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Beckhoff TwinCAT vs Zephyr Project

Beckhoff TwinCAT logo
Beckhoff TwinCATIndustrial IoT Platforms
From $200 / one-timePublished price
Zephyr Project logo
Zephyr ProjectEmbedded Systems Development
FreePublished price
Beckhoff TwinCAT logo
Beckhoff TwinCAT
Industrial IoT Platforms

Open, PC-based control technology

Zephyr Project logo
Zephyr Project
Embedded Systems Development

A proven RTOS ecosystem, by developers, for developers

Overview
CategoryIndustrial IoT PlatformsEmbedded Systems Development
What it isPC-based automation software transforming industrial PCs into real-time controllers with IEC 61131-3 programming.Open source real-time operating system for connected resource-constrained devices supported by the Linux Foundation.
Pricing
Published priceFrom $200 / one-time
TwinCAT 3 engineering/development environment is free to install on unlimited PCs. Paid runtime licenses are one-time, per-device, and scale with controller CPU performance level:…
Free
Zephyr RTOS is an open-source project and does not sell a paid vendor subscription as the core product. Commercial support may be available from ecosystem vendors, but that is not…
Pricing modelTiered plansFree
Free optionsNo free plan · Free trialFree plan · No free trial
Deal on CubbieNone right nowNone right now
Company
Founded19802016
Team size5001-10000 employees11-50 employees
HeadquartersVerl, GermanyRemote

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