Dokuly vs Nora IPLM

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.

Nora IPLM is a cloud product lifecycle management platform for product, engineering, and manufacturing teams. It links ideas, requirements, product data, and engineering decisions, with tools for BOMs, projects and programs, documents, and workflows. Product data capabilities include revision control, multi-level BOMs, BOM comparison, change workflows, and inventory integration. Teams can capture, score, compare, and prioritize ideas using structured workflows and collaboration tools. Custom Python methods, attributes, scripts, event triggers, and workflow design support customization. The platform also describes AI for summarizing product data, generating content, supporting ideation, flagging anomalies, and providing contextual recommendations. Integrations include SolidWorks, CATIA V5, Solid Edge, Creo, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Jira, GitHub, webhooks, and a REST API. SAP, Oracle NetSuite, and custom ERP connectors are available on request. Pricing is available on request, and a 30-day free trial is advertised. An anonymous sandbox provides all features without signup or installation, but resets every 24 hours.