Dokuly vs OpenBOM

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.

OpenBOM is a cloud product data platform that connects CAD, BOM, PDM, PLM, engineering change, procurement and ERP workflows. Its cloud PDM centralizes CAD files and supports locking, versions, revisions, releases, SmartSync and automatic BOM extraction. The digital xBOM can represent EBOM, MBOM, SBOM and other views as single-level, multi-level or flattened structures. Engineers can work on shared data in real time, attaching comments, tasks and mentions to items. Procurement workflows include inventory, RFQs, purchase orders and supplier or contractor collaboration. Listed CAD integrations include SOLIDWORKS, Altium Designer, Onshape, Autodesk Fusion, PTC Creo, Siemens NX and Autodesk Inventor; ERP examples include QuickBooks, NetSuite and SAP. Free access covers up to 2,000 data records, and the service lists a 14-day trial. Professional Team is $30 a year (billed yearly; $30 per seat per month). Only users who edit or manage data need paid seats; CAD add-ins require an active Team or Company subscription and a license for each user needing integration.