CLOUD-NATIVE SCADA
Lower Your SCADA Cost Structure Without Replacing Field Hardware or Field Workflows
Iron-IQ simplifies legacy SCADA stacks with a cloud-native control and data platform purpose-built for operators operating under margin pressure.
THE OPERATOR REALITY
Legacy SCADA Pricing Wasn't Built for You
Most optimization workflows rely on incomplete snapshots that miss the details that matter most.
Legacy SCADA is built for:
➔ Large, enterprise-scale operators
➔ Centralized infrastructure and control rooms
➔ Dedicated SCADA and IT departments
That Often Means You're Paying For:
➔ Rising per-well software costs
➔ Escalating IT and maintenance overhead
➔ Features that don't improve production or uptime
THE IRON-IQ ADVANTAGE
Cost Reduction by Design, Not Discount
Iron-IQ reduces total cost of ownership by attacking cost at the architecture level, not by discounting functionality.
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Hardware Upgrades Required
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Windows Licensing
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On-Prem Servers
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Separate Analytics Stack
WHY MOST "CLOUD SCADA" STILL CARRIES LEGACY COSTS
Understanding the Cloud-Native Difference
Many SCADA platforms marketed as cloud weren't designed for the cloud. They typically fall into one of two categories:
Lifted-and-Shifted Windows SCADA
Originally built for on-prem Windows environments
Moved into hosted or virtualized infrastructure
Still require OS licensing, patching, and manual maintenance
Limited ability to benefit from elastic, usage-based cloud economics
Traditional Server-Based Architectures
Designed around centralized servers and polling engines
Heavy custom configuration and ongoing IT involvement
Scaling requires adding infrastructure, not just software capacity
IRON IQ
True Cloud-Native SCADA
Built on AWS from the ground up
Zero OS licensing or patching
Self-healing, zero-downtime services
Elastic scaling with usage-based economics
HOW THE PLATFORM WORKS
Built to Eliminate Cost, Not Capability
CONTROL
Patch-IQ: Control Without Infrastructure
✔ Cloud-native SCADA built on AWS
✔ Zero downtime, self-healing services
✔ Supports plunger lift, rod pump, ESP, gas lift, injection
✔ Scales cleanly from small fields to 1,000+ well operations
Result: Eliminate server, licensing, and maintenance costs while maintaining full control capability.
ANALYTICS
Galileo: Analytics Without Data Engineering
✔ All high-resolution SCADA data lands directly in Snowflake
✔ No duplicate historians
✔ No custom ETL pipelines
✔ No spreadsheet or manual cleanup
Result: Analytics and reporting without a multi-million-dollar data project or ongoing analyst headcount.
BUSINESS IMPACT
Where the Savings Show Up
Reduced Software Spend
Lower per-well costs without sacrificing control capability
Reduced IT Overhead
Lower per-well costs without sacrificing control capability
Reduced Vendor Sprawl
Lower per-well costs without sacrificing control capability
Faster Time to Value
Lower per-well costs without sacrificing control capability
With these economics, the pricing alone made the decision easy. Once we moved forward, we realized we were getting more capability than we had with our previous provider.
Production Operations Lead
Independent Producer | ~950 Wells