Rapid SCADA

What Rapid SCADA does

Rapid SCADA is a privately-held, for-profit open-source industrial automation software company that builds tools for creating monitoring and control systems. The platform is built on .NET and consists of core components — ScadaServer (data management and archiving), ScadaComm (device communication), and ScadaWeb/Webstation (browser-based operator interface) — that together form a distributed architecture in which nodes exchange information in real time and integrate with external databases. Rapid SCADA supports industrial protocols including Modbus TCP/RTU, OPC DA/UA, MQTT, and SNMP, and runs on Windows servers, Linux, embedded computers (notably Raspberry Pi), and cloud environments.

The company operates a dual commercialization model. The Community edition is distributed free of charge under the Apache-2.0 license with unlimited data points and no expiration, building a developer and integrator user base. Monetization comes from three paid commercial editions (Standard, Enterprise, Embedded) on annual subscriptions, a Module Store selling perpetual-license plugins (Map Plugin $280, Notification Plugin $139, Extra Scheme Components $49, Auto Report Application $550, plus drivers and extensions), and a professional services portfolio covering technical support, cloud monitoring, turn-key solutions, remote troubleshooting, training, consulting, and custom development.

Rapid SCADA serves industrial automation engineers, system integrators, manufacturing and energy facilities, software developers who extend the platform, and individual hobbyists and educators. Distribution is global, primarily community-led via the company website, GitHub repository, a public forum with 819 registered users, and the Module Store marketplace, where third-party developers also publish commercial extensions. No external institutional funding, acquisitions, or corporate restructuring events are disclosed; the company appears to be self-sustaining and founder/team-controlled.

Name

Rapid SCADA

Legal name

Rapid SCADA

Website

https://rapidscada.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rapid SCADA is an open-source industrial automation platform built on .NET that enables monitoring and control systems for integrators, manufacturing and energy facilities, and developers, monetizing through commercial editions, paid plugins, and professional services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation / SCADA Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

SCADA/HMI Platforms (IMAGABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

SCADA & Telemetry Software (Control Center) (EUADAEAD), Grid Automation & Communications (SCADA Gateways, IEC 61850, Teleprotection, Substation Networking) (IMAGAAAE)

Keywords

• Industrial automation software
• SCADA software platform
• IIoT system development
• Process control systems
• Open source SCADA

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commercial Software Editions: Paid commercial editions (Rapid SCADA Standard, Enterprise, and Embedded) include software modules developed by the team to extend the free Community edition with additional features for various deployment scenarios.
2. Plugins and Modules: Optional paid software modules including Map Plugin ($280), Notification Plugin ($139), Extra Scheme Components ($49), Auto Report Application ($550), and various communication drivers. Sold through the Module Store.
3. Professional Services: Technical support, cloud monitoring, turn-key solutions, remote troubleshooting, training and consulting, upgrade services, development and integration, and purchase service.
4. Community Edition: Free Community edition available with unlimited data points and no expiration, providing full SCADA functionality without commercial modules. Generates community contributions and marketplace ecosystem.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Rapid SCADA provides an open-source industrial automation platform (licensed under Apache-2.0) that includes tools for building monitoring and control systems, available as a free Community edition with unlimited data points and as commercial Standard, Enterprise, and Embedded editions. The platform consists of ScadaServer, ScadaComm, ScadaWeb/Webstation, and ScadaAdmin components supporting Modbus, OPC UA/DA, MQTT, SNMP, and database integrations, and runs on Windows, Linux, embedded computers (Raspberry Pi), and in the cloud. Paid add-on plugins and modules (Map, Notification, Extra Scheme Components, Auto Report, Modbus Slave Driver) and professional services (technical support, training, consulting, turn-key delivery, custom development) complement the software.

Product overview

Rapid SCADA is an open source industrial automation platform available in both free Community edition and commercial Standard, Enterprise, and Embedded editions. The platform provides tools for rapid creation of monitoring and control systems for industrial automation, IIoT, process control, and energy accounting applications. The core architecture consists of ScadaServer (data management), ScadaComm (communication with devices), and ScadaWeb/Webstation (web-based operator interface). Rapid SCADA supports unlimited data points in the free Community edition with optional commercial modules including Map Plugin, Notification Plugin, Extra Scheme Components Plugin, and Auto Report Application. The platform runs on Windows, Linux, embedded computers, and in the cloud, with support for Modbus, OPC, MQTT, SNMP, and various database integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rapid SCADA Community: Free edition with unlimited data points and no expiration date for individual users and small projects.
• Rapid SCADA Standard
• Rapid SCADA Enterprise
• Rapid SCADA Embedded

Products and services

• Rapid SCADA Community Edition Free, open-source edition of the Rapid SCADA industrial automation platform with unlimited data points and no expiration date, providing the complete core functionality (ScadaServer, ScadaComm, ScadaWeb/Webstation, ScadaAdmin) for building monitoring and control systems. Targeted at individual users, hobbyists, integrators evaluating the platform, and small-scale projects.
• Rapid SCADA Standard Commercial edition of Rapid SCADA including software modules developed by the Rapid SCADA team to address standard industrial automation requirements. Targeted at organizations deploying Rapid SCADA in mainstream production environments.
• Rapid SCADA Enterprise Commercial edition of Rapid SCADA with extended features for larger enterprise deployments, including additional software modules for advanced industrial automation and IIoT use cases. Targeted at enterprises running distributed SCADA and IIoT installations.
• Rapid SCADA Embedded Commercial edition of Rapid SCADA optimized for embedded systems and resource-constrained environments, including Raspberry Pi and Linux-based industrial controllers. Targeted at OEMs and integrators deploying SCADA nodes on edge and embedded hardware.
• Map Plugin Plugin displaying status and parameters of locations on OpenStreetMap interactive maps, enabling monitoring of geographically distributed systems and navigation to location details. Priced at US $280 for any application area with key delivery within 24 hours after payment.
• Notification Plugin Plugin that generates notifications based on events according to specified rules and displays them in a web notification panel, with audible alerts depending on notification type. Priced at US $139.
• Extra Scheme Components Plugin Plugin that adds attractive and intuitive gauge, level, chart, and frame components for operator schemes, available for both new mimics and classic schemes. Priced at US $49.
• Auto Report Application Application designed to automatically generate various reports based on Rapid SCADA data, save them to disk, and send them by email. Priced at US $550.
• Modbus Slave Driver Driver enabling interaction with controllers via the Modbus protocol when the Rapid SCADA server is a slave and the controller is a master, and providing data from Rapid SCADA to third-party systems. Price not publicly disclosed.
• Technical Support Service Official fee-based technical support provided by the Rapid SCADA team for installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and ongoing operation of Rapid SCADA installations. Targeted at organizations running production SCADA deployments.
• Cloud Monitoring Service Fee-based cloud monitoring service where the Rapid SCADA team remotely oversees deployed SCADA installations. Targeted at end users and integrators needing outsourced operational oversight.
• Turn-Key Solution Service End-to-end delivery service where the Rapid SCADA team designs, builds, and commissions a complete monitoring or control system powered by the Rapid SCADA platform. Targeted at end customers wanting a delivered solution rather than a software purchase.
• Training and Consulting Service Fee-based training and consulting delivered by the Rapid SCADA team, covering platform implementation, configuration, and best practices. Targeted at integrators and end-user engineering teams.
• Development and Integration Service Custom development and integration service where the Rapid SCADA team builds bespoke drivers, modules, or integrations for customer-specific requirements. Targeted at integrators and enterprises with unique industrial automation needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Unlimited data points in free Community edition
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Circler3 (Community Translator)minorOthersCommunity contributor who added Chinese-Simplified localization to Rapid SCADA.
• AGRP5 (Community Translator)minorOthersCommunity contributor who created Portuguese localization for Rapid SCADA.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OpenSCADA: Open-source SCADA project supporting multiple Linux distributions and multiple industrial protocols. Comparable on open-source licensing and cross-platform deployment, though with a smaller commercial footprint.
• Ignition by Inductive Automation: Commercial SCADA platform with web-based interface, unlimited tags licensing model, and broad industrial protocol support. The closest commercial analog to Rapid SCADA's unlimited-data-point positioning and a benchmark for the mid-market SCADA category.
• VTScada by Trihedral: Commercial SCADA software offering a single-license, unlimited-tag model with strong industrial protocol coverage. Directly comparable on tag-based pricing philosophy and target customer (integrators, utilities, manufacturing).
• Mango M2M / Mango SCADA: Open-source SCADA/IIoT platform with web-based interface, multi-protocol device support, and a paid commercial tier. Comparable to Rapid SCADA on open-source roots, IIoT positioning, and freemium-to-commercial monetization.
• Scada-LTS (formerly ScadaBR): Open-source Java-based SCADA platform forked from ScadaBR; one of the closest direct comparables to Rapid SCADA in terms of license model (open source), target users (integrators and end users), and core SCADA functionality.

Emerging players

• CODESYS (CODESYS Group): IEC 61131-3 automation platform with growing SCADA/HMI and IIoT cloud capabilities. Adjacent to Rapid SCADA's industrial-automation focus with overlap in target integrators, though anchored in PLC programming rather than pure SCADA.

Broad incumbents

• AVEVA (Wonderware / Citect): Established industrial software incumbent with System Platform, Wonderware InTouch, and Citect SCADA lines. Overlaps with Rapid SCADA in SCADA/HMI but operates at far greater scale across process industries and utilities.
• Schneider Electric EcoStruxure SCADA / Citect: Schneider Electric's SCADA offerings (Citect, EcoStruxure) target water/wastewater, power, and industrial customers. Comparable on protocol breadth and OT/IT convergence, with much larger enterprise reach.
• Siemens WinCC / SIMATIC HMI: Siemens' SCADA/HMI portfolio (WinCC, TIA Portal HMI) sold alongside its PLC and drives hardware. Competes with Rapid SCADA for the same SCADA budget but is the entrenched default in plants standardized on Siemens automation.
• Emerson iFIX / Movicon (Progea): Emerson's iFIX SCADA/HMI platform (and acquired Movicon/NEXT line) targets process and discrete industries. Comparable on SCADA/HMI core but ships with broader enterprise features, certifications, and Emerson's direct sales channel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/RapidScada
• Facebookfacebook.com/RapidSCADA

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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