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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated August 20th, 2026 # Reviews of Ideagen Quality Control Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 4.7 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews DF David F Inspection TechnicianAviation & Aerospace, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “This system is a huge time saver in comparison to carrying a fully manual first article inspection report and I would highly recommend this to anyone who isn't already using it.“ November 29, 2024 AH Alan H Quality EngineerAirlines/Aviation, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “My experience with Visual FAIR 2017 has been mixed. While it meets basic compliance needs, the old-fashioned interface and limited user-friendliness make it a tedious tool to use regularly.“ October 30, 2024 SK Steven K Manufacturing EngineerMachinery, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Provides a repository for ballooning and storing part prints that helps to keep our companies conversations surrounding features uniform across departments.“ July 22, 2024 AH Alan H Quality EngineerAirlines/Aviation, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The user interface looks outdated, and the navigation isn't intuitive, making it challenging to find and manage information efficiently.“ October 30, 2024 SK Steven K Manufacturing EngineerMachinery, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I'm still very new, and only a light user but so far in my limited experience: navigating the repositories is easy (set up like most other file directory trees) but slow (load times at most every click); the drawings can be saved with one tab per print page, including individual tabs for each relevant spec for visibility.“ July 22, 2024 RH Robin H Quality EngineerMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I don't like that when you fill out data the screen jumps around, you can't copy/paste (which wastes time), the PFMEA is cumbersome and doesn't work as well as I would like, and the templates are not customizable by the user - we have to pay extra every time a customer changes a document that the template outputs too.“ July 19, 2024 Derek D Quality Assurance ManagerAviation & Aerospace, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I like the ability to create balloned drawings and export them directly to AS9102 forms and custom inspection documents.“ July 8, 2024 AH Alan H Quality EngineerAirlines/Aviation, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “It lacks flexibility and feels cumbersome compared to more modern quality management tools.“ October 30, 2024 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 58 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Monte R. Quality Engineer Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Excellent Overal!" April 7, 2026 4.0 Makes my FC, CCP and PFMEAs more consistent. That is a huge plus. Being able to quickly update FAIR to CP is really nice. Pros I like how I can bubble a print and it creates the bones for my FC, CP and PFMEA. Inspection plans are exported easily and used in our customer shop brewed system, Cons The lag when clicking between balloons. If there is a method to temporarily disable, it'd greatly improve lag. Slight learning curve. Review Source AG Ashley G. Quality Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great FAI Software" December 5, 2024 5.0 I use Ideagen Quality Control daily for ballooning first article documentation and for performing First Articles on cable assemblies. It works wonderfully. Pros I like the ease at which first articles can be performed using the software. Cons At the moment, I cannot think of any cons. The software works as it should. Review Source AH Alan H. Quality Engineer Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Basic Compliance Tool with an Outdated Interface" October 30, 2024 3.0 My experience with Visual FAIR 2017 has been mixed. While it meets basic compliance needs, the old-fashioned interface and limited user-friendliness make it a tedious tool to use regularly. Improvements in UI design and ease of use would go a long way in making it a more viable solution for aerospace quality management. Pros It provides the essential tools for managing First Article Inspection reports, and data entry fields cover all necessary aerospace standards, which is helpful for compliance. Cons The user interface looks outdated, and the navigation isn't intuitive, making it challenging to find and manage information efficiently. It lacks flexibility and feels cumbersome compared to more modern quality management tools. Review Source DF David F. Inspection Technician Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Ideagen Visual Fair, try it, you wont be disappointed" November 29, 2024 5.0 I absolutely love using the Visual FAIR system within quality management. This has saved me hours of work, due to the ease and simplicity when compiling full FAI's. This system is a huge time saver in comparison to carrying a fully manual first article inspection report and I would highly recommend this to anyone who isn't already using it. Pros While compiling first article inspection reports marking up and ballooning engineering drawings is an incredibly simple process. Cons Navigating through the various repositories can sometimes be time consuming. Review Source AL Alex L. Contiuous Improvement Engineer Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use, great for FAIR & PPAP" September 24, 2024 5.0 Pros The Q-Pulse Product Management software has a great interface an is very easy to use. I use this to create balloon drawings and inspection records as well as full FAIRs and PPAPs. Works inline with our AS9100 accreditation requirements. Cons Only issue I have ever faced is it has crashed occasionally when outputting a document from the software. I'm always sure to save as I go. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer quality engineer Machinery Used the software for: 2+ years ### "happy user" September 20, 2024 5.0 I've been really happy with all aspects since it changed from visual ipi which was also good. Pros the ease of use and the support given as and when required Cons nothing springs to mind at the moment thankfully Review Source JV Jason V. Quality Control Manager Machinery Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Inspection Report Software There Is" April 8, 2019 5.0 InspectionXpert is an amazing tool, I actually liked it so much I wrote an article about it in the May/June 2018 issue of my professional associations magazine "The Ontario Technologist". It has saved me a lot of time and frustration having to create multiple inspection drawings and report and InspectionXpert does a really great job of streamlining the whole process. Pros Very design change friendly. Older revisions of technical drawings can be changed out with newer ones very quickly without tampering with the drawing. Minimal adjustment of balloon position is necessary in some case and this feature saves us thousands of dollars per year. Cons OCR sometimes does not work and you have to delete the measurement value and type it in manually this also applies to tolerances. This was experienced on .pdf files that were scanned in. Files that were exported from CAD directly did not exhibit this issue to the same extent. we do not do our own CAD work so we use InspectionXpert exclusively with customer supplied .pdf files. Review Source Response from Ideagen April 9, 2019 Jason, Wow, thanks so much for the kind words! We're so grateful to have you as a customer, and glad to hear you enjoy using our software. We are working on improving the OCR. If you're interested, we'd love to get your feedback on new versions of our software. Please respond to this comment, or reach out to us through our website. Jason T. Quality Documentation Specialist Plastics Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent tool, great support" March 25, 2019 4.0 InspectionXpert has provided a repeatable, easy method for ballooning inspection drawings. The Excel based output is easy to integrate into our current reporting system, saving us time and effort. Very happy with the product provided. Pros Quick learning curve, easy to customize outputs, saves time in creation and storage of ballooned inspection drawings. Cons Software updates occasionally create breaks in software, v1.0 to v2.0 updates removed features that were commonly used. Review Source Response from Ideagen April 9, 2019 Jason, Thanks so much for being a customer of InspectionXpert. We're glad to hear that the software is helping you save time. We hear you on the updates, and we're doing our best to improve how we release updates to our software, and improving communication on those fronts. We'd love to talk to you more about how we can improve on that front. Lucas R. Quality Systems Administrator Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "First Article Inspection" July 23, 2024 4.0 Pros Easy to balloon a drawing digitally and fill out the AS9102 forms for FAI. Cons There are a few minor bugs that you must work around. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Quality Assurance Manager Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ideagen Quality Control" July 8, 2024 5.0 Pros I like the ability to create balloned drawings and export them directly to AS9102 forms and custom inspection documents. Cons I have not had any negative issues with using the software. Review Source RF Robert F. VP ENGINEERING Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Q pulse product review" August 5, 2022 4.0 happy with the selection, I looked at 3 others before selecting this one. Pros It is easy to use, stable, and does a nice job using customized template developed special for us. Cons sometimes it is difficult getting questions answered in a timely manner, but this is pretty rare. Reason for choosing Ideagen Quality Control It has a more robust user interface. It allowed dimension bubbles to overlap The GDT creator was much easier to use. Review Source JB JACKI B. Quality Assurance Engineer Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Effective Bubble Drawings Creation - Empowering Through Ease of Use" July 5, 2024 4.0 Pros Very good customer service, the features are much easier to use and more user friendly than other programs. Cons Lines and columns duplicating on AS9100 form, bubble drawing not always in order, and occasional grammatical errors when extracting information. Review Source SR Surendiran R. Application Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "FAI Process made Easy" February 6, 2020 5.0 The best tool to generate reports and ballooned drawings within seconds Pros 01\. Easy ballooning of drawings 02. Quick report generation 03. Revision control 04. Reports customization. Cons Everything is fine with this tool. Review Source Response from Ideagen February 21, 2020 Hi Surendiran, Thanks so much for your review. We're glad that you are enjoying InspectionXpert. Thank you for being a customer! CM Chris M. IT Manager Semiconductors Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent Software for our First Articles" July 29, 2024 5.0 Pros The robustness of the software. It is easy to use and it does what we want. It is very helpful with our First Article Inspections and all the required documentation. Cons The cost is not budget friendly and it is very costly for us to renew eat year. Review Source BH Bobby H. QualityEngineer Defense & Space Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Why I prefer InspectionXpert" April 8, 2019 4.0 I am very happy with this product. Pros I really like how clean my blueprints look. They come out looking professional and leave a good impression with our customers. The software is pretty intuitive and user friendly. The customer service has been stellar and personable. Cons I have no issues with InspectionXpert. The software runs well. Review Source Response from Ideagen April 9, 2019 Bobby, Thanks so much for being a customer of InspectionXpert! We're so glad to hear that you're getting value from our product. JY Janay Y. Quality Manager Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Why we use " November 23, 2020 4.0 PPAP & FAI Pros Different setups and ease of use, Multiple capabilities Cons cost, Computer compatibility for storage Review Source Response from Ideagen November 30, 2020 Janay, Thanks for your review. We're glad to hear you're getting value from InspectionXpert. dM devyn M. Quality Control Inspector Machinery Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Inspection xpert " October 21, 2020 5.0 The customer service team is amazing they are patient and very good teachers. if something isn't going exactly how it should they really dig into the problem and try to come up with a solution. Pros Once my templets are set up I can make an inspection report quickly. Also when there is a rev change being able to compare the two drawings and it recaptures and rebubbles like features is amazing. If drawings are made in house and you can easily match the fonts it works even better. Cons What I like least is currently a problem on 10-21-2020 but I have been told that it will be added in future updates is if the font on the drawing has hollow periods it picks them up as zeros. Review Source Response from Ideagen October 22, 2020 Devyn, Thanks so much for your review. We're glad that you're able to save time with InspectionXpert. SP Sherry P. Supply Chain Team Lead Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Inspection Planning Software" September 18, 2020 5.0 Pros Ease of use and setup. eliminated extra work associated with planning. Cons There is nothing at this time that we do not like. Reason for choosing Ideagen Quality Control Delivery and ease of order Review Source Response from Ideagen September 21, 2020 Sherry, We're glad to hear you've been able to make inspection processes more efficient with InspectionXpert! AB August B. President Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "New user great rrsults" October 9, 2020 5.0 Just started using software and now will not go back to manual reports. It help improve customer relations hopefully gaining more business Pros Software is super easy to use. Professional results. Saves a lot of time. Improves accuracy of reports Cons Sometimes OCR isn’t that accurate adding time to process Review Source Response from Ideagen October 22, 2020 August, We're so glad you're able to save time with InspectionXpert. Thanks so much for your review. We are working on improving the OCR. TM Tracey M. Production Project Engineer Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Q pluse Fair software" October 10, 2024 5.0 Made creating fairs much smother and quicker experience. Pros Easy to create Fairs and navigate around the software. Cons OCR can be glitchy sometimes but can be worked around. Review Source RR Ricky R. Quality Engineer Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Quality Engineer who uses Action Management, Audit, Calibration & Documents modules on a daily basis" May 7, 2024 4.0 Pros The design and subsequent layout is very user friendly, I personally I like that the different modules all have their own search boxes so that your Clipboard and "Mental Clipboard" don't have to keep numbers in them, they can be dumped in each module and referred back to in the future. I also find the search function across all modules to be very helpful considering the amount of records that my company has created. Cons I find the Audit module to be difficult to follow in regards to how the months are displayed visually, only the 12 months of the year are visible when the module opens. It has been my experience across various companies and corresponding industries that annaul Audits for example, are often performed after their scheduled date and would therefore not be visible, as an improvement I would reccomend expanding this to include the 3 months both proceeding & following the scheduled Audit month. I don't believe this would drastically effect the overall layout of the module window as currently there is a "dead space" between the ending of even our longest worded Audit Title until the 12 calendar months are shown. If it would not be too development and/or CPU intensive I would recommend an algorithim be implemented in to the search function of the Calibration module specifically that includes in the search results potential spelling errors within the Number, as again in my experience, many spelling mistakes are made on calibration labels/mis-interpretations of their spelling & numbering. For example the Number 053 may be written on a calibration sticker but be mis-interpreted as 058, 038, 088 etc when inputting on to Q-Pulse meaning it will not show up in the results when someone searches for what they have read on the sticker. Review Source MB Manjunath B. Senior engineer-Quality Assurance Defense & Space Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "very good to use within the organization" September 16, 2024 5.0 its really use full & easy to use for ballooning the drawings. Pros easy to use & user friendly for ballooning the drawings. Cons sometime unable to search some folders which is stored in sever Review Source DR Darren R. Quality Engineer Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Q-Pulse FAI" December 13, 2022 4.0 A asset to our FAIR process. Pros Q-Pulse FAIR is our main resource to generate FAI reports. Keeping all necessary documents in a primary location for individual reports is a great advantage. Completing forms, ballooning drawings and gathering documents are all easy processes. Cons The file location system (not Windows Explorer) is in dire need of an update. Navigation of folders is very limited and restricting.There doesn't appear to be a way of feeding back to the developers with any recommendations for improvement (other than surveys like this one). A monitored forum, for all users of Q-Pulse, to be able to offer feedback and improvement suggestions would be an improvement in itself. I believe this software sould be continually updated but i've not seen an update in several months. Reason for choosing Ideagen Quality Control This was already a product owned by my company but wasn't being used for First Articles. It was implemented by me as a FAIR tool, several years ago. Review Source AM Alan M. Production Leas Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Highly recommended for FAIR control " June 15, 2023 5.0 Highly recommend this product and working with Ideagen Pros This product controls all of our First Article Inspection Report(FAIR) documents and will make sure we have completed all documentation required Cons This product holds a lot of information for us and sometimes closes down when conducting searches Alternatives considered [Net-Inspect](https://www.capterra.com/p/88288/Quality-Improvement-Software/) Reason for choosing Ideagen Quality Control Far superior product Review Source RH Robin H. Quality Engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Ideagen Quality Control Review" July 19, 2024 2.0 Customer service is very responsive, but not very good at actually solving issues that we have submitted. Pros I like that the modules integrate between the FAIR, Control Plan, PFMEA etc. Cons I don't like that when you fill out data the screen jumps around, you can't copy/paste (which wastes time), the PFMEA is cumbersome and doesn't work as well as I would like, and the templates are not customizable by the user - we have to pay extra every time a customer changes a document that the template outputs too. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.