Your Fast Track to the Smart Factory

Peakboard is a low-code platform for digitalising production and logistics processes. It connects live data from SAP, machines (via OPC UA, MQTT, Siemens S7) and IT systems to interactive dashboards directly on the shop floor. Business teams build and modify applications themselves, without programming knowledge.

Peakboard is aimed at mid-sized and larger production and logistics companies, primarily in DACH and the US. Typical users are OPEX managers, lean managers, digitalisation leads and production managers. The focus is on companies that want to bring together machine data and business-team applications without large classic IT projects.

Four points:

1. On-Premise as standard – no cloud lock-in, no US dependencies, supports GDPR-compliant setups.
2. Device-based pricing from EUR 49/month instead of user-based licences, avoiding cost explosions as you scale.
3. SAP-certified connector for EWM, ECC, MES, S/4 HANA – with roots in the ecosystem of Theobald Software, a long-established SAP interface vendor.
4. Business-team autonomy – OPEX and lean teams build and modify applications themselves, at their own pace and close to the process.

Neither. Peakboard is an edge-computing platform that sits between data acquisition (PLC, SCADA) and planning (ERP, MES, BI tools). Unlike MES systems, Peakboard is not monolithic and not built for multi-year implementation projects. Unlike BI tools such as Power BI, Peakboard offers real-time updates (per-second instead of periodic), a feedback channel from the shop floor and direct machine connectivity via OPC UA.

Peakboard GmbH was founded in Stuttgart in 2016 and spun off in 2022 as an independent company from Theobald Software, a long-established SAP interface vendor. The company serves over 300 customers in DACH and the US and operates from multiple locations. Peakboard America Inc. was founded in Chicago in 2022.

No – and that has nothing to do with being sceptical about AI. Quite the opposite: AI-assisted building is already part of Peakboard. You describe what you need in a prompt and get a finished Peakboard project. The difference is what the result is built for.

A generic AI generates a slick web app that lives in a browser tab. On the factory floor, that is the wrong shape:

• It runs at the workplace, not in a browser tab. Peakboard runs locally on the Box or tablet right at the line – with direct access to scanners, RFID/NFC readers, foot switches, label printers and andon lamps.
• Industrial data is not REST and JSON. OPC UA, S7, Modbus, SAP, MQTT, SQL and historians bring sessions, subscriptions and automatic reconnect – all built into Peakboard. The AI wires up existing tags instead of fragile middleware.
• Built to run continuously. Full-screen, automatic recovery, last-known state kept on screen when the network blips – not the lifecycle of a tab someone might close.
• On-premises by default. Designer and runtime both stay inside the plant. Nothing leaves the facility unless you deliberately send it out.
• Maintainable, not a black box. The output is a normal Peakboard project that your team can open, adjust and extend in the Designer – even after staff changes. No web stack, no per-app cloud bill.

In short: AI does not replace Peakboard – Peakboard puts AI in the right place.

Read more in the blog post: Industrial Vibe Coding: What Generic AI App Builders Miss on the Shop Floor.