ForgeSOP CAPA vs V5 Ultimate CAPA

ForgeSOP CAPA manages corrective and preventive actions from the initial issue through analysis, assigned work, approval, and a check that the remedy held. Deviations, audit findings, incidents, and risk treatments can open a CAPA linked to their source records. The analysis editor supports 5-Whys, fishbone, and free-form methods; evidence files are content-hashed to the record. Each corrective or preventive action can have an owner, due date, and verification criteria, and is tracked as an audit-trailed task. Closing requires a re-authenticated electronic signature, and an assessor cannot approve their own closure. A scheduled effectiveness check must confirm the fix held. A PDF binder brings together intake, analysis, actions, signatures, and the hash chain. ForgeSOP describes workflows shaped for ISO 9001 §10.2, ISO 13485, and 21 CFR Part 11, while noting that customers must validate formal Part 11 compliance. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web. Pro costs $7 a month, billed at $7 per user per month, and includes a 14-day trial; Enterprise pricing is custom.

V5 Ultimate CAPA manages corrective and preventive actions through structured root-cause workflows, scheduled effectiveness checks, and signed closure. Teams can use 5-whys, fishbone (Ishikawa), or Pareto methods. The module is modeled against 21 CFR Part 820.100, ICH Q10/Q9, and ISO 13485:2016 requirements, and connects CAPA work with V5’s MES, WMS, and QMS on one immutable batch record. Regulated writes and signatures enter an immutable audit table with the operator, timestamp, IP, reason, and before-and-after hash. V5 offers signed webhooks, a JSON REST interface, and CSV bulk import, with integrations including SAP Business One, NetSuite, LabWare, Power BI, and others. Deployment options are Lovable Cloud or containerized on-premises hosting that can operate air-gapped. The app tier runs in Linux OCI containers, not as a native Windows application. A free seven-day trial includes a non-GxP sandbox with sample data. Express costs $110 a month per concurrent seat; Professional is 160.00 USD and Enterprise 200.00 USD on the same basis. Annual billing saves 15%.