--- title: "IoTFlows vs Redzone: Setup, Machine Data and Price" description: "IoTFlows vs Redzone (QAD) on going live, machine data, hardware, maintenance, pilot terms and price, every Redzone fact sourced to its own pages and dated." source_url: "https://www.iotflows.com/compare/iotflows-vs-redzone" --- Compare # IoTFlows vs Redzone Live in minutes, not a 90-day program. Redzone is a coached program: 90 days of core coaching, and weeks before a plant goes live.[1],[2],[3] IoTFlows puts its own sensor on each machine, reporting within minutes. [Compare side by side](https://www.iotflows.com/compare/iotflows-vs-redzone#at-a-glance) Redzone’s figures from its own FAQ, pricing, blog and Scheduling pages, read October 13, 2026.[1],[2],[3],[4] The short answer ## IoTFlows is live on a machine in minutes. Redzone runs a 90-day coached program. “Redzone’s core coaching program runs 90 days.” Redzone FAQ.[1] Redzone sends a coach to your floor to show your team where to improve.[7] IoTFlows puts it on the screen: the live rate against target and every stop with its reason, for every machine and shift. Your own supervisors know where to act from day one, with maintenance, spare parts and scheduling on the same platform, at a price you can see. Getting startedIoTFlowsRedzone[2],[5] - Machine data fromOur sensorMES, OPC-UA, sensors - Time to go liveMinutes6–12 weeks - Try it first4-week pilotDemo only - Price on the websiteYesBy quote - Maintenance and partsBuilt inReliability module At a glance ## IoTFlows and Redzone, side by side. Every Redzone line links to its source at the bottom of the page. Redzone details as of October 13, 2026. | Compared | IoTFlows | Redzone by QAD | | --- | --- | --- | | Where machine data comes from | Our own sensor on every machine | An existing MES, OPC-UA, sensors or operator input[5] | | Who makes the hardware | Designed and built by IoTFlows, firmware and all | No sensor make or model published[6] | | Time to go live | Minutes per machine | 60 days (pricing page); 6 to 8 weeks (blog); 12 weeks for Scheduling[2],[3],[4] | | Who sets it up | Your team mounts the sensors; remote onboarding included | A Redzone coach on site; a 90-day core coaching program[1],[7] | | Where improvement starts | On screen, for every machine and shift | A Redzone coach, over a 90-day program[1],[7] | | Plant network | Not needed, on the 4G/LTE router | The customer’s own; outages there are outside its support terms[8] | | Machine health | A health score from SenseAi Embedded | Not described on its pages | | Maintenance work orders | Built in (Maintain) | In its Reliability module[9] | | Spare-parts inventory | Built in | In its Reliability module[9] | | Production scheduling | Add-on Production Scheduler, from $1,500 a month | A Scheduling module[4] | | Prices on its website | $119 per machine a month, less on longer terms | A custom quote by sites and modules[2] | | Pilot | 10–25 machines for 4 weeks, no commitment to buy | A demo; no trial published[2] | | Contract | Monthly, annual or three years | One year, auto-renewing, in its archived 2023 agreement[10] | Going live ## Live in minutes. No program to run. Mount it, calibrate it, done. SenseAi attaches magnetically in seconds and calibrates in under five minutes, with no IT ticket, and the machine reports the same day. Redzone by QAD Live in 60 days on its pricing page, 6 to 8 weeks on its blog, with a Redzone coach deployed to your floor.[2],[3],[7] [Install SenseAi](https://www.iotflows.com/docs/hardware/install-senseai) Machine data ## Data from every machine, not just the connected ones A [SenseAi](https://www.iotflows.com/products/senseai) reads each machine from the outside, so a 1987 press and last year’s mill report uptime, stops and parts the same way, with no MES or PLC behind them. Redzone by QAD Connects to machine signals through an existing MES, OPC-UA or manual operator input.[5] [See retrofit monitoring](https://www.iotflows.com/solutions/retrofit-machine-monitoring) Hardware ## Built, not bought We design SenseAi, SenseAi Embedded and BeamTracker ourselves: the electronics, the housing and every line of firmware, so we know exactly what each device can do. It decides when a machine runs, filters short pauses at the machine, and gets better with every signed update. A kit assembled from other makers’ boxes runs firmware from several companies. Every box is one more thing to set up, update and fail, and no one owns the whole chain. Redzone by QAD Mentions sensors and “lightweight hardware”, with no make or model published.[6],[12] [See SenseAi](https://www.iotflows.com/products/senseai) Machine health ## Know a spindle is wearing before it fails [SenseAi Embedded](https://www.iotflows.com/products/senseai-embedded) scores each machine’s health against its own healthy baseline, and a falling score can alert your team and open a work order in [Maintain](https://www.iotflows.com/platform/maintain) before the part fails. [See predictive maintenance](https://www.iotflows.com/solutions/predictive-maintenance) Price ## A price you can see. Before the demo. Here is the first year for 10 machines at IoTFlows’ published prices. Redzone prices by quote, by sites and modules.[2] 10 SenseAi sensors$149 each, once $1,490 10 Pro subscriptions$1,069 per machine a year $10,692 InstallationShips configured, no visit $0 First year, sensors and installation included $12,182 Less on longer terms and with more machines. Maintain and Inventory from $500 a month, unlimited users. Redzone by QAD SubscriptionBy sites and modules; per site, no per-user fees By quote Sensors, tablets, displaysIts own guide: budget for them on top of software Not published DeploymentA Redzone coach deploys on your floor In the quote First year Quote From its own pricing, Productivity and coaching pages and its OEE software guide.[2],[7],[11],[13] Customer story ## Criollos Foods raised bagging-line productivity 35% Criollos Foods packs bagged and canned foods in Medley, Florida. BeamTracker counts every bag on its lines against a target of 30 bags a minute. No outside coach: the data showed Criollos’ supervisors which operators were behind target, and they trained them on the line. 35% more output on the bagging lines 92% of lines hitting their target rate 20 min faster product changeovers ### Challenge Some operators ran a line at 20 bags a minute against a target of 30, and nobody could see who, on which product, or why. Changeovers between products went untimed. ### Solution BeamTracker counts every bag and shows the live rate against target for every line, operator and product, with every stop classified. Supervisors coached the operators behind target and cut the slow changeovers. ### Products [BeamTracker](https://www.iotflows.com/products/beamtracker) and [SenseAi](https://www.iotflows.com/products/senseai). [Read the Criollos Foods story](https://www.iotflows.com/customers/criollos-foods) > “Within weeks of targeted coaching based on the IoTFlows data, our newer operators were hitting 30 bags per minute. This platform has transformed how we manage our bagging operations.” Juan Perez, Warehouse Operations Manager, Criollos Foods Altium Packaging reads first pass yield live at every step of its ten bottling lines. [Read the Altium Packaging story](https://www.iotflows.com/customers/altium-packaging). [Storm Power Components](https://www.iotflows.com/customers/storm-power-components) doubled machine utilization, and [Hilco Vision](https://www.iotflows.com/customers/hilco-vision) knows by mid-afternoon where a shift will land. ## Questions people ask ### What is the difference between IoTFlows and Redzone? Redzone, owned by QAD, calls itself a connected workforce solution: a coached program for midmarket and enterprise plants, with a 90-day core coaching program and machine data from an existing MES, OPC-UA, sensors or operator input. IoTFlows starts with the machine: its own sensor on every machine, reporting within minutes of mounting, with maintenance, spare parts and scheduling on the same platform, published prices and a pilot on 10 to 25 machines with no commitment to buy, so your own team sees where to improve, without an outside coach. ### How long does Redzone take to go live? Its own pages give different figures: live in 60 days on its pricing page, 6 to 8 weeks on its blog, and 12 weeks for its Scheduling module, with a Redzone coach deploying on site. A SenseAi attaches magnetically in seconds and calibrates in under five minutes, so a machine reports the day it is mounted. ### Does Redzone include maintenance and inventory? Yes, in its separate Reliability module: work orders, preventive maintenance, spare-parts inventory and procurement. IoTFlows includes them in Maintain and Inventory: a work order opens from a downtime, an event, a meter or a request, and the parts leave stock when it closes. Maintain starts at $500 a month with unlimited users. ### Who makes Redzone’s sensors? Redzone’s pages mention sensors and “lightweight hardware” but publish no make or model, and name OPC-UA as one way in. IoTFlows designs SenseAi, SenseAi Embedded and BeamTracker itself, the electronics, housing and firmware, with signed updates over the air. ### How much does Redzone cost? Redzone prices by custom quote, based on the number of sites and modules, licensed per site with no per-user fees. IoTFlows publishes its prices: SenseAi is $149 per machine, once, and Pro is $119 per machine a month billed monthly, less on longer terms. For 10 machines on an annual plan paid upfront, the first year comes to about $12,182 with the sensors. ### Can I try Redzone before buying? Redzone’s pricing page offers a tailored demo and publishes no trial. An IoTFlows pilot runs on 10 to 25 machines for four weeks with no commitment to buy, on the same sensors and dashboard you would keep afterwards. ### Who owns Redzone? QAD closed its acquisition of Redzone on February 1, 2023, and now uses the joint name QAD | Redzone. ### Can IoTFlows run alongside Redzone? Yes. The sensor mounts on the outside of the machine and needs no connection to the control, the PLC or an MES, and on the 4G/LTE router it stays off the plant network, so it can measure the same lines while a Redzone program runs. ## Other comparisons - [Redzone alternativesSix options, starting with how soon you see your machines.](https://www.iotflows.com/compare/redzone-alternatives) - [IoTFlows vs MachineMetricsThe whole floor, not just the CNCs.](https://www.iotflows.com/compare/iotflows-vs-machinemetrics) - [MaintainX alternativesFive options, scored on what a maintenance team needs.](https://www.iotflows.com/compare/maintainx-alternatives) - [All comparisonsIoTFlows against other platforms and approaches.](https://www.iotflows.com/compare) ## Documentation Want the detail? These guides walk through each feature step by step. - [Install and power up SenseAiWhere to mount it, and how to check the mount.](https://www.iotflows.com/docs/hardware/install-senseai) - [Connect through the 4G/LTE routerKeep every sensor off the plant network.](https://www.iotflows.com/docs/hardware/use-the-lte-router) - [Maintain overviewWork orders from downtimes, events, meters and requests.](https://www.iotflows.com/docs/maintain/overview) ## Live on your machines this week Start with 10 to 25 machines for four weeks, with no commitment to buy, alongside whatever you run today. ## Sources Every statement about another company on this page comes from that company’s own public pages, read on October 13, 2026. Pages change: [tell us](https://www.iotflows.com/company/support) if something here is out of date and we will correct it. Product names are trademarks of their owners. - [1]Frequently Asked Questions | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/faq](https://www.rzsoftware.com/faq)Read October 13, 2026 - [2]Redzone Pricing & How to Buy | Request a Quote[www.rzsoftware.com/pricing](https://www.rzsoftware.com/pricing)Read October 13, 2026 - [3]Downtime Tracking: What It Is & How to Start | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/blog/downtime-tracking](https://www.rzsoftware.com/blog/downtime-tracking)Read October 13, 2026 - [4]Production Scheduling Software for Manufacturing | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/product/scheduling](https://www.rzsoftware.com/product/scheduling)Read October 13, 2026 - [5]Automotive Manufacturing Software | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/industries/automotive](https://www.rzsoftware.com/industries/automotive)Read October 13, 2026 - [6]Integrations | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/product/integrations](https://www.rzsoftware.com/product/integrations)Read October 13, 2026 - [7]Manufacturing Coaching Program | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/coaching](https://www.rzsoftware.com/coaching)Read October 13, 2026 - [8]SLA and Support Plan | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/legal/sla-and-support-plan](https://www.rzsoftware.com/legal/sla-and-support-plan)Read October 13, 2026 - [9]CMMS Software for Manufacturing | Redzone Reliability[www.rzsoftware.com/product/reliability](https://www.rzsoftware.com/product/reliability)Read October 13, 2026 - [10]Master Services Agreement | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/legal/master-services-agreement](https://www.rzsoftware.com/legal/master-services-agreement)Read October 13, 2026 - [11]OEE Software for Manufacturing | Redzone Productivity[www.rzsoftware.com/product/productivity](https://www.rzsoftware.com/product/productivity)Read October 13, 2026 - [12]Chemical Manufacturing Software | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/industries/chemicals](https://www.rzsoftware.com/industries/chemicals)Read October 13, 2026 - [13]Best OEE Software (2026): How to Evaluate the Category | Redzone[www.rzsoftware.com/blog/best-oee-software](https://www.rzsoftware.com/blog/best-oee-software)Read October 13, 2026 - [14]QAD Acquires Redzone (press release) | QAD[www.qad.com/press-release/qad-acquires-redzone-the-world-s-1-connected-workforce-platform-to-fortify-its-vision-of-the-adaptive-enterprise](https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-acquires-redzone-the-world-s-1-connected-workforce-platform-to-fortify-its-vision-of-the-adaptive-enterprise)Read October 13, 2026