# Different SCADA Programs **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/different-scada-programs/79006 "2023-09-12T11:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/different-scada-programs/79006/17 "2023-09-13T14:44:40Z")
> [@Ty\_McDiarmid](#): > > amazing news You've not heard this before? IA has been saying this since Perspective was first introduced. IA _recommends_ Perspective for new applications. With a wink at the (few) applications where Perspective simply cannot perform. Like discussed here: > [@How things work - can perspective be used instead of vision or only as addition to it?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-things-work-can-perspective-be-used-instead-of-vision-or-only-as-addition-to-it/73688/5): > > What if you need to reliably lock down a particular operation to a client on a single computer? Behind a NAT? Perspective can't do it. Vision can. Vision can even probe its environment for things like motherboard serial numbers, if you have that need. What if you need to reliably handle a barcode scanner or RFID reader, or similar device, no matter what page the client is looking at? Perspective can't do it. Vision can. What if you need to use a physical security token with certificate … IA's documentation, like that mentioned here: > [@\[SOLVED \] Is Ignition moving towards Perspective exclusively or will Vision be around for decades to come?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-is-ignition-moving-towards-perspective-exclusively-or-will-vision-be-around-for-decades-to-come/61174/2): > ... has graphics that imply Perspective can do everything Vision can do, particularly everything under "HMI". It simply isn't true. Wasn't then, isn't now. Might be eventually. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/different-scada-programs/79006)._