Compare QT9 and Arena PLM - Aug 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - QT9 or Arena PLM?

Arena PLM is more expensive to implement (TCO) than QT9, and QT9 is rated higher (88/100) than Arena PLM (83/100). Arena PLM offers users more features (5) than QT9 (0).

Looking for the right Quality Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

QT9 Software Vs. Arena

QT9 Software: QT9 Software (formerly Innovative Custom Software) is based out of Naperville, IL and provides solutions for everyone from very small businesses to large multi-site international companies. Our foundations are in both quality management and manufacturing management. Whether it is our QT9 ERP solution or our QT9 Quality Management Software solution,...

Arena: Arena pioneered cloud PLM applications over a decade ago. They possess over 70,000 global BOMControl users to date who have affected 2,000,000 change orders, 6,000,000 design files and 20,000,000 item records. The company's products, including BOMControl, PartsList and PDXViewer, enable engineering and manufacturing teams, with their extended supp...

Who is more expensive? QT9 Quality Management or Arena PLM?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Quality Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for QT9 Quality Management and Arena PLM.

QT9 Quality Management price starts at $1,500 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 QT9 Quality Management is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Quality Management software. Arena PLM price starts at $89 per user/month , When comparing Arena PLM to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Quality Management software cost.

Bottom line: QT9 Quality Management cost is around the same cost of Arena PLM.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared QT9 Vs. Arena PLM based on some of the most important and required Quality Management features.

QT9 Quality Management: We are still working to collect the list of features for QT9 Quality Management.

Arena PLM: Document Management, Project Management, Compliance , Design Management, Product Lifecycle Management.

Target customer size

QT9 Quality Management's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, and Arena PLM's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.