providing trend logging and historian capabilities that integrate with FrameworX; an ecosystem/complementary vendor rather than direct competitor.
• HiveMQ: HiveMQ is a named Tatsoft technology partner for MQTT broker/messaging — relevant because FrameworX also ships a built-in MQTT broker, so they sit at the boundary between partner and partial competitor in the IIoT data-plane layer.

Direct peers

• COPA-DATA (zenon): COPA-DATA's zenon is a comparable SCADA/HMI/IIoT platform sold through SIs and OEMs with similar pharma, energy, and manufacturing vertical focus, making it a direct mid-sized competitor.
• Inductive Automation (Ignition): Inductive Automation's Ignition is a widely deployed SCADA/HMI platform built on Java with unlimited-tag licensing and a strong SI channel — closely comparable to FrameworX in product category, customer base (system integrators, plant operations), and tag-based pricing disruption.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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