Aptean PLM Lascom Edition vs Dokuly

Aptean PLM Lascom Edition is a web-based product lifecycle system for industrial products and systems, covering pre-sales, manufacturing, delivery and after-sales service. It supports tender responses with requirements, quotations and proposed product composition, then manages customization, project documents, change requests and their impacts. Teams can compare prototype and standard configurations, centralize industrialization data and planned configurations, and track serialized items by serial number or batch. After delivery, it stores serialized product records, tracks retrofits and changes, creates customer documents from templates, and reports corrective actions and anomalies. A shared repository holds product, document and program information, including technical drawings and complex data sets. Dashboards, alerts and reports show repository contents and program progress. The responsive full-web interface is available through browsers on any device. The maker describes Azure-hosted SaaS, cloud and on-premise options across its products, with training and support in its SaaS methodology. Pricing is on request.

Dokuly is a free, open-source Product Lifecycle Management system for engineering and operations teams. It manages parts, PCB assemblies, assemblies, bills of materials, revisions, releases, and alternate parts. Document controls include automatic numbering, revision management, PDF front-page generation, a built-in viewer, and browser editing through OnlyOffice. Purchasing covers suppliers, price breaks, purchase orders, and order tracking, including selection of the cheapest supplier for BOM orders. Inventory and production features track stock locations, transactions, lots, serial numbers, and assembly progress. Requirements can be linked hierarchically or as derived and superseding items, with verification tracking; engineering change orders record affected items for review. Projects provide access control, time tracking, tasks, and Gantt charts. Dokuly runs as a self-hosted Docker stack using PostgreSQL, Django, and nginx. Integrations include DigiKey API, Nexar API, and OnlyOffice. Its REST API uses project-scoped keys with configurable expiry and includes Swagger and ReDoc documentation. The documentation describes project-based API access controls; no security certification is stated on the pages reviewed.