System Integrator Partner Program for SCADA and HMI
More projects, fewer constraints. Every FrameworX module in the base license, five development licenses, and a Tatsoft engineer beside you on the first project.
Apply for Vanguard Alliance See what is includedThe Vanguard Alliance is the Tatsoft partner program for system integrators. Enrollment is $0 and the partnership renews at $750 a year. It includes the full FrameworX platform with every module and more than 100 native connectors in the base license, five licenses for internal use covering development, demo and training, discounts off list price on every order, and exclusive technical support channels. You also get three days of training scoped to the project you are actually delivering, and a dedicated Architecture Mentor for your first one. While you are an active partner your development licenses extend support and maintenance automatically, at no cost and with no action needed. Deal registration is honored.
Why did integrators build this platform?
Tatsoft was founded by engineers who spent decades doing what you do. Scoping projects against an incomplete specification, writing logic, standing in a plant at two in the morning because commissioning ran long, and carrying the support obligation afterwards. FrameworX was built around one question: what does an integrator actually need in order to scope and deliver a project faster, at lower cost, and with less risk.
The answer turned out to be less about features and more about where the hours go. An integrator does not lose a project on the control logic. The margin goes to the tag database, the screens, the documentation nobody budgeted for, and the third-party add-on that was not in the quote.
Bring us your toughest projects and we will help you get through them. That is the offer, and it comes with an engineer attached rather than a portal login.
On the size of the gain, and its limits. Integrators working on projects with a clearly defined scope, and on migrations from legacy HMI and SCADA platforms where our internal migration tooling applies, report engineering time cut by around half, and on some migrations by more. On work with unusual requirements, or that does not follow a pattern already proven, the reduction is smaller. The gain has two sources rather than one: the configuration itself is faster, and the documentation and quality checks that would otherwise be built by hand come out of the same work.
We would rather tell you where that holds than print a single number that does not survive contact with your project.
Where does an integrator's project time actually go?
Three areas absorb most of the hours on a supervisory project. FrameworX is built to cut each one.
The tag database and the screen builds
This is the largest single block of hours on most projects, and the least interesting work in the whole delivery. In FrameworX you describe what you need in plain language and AI Designer configures the tag structure and the displays to your specification, generating the documentation as it goes. You review and sign off at every step, and nothing is applied that you have not approved. What used to run for days is commonly a session rather than a sprint.
Connectivity, and what it costs when it is priced per protocol
OPC UA client and server, MQTT and Sparkplug B in both directions with a built-in broker, REST, SQL, and more than 100 native drivers covering Allen-Bradley, Siemens S7, Modicon, Omron, Modbus, BACnet, DNP3 and the rest. There is no proprietary middleware and no add-on to license. Connectors are in the base license rather than sold per protocol, which is what stops a single new controller on site from starting a procurement cycle you have to explain to your customer.
Scripting, and the intelligence you would otherwise bolt on
C#, VB.NET and Python 3 run natively in the runtime, so logic lives in the platform instead of in a service somebody has to maintain beside it. ML.NET is available in the same place for predictive maintenance and quality work, without a data scientist and without a cloud dependency. Displays are WebAssembly, so a browser is a full client rather than a limited view.
What the AI layer actually is, in architectural terms
FrameworX exposes MCP servers for the Designer and for the runtime. An AI agent you choose works against your real project, your real tags and your live process data rather than against a general description of the product, which is what keeps it accurate and cuts the invention that makes AI useless in engineering. In the runtime the same access lets you query live operational data in plain language to troubleshoot a problem or validate a configuration.
Tatsoft ships no model and no model weights. You point FrameworX at an OpenAI compatible endpoint that you host yourself, and it does not run on the FrameworX server host. On a regulated site that separation is usually the argument that gets the project approved.
What is included in a Vanguard Alliance partnership?
One program, one price, and no module priced separately.
| What you get | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Every FrameworX module in the base license | UNS, scripting in .NET and Python 3, SQL datasets, MQTT, OPC UA, WebAssembly displays, historian, alarms and reporting. Nothing is priced per module. |
| More than 100 native connectors | Included rather than sold per protocol, so adding a controller does not add a line to the quote. |
| Five not for sale licenses | For development, demo and training, so you can build and show without consuming a customer license. |
| Development licenses that stay current | While you are an active partner, support and maintenance on your development licenses extend automatically, at no cost and with no action needed. |
| Three days of training | Scoped to the project you are actually delivering rather than to a generic curriculum. |
| A dedicated Architecture Mentor | A Tatsoft engineer on your architecture and connectivity decisions through your first proof of concept. |
| Direct engineering support | Priority technical support, and access to the engineers who build the platform rather than to a first line that forwards the question. |
| 50 percent off your first order | Up to $10,000, applied once on the first order placed under the partnership. |
| Tiered discounts on all orders | Tiers are based on certification and volume, and are disclosed to active members. |
| Enrollment $0, renewal $750 a year | Enrollment costs nothing. The partnership renews at $750 a year after the first year. |
| Deal registration, honored | If you brought the opportunity, you own it. No workarounds and no exceptions. |
Deal registration is honored. No exceptions. When you register a deal, we protect it. If you brought the opportunity, you own it. Integrators have been burned enough times by vendors who compete with their own channel that this is worth stating plainly rather than burying in a program document.
What does the first project look like?
The partnership is designed around the first delivery rather than around onboarding paperwork, because the first project is where a platform decision is either confirmed or quietly abandoned.
Training is three days and is scoped to what you are building. If your first job is a water treatment site with legacy Modbus instruments and a reporting obligation, that is the system the training builds. A dedicated Architecture Mentor works with you through proof of concept on the decisions that are expensive to reverse later: how the tag model is structured, where the historian sits, how the edge layer routes when a link drops, and which connectivity path survives the customer's network policy.
The five not for sale licenses exist so that none of this consumes a license you would otherwise sell. You develop, demo and train on them, and they stay current for as long as you are an active partner.
You are also not asked to leave anything behind. Most partners run FrameworX alongside the platforms they already hold, and use it on the projects where it fits.
What do integrators and their customers say?
United Copper Company, manufacturing
A copper products manufacturer with automated reporting across production, downtime, OEE and alarms, delivered by Wunderlich-Malec as the system integrator on the project.
"Wunderlich-Malec has been terrific to work with on this project. We appreciate their expertise and ability to stay on top of newer technologies to provide longevity, stability, and reliability to our systems."
Fred, Project Manager, United Copper Company
Limetree Bay, refinery
A refinery migration where the comparison with the outgoing system was made by the people operating it every day.
"When compared to their original software, the customer was overheard saying many times, 'Man, this is like magic!'"
Ron Walker, President, Control System Technologies
From engineers after their first session. These arrived directly rather than through a published case study, so they are quoted as we received them.
"We did about 2 days worth of work in 4 minutes on Saturday thanks to the MCP Designer." R.Z., controls engineer
"Claude connection to Tatsoft Designer is an absolute life changing event." D.Z., controls engineer
"The pricing model changed how we quote. Everything is included, so we know our costs before the project starts." Ron Walker, President, Control System Technologies
Common questions
What is the Vanguard Alliance, the Tatsoft System Integrator Partner Program?
The Tatsoft System Integrator Partner Program is called Vanguard Alliance. This is how integrators build and deliver on FrameworX with Tatsoft engineering behind them. Enrollment is $0 and the partnership renews at $750 a year. You get the full platform with every module included, five not for sale licenses for development, demo and training, three days of training scoped to the project you are actually delivering, and a dedicated Architecture Mentor for your first one. Deal registration is honored. Your development licenses extend support and maintenance automatically for as long as you are an active partner.
What does the Vanguard Alliance cost?
Enrollment is $0 and the partnership renews at $750 a year after the first year. There are no setup fees. The first order placed under the partnership carries 50 percent off, up to $10,000, and tiered discounts apply on all orders, with the tiers based on certification and volume and disclosed to active members. FrameworX licenses themselves are perpetual, and every module and all 100+ connectors are included in each one, so there is no separate module or protocol to budget for later.
What does "all modules included" actually mean?
UNS, scripting in .NET and Python 3, SQL datasets, MQTT, OPC UA, 100+ drivers, WebAssembly displays, historian, alarms and reporting, all in the base license. EdgeConnect is a separate edge-specific edition, from $750.
Is the 50 percent reduction in engineering time a real number?
Yes, on the work where it applies, and it is worth saying where that is. On projects with a clearly defined scope, and on migrations from legacy HMI and SCADA platforms where our internal migration tooling applies, integrators report engineering time cut by around half, and on some migrations by more. On projects with unusual requirements, or that do not follow a pattern already proven, the reduction is smaller. The saving comes from two places rather than one: the configuration work itself, which is where AI Designer handles tag structures, displays and logic scaffolding, and the documentation and quality checks that are produced as part of the same work instead of being built by hand afterwards. One controls engineer described his first session as about two days of work in four minutes using the MCP Designer. Bring us a project and we will show you the difference on your own system rather than on an average.
Where does the figure of more than 5,000 installations come from?
From our own license records. Tatsoft has issued licenses continuously since 2009, and the count of more than 5,000 installations worldwide is taken from those records rather than from an estimate of market presence. It counts licensed installations across all editions and industries, not sites, seats or users, and it is deliberately stated as a floor rather than a precise total.
What is MCP and why does it matter?
MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is what connects an AI tool such as Claude directly to the FrameworX Designer and to the runtime. It gives the agent knowledge of your actual project, your tags and your live process data, so it builds against what exists rather than against a general description of the product, which is what keeps it accurate. FrameworX ships no model of its own: you point it at an OpenAI compatible endpoint that you host, and the model does not run on the FrameworX server host.
What does querying runtime data mean?
FrameworX includes MCP access in the runtime, so you can query live operational data in plain language to troubleshoot problems, check system state, or validate configuration, without writing a report or digging through logs.
Do you provide conversions from legacy systems?
Yes. We work with just about any legacy system, from DOS-era packages through to current Windows HMI platforms, and we maintain internal migration tooling for the common ones. If you have an existing system to migrate or modernize, bring it to the conversation and we will tell you exactly what is involved.
Do I have to leave my current platform?
No. Use FrameworX on the projects where it fits. Keep your current stack where it makes sense.
How do I apply to the Vanguard Alliance?
Through the application form on the System Integrator Program application page. The first step asks for your email address and nothing else, so it takes seconds. An application is not a commitment on either side. The first conversation is about the project you are actually delivering, because both the three days of training and the Architecture Mentor are scoped to real work rather than to a generic curriculum, so it helps to come with a job in mind rather than a general interest. If you would rather talk to a Tatsoft engineer about architecture, connectivity or a migration before applying, that route is open as well.
What industries do Tatsoft partners work in?
Oil and gas, utilities and power, manufacturing, transportation, water and wastewater, and pharmaceuticals. The platform is not industry-specific.