The modern alternative to Kepware
Kepware is an OPC server. It collects and serves tags. IoT Connect is the collector, MQTT broker, OPC UA server, and Unified Namespace in one binary, with the data modeled on arrival.
What Kepware is
A connectivity layer for collecting and serving tags to clients that connect to it.
- An OPC server with a large industrial driver library, licensed per protocol suite.
- An OPC UA and OPC DA server that exposes tags to clients that connect to it.
- A Windows server you license, host, and maintain.
Where MAJiK goes further
Kepware connects your devices and serves the data. Turning it into information is where MAJiK goes further.
- Reads more of the plant: one binary speaks the protocols natively, with no driver to license per device. More machines connected means more of the data your decisions need.
- Models the data as it arrives: an ISA-95 Unified Namespace carries production context, not bare tags, so every downstream system reads the same source of truth.
- Feeds AI the day it flows: faster root-cause analysis, anomalies flagged while the shift is still running, and one site's fix standardized across all of them.
- Turns data into output: less downtime, untapped capacity unlocked, better quality, and the 2 to 5 percent more output we target on the same equipment. Ask us to walk the arithmetic on your line.
Side by side
IoT Connect consolidates the whole connectivity stack, and the data model, into one product.
| Capability | Kepware | MAJiK IoT Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Device protocol connectivity | 150+ drivers | 20 native protocols |
| A protocol is the open standard a controller speaks; a driver is Kepware's per-device add-on for it. Kepware bundles drivers into vendor suites, so one protocol can span several drivers. IoT Connect implements the protocols themselves, so one binary speaks to any device on that protocol. | ||
| OPC UA server | Yes | Yes, built in |
| MQTT / Sparkplug B (one efficient feed for every subscriber) | Paid IoT Gateway add-on | Built in |
| Embedded MQTT broker | No, you supply one | Yes |
| Unified Namespace, ISA-95 (one source of truth, with context) | No, tags only | Modeled on arrival |
| Edge transforms | Scaling only, math via add-on | 24 built in |
| Deployment | Windows server | One binary, any OS |
| Footprint | Server plus licensed add-ons | One binary, no Java or Docker |
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