Morsa publishes this guide. Morsa is not a QMS. Its AI agent chases corrective actions to closure, and a quality manager approves each one. Vendor prices read 8 November 2026.
Quick answer
A 90-person ISO 9001 plant has about 10 people who write or approve quality records (our estimate: quality, engineering, production leads, purchasing). Price 1factory QMS ($2,400 a year for 10 users) and QMS2GO’s entry tier ($5,880 a year, flat) first.
Setup is mostly your own time, not a vendor fee: about $9,000 for that plant (worked out below).
FDA-regulated platforms quote, and buyers report paying far more: a median of $43,989 a year for Greenlight Guru and $115,673 for MasterControl, per Vendr [8][9].
QMS software prices, vendor by vendor
A “user” here means a person who writes or approves records. Most plans let everyone else read and sign off free or cheaply.
QMS | How it is priced | Price |
|---|---|---|
1factory | Per named user, billed annually | QMS $20 a user a month, 10 minimum; Quality Control $75 a user, 5 minimum; suppliers $20 each [1] |
Isolocity | Per seat type | Full user $220 a month annual or $270 monthly; production user $39; basic users free [2] |
isoTracker | Per user and module | From $13.40 a user a month for one module; 20 users from $268.12 a month (one module) to $1,106.86 (five or more) [3] |
QMS2GO | Flat tiers by company size | From $490 a month; no setup fee [4] |
SimplerQMS | Flat yearly minimum | $17,500 a year, covers up to 15 users; implementation, validation and training included [5] |
Qualio | Flat annual platform fee | From $25,000 a year; read-only users free [6] |
Intellect | Platform tiers | Core from $26,000, Operational Control $32,000, Enterprise $47,000; the page does not state the term [7] |
Greenlight Guru | Quote only | Median $43,989 a year, range $20,975 to $54,739 (Vendr, not the vendor) [8] |
MasterControl | Quote only | Median $115,673 a year, range $72,339 to $116,837 (Vendr, not the vendor); most buyers pay near the top [9] |
ETQ Reliance | Quote; by users, modules or sites [10] | Not published |
QT9 QMS | Quote; concurrent users, all modules, pre-validated [11] | Not published |
Qualityze, Scilife | Quote by modules, users and sites [12][13] | Not published |
Vendr’s figures are what its buyers reported paying, not prices the vendor offers. Use them for scale, not as a quote.
What 10 quality users cost over 3 years
Our estimate, at list price: 10 people who write and approve, everyone else read-only, no discounts.
QMS | Year 1 software | 3 years |
|---|---|---|
1factory QMS: 10 × $20 × 12 | $2,400 | $7,200 |
1factory QMS plus Quality Control for 5 inspectors: add 5 × $75 × 12 | $6,900 | $20,700 |
QMS2GO, entry tier: $490 × 12 | $5,880 | $17,640 |
SimplerQMS minimum | $17,500 | $52,500 |
Qualio, entry plan | $25,000 | $75,000 |
Isolocity: 10 full users × $220 × 12 | $26,400 | $79,200 |
Greenlight Guru, Vendr median | $43,989 | $131,967 |
MasterControl, Vendr median | $115,673 | $347,019 |
Setup is your own time, once. For a 90-person plant with 200 controlled documents, our estimate is 180 hours: 100 hours to load and route the documents at 30 minutes each, plus 1 hour of training for 80 people. At $50 an hour that is $9,000. Scale it by your document count.
Vendor setup fees are rarely a separate line. QMS2GO charges no setup fee [4]. SimplerQMS includes implementation, validation and data migration in the subscription [5]. Qualio includes guided implementation with document migration and says most customers go live in under 60 days [6]. Intellect sells implementation services on top [7]. The others do not publish a setup fee, so ask for it in the written quote.
What moves the price
What a seat can do. At 1factory, the $20 QMS seat covers document control, training, audits and corrective actions; inspection work (inspection plans, SPC or statistical process control, first articles, PPAP part approvals) is a separate $75 seat [1]. Isolocity’s $220 full user creates records in all 17 of its modules, including customers, suppliers and orders; its $39 production user gets 8 [2]. Compare scope, not the sticker.
Modules. Document control, training, CAPA (corrective and preventive action), audits, supplier quality and complaints are often priced separately. isoTracker’s 20-user price quadruples from one module to five [3].
Validation. Only FDA-regulated shops need validated software. If that is not you, ignore vendor validation claims. If it is, SimplerQMS and Scilife include the validation package, QT9 sells its QMS pre-validated, and isoTracker charges extra [5][13][11][15].
Spreadsheet and SharePoint, or QMS software?
ISO 9001 does not require QMS software. The standard leaves the format and medium of your documented information to you; as DQS, a certification body, puts it, they “just have to be appropriate” [16].
Move to software when one of these is true:
A corrective action went overdue and nobody noticed until the audit.
A customer or FDA needs signed electronic records with an audit trail (21 CFR Part 11).
Operators train on a work instruction that was already superseded.
You run more than one site or more than one standard (ISO 9001 plus AS9100, IATF 16949 or ISO 13485).
The tools above replace SharePoint for controlled documents rather than sit on top of it; Intellect pitches its starter tier at teams leaving paper and SharePoint [7]. If you stay on spreadsheets for now, use our 8D report template for corrective actions and root cause analysis for finding the why.
Getting corrective actions closed on time
The QMS holds the CAPA; someone still has to get eight people to do their part. Morsa is software with an AI agent that works in your ERP, email and Teams, next to whichever QMS you run. On a customer complaint about a cracked housing:
Morsa reads the NCR (nonconformance report) and the 8D actions, owners and due dates in the QMS.
The quality manager approves the reminder once; after that it runs under that rule, asking the toolroom and engineering for their parts in Teams or email.
Morsa attaches the replies and photos to the CAPA record and flags any action two days before it goes late.
The quality manager reviews the evidence and approves the closure.
To see it on your own open CAPAs, book a 30-minute walkthrough.
Which one to pick
Your shop | Price these first |
|---|---|
ISO 9001 shop on a small budget | 1factory QMS, QMS2GO, isoTracker |
AS9100 or IATF 16949 supplier with FAI and PPAP work | 1factory Quality Control; see our AS9102 first article guide |
ISO 13485 or FDA device maker | Qualio, SimplerQMS, Greenlight Guru, with validation in a 3-year written price; see medical device ERP and QMS |
Multi-site group with EHS (environment, health and safety) in scope | ETQ Reliance, Intellect, MasterControl |
Plant already on Salesforce | Qualityze, which runs on it [12] |
Before any demo, count authors versus readers and list the modules you need. That is most of the quote.
For a filled-in NCR, the triggers for opening a CAPA and a worked effectiveness check, see NCR and CAPA for manufacturers.
Sources
1factory, Pricing: https://www.1factory.com/pricing.html (read 8 November 2026)
Isolocity, Pricing: https://www.isolocity.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
isoTracker, How much does QMS software cost? (vendor blog with isoTracker’s own prices): https://www.isotracker.com/blog/how-much-does-qms-software-cost/ (read 8 November 2026)
QMS2GO, Pricing and plans: https://qms2go.com/subscription (read 8 November 2026)
SimplerQMS, Pricing: https://www.simplerqms.com/pricing/ (read 8 November 2026)
Qualio, Pricing: https://www.qualio.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
Intellect, Pricing: https://www.intellect.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
Vendr, Greenlight Guru (buyer price data, not the vendor): https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/greenlight-guru (read 8 November 2026)
Vendr, MasterControl (buyer price data, not the vendor): https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/mastercontrol (read 8 November 2026)
ETQ, Pricing: https://www.etq.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
QT9 Software, Pricing: https://qt9software.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
Qualityze, Pricing: https://www.qualityze.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
Scilife, Pricing: https://www.scilife.io/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
FDA, Computer Software Assurance for Production and Quality Management System Software, final guidance (February 2026; supersedes the final guidance issued 24 September 2025): https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/computer-software-assurance-production-and-quality-management-system-software (read 8 November 2026)
isoTracker, Pricing and payment: https://www.isotracker.com/pricing-and-payment/ (read 8 November 2026)
DQS, What is documented information? (certification body, on ISO 9001): https://www.dqsglobal.com/en-us/blog/what-is-documented-information (read 8 November 2026)
