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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cmms/calibration-control-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cmms/calibration-control-profile/alternatives/) # Calibration Control User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.7/5 - Total reviews: 81 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.6/5 - Customer support: 4.9/5 - Value for money: 4.8/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 61 reviews (75%) - 4 stars: 17 reviews (21%) - 3 stars: 2 reviews (2%) - 2 stars: 1 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - It handles the tracking so well that we can actually focus on the work in the shop instead of being stuck behind a screen doing manual data entry. - Calibration Control has made tracking thousands of items so simple and efficient, with very little need for lengthy training. - In addition, I truly appreciate the security features and security levels you can have with the program to ensure your information is not only safe but only certain individuals can modify it. ## Calibration Control customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 81 (page 1). ### ApeCal has been an awesome tool in keeping track of all of our test equipment. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Notifications, sorting by any column, clarity from even a novice's view are able to understand what we are all viewing. The customer support is stellar. They've been able to remotely figure out every situation I've had with ease. Very sharp in not just ApeCal, but their understanding of computer operations and file storage has helped to rectify every imaginable issue. Clicking and dragging a picture or a calibration cert is so easy too! #### Cons The only thing I wish was easier, is when I enter a new calibration on an existing unit, I wish the 'company', 'as found' and 'as left' fields could be set to a default. --- ### Specifically aimed at Customer Service - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jeremy H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My experience has been excellent thus far. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I deal with a lot customer service departments for software and hardware every week and you guys are better than 95% of them. Thanks so much for your help. #### Cons I have limited experience with the product itself. --- ### Helps me to schedule calibration of our equipment. - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Jane L. - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Looks a lot like Windows so it gives a familiarity to the person using the tool. The customer support team has always responded promptly and always answered any questions I had. #### Cons I don't really use the software to its potential so I can't really say there are cons. I basically use it to schedule the calibration of our equipment. --- ### First Time Exposure to Calibration Control - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Aviation & Aerospace - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: November 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall experience is quite positive! When I ran the limit of the Manual and needed further assistance, the APE Software Calibration Control Customer Service Representative, CSR, was extremely helpful, and is representative of the heart and strength of the company. She abundantly answered all of my questions and provided insight into the power of the software. Representative introduced me to the 'Teamviewer,' which, in my view, provides for dynamic customer / representative interface. Through the use of Teamviewer, more than vocalization of what to do, over the phone, was displayed as she showed me real time what to do and then let me demonstrate what she had shown me, in order to ensure I fully understood the concepts. Having been, myself, a trainer within Quality Assurance, the foregoing indelibly etched what I learned. Representative apparent sterling knowledge and understanding of the software spurred me, at one point, to ask her whether she was a program developer. I have had to make multiple calls seeking answers to perplexing questions and Representative has effectively answered all of them. Summarizing, based upon the power of the software and the company’s customer service, I strongly recommend this software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros There are several 'Pros:' 1. The program is virtually 'Instant On,' meaning very little time is lost waiting for the program to load, 2. An active user manual is available online for ready reference, 3. Updates are readily available, 4. Valuable informational status is readily seen, and 5. Fields have color coding to reflect current status of the tool. #### Cons The package is not readily intuitive, meaning use of the Manual and / or call-in to the company representative is needed; although, we used Excel, up to this point, to track calibration status and functioned from that point of view, which was one dimensional and did not provide enough information, the benefits of this package outweigh any negatives. #### Reasons for switching to Calibration Control The switch was made to better control our calibration process. --- ### Major Update of APE Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Oil & Energy - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It is mandatory that my group maintains our calibration certificates in an orderly manner as we are audited periodically. Thanks to this software we have passed every audit with flying colors since we implemented the APE Software. Special thanks to rep for talking me thru this update and actually doing the majority of the work as we were at least 10 revisions behind. She was excellent! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like the way the screen can be laid out, sorted, things hidden from, view, etc. Much better than when we tried to do our own thing with EXCEL. #### Cons I am not good with Access so I went to a course on that just to understand what was going on in the background. --- ### APE software is an easy and efficient way to help capture calibration history for your company. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Cary R. - Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified - Reviewed: January 2016 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have used this software for one year and I have about 5,000 gages currently that I handle. My overall experience with the software and APE staff has been very pleasant. I have experienced some issues stemming from security on my computer, knowledge and glitches in the software but I have had wonderful support every step of the way. Customer service is SUPERIOR. The Ape staff is friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable. Mark has many years of experience and takes time to understand your needs. One particular time there was a glitch with my system and Mark walked me step by step through what happened, why it happened and although he had never had that problem before was able to fix the glitch with me. A big plus is that they usually answer the phone when you call but if they do not, leave a message; they return calls and emails in less than 24 hours generally and in most cases within the hour. The biggest bonus is that Mark and Natasha are always listening to suggestions, concerns, and feedback and then look for solutions to incorporate it into the software to ensure that their customers are running efficiently. Natasha and I have worked on things before and when I would suggest or make a comment and she will stop me, write down the information and I will see the fix in a future update. The software I used prior did not do even 50% of what APE software does. APE gives me the flexibility to do what I need to do and with a professional look. As for the software its very user friendly no matter what the level of computer knowledge the user has. I have not had time to read the manual and still have been able to print reports, attach documents, attach links to policies and procedures and print certificates of calibration among basic calibration record keeping. The software allows for such a variety of options so that you are able to accurately record everything happening with each gauge, tool, machine, etc. By using features like measurement groups, notes, check in and attachments it is easy to with a click of a button know your tolerance for a tool, when it was last calibrated, who checked it out last, where it is located and any documentation such as manufacturers instruction manual, certification, and repair information right from your pc. My previous software was unable to do that and did not always know how it was filed. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 --- ### Great product for the price, and some of the best support offered - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Pharmaceuticals - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great Product for starting out needs, was able to grow with us to this point. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to use, easy to set up users, and access. Tech Support was always available and more than ready to help. #### Cons older versions were a bit buggy, disconnects from database. Error message may not be real error so i really did not know what true problem was and had to call support, great thing is that support is the best and easy to work with. --- ### Our experience with Calibration Control has been very positive, better than three others we tried. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Allowed training of new persons to be easier based on the software. Left me open to spend more time on the actual processes and not as much on how to use software to manage them. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is easy to use and very economical for the features. We had a different package that was touted as "easy" but found it difficult and pricey. #### Cons Setting up the software for login of new users when using SQL database requires IT support as there is no easy way to do it through an interface from the software. --- ### Easy to use, reasonably configurable. User control and change tracking are great features. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Improved traceability back to national standards. Improved homogeneity of data entry. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Technical support service is incredibly helpful. I wish all software maintenance agreements came with support like this! Sorting and ability to custom name/define fields. #### Cons There are very few features in this program that have a negative impact. Once during an upgrade some of our custom reports quit working properly - but support to resolve the issue was quick and effective. --- ### Excellent Product At The Pricepoint - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Aviation & Aerospace - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used other for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We migrated out of our old Visual system into the CC SQL Server table with little trouble(Less than 2 weeks to transfer test and go live.) Reporting is easy to modify and expand. So far the only issues have been from things in the old system that were incorrect. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Straight forward relational data design. #### Cons Some of the documentation needs to be updated to the new screens. --- ### Simply the best Asset Management Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Drew H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Facilities Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Excellent. Easy to implement, amazing support team. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ease of use, reliability, and hands down best support we have ever received from a software company. #### Cons We start at 5am, wish support was available earlier than 9am. #### Reasons for choosing Calibration Control Cost, ease of use, support, features, and customization. --- ### Good choice for our needs - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: William C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Oil & Energy - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered This calibration software helped us develop the capability of automating our equipment calibration, reducing the likelihood of missing calibration dates, maintaining supporting documentation, satisfying ISO9001-2015 requirements and ease of providing evidence during internal and external Quality Management System audits., #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This product has all the features needed for comprehensive measurement instrument calibration control, is easy to use, and helps reduce the need for manual management. #### Cons There really isn't anything I don't like about the software. --- ### Overall I have not had a lot of problems learning the software. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Tammy D. - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Ease of use and paper trails #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I like the custom changes that can be made and the support has always been good when I have had a question on how to make changes. #### Cons As with most software once you get use to the way it runs they update and make changes to it that change the flow your use to. Other than that it is still good. --- ### Pre-designed calibration system management software for nearly all applications. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Paul E. - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Speed of navigation and intuitive interface. Covers most key features very well, such as: Asset number assignment Calibration record retention Calibration interval management with easily managed due dates Standard identification and linkage Functional approval tracking #### Cons Flagging calibration events as needing review and how reviews are managed could be better. Reporting of system metrics is rudimentary at best. --- ### Calibration Control is perfect for us - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bill L. - Industry: Aviation & Aerospace - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Our company is completely satisfied with calibration control #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like the customer support the most. Any issues we have they are addressed immediately. I also like the value of the product #### Cons I cannot think of anything I dislike about this product --- ### Great piece of software. It is very flexible and configurable. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bruce C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Oil & Energy - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Automated notification, calibration tracking, calibration record keeping #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The email reminders are terrific. This allows us to reminder equipment owners about upcoming or overdue calibrations using the automated system. The customer support is 1st rate. I believe that this software is the best value in calibration software. #### Cons There is a learning curve that is fairly steep. However, once you clear the hurdle of the initial set up it works well --- ### Calibration Lab Platform - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jasher S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Industrial Automation - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The customer service is outstanding. This platform gives a good structure for managing a calibration from at an approachable price for small - medium operators. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It's a concise, lightweight feeling platform that has a lot of features but without suffering from bloat. #### Cons I have had it crash a few times on me. I find the user interface a somewhat confusing and non-linear. #### Reasons for choosing Calibration Control Combination of flexibility, price, and scalability made it a clear winner. Most other products had very narrow scope (pressure/temperature only) or very high on-going costs as a subscription service. --- ### Best Customer Support of any software I've ever used - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Dale W. - Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified - Reviewed: May 2012 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered By far the best customer support I have ever encountered. I have never used a software in any application or field that is so responsive to issues we encountered. Even when the issue was 100% operator error, there was no condenscending attitude. All issues we have encountered have been logged and fixed in each new release, even if we were the only customer having an issue. In fact, our company is still using Windows XP (one of the only customers still using this) and he has given us XP specific help and functionality, even though his software is developed for Windows7 platform, and technically we should be upgrading to Windows7 to take advantage of all of Calibration Control's features. Absolutely unmatched customer support! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 #### Pros Unsurpassed support. Affordable software. Uncomplicated, easy to train others to use. #### Cons Minor problem is having to manually type calibration measurements specific to each new tool, instead of being able to have this info saved in a template so that you can save time entering info an new similar tools. --- ### The software does everything I need it to. Only problem is when adding locations and other items - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Gary D. - Industry: Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Tech support is great. Quickly runs reports and shows the calibration. Easily add new gauges and completing calibration updates #### Cons Difficult sometimes to add to lists in the software like locations. Some parts are very easy to modify and other areas are very difficult --- ### APE Calibration Control - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jeff R. - Industry: Aviation & Aerospace - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Calibration was previously handled within a spreadsheet which did not support AS/ISO requirements. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Ease of use and the ability to configure the software to our needs verses custom modifications. #### Cons User access does not integrate with Active Directory --- ### 2020 Review Florida - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Glen H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Utilities - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. I'm able to keep records of all my calibration information and control all aspects for each. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It enables me to keep track of all my gauges and ensures that I don't get behind in calibration. Allows me to insert pictures. #### Cons Maybe some information pop ups could be added to let you know what your clicking on. --- ### We didn't know how badly we needed this software until we started using it. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Aaron M. - Industry: Chemicals - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We simplified our calibrations and control manual under ISO9001:2015 using this software. Now, all instrument calibrations are stored using the software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's easy to use, but stores data in a way that is cohesive to robust analysis. It has vastly simplified QMS and other audit trails. #### Cons Setting up email notifications in an O365 environment can be challenging, because of the way O365 handles relaying. --- ### Calibration Control Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: John A. - Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified - Reviewed: November 2014 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The software is easy to use and user friendly the support team and team viewer is wonderful unlike other calibration software were you get a tech. that try's to walk you through or refers you to a class. Like the scan ability to cut down on time when it comes time to calibrate a tool no need to search just scan and the record is there. Like the THUM cuts down on data entry its automatic. This calibration meets all the requirement for ISO 9000:2008. also if you need a special field that is not in the program already you can call them and let them know what field you would like to see and they be happy to provide it. There customer services is the best. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 --- ### Easy to use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Chris M. - Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified - Reviewed: September 2011 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Keep up the good job. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use and managing databases is a breeze. We have almost one thousand tools and keeping track of each one of them is easy and painless. Great customer service. #### Cons From update to update have to change some stuff, i.e. we had to change the calibration cycle for all the lost and not in use tools because v. 7 automatically made the tools lost or not in use as calibration due. --- ### Great Product and Excellent Support. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mike L. - Industry: Plastics - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Able to manage over 150 devices and standards. At one time I could do this with excel and my email calendar but as the list grew and our machine shop needed to use more devices to take the required measurements it became very cumbersome to manage the devices. Calibration Control has made it very easy to keep up with the devices again. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Very easy to add devices and keep everyone informed of upcoming due calibrations with the auto notify email option. #### Cons So far I have no complaints for this software, I.T. had it installed on the server the same day and I was adding devices with no training. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cmms/calibration-control-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Calibration Control Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice