# Perspective Workstation vs Vision Module

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-workstation-vs-vision-module/62103>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, vision\
**Created:** [July 20, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-workstation-vs-vision-module/62103 "2022-07-20T05:16:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![nvk27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@nvk27](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nvk27)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-workstation-vs-vision-module/62103/1 "2022-07-20T05:16:28Z")

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Is there anything Perspective Workstation cannot do compared to Vision module?

Other than being a new, buggy, unstable module are there any functional limitations of Perspective Workstation compared to Vision?

The document says “Vision is used if we need OS resources, file access, serial port access, or custom Java code running directly in the client”. But can’t Perspective workstation also be used for these requirements?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-workstation-vs-vision-module/62103/2 "2022-07-20T11:51:41Z")

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> [@nvk27](#):
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> But can’t Perspective workstation also be used for these requirements?

In the future, possibly. Right now, no.