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Manufacturing execution system for production

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ION - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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ION overview

What is ION?

ION is a manufacturing execution system designed to assist businesses with traceability, quality management, team collaboration, compliance, and supply chain, among other processes. The material requirement planning (MRP) engine allows teams to access information about existing inventory, resources, and parts within an order for hardware delivery purposes.

ION enables organizations to track components from receiving inspections to production, installation, and operations on a unified platform. Manufacturers can purchase, plan and receive parts, and view bill of materials (BOMs) with details on assemblies, quality checks, calibrations, and inspections. The system also helps operators and technicians to attach files, capture comments and share feedback according to requirements.

ION facilitates integration with various third-party enterprise resource planning (ERP), product lifecycle management (PLM), analytics, and other systems. Other features include real-time updates, scheduling, work instructions, inventory management, and kitting.

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ION reviews

Overall rating

4.0

/5

28

Positive reviews

82

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend7.93/10
Rating distribution

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Pros
“It is good now with the potential to be great. I have had a very good experience with the First Resonance team and believe they are an excellent team to work with.”
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Charlie G.

Stealth Engine Chief Engineer and Production Manager

“The FR team is amazing and truly helpful. Highly responsive and very intimate with the software.”
JV

Jaime V.

Production Engineer

“Very responsive and amazing customer support. Ion has also helped us create a tool that can aid in data capture far better then we were doing before.”
IS

Ian S.

Quality Engineer

Cons
“Making tables and formatting is pain staking, image editing is lacking, weird bugs.”
TM

Tyler M.

Mfg Engineer

“I was extremely disappointed in the customer service from the team. After receiving our trial, we tried to create new procedures but did not have the proper roles assigned to us to do so.”
KM

Konstantinos M.

Student

“Ion fills gaps that I have been struggling with my whole career.”
LO

Lars O.

Propulsion Design Engineering Lead

Who uses ION?

Based on 28 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Aviation & Aerospace
Airlines/Aviation
Defense & Space
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Others

Use cases

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ION's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from ION users:

Inventory management
Traceability
Document management
Quality management
Supply chain management
Supplier management

All ION features

Features rating:

API
Automated scheduling
Barcode/Ticket scanning
Bills of material
BOM creation
Compliance management
Cost tracking
Data collection
Data import/export
Data visualization
EDI
ERP integration
Estimating
For manufacturers
For small businesses
Forecasting
Inventory tracking
Item management
Kitting
Maintenance scheduling
MES
Monitoring
Multi-Location
Performance metrics
Product lifecycle management
Production scheduling
Quality control
Real-Time data
Real-Time monitoring
Reporting & statistics
Scheduling
Shop floor management
Third-Party integrations
Workflow management

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User opinions about ION price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of ION's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“It is good now with the potential to be great. I have had a very good experience with the First Resonance team and believe they are an excellent team to work with.”
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Charlie G.

Stealth Engine Chief Engineer and Production Manager

“The FR team is amazing and truly helpful. Highly responsive and very intimate with the software.”
JV

Jaime V.

Production Engineer

ION support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

24/7 (Live rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
Knowledge Base
Phone Support

Training options

In Person
Documentation
Live Online

ION FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does ION offer?

ION has the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: Subscription

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Q. Who are the typical users of ION?

ION has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business


Q. What languages does ION support?

ION supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does ION offer an API?

No, ION does not have an API available.


Q. What other apps does ION integrate with?

ION integrates with the following applications:
Jira Workflow Steps for Slack, Duro, Odoo , Arena QMS, NetSuite, QuickBooks Enterprise, Bild, Ramp, Arena PLM, Teamcenter, Smartsheet


Q. What level of support does ION offer?

ION offers the following support options:
24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Phone Support

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