Plex MES for Food & Beverage vs V5 Traceability
Plex is Rockwell Automation's cloud manufacturing platform, offered for food and beverage plants as a batch-oriented manufacturing execution system with food safety and quality management, supply chain planning and optional ERP. V5 Traceability is a manufacturing execution, quality management and warehouse management system from SG Systems Global, aimed at regulated process manufacturers. Both are listed under Food Manufacturing Execution & Production Planning. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in price, audience and integrations.
Key differences
price
On price, V5 Traceability lists USD 270 per month, billed annually. Plex MES for Food & Beverage does not publish a starting price.
audience
The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Plex MES for Food & Beverage: Food and beverage manufacturers; V5 Traceability: Regulated food and beverage manufacturers.
integrations
The integration lists differ. Plex MES for Food & Beverage names 2 integrations and V5 Traceability names 6 integrations. No partner appears in every list.
Side by side
| Field | Plex MES for Food & Beverage | V5 Traceability |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Plex is Rockwell Automation's cloud manufacturing platform, offered for food and beverage plants as a batch-oriented manufacturing execution system with food safety and quality management, supply chain planning and optional ERP. | V5 Traceability is a manufacturing execution, quality management and warehouse management system from SG Systems Global, aimed at regulated process manufacturers. |
| Best for | Food and beverage manufacturers; Plants that already run an ERP and need a production system | Regulated food and beverage manufacturers; Bakeries, meat and sausage processors, ingredient and dry-mix makers; Plants replacing paper and spreadsheets for batch records |
| Pricing model | Quote only | Subscription per user |
| Starting price | Not published | USD 270 per month, billed annually |
| Free plan | Not published | Not published |
| Free trial | Not published | Yes |
| Contract | Not published | 365 days |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Countries | Not published | Not published |
| Languages | English, German, Italian, Japanese | Not published |
| Number of integrations | 2 | 6 |
| Certifications | ISO 27001 | Not published |
| Security practices | 99.9% uptime SLA | Independent 21 CFR Part 11 assessment of V5 version 5.9 available on request, Security and Trust document with hosted SLA and remote-first access controls |
| Founded | Not published | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Not published | Not published |
| Owner | Rockwell Automation | Not published |
| Last reviewed | 29 September 2026 | 29 September 2026 |
Integrations
No partner appears in every list.
Named only by Plex MES for Food & Beverage
- Dynamics
- SAP
Named only by V5 Traceability
- Jiwa
- MS D365 Business Central
- MS Dynamics GP
- NetSuite
- QuickBooks
- Sage X3
Which to choose
Plex MES for Food & Beverage
Choose Plex MES for Food & Beverage if you are in one of these groups: Food and beverage manufacturers; Plants that already run an ERP and need a production system.
Less suited to: Restaurants and other food service businesses. The product is aimed at manufacturing plants.
V5 Traceability
Choose V5 Traceability if you are in one of these groups: Regulated food and beverage manufacturers; Bakeries, meat and sausage processors, ingredient and dry-mix makers; Plants replacing paper and spreadsheets for batch records.
What we could not confirm
Plex MES for Food & Beverage
- Pricing and contract terms
- Founding year, headquarters and team size of the Plex business
- Named software integrations beyond the ERP examples
- Full list of supported countries
V5 Traceability
- Headquarters, team size and funding
- Named customers (testimonials are anonymous)
- Countries served and interface languages
- Whether a free trial is self-serve (homepage shows a Free Trial button; the pricing tool shows a 90-day proof of concept)
Go further
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.
Plex MES for Food & Beverage, reviewed 29 September 2026
- food and beverage industry pagehttps://plex.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/industries/food-and-beverage.html
- MES product pagehttps://plex.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/products/manufacturing-execution-system.html
- QMS product pagehttps://plex.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/products/quality-management-system.html
- supply chain planning pagehttps://plex.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/products/supply-chain.html
- platform overviewhttps://plex.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/smart-manufacturing-platform.html
- cloud and securityhttps://plex.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/platform/cloud-infrastructure-and-security.html
- customer statisticshttps://plex.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/customers.html
V5 Traceability, reviewed 29 September 2026
- Homepage: products, industries, ERP listhttps://sgsystemsglobal.com
- Licensing, terms, hosting, supporthttps://sgsystemsglobal.com/faq/
- Tier prices and featureshttps://sgsystemsglobal.com/v5-pricing-versions/
- Traceability outputshttps://sgsystemsglobal.com/about-sg-systems/
- Security posturehttps://sgsystemsglobal.com/security-trust/
- Leadershiphttps://sgsystemsglobal.com/leadership-governance/