Tempo Manufacturing Execution System - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Apprentice’s MES is built for speed and flexibility, delivered through robust functionality:



Empower: Give teams the functionality they need, in the UI and UX they expect.

Multi-device support — Access the MES from anywhere with your preferred web browser, while in-suite operators can use it with a mobile or wearable device.

No-code configuration — Intuitive, no-code procedure and recipe authoring designed for process scientists and engineers.

Author and execute as a team - Multiple users can author recipes together in real-time with live group-editing collaboration tools, and assign steps to different users and observe real-time completion so recipes can be executed in parallel.

Scalable templates — Leverage procedure and batch templates that are based upon parameterized and generic recipes and can be easily adapted to input and batch size.

Modern UI — Built with end-users in mind, our MES delivers a UI and UX that mirrors modern personal applications.

Advanced actions — Automatic actions (timers, calculations) or integrated interactions with equipment or materials (material creation, dispense, inventory updates and equipment state changes) that go beyond predefined data inputs.

Review exceptions as they happen - Exceptions can be reviewed and resolved as they happen, instead of waiting months and following a confusing and lengthy paper trail

Minimize non-conformities and ensure higher quality - Steps can be prevented from completing when values deviate from defined ranges, and formulas can be automatically calculated.



In-Sync: Enable teams to have the right information, at the right time, to make the best decision.

Pharma-compliant devices — Headsets and mobile devices are cleanable, rugged, ATEX certified, and optimized for use in the suite, cleanrooms, and while wearing PPE.

Augmented instructions — AR overlays, photos, videos, and audio that enable in-suite operators to understand how to execute correctly the first time.

First-person perspective — Through a video camera on the wearable headset or mobile device that gives collaborators a close-up view of equipment and instruments.



Connect: Integrate our MES to the critical systems needed to optimize operations.

Click-and-configure integrations — Connect to systems like SCADA, Historian, QMS, ERPs, Ignition, OSISoft PI, Veeva, and more.

Robust API — Modern and thoroughly documented so that teams can easily create tailor-made connections from Tempo to 3rd-party applications, services, or even custom systems.



Scale Up and Out: Use within the overarching Tempo Manufacturing Cloud across manufacturing lifecycles, from pre-clinical benchtop to commercial, and bring any team, site, or CDMO onto the platform, regardless of their location.

Cloud-native — Leverage a cloud-based platform and benefit from fast, easy deployment that lets you go-live in months, not years, regardless of location.

Purpose-built for pharma — Created to meet pharma’s specific needs and stringent security requirements, such as by centralizing all documentation and data required to audit and approve a batch release, or the ability to review and release by exception through built-in conditions and exceptions.

Secure and compliant — Designed for global compliance, from privacy standards such as being ISO 27001 certified and GDPR ready, to being fully validated by 3rd parties for pharma compliance standards like cGXP and 21 CFR Part 11, and all IQ and OQ documents can be provided.