PDXpert PLM 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

PDXpert PLM

4.7

(23)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About PDXpert PLM

PDXpert engineering design management software is simple to use, flexible to apply, and improves the accessibility and security of your design.

Customer typically see faster design to production, reduced product unit costs and minimal administrative overhead with PDXpert PLM.

"PDXpert gets you into PLM without bursting the bank or compromising on the vital functionality that you need to get control over your data and processes"
A. Lockwood, Digital Engineering

Key Capabilities:

Full-featured part & supplier management,
Multi-level bill of material (BOM) and formula management,
Document & file revision control,
Engineering change management (ECN),
Approval workflow,
Customizable reports and data export,
Install on-site or host in private cloud,
Affordable perpetual and subscription licensing plans,
Top rated support & services.

Achieve Faster Design at Lower Costs with PDXpert PLM

• Time Matters

"PDXpert PLM reduced engineering change process from 33 days to 5 days" - USA Medical Device Manufacturer.

Cut development time in half with the following capabilities;

• Quickly find parts, documents, changes and files.
• In-process design review without distracting designers...

• Central and secure data prevents rework, damage or loss. • Eliminate Bill or Materials errors and get real-time assembly cost roll-ups. • Reuse approved designs for new product evolution. • Reduce Product Unit Costs About 70% of product's lifetime production costs are established during development. With PDXpert, all product plans, drawings and procedures, marketing requirements, design specifications & maintenance procedures are managed in a single place, retrievable at any time. The software also keeps a complete revision history of all files & released documentation. PDXpert encourages and simplifies parts re-use leading to radically reducing inventory costs, retooling expenses and supply chain volatility. A full audit trail of all changes to the BOM, how affected items were dispositioned, associated costs and change workflows ensure that production modifications are reviewed and approved prior to release, slashing production rework and scrap. • Minimize Administrative Overhead Managing and communicating product data is expensive: copying, emailing, updating spreadsheets, tracking changes, mailing quote packages – the list is endless. A manual control and change management process can require a small army to carry out. PDXpert PLM's data management, workflow and email notification reduce the paper chase and enforce a well-controlled process. Users can perform more tasks in less time, freeing your current staff to do more important things than push paper. PDXpert PLM software supports best practices and standards; ISO 9000, ISO 10007, FDA Part 820, EIA/IS649, and MIL-HDBK-61 . • Simple to learn, simple to use PDXpert product lifecycle management software has been designed by engineering, manufacturing, and software professionals with one goal: deliver a simple, comprehensive PLM solution. And we've done this without making PDXpert complicated to set up, difficult to evaluate, or expensive to purchase. • Flexibility for growing companies PDXpert has built-in configurable workflows and extensive customizable properties to give full control to prescribe preferred practices for a wide variety of industries: industrial electronics, machinery manufacturing, consumer electronics, medical devices, automotive, aerospace, process industries, etc. Users can create item-level numbers, text, dates and checkboxes as well as define change workflows to review & approve product revisions & releases - PDXpert is fully customizable. • The software supports part queries from Cadence OrCAD Capture CIS, Altium Designer, Pulsonix EDA, and other ODBC-compliant software. • Parts can be defined with suppliers & custom attributes for MRP/CAD. • Pricing for perpetual & subscription license options include flexible full-function and

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PDXpert PLM Pricing and Plans

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PDXpert PLM Features

Popular features found in Product Lifecycle Management
Bills of Material
Change Management
Collaboration Tools
Compliance Management
Design Management
Document Management
Project Management
Quality Management
Requirements Management
Supplier Management
More features of PDXpert PLM
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval Process Control
Approval Workflow
Audit Trail
Bill of Material Analysis
BOM Creation
Commenting/Notes
Configuration Management
Cost Tracking
Customizable Fields
Customizable Templates
Data Catalog
Data Import/Export
Data Storage Management
Document Classification
Document Storage
Drag & Drop
File Management
File Sharing
For Manufacturers
Item Management
Lifecycle Management
Multi-level BOM
Parts Management
Price and Cost Calculations
Product Data Management
Product Lifecycle Management
Reporting & Statistics
Revision History
Role-Based Permissions
Search/Filter
Task Management
Third-Party Integration
Third-Party Integrations
Version Control
Workflow Management

PDXpert PLM User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

65%

35%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.7

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

5.0

Functionality

4.4

Timothy L.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2025

PDXpert PLM Software Review

We have more than 300 products that need to manage product life cycle. We have been using PDXpert PLM for >6 years. We almost use all the features of this software to manage both our document and products. The support team from PDXpert is fantastic to answer our daily questions to improve our company's work and design flow. We use PDXpert PLM for document and part revision control.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

PDXpert PLM is very versatile to manage complicated document and part for high mix and complicate product and documentation. Without PDXpert, our company will not be able to run smoothly.

Cons:

No. I would like to recommend PDXpert PLM software to company that want to improve their work and design flow.

Tony T.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed May 2024

PDXpert - Great Functionality at a Low Cost

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

PDXpert PLM is a great product that combines a lot of functionality at a great price point. I really enjoyed having two tiers of licenses--read only and full function. With full-function, the user has total access to all features offered unlike many other softwares that regulate more advanced functions behind higher tiered packages. The user interface is simple to learn and use with plenty of customization options out of the box to fit your companies processes. Most of all, PDXpert's customer service is superb! Whether through email or phone, I am always able to get in touch with my service advisor in a timely manner. They are more than willing to work with you on any problems you may have and create custom solutions for functions that do not exist "out of the box."

Cons:

The biggest con for PDXpert PLM is that it does not readily integrate well with 3D CAD file/revision management. Although our company used the software in this fashion, it should be noted that PDXpert does not market itself as a CAD data management/repository software. For single instance 2D drawings, PDXpert works well.

Reasons for choosing PDXpert PLM

For a small startup company, PDXpert was chosen primarily for the cost and functionality. We did not feel it was a good use of company resources to invest in a high cost product when we were uncertain (at the time) on the company's future.

Kelly W.

Verified reviewer

Defense & Space

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed March 2025

Busek PDXpert review

Overall Experience is excellent- Customer Service is 5 star+. Great Price for the product. Very responsive and will take care of most requests. Online documentation is very useful as well.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

PDXpert performs all basic PLM functions well for its price point. The product is easy to learn and use. Customer support is outstanding.

Cons:

Customization could be easier. Difficult to write your own transforms for reports. It would be nice to have integration with Outlook so it links the ECO e-mail directly into the ECO in the software. The output for the family tree needs improvement, more like a GUI. Also need a standard interface from Altium BOMs, not a customized solution.

Jeffrey M.

Verified reviewer

Airlines/ Aviation

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2020

Best Bang for the Buck

Fantastic !! The most impressive thing was the lack of issues we experienced during our migration. The support and direction from the folks at PDXpert made an extremely daunting task seem simple. The entire process was complete in less then 3 months and we have never looked back. Life is good with PDXpert PLM.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

PDXpert delivers a fantastic product and is perfect alternative to other PLM products on the market today. The system is extremely intuitive with a well developed with a friendly user interface. Product support is fantastic and knowledgeable.

Cons:

It's difficult to find any faults with the system.

Reasons for choosing PDXpert PLM

The two most important things that made our decision was the amazing support for the product in addition to a competitive pricing model made the decision to switch to PDXpert PLM a no brainer!!

Reasons for switching to PDXpert PLM

Cost and Support for the product was horrible. We are a small company and to get support was always difficult.

molly c.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed May 2024

Helpful database with great flexibility

It's a great tool and user-friendly for database control. The Transforms for data output are a bit complicated but at technicians support are helpful when there's issues or unable to get the desire result.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

inexpensive cost. flexible on modifications and pulling data.

Cons:

Some actions are complicated and time consuming for data input. I do not like the [Display window] that pop up when I navigate on the part in [Affected]. I wish there's option to turn off it.

Craig O.

Verified reviewer

Telecommunications

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2020

PDXpert - Functionality We Needed with the Best Value Available

Our previous system was very outdated with a DOS-like interface and the need to manipulate data in multiple data modules. We also used paper for drawings, documents and change forms which were converted into PDFs and stored in folders on our network. Creating a new BOM with a dozen new numbers and 200 relationships takes a whopping 92% less time with PDXpert. PDXpert is easy to learn and use. I just wish we would have implemented it sooner.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Coming from a paper-based system, PDXpert provides all of the functionality that we need without paying for features that we do not need. It easily handles our 125K part numbers and 270K parent/child relationships. We have approximately 50 Full User licenses and 50 Read Only. So, we didn't need all the bells and whistles of the biggest providers. PDXpert was easily configured to mimic our current workflows and creating custom collections allowed inclusion of company-specific data. The multiple built-in reports and their SQL Transformations made it easy for a new SQL user to create/edit reports to suit our purposes. Data migration was simple using the built-in data import tools. As such, there was no need to contract for installation services and it provided yet another cost savings. On the support side, their website includes a complete guide to nearly everything the user will want to know about configuring and using PDXpert. For those times that I could not find the answer, I worked with the Application Engineer and received excellent support and to all of my questions, from data migration to SQL programming. His knowledge and prompt response to support his customer was impressive. I have experience with a couple of the top tier PLM products in my career. While PDXpert may not do everything that they can do, I didn't find another PLM system that meets our needs and provides a better VALUE than PDXpert.

Cons:

About the only thing is that some of the built-in functionality such as most of the information on the Attributes tab is hard coded and cannot be hidden if it is not used. However, we have just instructed our users to disregard this information and it hasn't caused any confusion.

Reasons for switching to PDXpert PLM

Ancient technology with DOS-like interface. Paper based approvals for drawings, documents and changes.

David N.

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed April 2012

Initial assessment of software for clients new division

PLM software comes into its own when parts need to be controlled and or repeated and are part of series production. Given this the investment in time to enter the data will pay significant dividends as the number of product lines increase and I would certainly recommend PDXpert for anyone running just such a business. Its ability to be customised and its scalability allows it to grow with the business without the fear that at some point it will be necessary to move to another system.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Pros:

The system is very capable but at the same time does not try to incorporate functions outside of its primary remit which often causes complication with other vendor systems. The ability to hold information within one database and produce quick reports giving key financial and material data is something that is just not possible easily with spreadsheets often used by smaller enterprises. The ability to easily produce structured BOM's and keep track of where parts are used is something that should not be underestimated. Changes of parts are immediately reflected throughout without having to think about and potentially miss with manual systems. The technical support provided through your own dedicated application engineer is exemplary. For a UK based enterprise the initial concern is how do we cope when we need help. That has been completely dispelled by the swiftness that questions have been answered.

Cons:

We have not fully implemented the sytem so am unable to realistically comment on any day to day issues. We have experierienced some hanging of the sofware that has been resolved by reinstallation. This could pose a problem if it occurred when fully installed as it gave concern about the integrity of the data entered the first time it occurred. The online tutorials are very good and help to visually explain where to go within the database to achieve the initial creation of a product and assembly. It would be very helpful to expand these tutorials to cover all aspects of online help as hand / eye coordination embeds learning so much quicker than reading text. The only potential downside we see about using US based support is when fully implemented and issues occur outside of support hours given the different time zones.

Simon H.

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed December 2011

Engineering Data Organised - At Last!

Computer assisted design and drafting systems (CAD) are nice to have, but in my experience a good Product Lifecycle Management System (PLM) is essential. If absolutely necessary, we could live without CAD and use manual techniques, but there is no known way to handle the complex interrelationship between parts without access to a well designed Product Data Management system. A PLM system is even more useful! I am convinced that the return on investment from our PDXpert PLM system is far greater than the ROI from our CAD system. However, it is difficult to prove because we can only record time and money spent, there is no accurate way that we know of to estimate how much time and money we do not have to spend now that we have a better way to handle our increasing data management requirements.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Pros:

Existing part number / description database imported without any problems. Logical layout of windows makes finding and using data easy. Excellent search function. Comprehensive 'Help' system makes system easy to learn for new users. Extensive technical help files available from Technical Support for more advanced users, and for 'Best Practice' advice. Rapid and knowledgeable response from Application Engineer to all our questions. PDXpert makes finding the interrelationship between all of our parts effortless, including our Suppliers' part numbers. Clicking on file references within PDXpert immediately opens the corresponding drawing, specification, document or file, saving hours of time and greatly improving the use and reuse of parts in new and revised designs with substantial reduction in cost of inventory.

Cons:

No problems with PDXpert itself. However, we have not yet integrated the PDXpert database with our Business / Accounting system - which is due for replacement. Many of the Business / Accounting systems we have looked at so far attempt to perform some of the part interrelationship functions that are handled much better by PDXpert. Therefore we are looking for a replacement Business / Accounting system that can synchronize part data with PDXpert either using PDXpert's standardized database system (preferably) or via a custom data integration program.

Joe B.

Verified reviewer

Machinery

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

PDXpert is the greatest

Overall all it turns out PDXpert is exactly what I was looking for. It is full featured PLM. I came from the medical device world and this product would have easily fit there too. Most of what has made this experience so good is the implementation support and the ongoing custumer service. AND the product is very affordable

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This software was easy to implement. It has been easy to use, and it offered all of the functionality I need. This should be sufficient to carry the company well into the future. Active Sensing's customer support has been beyond great. Calls are answered usually directly but if not I get a call back quickly. They have efficient tools and they held my hand where necessary. The tool is great but customer service is beyond fantastic.

Cons:

Tool is windows based so occasionally the UI is clunky but it does what it needs to do.

Amy B.

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

Excellent software for document and part revision control

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We use PDXpert only for part and document revision control, although it has some inventory/cost capabilities, we don't use them so I can't speak on that. PDXpert is extremely user friendly and trouble free . We have never had an issue with PDXpert malfunctioning or behaving in any way other than it should. Any tech support issues have always been quickly and completely resolved in a extremely professional manner (our tech support is always an IT issue on our side). Engineering changes are very easy to start, route and implement. Part version control, AVL info, document control, change control are all great. Easy search for parts, manufacturers, Engineering changes, past revision BOM and so on. Everything you need.

Cons:

Nothing, PDXpert is perfect for our needs

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