FactoryQA vs ETQ Reliance (now Octave Reliance)

ETQ Reliance is now Octave Reliance. Octave, which includes the former ETQ business, was spun off from Hexagon and listed on Nasdaq in May 2026, and etq.com now redirects to octave.com. Reliance is an enterprise eQMS with more than 40 applications; Reliance Go is a self-service edition for small and medium businesses.

FactoryQA is a cloud eQMS for manufacturers: thirteen connected modules, a supplier portal, published prices and a free plan. Here is how the two compare, using only public information from each vendor's website (checked October 25, 2026).

At a glance

	FactoryQA	Octave Reliance (formerly ETQ Reliance)
Built for	Manufacturers, including small and mid-size shops and supplier quality teams	Enterprise manufacturers across life sciences, automotive, aerospace, electronics and more; Reliance Go for small and medium businesses
Published pricing	Yes: Free $0, Basic $40 and Pro $60 per standard user per month; read-only seats $5	No (Reliance Go: "licensing-only pricing")
Free plan or trial	Free plan (one administrator), and every new account gets 14 days of Pro	Not listed on their website
Supplier portal	Yes: suppliers answer without an account	Suppliers can be included in workflows as external participants
SCARs	Yes: sent from the issue, answered in the portal, 30-day reminders	Yes
Supplier scorecards	Yes: weighted scorecards with a recommended status	Yes: up to five dimensions
Supplier certificate tracking	Yes: expiry tracked, supplier emailed before it lapses, new certificate uploaded in the portal	Certification management and automated requalification (October 2026 release)
PPAP	Yes: 18 AIAG elements preset per level, supplier PPAP portal	Yes
APQP, PFMEA, control plans	Yes: linked from the ballooned drawing	Yes, in the Advanced Manufacturing package
Inspection, SPC, AS9102 first article	Yes: real-time SPC and AS9102 first articles	Receiving inspection with sampling plans; SPC and AS9102 not listed
Calibration	Yes, with Gage R&R	No product page found
Preventive maintenance	Yes	No product page found
Named ERP connections	Epicor Kinetic, Infor CloudSuite Industrial, JobBOSS², Realtrac, Carbon	SAP, Oracle and other systems through REST APIs
AI	In every module; a person approves every change; can be turned off completely	Form Field Advisor, Complaint and Feedback Advisor, Complaint Intelligence, natural language search

Where FactoryQA stands out

Published prices and a free plan.
Calibration with Gage R&R, preventive maintenance, real-time SPC and AS9102 first articles in the same system.
A supplier portal suppliers answer without an account.
Ready-made connectors for mid-market and job-shop ERPs.
A modern interface a small team can start using today, without months of training.

When Octave Reliance may fit better

You are a large, multi-site enterprise that wants a highly configurable platform with 40+ applications.
You run SAP or Oracle and want an enterprise integration project.

Try it on your own process

The fastest way to compare is with your own records. Start free, use 14 days of Pro, or book a demo with our quality team.

Sources

Every statement about other products comes from the vendor's own website or press releases, checked on October 25, 2026. Where we could not find something publicly, we say so rather than guess. Products change: if anything here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

Written by FactoryQA. Product names are trademarks of their owners.