Empower PLM
Empower PLM centralizes product information and manages it across the product lifecycle.
What Empower PLM is
Empower PLM centralizes product information and manages it across the product lifecycle. Its records can include item revisions, lifecycle status, attributes, costs, availability, CAD data, documents, supplier information, and where-used relationships. Teams can manage and compare bills of materials and variants, along with manufacturing, test, and assembly routings. For change control, Empower handles ECRs, ECOs, and ECNs with redlines, approvals, and updates after release. Its Quality Management module routes product defects and issues through a CAPA process. Document version control and an audit trail track changes and viewing history.
Empower supports custom ERP/MRP integrations and connections with CRM, MES, and CAD systems; BOMs can be imported from CAD or ERP. A REST API exchanges workspace data, but an API license is required. Deployment is available on-premises or hosted/SaaS, and platforms include API, web, and Windows. Pricing is on request.
Good
- Manages product revisions, lifecycle status, and supplier information.
- Supports BOM variants and manufacturing, test, and assembly routings.
- Formal change workflows include redlines and release updates.
- Tracks document versions, changes, and viewing history.
- Offers on-premises and hosted/SaaS deployment.
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request.
- An API license is required to use the REST API.
Who it suits
Empower PLM suits organizations that need to coordinate product records, BOMs, formal changes, and quality issues. It also fits teams seeking on-premises or hosted deployment and integrations with business or engineering systems.
Verdict
Empower PLM combines product data, BOM, change, and quality management in one system. Consider it if those workflows and its deployment options match your organization's needs; pricing requires an inquiry.
Plans and prices
From Empower PLM's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Empower PLM | Priced on request | Pricing not stated on the opened product pages |
The facts
Each one read from Empower PLM's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Empower provides a REST API for programmatically exchanging workspace data, and an API license is required for an instance to use it.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- The help documentation lists Empower credentials, LDAP, and Salesforce login as authentication methods, and the 8.3 release notes state that SSO was added.checked 7 Oct 2026
- BOM management
- Empower supports managing and comparing bills of materials and BOM variants, and managing manufacturing, test, and assembly routings.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Change control
- Empower supports formal changes such as ECRs, ECOs, and ECNs, with redlines, workflow approvals, and automatic updates after release.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The application portal says Empower is offered as either on-premises or hosted/SaaS.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Documents and audit trail
- Empower supports document version control and tracks changes and viewing history in an audit trail.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Empower web services support custom ERP/MRP integrations and interfaces with systems such as CRM, MES, and CAD; BOMs can also be imported from CAD or ERP systems.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product data
- The system manages item revisions, lifecycle status, attributes, costs, availability, CAD data, documents, supplier information, and where-used relationships.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product scope
- Empower is described as a product content and lifecycle management system for centralizing and sharing product information.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Quality management
- The Quality Management module provides a closed-loop CAPA system for capturing and routing product defects and issues for resolution.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The Empower 8.3 release notes state that the product is FIPS-compliant.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The application portal provides an Empower support portal, a support email address, and a phone number.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Desktop application
- Empower Desktop is described as the main application in the tool suite and provides access to database search, item, BOM, document, change, quality, and project management.checked 7 Oct 2026
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