Comparison
VTScada vs ICONICS GENESIS (GENESIS64)
VTScada (Trihedral) is listed as SCADA, HMI; ICONICS GENESIS (GENESIS64) (Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions) as SCADA, HMI. No direct integration between them is listed. Last reviewed October 19, 2026.
Head-to-head
VTScada vs ICONICS GENESIS (GENESIS64): key differences
Every row cites the vendor's own pages
Two Windows-based SCADA/HMI suites that bundle a historian and alarming, but they license very differently. VTScada sells one-time licenses per installed PC, priced by I/O tag count, publishes a US price list and offers a free 50 I/O tier. ICONICS GENESIS (version 11, successor to GENESIS64) sells five tiers, from tag-limited Pure to unlimited-tag Plus through Platinum, with redundancy and advanced features unlocked by tier and no public prices.
| Topic | VTScada | ICONICS GENESIS (GENESIS64) |
|---|---|---|
| What you license[1, 2, 6, 7] | One-time license per installed Windows PC (Runtime or Development Runtime), priced by I/O tag count. | Five tiers: Pure, Plus, Professional, Prime and Platinum. All licenses on one network must be the same tier. |
| Tags[1, 2, 6] | Bands from 1,000 up to 2,500,000 I/O tags. Only tags that read or write external equipment count, across all applications on the PC. | Pure: 75, 150, 500 or 1,500 tags. Plus and above: unlimited GENESIS and Mitsubishi Electric FA tags. |
| Clients[1, 2, 7] | Thin clients (phones, tablets, PCs, Macs) licensed per concurrent connection: single, 5-pack or unlimited, priced by tag count. | Client entitlements are limited by hardware performance, not by the license. |
| Public pricing[1, 6, 10] | Yes: US price list and bundles published. OEM/integrator and 100,000+ I/O enterprise lists on request. | No public price list found on the official pages we reviewed. |
| Historian & alarms[2, 6] | Historian, alarm and event database, trending and reporting in one install. The Alarm Notification System is an option priced by tag count. | Data Historian and Alarm Server in every tier; remote historian collectors from Plus up; alert notifications included in Prime and Platinum, add-on below. |
| Redundancy[2, 6] | Every Runtime can act as a primary or backup (redundant) server. | Redundancy, including hot switching and OPC UA redundancy, from Plus up; not available in Pure. |
| Connectivity[2, 4, 5, 6, 9] | Common drivers (Modbus, DF1, CIP/ENIP, Siemens S7, OPC) plus DNP3, SNMP, Motorola ACE and MDS radio diagnostics; MQTT 3.1.1 with Sparkplug B and an OPC UA client since version 12. | OPC UA interface, BACnet, Modbus, SNMP, Mitsubishi Electric FA and REST/SOAP in every tier; MQTT subscriber in all tiers, IoT publisher and JSON/Sparkplug B encoding as add-ons in Plus, included from Professional. |
| Platform[2, 5, 8] | Each license runs on its own Windows PC, laptop or panel PC; the Anywhere Client serves operators in any HTML5 browser. | Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2019, 2022, 2025 (Desktop Experience) with IIS and SQL Server; HTML5 Web HMI. |
| Free options[3, 7] | VTScadaLIGHT is free up to 50 I/O on up to 10 PCs; 90-day trial. | No free edition listed; unlicensed systems run in a Demo license tier. |
Consider VTScada when…
- You want to price the whole system yourself from a public list and pay once per PC.
- Your systems are water, power or oil & gas telemetry, where DNP3 and radio drivers are built in.
Consider ICONICS GENESIS (GENESIS64) when…
- You run Mitsubishi Electric equipment or need BACnet and SNMP for building and facility systems in the same package.
- You need unlimited tags on every node from the Plus tier and want features like 3D graphics, fault detection or SAML by moving up a tier.
“Consider when” points are PlantWired's editorial reading of the sourced facts above, not vendor claims or a recommendation.
Directory listing side by side
| Attribute | VTScada | ICONICS GENESIS (GENESIS64) |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Trihedral | Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions |
| Categories | SCADA, HMI | SCADA, HMI |
| Ecosystems | Vendor-neutral | Mitsubishi Electric |
| Pricing model | One-time per-PC license by I/O tag count; free up to 50 I/O | Tiered license (Pure tag-limited; Plus to Platinum unlimited tags) |
| Listed integrations | 0 | 3 |
| Website | https://www.vtscada.com | https://iconics.com/Products/GENESIS64 |
| Direct link | No direct integration listed | |
Shared integrations
None listed yet.
Sources
- [1]VTScada: SCADA software pricing: https://www.vtscada.com/scada-software-pricing/
- [2]VTScada: software licensing: https://www.vtscada.com/software-licensing/
- [3]VTScada: VTScadaLIGHT free SCADA software: https://www.vtscada.com/free-scada-software/
- [4]VTScada: Communication Driver Library 12.1 (datasheet): https://www.vtscada.com/documents/datasheets/Datasheet-VTScada-12-1-DriverList.pdf
- [5]VTScada by Trihedral: home page: https://www.vtscada.com/
- [6]GENESIS v11 docs: Licensing Features: https://documentation.iconics.com/v11/Content/Licensing/licensing-features.htm
- [7]GENESIS v11 docs: Licensing Entitlements: https://documentation.iconics.com/v11/Content/Licensing/licensing-entitlements.htm
- [8]GENESIS v11 docs: System Requirements: https://documentation.iconics.com/v11/Content/system-requirements.htm
- [9]GENESIS v11 docs: Internet of Things Connectivity Overview: https://documentation.iconics.com/v11/Content/Data-Connectivity/Internet-of-Things/internet-of-things-connectivity-overview.htm
- [10]ICONICS press release: GENESIS (version 11) launch, Feb 18, 2025: https://iconics.com/news/press-releases/2025/iconics-introduces-genesis-a-paradigm-shift-in-scada-automation-and-digitalization-software
- Checked October 19, 2026. Prices are vendor list prices as shown on that date and may change.
- VTScada: official site https://www.vtscada.com
- ICONICS GENESIS (GENESIS64): official site https://iconics.com/Products/GENESIS64
- Integration links: PlantWired editorial directory (methodology)
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Editorial comparison based on public information. Not a recommendation; verify specifics with each vendor.