Benefits

Membership in the OPC Foundation is not only easy, it also provides the best way to stay up-to-date with technology and to reach the community most inter­ested in the value and benefits of OPC UA.

Membership provides access to all the specifications and tools required to develop your product, it provides the tools for certification of your product and it gives you access to the OPC technical community and its working groups.

Joining as an OPC UA logo member allows you to access and use the registered OPC UA logo. For a full list of benefits please see below:

Membership Benefits	Corporate Member	Conventional Affiliate	Startup	End-User Member	Non-Voting Member	UA Logo Member	non-Member
IP policy protection
Vote (Board election, Release of specifications, …)
Access to OPC UA specifications
Access to OPC Classic specifications and sample code
Evaluation of OPC Foundation OPC UA source code
Use of OPC Foundation source code in commercial products (RCL license)		For products of the main member
Use of OPC Foundation source code in commercial products (GPL v2 license)
Distribution of OPC Foundation source code
Opportunities to join working groups, online discussion groups, and collaborations for new technology initiatives
Access to new draft specifications through participation in the working groups
Influence during the development of future OPC standards Benefits of early insights
Access to OPC Compliance Test Tools free of charge		For products of the main member
Buy OPC Compliance Test Tools as a service
Access to the OPC Certification Lab for testing of products (Corp member receives 50% discount)		For products of the main member
Attendance at interoperability events		For products of the main member
Make use of OPC member logo
Make use of OPC UA technology logo
Listing of OPC products in the online Product Guide		For products of the main member
Announcing new products online		For products of the main member
Newsletter and website sponsorship opportunities		For products of the main member
Trade show and OPC event sponsorships		For products of the main member
Participation in the annual OPC Foundation General Assembly Meeting

Membership Levels

• Corporate members are OPC technology providers that offer OPC products. Membership dues are based on annual sales (see below).
• Affiliate members: Starting on Jan 1st, 2025 affiliates of OPC Foundation members are now categorized into two categories: “Conventional Affiliate” and “Independent Affiliate” member. All affiliates are automatically considered “Conventional Affiliate” providing a clean legal operational background for large enterprises. “Independent Affiliates” are identical to individual “Corporate members”. See document “Affiliate Participation Policy.”
• End-User (*) members are the consumers of OPC-based products.
• Non-Voting (*) members are organizations such as government and research institutions, universities and non-profit groups that require information on OPC technology, but who do not build or market OPC-based products.
• Startup being a startup (limitted to the first 5 years of their existence and revenue <$2M)
• UA Logo members offer OPC UA products.

(*) Associations/Companies can volunteer to select a Corporate member fees class

Select the level that reflects your organization’s activity: