CODESYS has changed its pricing model from hardware-platform based licenses to an application-based licenses model to address the latest technology trends and changing customer needs.
Today applications and licenses need to work on virtual and hardware-based platforms.
The new CODESYS application-based licenses provide hardware-independent licensing to CODESYS customers. Application-based licenses are scaling with the scope of the application running on any CODESYS Soft PLCs supported platform.
The scope of the application is defined by:
- the number of I/O channels,
- number of fieldbus networks,
- number of visualized variables,
- code size and
- additional options such as SoftMotion.
The device view in the CODESYS Development System shows details of the application scope in a CODESYS project for licensing purposes.
At the core of the application-based licenses are eight main license levels to choose from plus optional add-ons for advanced features. The application-based licenses are starting at a very low price for small applications and grow with the complexity and size of larger projects. Easy upgrades are available as needed to grow with the application.
Advantages:
More powerful hardware for industrial control
- Running small applications on a powerful industrial processors / IPCs or on a low-power Linux edge device is now possible with the same license at the same competitive price.
Virtualization and container architectures
- Multiple CODESYS Control instances per device
- Licensing not tied to specific hardware
- Scalable deployment
Now included in all CODESYS performance classes
- Visualization S with 128 Tags
- OPC UA S with 512 Tags