Product profile · facts checked 2026-07-24
PLC Simulation Software: Pricing, Lessons, Dialects & Limits
PLC Simulation Software is a browser-based learning and practice simulator. It is designed for PLC lessons, logic exercises and early prototypes—not production commissioning or exact emulation of every vendor runtime.
Ownership disclosure: PLC Programming IO and PLC Simulation Software share ownership. This profile uses the product’s versioned fact record and states its material limitations.
Direct answer: what do you get?
The versioned product facts document 12 core lessons, 6 free lessons per supported dialect, 8 listed learning dialects, 6 interview-preparation tracks and 140 source-catalogued practice records. The free account does not require a credit card and does not expire.
The source registry and seeder define 140 scenario records marked published, plus the separate sandbox definition. The number visible to a visitor can be lower because access depends on account state, tier, entitlement and staged feature rollout. The no-account /try experience is a guided first program; catalog scenarios use an account.
Dialects covered for learning
Each mode is a learning surface for transferable syntax and control patterns. It is not a claim of binary compatibility with a vendor controller, firmware release or project format.
Proof-of-fit evaluation
Use this matrix before signing up or recommending the simulator to a class. It separates the product’s intended learning use from production work that belongs in vendor engineering software.
| Task | Fit | Evidence or boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Start without desktop setup | Strong | Runs in a modern browser. The free account does not require a credit card and does not expire. |
| Learn transferable PLC logic | Strong | The published facts list 12 core lessons, 8 learning dialects and 140 source-catalogued practice records. |
| Practise vendor-style syntax | Useful with limits | Dialect modes teach syntax and logic patterns; they do not reproduce every vendor instruction or firmware behavior. |
| Commission a real controller | Not suitable | Use the controller vendor’s engineering software and validate the final program on the target PLC and hardware. |
| Export a native vendor project | Verify first | Native vendor project-file export is not guaranteed. |
Current plans and published prices
Prices below come from the shared fact record reviewed on 2026-07-24. Confirm the checkout total and terms before purchasing.
Free
$0
No expiry
No credit card required. Lesson and scenario access follows free-account entitlements.
Basic
$12/mo
$99/yr
For learners who need more access than the free account. Verify current entitlements at checkout.
Pro
$29/mo
$249/yr
Higher-tier access. Exact included features and rollout availability should be checked before purchase.
Teams pricing is intentionally omitted until the annual-seat and monthly-seat billing implementations are reconciled.
Best suited to
- • Beginners who want a first working PLC program without desktop setup.
- • Learners practising scan-cycle reasoning, timers, counters and interlocks.
- • Instructors who need repeatable browser exercises across common dialect styles.
- • Engineers prototyping control logic before rebuilding it in the target vendor tool.
Published limitations
- This is a learning and prototyping simulator, not a production PLC or a substitute for testing on the target controller and hardware.
- Vendor dialect support teaches transferable syntax and logic patterns; it does not emulate every instruction or firmware behavior of each vendor runtime.
- Scenario and lesson access varies by account state, plan, entitlement and feature rollout.
- Native vendor project-file export is not guaranteed.
Free account · no credit card · no expiry
Run a lesson before choosing a paid plan
Start with the free account, check the dialect and exercise access you need, and only upgrade if the available practice fits your learning plan.
Start PLC practice freeCommercial and ownership disclosure: this site and the linked simulator share ownership. This page does not claim that the simulator replaces vendor software, hardware commissioning or a recognized vendor certification.
Evidence and correction trail
- Facts version
- 2026-07-24.3
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-24
- Catalog records
- 141 definitions / 140 published