1factory
8.0#1 in document control softwareFrom $20 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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DocControl
7.6#1 in document version control softwareFrom $49 a monthAndroidiOSWeb
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| Fact | 1factory | DocControl |
|---|---|---|
| Customer footprint | The vendor says more than 600 customers use 1factory across 35 countries and 20 industries. | The maker reports more than 50 corporate clients, over 5,000 documents added and more than 30,000 generated PDFs. |
| Headquarters | Milpitas, California, United States | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Hosting | The web application runs on AWS GovCloud, with general-purpose, validated and government hosting environments; pricing also lists on-premise hosting as an enterprise option. | The maker says its server farm runs on Amazon infrastructure with redundant facilities and 24/7 engineering staffing. |
| Licence | The terms grant a nonexclusive, nontransferable subscription licence for internal business use and prohibit copying, resale, hosting and reverse engineering; no open-source licence is published. | The official pages reviewed do not state an open-source or proprietary software licence. |
| Limit: learning curve | Some G2 reviewers report that advanced features have a steep learning curve and menus can be difficult to navigate. | Zoftware says advanced features can require a substantial learning period even though basic use is easier. |
| Limit: pricing | Multiple reviewers say user costs prevent them from putting the whole organization on the platform. | Zoftware reports complaints that pricing can be confusing or high versus competitors, especially for add-ons and scaling. |
| Product | 1factory is a software platform for manufacturing, supply chain, and quality operations, including product quality, supplier quality, and compliance. | DocControl is a web-based SaaS document-management and document-control system for organizing, approving and publishing controlled files. |
1factory plans
- DiscoverFree
- Supplier Collaboration — Standard$20 a month
- Quality Management System$20 a month
- Quality Management System — Standard$20 a month
- Supplier Collaboration$20 a month
- Quality Control$75 a month
DocControl plans
- Basic$49 a month
- Intermediate$99 a month
- Advanced$299 a month
- Expert$499 a month
- Giga$750 a month
Pick 1factory if…
1factory is designed for manufacturers, quality control and manufacturing engineers, and operations spanning the supply chain. It suits organizations that need quality, supplier, or compliance processes in one platform.
Pick DocControl if…
DocControl suits small and medium-sized businesses that need controlled document approval, revision history, and permissions. Its described workflows are particularly relevant to biotechnology and life sciences quality records.