How it all began

The merger of AUVESY and MDT Software marked the beginning of a new era in industrial automation software. What started as the combination of two leading providers and their trusted solutions — versiondog and AutoSave — has evolved into a powerful platform for OT Security. This platform brings together the strengths of both products while continuously adding new capabilities.

Today, we continue this journey under our evolved brand name, AMDT. Formerly known as AUVESY-MDT, AMDT reflects our commitment to driving the future of digital production environments with a unified vision and a stronger global identity.

Our customers benefit from a shared innovation roadmap and an integrated platform that provides all the essential tools for digitizing production. 

Timeline AUVESY-MDT

The merger of AUVESY and MDT Software marked the beginning of a new era in industrial automation software. What started as the combination of two leading providers and their trusted solutions — versiondog and AutoSave — has evolved into a powerful platform for OT Security. This platform brings together the strengths of both products while continuously adding new capabilities.

Today, we continue this journey under our evolved brand name, AMDT. Formerly known as AUVESY-MDT, AMDT reflects our commitment to driving the future of digital production environments with a unified vision and a stronger global identity.

Our customers benefit from a shared innovation roadmap and an integrated platform that provides all the essential tools for digitizing production. 

Why are versiondog and 
AutoSave being discontinued?

We want to continue developing outstanding products and offering our customers a uniform production solution. Therefore, we have decided to focus our energy and resources on continuously improving our new solution, Octoplant. This allows us to best meet the needs of our customers.

Improved customer support

Developing, maintaining, and supporting multiple products in parallel requires significant resources. By focusing on one solution, our experts can provide our customers with the best possible advice and support in terms of deployment and use.

Improved quality

By focusing all resources on a single software, we can develop octoplant even faster and more comprehensively. Our experts can implement more tests, bug fixes and feature enhancements to provide our customers with a high-quality product.

Faster innovations

With a clear focus on octoplant, developers can drive innovation. New functions and upgrades are developed and made available to our customers more quickly.

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The End-of-Life Roadmap 
for versiondog and AutoSave

We will continue to provide existing customers with operational and investment security for Versiondog and Autosave until December 31, 2025. Support, security-related fixes, and selected updates will continue to be provided for existing installations.

However, future innovations and new features will primarily be developed for Octoplant, our central platform for OT security and resilient roduction environments.

Until the end of 2024

Comprehensive maintenance and full support for existing software and functionality:

  • Updates for already supported devices and editors,
  • Bug fixes and/or security patches,
  • Full 1st, 2nd, 3rd level support.

Until the end of 2025

Continued security maintenance and basic support for AutoSave and versiondog:

  • Critical security fixes
  • 1st and 2nd level support
  • No further updates for supported devices and editors
  • No integration of new devices or device families

Until the end of 2026

Continued consulting services to support migration and ongoing use of existing solutions:

  • Migration and usage consulting
  • No new code development
  • No technical support

End-of-life Phase for 
Parallel Server and eOS-Client

As of now, the Parallel Server and the eOS Client are no longer part of versiondog's offering; new or additional licenses are no longer available.

  • For existing customers, we continue to offer full support until the end of 2024.
  • Starting January 1, 2024, code work will be limited to critical security fixes.
  • As of January 1, 2025, we will cease all code work.
  • The final end-of-life date is set for January 1, 2025.

We offer server synchronization as a more flexible alternative to Parallel Server. This is already included as a feature in versiondog and octoplant, which you can use without further implementation.

EOL Parallel Server

  • The full end-of-life date is set for January 1, 2024.
  • Already since versiondog 8.5.1, support for the eOS client is limited to paid consulting services. We do not provide any new features and only limited support.

For detailed explanation and options please visit online help versiondogINFO.

EOL EOS Client

Why switch 
to octoplant?

Octoplant unites the reliable features of versiondog and Autosave, including backup and recovery, versioning, and change management, into one centralized platform. Octoplant also evolves into a comprehensive solution for OT security and resilient production environments.

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  • Closes the gap between OT and IT
  • A central web-based platform displays and visualizes key KPIs
  • Predefined or custom dashboards allow detailed analysis
  • Enables import and export of third-party data
  • Compare data from different instances to identify patterns and variances, for example
     

Support for 
accurate decisions

  • Closes the gap between OT and IT
  • A central web-based platform displays and visualizes key KPIs
  • Predefined or custom dashboards allow detailed analysis
  • Enables import and export of third-party data
  • Compare data from different instances to identify patterns and variances, for example
     
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Proactive identification 
and elimination of vulnerabilities

  • Threat Protection provides visibility into vulnerabilities across the entire plant and individual machines or devices. See which devices are considered risky, mitigate risks, and uncover hidden vulnerabilities.
  • Receive meaningful vulnerability reports.
     
See Threat Protection
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  • Threat Protection provides visibility into vulnerabilities across the entire plant and individual machines or devices. See which devices are considered risky, mitigate risks, and uncover hidden vulnerabilities.
  • Receive meaningful vulnerability reports.
     
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  • Take advantage of comprehensive training content. Benefit from interactive webinars, video tutorials, case studies and much more
  • Take advantage of flexible learning opportunities regardless of shift times or time zones
  • Continuous training, so that your employees are always up to date to use octoplant optimally
     

Effective know-how and 
knowledge management

  • Take advantage of comprehensive training content. Benefit from interactive webinars, video tutorials, case studies and much more
  • Take advantage of flexible learning opportunities regardless of shift times or time zones
  • Continuous training, so that your employees are always up to date to use octoplant optimally
     
See Education & Training
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Switch to octoplant

The change from versiondog and AutoSave to the successor solution octoplant is a smooth transition and is similar to a software upgrade: All existing data - from jobs, to users, to individual settings - is retained. Our team of experts will assist you with the transfer of data and configurations to ensure that the transition is seamless and without interruptions. For detailed instructions on how to make the switch, visit info.octoplant.com.

If you have any questions about the migration process, your personal Octoplant migration contact is available to assist you, including providing a personalized consultation and tailored quote.

Switch to Octoplant today!

Flexible Pricing for 
Businesses of Any Size

Octoplant’s flexible pricing model is based on the number of devices you manage, including PLCs, HMIs, robots, CNC machines, or OT switches, and scales with your operational needs. Each version is valid for one production site or campus and includes unlimited job executions and unlimited document storage, with no additional usage limits.

Octoplant
CORE

The ideal entry-level solution for smaller OT environments and single-site operations with up to 50 devices, providing all essential features for efficient OT management.

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OCTOPLANT
PLUS

Designed for growing production and network infrastructures with more than 100 devices, offering enhanced functionality for greater scalability.

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OCTOPLANT
PREMIUM

A comprehensive solution for large-scale or regulated OT environments with 250+ devices, offering the full suite of advanced capabilities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

To give you enough lead time to prepare for the EoL of AutoSave and versiondog, we have set the "Full End-of-Life" date for both products to December 31, 2025. This means that we will no longer be able to provide code work or support services for AutoSave and versiondog after January 1, 2026, with the exception of paid consulting services. To benefit from AUVESY-MDT's continuous innovations and to have a long-term planning horizon, we strongly recommend our customers to switch to our new product octoplant.

To ensure that our customers can prepare for the discontinuation of AutoSave and versiondog, we will be phasing out the products and associated services.

This means:

  • from April 1, 2023, only existing customers will be able to purchase additional installations of versiondog and AutoSave.
  • from January 1, 2025, AutoSave and versiondog will no longer be sold.

All customers with a perpetual license can use AutoSave and versiondog beyond the EoL date. However, they cannot purchase additional licenses (for example, additional versiondog servers) and will not receive update and support services. Code work ends with the EoL date. This also means that future vulnerabilities will not be fixed and no new devices or editors will be integrated.

We strongly recommend all our customers to switch to octoplant to benefit from our latest product innovations and security updates in the long run.

As of January 1, 2023, we are focusing our development resources on octoplant to further improve product quality. This means that unfortunately there can be no further integration of new devices and editors into AutoSave and versiondog. To benefit from AUVESY-MDT's continuous innovations, we strongly recommend our customers to switch to our new core product octoplant.

To ensure that our customers have sufficient lead time to prepare for the EoL of AutoSave and versiondog, we are offering updates for already integrated editors until January 1, 2025. From then on, integration of new devices and editors will initially be in octoplant. To benefit from AUVESY-MDT's continuous innovations, we strongly recommend our customers to switch to our new core product octoplant.

Your direct contact
for switching to octoplant

Henrik Ladwig Henrik Ladwig

Henrik Ladwig

Senior Customer Success Manager