Why TechFlow Foundation is worth €297/month for our team
Three to five engineers, one reusable framework, deploy in under an hour at every client.
TL;DR
For €297/month our team of 3-5 engineers gets access to the full Industrial Data Platform program. Each engineer ships a working IDP on their own VPS. Per seat that's €59-99/month — less than two hours of integrator work. ROI: extra data-platform projects, higher day-rate as Industrial Data Engineer, and a reusable framework that returns at every factory.
What it costs us today
Right now we rebuild the same data integration at every client. Different PLC, different protocol, zero reuse.
- ●20% of project time goes to ad-hoc data integration that never gets reused
- ●Deals lost to integrators who can ship a central dashboard — we cannot
- ●Lower day rate because we don't yet sell ourselves as Industrial Data Engineers
What changes after Foundation
Our engineers learn to build the missing AI data layer themselves — open source, vendor-independent, deployable in under an hour.
- Connect → Condition → Model → Store → Orchestrate → Visualize → Distribute (the 7-step framework)
- ISA-95 semantic model in JSON — the layer AVEVA charges €40K/year for
- MonsterMQ + MongoDB + Grafana + Docker stack — runs on an €8/month VPS
- Working IDP on each engineer's own VPS — concrete portfolio piece, not a certificate
ROI per engineer, per year
| Source of value | Per year |
|---|---|
| Extra revenue from data-platform projects we previously couldn't quote | €15,000 – €45,000 |
| Higher day rate (+€15-25/hour × 1,500 hours) | €22,500 – €37,500 |
| Time saved with reusable framework (deploy in < 1h vs weeks) | €10,000 – €20,000 |
| Conservative total per engineer | €47,500 – €102,500 |
Investment: €297/month for 3-5 engineers = €3,564/year for the whole team. Payback: less than one extra project.
What you get for €297/month
Team Plan covers 3-5 engineers. Per seat: €59-99/month — cheaper than individual Foundation access.
- 3-5 Foundation seatsFull program access for each engineer: all 3 tracks (Architecture · Skills-Bridge · AI Engineering)
- Team dashboardTrack every engineer's progress, capstone completion and skill development in one view
- Quarterly management reportROI, completed modules, and competency snapshot — ready to present to leadership
- 55-step capstone build per engineerEach engineer ships a working IDP on their own VPS — concrete proof of capability, stronger than a certificate
- Private team channel + community accessDedicated Discord channel for the team plus access to the wider Foundation community of OT engineers
Reference point
AVEVA Connect — the closest enterprise equivalent — costs €40,000 per year for one site. Foundation Team Plan costs €3,564 per year for our whole team to build the same data layer ourselves. The first won client project that uses this skill pays for the next decade of training.
Why now
The June 2026 workshop opens Foundation officially. Engineers who join during the launch cohort co-shape which skills-bridge modules get built first. Locking in seats now means our team is among the first 25 to influence the curriculum — and ready to quote AI-Data-Layer projects before competitors catch up.
Next step
Send us the 3-5 names and we'll set up the team account.
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