CenTo 360 Inc.

What CenTo 360 Inc. does

CenTo 360 Inc., operating commercially as CENTO Software, is a privately held US LLC (legal entity Green Energy Experts LLC, headquartered in San Diego, California) that sells an enterprise-level Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) software platform to industrial operators. The platform unifies energy management, process control, metering and reporting, SCADA, industrial digital twin capabilities, and system integration into a single web-accessible ecosystem, with modular add-ons covering a Power Historian (built on InfluxDB for time-series and MongoDB for events/metadata), an Energy Balance module, a Power Quality Control module, an Event Recording module, a Visual Diagram Editor, a System Integration module, and an Information Model module.

Under the hood, the platform is positioned as a multi-protocol data fabric supporting OPC UA, Modbus, IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104, MQTT, DNP3, and SQL, alongside proprietary device protocols, with REST APIs for external connectivity and native integrations with SCADA, MES, and ERP systems. It targets heavy-industrial verticals including mining and processing, metals and steel, power generation and distribution, oil and gas, machinery manufacturing, chemical and pulp & paper, data centers, and pharmaceutical and food production, with enterprise-grade features such as role-based access control, network segmentation, failover, and compliance with standards including ISO 50001.

The company monetizes the platform through annual enterprise software subscriptions licensed per deployment site with unlimited user seats, distributed via direct enterprise field sales and a network of regional channel partners across Latin America (Argentina, Peru), EMEA (Spain, United Kingdom, South Africa), and Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan), supplemented by a public demo environment, ROI calculator, and content-driven demand generation. Operational footprint includes a US headquarters and regional sales/partner offices; the company describes an international team of developers, engineers, analysts, and project managers with more than 15 years of industrial automation experience.

Name

CenTo 360 Inc.

Legal name

Green Energy Experts LLC

Website

https://centosoftware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CenTo 360 Inc. (CENTO Software) is a San Diego-based vendor of an enterprise IIoT platform that unifies energy management, process control, SCADA, metering, digital twin, and system integration for industrial operators in mining, metals, power, oil & gas, machinery, data centers, and related heavy-industrial verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial IIoT Software Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Control Room HMI/Visualization, Alarm & Event Management (EUADAEAJ)

Keywords

• Industrial IIoT platform
• Energy management software
• SCADA digital twin
• Power quality monitoring
• Process control metering

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Licensing: Enterprise IIoT software platform sold as licenses with unlimited user access per license. No additional licensing costs for additional users.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CenTo 360 Inc. (CENTO Software) sells an enterprise-level IIoT software platform that combines integrated monitoring and control of energy and technological processes, metering and reporting, SCADA, industrial digital twins, AI-based analytics, and a data bus into a unified ecosystem. It is delivered to industrial enterprises as an annual software license with unlimited users, supported by a suite of modules (Historian, Digital Twin, Energy Balance, Power Quality Control, Event Recording, System Integration, Visual Diagram Editor, Information Model) and integrated with field devices via OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104, DNP3, SQL, and REST API.

Product overview

CENTO is an enterprise-level IIoT software platform offered as a unified ecosystem combining multiple modules. The core CENTO Platform provides industrial digital twin capabilities, data acquisition and storage (via CENTO Historian), real-time monitoring and control, metering and reporting, system integration (unifying SCADA, MES, ERP), and enterprise-grade security. The portfolio includes specialized modules: CENTO Energy Balance Module for monitoring and optimizing energy consumption, CENTO Power Quality Control Module for real-time electrical parameter analysis, CENTO Event Recording Module for incident capture and root-cause analysis, CENTO System Integration Module for connecting enterprise systems, CENTO Visual Diagram Editor for industrial visualization, and CENTO Information Model for structured data and asset management. Together, these products provide end-to-end industrial intelligence covering energy management, process control, digital twins, AI analytics, and system integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CENTO Platform Enterprise-level IIoT software platform combining integrated monitoring and control of energy and technological processes, metering and reporting, SCADA, digital twin, and a data bus into a unified ecosystem, sold as an annual license with unlimited users and aimed at industrial enterprises across mining, metals, power, oil and gas, machinery, chemical/paper, data centers, nuclear, and pharmaceutical/food verticals.
• CENTO Historian
• CENTO Energy Balance Module
• CENTO Power Quality Control Module
• CENTO Event Recording Module
• CENTO System Integration Module
• CENTO Visual Diagram Editor
• CENTO Information Model
• CENTO Industrial Digital Twin

Quantifiable outcome

• Decreased purchased power volume and cancelled daily scheduled rounds in mining operations
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 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 capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• SATECcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for power quality monitoring hardware. SATEC BFM II meters provide high-accuracy (0.5%) energy measurement supporting up to 54 single-phase circuits. CENTO software platform integrates with SATEC devices for electricity metering, engineering management, equipment diagnostics, and power quality monitoring.
• Ximavtomaika, LLCregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional partner in Uzbekistan (Central Asia) for sales and distribution of CENTO solutions in the region.
• Silumin-VostokregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional partner in Kazakhstan for sales and distribution of CENTO solutions in the region.
• Hitec Instruments LimitedregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK partner (Andrey Sokolik) for sales and distribution of CENTO solutions in the United Kingdom.
• National Power Contractors Pty (Ltd)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSouth Africa partner for sales and distribution of CENTO solutions in the region.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Emerson (DeltaV / AspenTech): Emerson's DeltaV DCS plus AspenTech portfolio covers process automation, historian, and advanced industrial analytics. CENTO competes with Aspen IP21-era historian and adjacent modules where customers want vendor-neutral, fast-to-deploy overlays on existing DCS/PLC estates.
• Honeywell Forge: Honeywell Forge offers process-industry digital transformation, asset monitoring, and energy management, with strong penetration in refining, chemicals, and power. CENTO's energy-quality and process-control modules overlap with Forge in power generation and industrial customers.
• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): Schneider's EcoStruxure platform combines energy management, industrial IoT, and process automation with POWER SCADA and Resource Advisor. CENTO's Energy Balance and Power Quality modules compete head-to-head with Schneider in industrial energy management for mining, data centers, and utility customers.
• AVEVA: AVEVA (combining former Schneider Electric industrial software and OSIsoft PI) provides an enterprise platform spanning industrial digital twin, SCADA/historian, and operations management. CENTO's unified IIoT/SCADA/historian/digital-twin stack competes most directly with AVEVA's industrial suite for process-heavy customers in mining, metals, and power.
• Rockwell Automation (FactoryTalk): Rockwell's FactoryTalk suite delivers SCADA, analytics, and IIoT on top of its dominant PLC installed base. CENTO's vendor-neutral multi-protocol approach is positioned as the alternative for customers seeking to escape Rockwell/Siemens/Schneider proprietary stacks.
• Siemens Digital Industries: Siemens offers WinCC SCADA, SIMATIC, and MindSphere for industrial IoT and process automation, serving the same discrete and process manufacturing customers as CENTO across energy, metals, and mining. The scale and global SI network make it the default incumbent in many of CENTO's target accounts.
• ABB Ability: ABB Ability offers industrial IoT and digital services spanning mining, power, and metals automation, paired with deep installed base in drives, motors, and protection relays. CENTO's multi-protocol integration (including IEC 61850 and IEC 104) targets customers looking to overlay analytics on ABB and third-party assets.

Direct peers

• PTC (ThingWorx + Kepware): PTC's ThingWorx IIoT platform paired with Kepware industrial connectivity is one of the most direct CENTO comparables—offering enterprise-grade device-to-cloud IIoT, analytics, and digital twin for industrial customers. Both compete on open-protocol connectivity and time-to-deployment in industrial analytics.
• Canary Labs: Canary Labs provides the Axiom historian and industrial data infrastructure used widely in process industries. CENTO's Historian module built on InfluxDB/MongoDB competes for the same historical time-series storage and trending workloads that anchor industrial analytics deployments.
• Inductive Automation (Ignition): Ignition by Inductive Automation is a web-based SCADA/HMI platform with unlimited-client licensing and no-code deployment philosophy that closely mirrors CENTO's positioning. Both target industrial customers seeking to displace legacy vendor SCADA with modern, web-native, lower-cost-of-ownership stacks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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