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MasterControl Quality Excellence vs Document Control Comparison (2026)

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MasterControl Quality Excellence

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Document Control

Overview

MasterControl Qx, the #1 QMS for life sciences, simplifies FDA, EMA, and ISO compliance, and speeds quality products to market.

MediaLab's Document Control enables laboratories to take control of documents & procedure manuals, meeting CAP, CLIA, Joint Commission, FDA, EPA, ISO 15189 regs

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

12000

/user

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

752

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

580

5

4

3

2

1

313

227

38

2

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
68%
would recommend this app

4.4

124

5

4

3

2

1

66

50

6

1

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
89%
would recommend this app

Pros

“It is a reliable and mature solution for managing quality systems in regulated environments and it supports digital transformation initiatives effectively. While there are areas that could be improved in terms of usability and flexibility, the platform provides strong compliance support and helps standardize quality processes across different functions and sites.”
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Simone B.

Quality compliance specialist

“MasterControl Quality Excellence is a solid and comprehensive eQMS platform, particularly suitable for highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices.”
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Simone B.

Quality compliance specialist

“Some modules could benefit from a more modern and user-friendly interface, and system performance may occasionally slow down when handling large processes or extensive datasets.”
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Simone B.

Quality compliance specialist

Pros

“Document Control software has enabled us to efficiently manage lab procedures and edit documents without making costly errors.”
CD

Claudio D.

Digital Marketer

“Works well for automatint and centralizing document approvals and more”
ST

Stelios T.

Pharmacist

“Very much customizable user interface for document preparation.”
RH

Rakib H.

Graduate Research Assistant

Cons

“Some of the pain points are the cost of licensing, not having the ability for multiple collaborators to edit the same document simultaneously, and search functionality being tough for users who aren't as familiar with document numbers/names.”
JA

Johana A.

Jr MasterControl Sys Admin

“The performance on "on prem" version, pdf publishing time and constant issues with pdf not beeing generated, issues with custom forms created by MC.”
MM

Michal M.

IT QMS Software Administrator

“With the cloud and licensing model changes, we've seen a dramatic increase in licensing fees, while simultaneously losing the ability to implement custom solutions and assign user rights freely.”
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Jeremy R.

Sr. Manager, SQA

Cons

Not enoughreviews yet

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review11 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features132
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Access Expiration Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Performance
  • Audit Planning
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Bills of Material
  • Business Process Control
  • Calibration Management
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communications Management
  • Complaint Management
  • Compliance
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Content Management
  • Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
  • Cross-system Integration
  • Customer Complaint Tracking
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Defect Tracking
  • Design Management
  • Digital Signature
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Check-in/Check-out
  • Document Classification
  • Document Coding & Control
  • Document Control
  • Document Generation
  • Document Lifecycle Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Document Templates
  • EDI
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Management
  • Equipment Management
  • Execution
  • FDA Compliance
  • File Conversion
  • File Management
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • For Engineering Documents
  • For Medical Purposes
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Generative AI
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • ISO Compliance
  • ISO Standards Management
  • Incident Management
  • Indexing
  • Inspection Management
  • Internal Controls Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • Lab Instruments Integration
  • MES
  • Machine and equipment
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Manufacturing Software
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Location
  • Multiple Format Support
  • Nonconformance Tracking
  • Offline Access
  • Operational Risk Management
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Order Management
  • Performance Analysis
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Product Data Management
  • Production Scheduling
  • Project Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • Quality Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Records Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Management
  • Revision History
  • Risk Alerts
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Management
  • Risk Methodology
  • Risk Reporting
  • Risk Scoring
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Routing
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Safety Management
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Single Sign On
  • Status Tracking
  • Summary Reports
  • Supplier Management
  • Supplier Quality Control
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Traceability
  • Training Management
  • Trend Analysis
  • Version Comparison
  • Version Control
  • Version Rollback
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features69
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Access Expiration Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Performance
  • Audit Planning
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Bills of Material
  • Business Process Control
  • Calibration Management
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communications Management
  • Complaint Management
  • Compliance
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Content Management
  • Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
  • Cross-system Integration
  • Customer Complaint Tracking
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Defect Tracking
  • Design Management
  • Digital Signature
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Check-in/Check-out
  • Document Classification
  • Document Coding & Control
  • Document Control
  • Document Generation
  • Document Lifecycle Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Document Templates
  • EDI
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Management
  • Equipment Management
  • Execution
  • FDA Compliance
  • File Conversion
  • File Management
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • For Engineering Documents
  • For Medical Purposes
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Generative AI
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • ISO Compliance
  • ISO Standards Management
  • Incident Management
  • Indexing
  • Inspection Management
  • Internal Controls Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • Lab Instruments Integration
  • MES
  • Machine and equipment
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Manufacturing Software
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Location
  • Multiple Format Support
  • Nonconformance Tracking
  • Offline Access
  • Operational Risk Management
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Order Management
  • Performance Analysis
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Product Data Management
  • Production Scheduling
  • Project Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • Quality Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Records Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Management
  • Revision History
  • Risk Alerts
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Management
  • Risk Methodology
  • Risk Reporting
  • Risk Scoring
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Routing
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Safety Management
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Single Sign On
  • Status Tracking
  • Summary Reports
  • Supplier Management
  • Supplier Quality Control
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Traceability
  • Training Management
  • Trend Analysis
  • Version Comparison
  • Version Control
  • Version Rollback
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations12
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • Arena
  • ComplianceWire
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • NetSuite
  • SAP BTP
  • ServiceNow
  • Snowflake
  • Tableau
  • UKG Pro
  • Workday HCM
  • Total integrations1
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • Arena
  • ComplianceWire
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • NetSuite
  • SAP BTP
  • ServiceNow
  • Snowflake
  • Tableau
  • UKG Pro
  • Workday HCM