Qisoft

What Qisoft does

Qisoft (QiSOFT Limited, founded 1986) is a privately-held UK software vendor specialising in manufacturing intelligence software for the process industry, with its registered office in Manchester, UK and a regional presence in the USA and Netherlands. The company's flagship QIS platform combines statistical process control (SPC) with real-time data capture from shop-floor systems, laboratory instruments and enterprise applications, delivered as either an on-premise perpetual licence bundled with an Enterprise Annual Fee or as a cloud subscription (QIS Cloud / QIS Connect) hosted on AWS.

The technical architecture is centred on a proprietary integration engine called ProcessLink (supporting ODBC, XML, Web Services, OPC DA/UA/HDA and ~95 certified drivers across ERPs, historians and control systems) and a laboratory module called QIS LabLink (~50 instrument drivers). Surrounding modules include QIS Connect (browser-based UI with SSO, alarms and CAPA), QIS BI Bridge (middleware for external BI tools), the QIS Supplier Testing Portal (private-cloud supplier data exchange) and the QIS Service Manager for support operations, all backed by a Microsoft SQL Server data layer.

Qisoft monetises through a mix of recurring and project revenue: monthly-in-advance cloud subscriptions, on-premise licences plus Enterprise Annual Fees, separate annual Support Agreements (with 24x7 priority access), project-based implementation under the 'QISOFT Way' six-step methodology, and paid in-house training courses held three times a year in the UK and USA. Customers span food and dairy (Jacobs Douwe Egberts, De Graafstroom, HAK), paper and pulp (Domtar, Technical Fibre Products), security printing (De La Rue), packaging and general process manufacturing, with multi-decade relationships (HAK 20+ years, De Graafstroom since 2004) and an enterprise go-to-market combined with a large ecosystem of technology partners that effectively act as resellers.

Name

Qisoft

Legal name

QiSOFT Limited

Website

https://qisoft.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Qisoft is a privately-held UK software vendor founded in 1986 that provides the QIS manufacturing intelligence platform for process manufacturers in food, dairy, paper, packaging and general process industries, with on-premise and cloud deployment, deep ERP/historian/lab-instrument integration and global enterprise customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Manufacturing Quality Management Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Testing, QA & Release/Deployment Enablement (BPAEAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Quality Engineering & Test Automation (QE/QA) (BPAEAFAJ), QA, Test Automation & Software Quality (Manual/Automated Testing, Performance) (EDABAFAL), B2B/EDI & Supply Chain Process Automation Platforms (HDAEAHAK)

Keywords

• Manufacturing intelligence software
• Statistical process control
• Quality management software
• Laboratory information management
• Shop-floor integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Breda

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Cloud Subscription (QIS Cloud / QIS Connect): Recurring subscription fees billed monthly in advance for User Subscriptions of the cloud-based QIS platform; non-cancellable and non-refundable, with VAT added. Annual price increases allowed with 90 days' notice and AWS pass-through adjustments.
2. Enterprise Annual Fee (QIS Classic On-Premise): Perpetual licence to on-premise QIS software modules plus recurring Enterprise Annual Fee paid annually; rights granted to Authorised Users at a single Site only, with right to increase fees on 60 days' notice on each anniversary.
3. Support Services (Enterprise / Cloud): Annual Support Agreement covering technical advice by phone/fax/email, 24x7 Priority 1 access, software updates/modifications, and target defect correction response times. Enhanced support sold separately at then-current rates.
4. Implementation & Professional Services: Project-based implementation services via the 6-step "QISOFT Way" methodology (Understand, Plan, Design & Build, Test, Train, Measure), including needs analysis, process mapping, configuration, data import/conversion, project management, and tailored customer deployments.
5. Training Services: Revenue from two-week in-house training courses (UK and USA, three times per year), on-site training at customer facilities, and free Bitesize webinars limited to customers on a valid Annual Support Agreement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Qisoft sells the QIS (Quality Information System) software platform, a manufacturing intelligence solution for process manufacturers that captures real-time production, quality, process and lab data from the shop floor, performs statistical process control analysis, manages laboratory tests, and feeds data into ERP/MES and BI systems. The platform is delivered either as QIS Classic (perpetual on-premise licence plus annual fee) or QIS Cloud / QIS Connect (AWS-hosted subscription), and is sold with implementation, training and support services to food, dairy, paper, packaging and general process manufacturers globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• QIS Classic: The traditional QIS software product for manufacturing quality and production data capture and analysis.
• QIS Cloud
• QIS Connect
• QIS BI Bridge
• ProcessLink
• LabLink

Products and services

• QIS Classic On-premise QIS software product for manufacturing quality and production data capture and analysis, sold as a perpetual licence with an annual Enterprise Annual Fee. Targeted at process manufacturers who run QIS inside their own infrastructure.
• QIS Cloud Cloud-hosted subscription version of the QIS platform delivered via qisoft.com on AWS, with monthly user subscription billing, bundled support, and 24/7 availability.
• QIS Connect Browser-based interface for QIS providing real-time SPC charts, trending, critical control point monitoring, CAPA, SSRS quick-access reports, SSO, and alarms and notifications including MS Teams delivery.
• ProcessLink Proprietary interface management module that delivers real-time, hands-free integration between QIS and shop-floor systems, ERP, process historians, control systems and lab instruments using ODBC, XML, Web Services, OPC DA/UA/HDA and other protocols.
• QIS LabLink

Quantifiable outcome

• Certificates of Conformance produced in half the time and with much greater accuracy at Technical Fibre Products
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration20 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core infrastructure provider, core feature integration, core enterprise erp integration, mid-tier erp integration, legacy erp integration, core process historian integration, core process historian / control integration, mid-tier process historian integration, core control system integration, core control system / paper-mill integration, strategic erp integration in food/dairy, strategic process control integration (paper), core lab instrument integration, lab instrument integration, strategic lab instrument integration in dairy, vision / defect integration and strategic customer support platform.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)core infrastructure providerTechnology or IntegrationAWS hosts QiSOFT's cloud platform and stores Customer Data back-ups. Cloud Terms of Service specify the Supplier shall use reasonable commercial endeavours to restore lost/damaged Customer Data from the latest AWS back-up and may pass through AWS price increases into Subscription Fees on 90 days' notice.
• Microsoft (Microsoft Teams)core feature integrationTechnology or IntegrationQIS 2025 release introduced native Microsoft Teams alarm notifications: alarm messages can be delivered to a Teams channel email address with customisable content, requiring no QIS upgrade or Teams-side configuration changes.
• SAPcore enterprise erp integrationTechnology or IntegrationListed in ProcessLink supported ERP integration partners; enables exchange of product, specification, shipment and quality status data between QIS and SAP.
• Oraclecore enterprise erp integrationTechnology or IntegrationProcessLink supports multiple Oracle integration drivers: Oracle Event Import, Oracle Export SRM Status, Oracle Import Deliveries, Oracle QIS Data Export, Oracle Reference Import, Oracle Shipments, Oracle Specifications.
• IFSmid-tier erp integrationTechnology or IntegrationIFS Read and IFS Write drivers listed under ProcessLink supported ERP integrations.
• Epicormid-tier erp integrationTechnology or IntegrationListed alongside SAP, Oracle, IFS, Sage AX and Netsuite as a supported ERP / Production system integrated via ProcessLink.
• Netsuitemid-tier erp integrationTechnology or IntegrationNamed in the supported ERP / Production integrations list for ProcessLink.
• MFG Prolegacy erp integrationTechnology or IntegrationProcessLink supports MFG Pro Write and MfgPro XML drivers for exchange with QIS.
• OSIsoft PIcore process historian integrationTechnology or IntegrationPI Read and PI Write drivers listed in ProcessLink; enables capture of critical process data from OSI PI historian into QIS in real-time.
• Wonderware (InSQL / AVEVA)core process historian / control integrationTechnology or IntegrationProcessLink integrates with WonderWare InSQL via WonderWare InSQL Read and WonderWare InSQL Write drivers, plus QR2PLWonderWare for paper-mill use cases.
• Aspen Technology (Aspentech)mid-tier process historian integrationTechnology or IntegrationNamed as one of the leading process historians supported by ProcessLink for capturing critical process data.
• Siemenscore control system integrationTechnology or IntegrationSeamlessly integrate with Siemens control systems via ProcessLink for real-time process control variables such as temperature, pressure and speed.
• Honeywellcore control system integrationTechnology or IntegrationNamed as one of the major control system providers integrated with QIS through ProcessLink.
• ABBcore control system / paper-mill integrationTechnology or IntegrationABB-specific ProcessLink drivers include ABB OLEDB, ABB PTS Read/Write/Spec Write/Roll/Lot Read/Lot Write, ABB TS Read, and ABBWIS Defect Import for pulp & paper.
• Infor M3strategic erp integration in food/dairyTechnology or IntegrationUsed at De Graafstroom where QIS ProcessLink forwards all logistically relevant production data to Infor M3, enabling integrated MES-QIS-ERP data flow.
• Measurexstrategic process control integration (paper)Technology or IntegrationProcessLink interfaces directly with the Measurex process control system at Technical Fibre Products, automatically downloading critical product and process data to QIS as each reel is completed (Measurex Open and Measurex Simplex drivers).
• Lorentzen & Wettre (L&W)core lab instrument integrationTechnology or IntegrationDedicated LabLink drivers for the full L&W portfolio of paper-testing instruments: Compression Strength, Tensile Tester, Bendtsen, Air Permeance, Tearing Tester, Bursting Strength, Crush Tester, Compressive Strength, Bending Tester, Micro S-5, etc.
• Technidynecore lab instrument integrationTechnology or IntegrationLabLink drivers for Technidyne Color Touch, Technidyne DC500 Import, Technidyne DC500 Queue Test, Technidyne Profile/Plus (Smoothness, Porosity) and Technidyne Parker Print (Smoothness).
• Emvecolab instrument integrationTechnology or IntegrationProcessLink/LabLink drivers include Emveco and Emveco 200-A Microgage for paper and packaging testing.
• TestoMetriclab instrument integrationTechnology or IntegrationLabLink driver listed for TestoMetric M250/M350 instruments.
• Mettler Toledolab instrument integrationTechnology or IntegrationMettler PM Balance and Ohaus CT Series drivers supported through LabLink for weighing applications in lab.
• FOSS (MilkoScan, Lactoscope)strategic lab instrument integration in dairyTechnology or IntegrationProcessLink drivers for MilkoScan DDE Read and Lactoscope XML enable automated capture of dairy composition test results directly into QIS.
• Autoline / Paperlablab instrument integrationTechnology or IntegrationDedicated ProcessLink drivers (Autoline 200, Autoline 300, Autoline Event Write, Autoline Spec Write, PaperLab, PaperLabWrite) for laboratory data capture in paper mills.
• EasyInspect / EasyVision (Körber / Voith)vision / defect integrationTechnology or IntegrationProcessLink drivers EasyInspect Defect CSV Import, EasyInspect Defect Import and EasyVision Density Import capture vision-system defect and density data into QIS.
• Freshdesk (Freshworks)strategic customer support platformTechnology or IntegrationQiSOFT runs its 'QIS Solutions' support knowledge base on Freshdesk (qisoftsupport.freshdesk.com) to deliver support articles and ticketing to customers.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• InfinityQS (Hexagon): Direct competitor specializing in Statistical Process Control (SPC) and quality intelligence software for discrete and process manufacturing, overlapping head-to-head with QIS in food, beverage and industrial customers.
• Zontec: Long-standing SPC software vendor serving process and discrete manufacturers with real-time statistical process control — a closely comparable point-solution competitor to QISOFT's QIS platform.
• ETQ (Hexagon): Quality Management System (QMS) software provider with strong process-manufacturing customers; competes with QIS for the quality information system budget, especially in regulated industries.
• MasterControl: Quality and manufacturing software platform serving regulated manufacturers, with quality management, production and document control modules that overlap with QIS in food, packaging and adjacent process verticals.
• Pilgrim Quality Solutions (IQVIA): Enterprise QMS vendor offering quality, compliance and supplier management software, frequently compared against QISOFT for process-manufacturing quality information system procurements.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Opcenter Quality: Broad manufacturing execution / quality module from Siemens, part of a much larger industrial software portfolio; competes with QIS where buyers prefer single-vendor MES + quality suites.
• Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso: Global MES / quality platform from Dassault Systèmes addressing process and discrete manufacturing; competes with QISOFT at the suite-buyer level rather than the point-solution level.
• SAP Quality Management (S/4HANA QM): Built-in quality management module of SAP S/4HANA serving the largest process manufacturers; often the default 'good enough' incumbent that QISOFT must displace via superior SPC and lab integration.

Emerging players

• Aegis Industrial Software: Manufacturing operations software (MES, quality, traceability) for discrete and process manufacturers; smaller scope than the broad incumbents but a credible alternative to QISOFT for mid-market deals.
• Critical Manufacturing: Modern MES platform with strong semiconductor and process-manufacturing customers, increasingly extending into quality and SPC — an emerging threat to QISOFT's process-manufacturing niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/qisoft
• Xx.com/qisoft

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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