--- description: Learn how Meridian can help your business. GetApp provides users in South Africa with the most detailed information on software tools, prices and features. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: Meridian Reviews, Prices & Ratings | GetApp South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [BIM Software](/directory/1199/bim/software) > [Meridian](/software/2061539/meridian-1) # Meridian Canonical: https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2061539/meridian-1 Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2061539/meridian-1?page=2) > Streamline engineering document management, ensure safety and compliance, maximize company-wide collaboration and achieve a true single source of truth with Meridian, Accruent's purpose-built engineering document management system (EDMS). > > Verdict: Rated **4.1/5** by 20 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of Meridian Efficient engineering document control: Engineering documentation is often unstructured, dispersed across various systems, constantly changing, and needed by many departments at once. Meridian is able to track parallel changes, streamline concurrent engineering, and keep your engineering projects under control.   Optimized operations: Access to a centralized repository allows you complete control over all critical assets, facility, and engineering documentation, including complex technical manuals, computer-aided design (CAD) drawings, project files, and more. Enhanced safety: Meridian’s centralized repository provides instant access to the most up-to-date Master documentation, which is critical when responding to an asset or plant emergency. Improved collaboration: Meridian’s accessible, centralized, and transparent information helps every department in your business — including engineering, maintenance and operations, capital projects, IT, and external contractors — work together to get the job done. Reduced costs and downtime: Avoid asset failures and plant shutdowns by always having the most accurate engineering information. Meridian ensures more effective and efficient routine and unplanned maintenance for greater business continuity, asset uptime, and a decrease in labor costs. It also mitigates risk so you can avoid health and safety incidents. Scalable platform: Meridian’s engineering document management software supports the entire enterprise versus just one plant or location. Meridian scales for the enterprise with its ability to manage hundreds of thousands of interrelated documents, drawings, and information throughout its entire document lifecycle. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.1/5** | 20 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Accruent - **Founded**: 1999 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature - **Target Audience**: 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish - **Available Countries**: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Tracking - Approval Process Control - Audit Trail - Change Management - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Compliance Tracking - Content Management - Digital Signature - Document Automation - Document Capture - Document Generation - Document Management - Document Review - Document Storage - Electronic Signature - File Sharing - Forms Management ## Integrations (1 total) - Accruent ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [BIM Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1199/bim/software) ## Related Categories - [BIM Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1199/bim/software) - [Archiving Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1055/archiving/software) - [Document Version Control Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1475/document-version-control/software) - [Document Management Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/284/document-management/software) - [Engineering CAD Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1207/engineering-cad/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The consultants are extremely helpful. ----- ### "Meridian User" — 4.0/5 > **Norma** | *24 September 2024* | Utilities | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: capability to tag assets, how to view revision history > > **Cons**: our company experience a lot of error messages, but trying to figure out if it has to do with the fact that we use a different platform to access the applications > > overall has been good. Good support from the application ----- ### "Great tool with limitations" — 3.0/5 > **David** | *02 March 2026* | Utilities | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: This gives control back to the host for our external contract collaborators, as well as moves much of the tasks back on the contractor away from internal support. We have been managing the documents for external contractors \& sending them the documents to update. Now we just manage the documents and allow them to do their own design updates while we manage the documents. > > **Cons**: We love Meridian as a DM tool internally \& expected the Portal to help with all the external contractors that do design engineering on our documents, which it has helped a lot, but we still find it a bit cumbersome \& time consuming getting the documents into portal \& upon completion back in Meridian on-prem. > > Meridian workflows were a great enhancement that were easy to setup \& work directly with internal processes \& standards. The portal has been a bit more limited, and we found that we had to change process to work within the portal, as many of these are with outside contractors it was easy enough to use the workflow within the portal. ----- ### "Meridian possible improvements" — 3.0/5 > **Robert** | *10 March 2026* | Package/Freight Delivery | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Trackability of action and the customisation of the interface. The direct integration with application such as Autodesk, Bentley and Windows. Control of existing information Multiple customised workflows for different document types. > > **Cons**: Meridian Power Web user interface is dated. The errors logs for Power web packages sent to portal are not descriptive enough so we dont know the issue. Bulk number creation is difficult and time consuming, PowerWeb should have a a bulk built in table to create numbers. PowerWeb should have a multi document upload capability matching drawing numbers for bulk upload. External project collaboration is difficult with multiple contractors, we need a CDE type enviroment, also the contractor should be able to search our master library for existing documents and create a RFI via the portal. We seem to have issues where the system is working then suddenly stop working, so the system seems very sensitive to changes, needs to be more satable. Meridian Cloud packages keep giving us issues where they are not released to customers > > Overall is good, but we need a more modern interface and stability in the system. The potential is good btu users complain about how to use the system, so the interface needs to improve. ----- ### "Perfect Version Control Software for Assets" — 5.0/5 > **Bhushan** | *20 November 2025* | Pharmaceuticals | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Meridian provides a comprehensive solution for Electronic Document Management due to which engineering teams keep current with the latest versions of their engineering documents and drawings. It maintains the correct relationship between the documents and accurate technical information. It provides document version control to prevent users from working on incorrect versions. > > **Cons**: User/ Security management needs to be more robust and foolproof. It needs to venture for other web servers to provide more seamless access to users over the web. > > Merdian EDM Application is great version control application, especially for CAD drawings. It maintains correct information of versions of the documents, and it is also accessible easily. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2061539/meridian-1?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2061539/meridian-1) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data