OnPolicy vs Qontiv

OnPolicy is web-based document-control software for small-to-medium businesses. It moves documents through draft, review, approval, and release stages while preserving revision history and an audit trail of who revises, approves, and releases them. Administrators can require users to read documents or updates, restrict access to all documents or selected departments, and print reports on required reading, document use, and stalled workflows. Text search and dynamic links to related documents help users locate material. OnPolicy says documents can be controlled to conform to standards including ISO, SOX, HIPAA, JCAHO, IATF, AS, FDA, or GMP. Released documents can be pushed to SharePoint, an intranet, or another local server. The online service requires no installation or management and is accessible wherever there is an internet connection. Its product page describes audit trails on a secure, backed-up SSAE 16 server. OnPolicy recommends its Windows client because some third-party browsers are dropping Java support. The annual plan costs $990 a year, and a 30-day trial is available.

Qontiv is a cloud manufacturing execution system for regulated discrete manufacturers, combining production execution with quality engineering. It includes OEE tracking, electronic work instructions, statistical process control, scheduling, maintenance management, inventory and lot or serial genealogy, and dashboards. OEE uses machine signals to calculate Availability, Performance, and Quality, with downtime reasons, shift trends, Pareto analysis, and Six Big Losses breakdowns. Operators can follow instructions with measurement inputs, e-signatures, and photo evidence. The edge gateway connects through OPC-UA and MQTT; Qontiv says a first machine can be online in under two hours without middleware. Scheduling includes a drag-and-drop Gantt view, equipment utilization, and constraint-aware sequencing. The AI Copilot answers production-data questions and detects anomalies. Shipped connectors include Oracle EBS and Oracle Fusion with write-back, NetSuite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud with import only, and MaintainX with bidirectional sync. Qontiv is in a pre-production design-partner phase. It has no free trial; a four-week pilot costs $10,000 fixed, credited against a first annual contract signed within 90 days of the review.