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Propel Software vs. Arena PLM and QMS

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Propel Software

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APropel (or PropelPLM) headquartered in Santa Clara offers their Product Lifecycle Management application. Built on Salesforce, Propel is available in varying editions supporting quality management, product information management (PIM), as well as project costing, custom objects & API, product specifications, and various collaboration tools.

    $73

    per month per user

    Arena PLM and QMS

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AArena by PTC is a cloud-based PLM and QMS platform. Arena helps product companies that rely on distributed teams and global supply chains to develop products, ensure regulatory compliance, and respond to customer demands.N/A
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    Propel SoftwareArena PLM and QMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Arena PLM Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Propel SoftwareArena PLM and QMS
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsArena's cloud-based PLM and QMS solutions include role-based subscriptions to meet diverse team needs. Their fixed-fee QuickStart™ implementations supports rapid deployment.
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    Propel SoftwareArena PLM and QMS
    Considered Both Products
    Propel Software
    Chose Propel Software
    A major requirement for us was the ability to have a traditional ECN workflow, with multiple documents changed on the same workflow; most eQMS solutions do not include this capability. That ruled out several solutions for us. We selected Propel primarily because the cost was …
    Incentivized
    Arena by PTC
    Chose Arena PLM and QMS
    Better support staff from Arena and its BOM management features exceed Propel's.
    Incentivized
    Chose Arena PLM and QMS
    Arena's UI is more primitive but their search function is better. It's also a lot less expensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Arena PLM and QMS
    We were exploring upgrading to Oracle Agile PLM, but our plan was quickly shut down due to budget constraints.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Propel SoftwareArena PLM and QMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.2
    (214 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (16 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)