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M-Files vs MasterControl Quality Excellence

M-Files is the leading document management platform for knowledge work automation. With the M-Files platform, knowledge workers, project owners, and document controllers can find information faster, work smarter, and achieve more. M-Files features an innovative metadata-driven architecture.
M-Files is the leading document management platform for knowledge work automation. With the M-Files platform, knowledge workers, project owners, and...

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Support Options

  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • Chat
MasterControl is the #1 QMS in the life sciences with more life sciences customers than any other QMS provider. For over 30 years, we’ve helped companies of all sizes bring their life-changing products to market sooner. We provide connected audit, training, document, and quality event management.
MasterControl is the #1 QMS in the life sciences with more life sciences customers than any other QMS provider. For over 30 years, we’ve helped...

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Support Options

  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Starting from

Not provided by vendor

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Starting from

US$25,000.00/year

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Overall rating

4.3 /5
(230)

Ease of Use

4.2/ 5

Features

4.3/ 5

Customer Service

4.2/ 5

Value for Money

4.3/ 5

Overall rating

4.5 /5
(432)

Ease of Use

4.1/ 5

Features

4.2/ 5

Customer Service

4.5/ 5

Value for Money

4.2/ 5

Total features 35

  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Bills of Material
  • Business Process Control
  • CRM
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communications Management
  • Complaint Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Content Management
  • Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
  • Cost Tracking
  • Customer Complaint Tracking
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Defect Tracking
  • Design Management
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Check-in/Check-out
  • Document Classification
  • Document Coding & Control
  • Document Generation
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Document Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Alerts
  • Encryption
  • Environmental Compliance
  • Equipment Management
  • FDA Compliance
  • Feedback Management
  • File Conversion
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • For Engineering Documents
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • ISO Compliance
  • ISO Standards Management
  • Incident Management
  • Information Governance
  • Internal Controls Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • Maintenance Management
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Location
  • Nonconformance Tracking
  • Offline Access
  • Operational Risk Management
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Order Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Product Data Management
  • Production Scheduling
  • Project Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • Quality Management
  • Real Time Synchronization
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Management
  • Revision History
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Management
  • Risk Reporting
  • Risk Scoring
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Routing
  • Safety Management
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Status Tracking
  • Supplier Management
  • Supplier Quality Control
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Traceability
  • Training Management
  • Version Comparison
  • Version Control
  • Version Rollback
  • Workflow Management

Total features 92

  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Bills of Material
  • Business Process Control
  • CRM
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communications Management
  • Complaint Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Content Management
  • Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
  • Cost Tracking
  • Customer Complaint Tracking
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Defect Tracking
  • Design Management
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Check-in/Check-out
  • Document Classification
  • Document Coding & Control
  • Document Generation
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Document Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Alerts
  • Encryption
  • Environmental Compliance
  • Equipment Management
  • FDA Compliance
  • Feedback Management
  • File Conversion
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • For Engineering Documents
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • ISO Compliance
  • ISO Standards Management
  • Incident Management
  • Information Governance
  • Internal Controls Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • Maintenance Management
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Location
  • Nonconformance Tracking
  • Offline Access
  • Operational Risk Management
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Order Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Product Data Management
  • Production Scheduling
  • Project Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • Quality Management
  • Real Time Synchronization
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Management
  • Revision History
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Management
  • Risk Reporting
  • Risk Scoring
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Routing
  • Safety Management
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Status Tracking
  • Supplier Management
  • Supplier Quality Control
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Traceability
  • Training Management
  • Version Comparison
  • Version Control
  • Version Rollback
  • Workflow Management
  • ArcGIS
  • AutoCAD
  • AutoCAD LT
  • ChronoScan
  • Docusign
  • Dynamics 365
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft Word
  • OpenText Experience Cloud
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • ArcGIS
  • AutoCAD
  • AutoCAD LT
  • ChronoScan
  • Docusign
  • Dynamics 365
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft Word
  • OpenText Experience Cloud
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud