ActARion vs CompassDocs

ActARion is a paid platform for industrial, logistics and energy companies that turns operational procedures into guided work instructions and standard operating procedures. Experts can capture procedures in the workplace and structure reusable AR guides in a web-based no-code editor. Instructions may combine 3D cues, images, short video, concise text, automatic translation and optional text-to-speech. DeepSight platform AI can help build instructions from documents, photos or videos, suggest procedure structures and produce multilingual versions. During execution, guides can collect photos, video, confirmations, elapsed time, error rates and completion steps. Listed applications include onboarding, changeovers, maintenance, remote expert support, troubleshooting, quality checks and safety procedures. Operators can contact a remote expert who sees their view and adds annotations. Content is available on Android, iOS and the web, including phones, tablets and smart glasses such as HoloLens 2 and Apple Vision Pro. Pricing is on request.

CompassDocs is a self-hosted team knowledge base for writing, organizing, and searching SOPs, technical documentation, policies, and internal reference material. Staff can ask plain-English questions about documents and receive answers with inline citations; without an AI key, the product instead uses keyword search. Documents can be edited in rich text or Markdown, with AI proofreading and support for diagrams, tables, checklists, and embeds. Viewer, Editor, Approver, and Admin roles, custom roles, private spaces, and an optional review queue govern access and publishing. Integrations include a Claude connector, Microsoft 365 and Entra sync, Google Workspace directory sync, and notifications through Webex, Teams, Slack, email, or webhooks. Teams can run it with Docker or install Node.js and PostgreSQL manually. Self-hosted backups can be scheduled, restored, and mirrored to off-site storage. Community is free and self-hosted; Enterprise is $599 a year. A Cloud plan at $8 a month per user is listed as coming soon, not yet launched.