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MasterControl Quality Excellence

byMasterControl
in Quality Management System Software
4.4

Overview

Product Information on MasterControl Quality Excellence

Updated 21st November 2025

What is MasterControl Quality Excellence?

MasterControl Quality Excellence is built on an AI-driven platform, enables life-sciences companies to enable flexible quality event management, simplified document management, and automated training management—that all work seamlessly together to close the loop on quality. Targeted primarily at quality professionals within the life sciences industry, MasterControl Qx serves a diverse range of organizations, from pharmaceuticals to biotechnology and medical devices. These industries often face stringent regulatory requirements and complex quality assurance processes. MasterControl Qx offers a centralized platform that integrates various quality management functions, allowing users to manage quality events, documentation, training, and audits seamlessly. This integration not only enhances operational efficiency but also ensures that organizations remain compliant with industry standards.

MasterControl Quality Excellence Pricing

MasterControl Quality Excellence software uses a subscription-based pricing model that factors in the number of users, selected modules, and company size.

Overall experience with MasterControl Quality Excellence

IT Associate
50M - 250M USD, Healthcare and Biotech
FAVORABLE

“Transition to Cloud Highlights Integration Strengths and Platform Requirement Limitations”

5.0
May 4, 2026
Moving from an on-prem edition of MasterControl to a cloud-based one has been very seamless and smooth. It integrates with our existing environment for SSO and internal user identities (via mapping AD to in-system user accounts) and has had excellent uptime with no noticeable or significant outages.
Operations Manager
50M - 250M USD, Services (non-Government)
CRITICAL

“Performance meets expectations, but mastering features requires more time”

3.0
May 21, 2026
All well in performance as per expectations, no concerns at the moment.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th November 2023

With MasterControl quality management system (QMS) and manufacturing execution system (MES) software, you never have to sacrifice compliance to achieve efficiency. Our solutions are designed to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while also increasing operational efficiency. By natively connecting quality and manufacturing data in one powerful digital tool, MasterControl enhances data connectivity and provides real-time visibility into processes across the entire life cycle of your regulated products. Over 1,100 companies worldwide use MasterControl solutions to streamline operations, maintain compliance, easily analyze and interpret large amounts of data, and visualize business insights in real time.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
1993
Head office location
Salt Lake City, United States
Number of employees
501 - 1000
Website
http://www.mastercontrol.com

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MasterControl Quality Excellence Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(139 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
47%
4 Star
45%
3 Star
8%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

Integration & Deployment

4.2

Service & Support

4.4

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4.3

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  • IT Associate
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Transition to Cloud Highlights Integration Strengths and Platform Requirement Limitations

    5.0
    May 4, 2026
    Moving from an on-prem edition of MasterControl to a cloud-based one has been very seamless and smooth. It integrates with our existing environment for SSO and internal user identities (via mapping AD to in-system user accounts) and has had excellent uptime with no noticeable or significant outages.
  • Engineer
    1B-10B USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Centralized Quality Management System Enhances Document Control and Audit Readiness

    4.0
    May 4, 2026
    Our broad experience with master control has been positive so far for managing quality processes and maintaining structured documentation across the organization. The platform helps centralize quality related activities such as document control, approval, workflow process, and audit tracking. It has improved consistency in how procedures are managed and ensured that documentation is always up to date and accessible. The system also supports compliance by maintaining clear records and workflows. While the initial setup required some extra efforts, particularly in defining processes and workflows, the platform helped become stable and reliable once fully implemented.
  • Data Analyst
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    A great product with minor to improve documentation, acceptable drawbacks.

    4.0
    Jun 17, 2026
    I like MasterControl and mor importantly, I like that they take customer feedback seriously. The AQEM platform has done wonders for us and has greatly improved out documentation practices but there are some features i wish they would implement. I have seen many people with the same problem who have also requested the features to be implemented. I believe MC will do it in the future and that is why I am happy to keep working with them.
  • Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Extensive Learning Resources Offset by Slow Bug Fixes and Process Creation Gaps

    4.0
    Jan 14, 2026
    we can easily communicate with members of the team and get responses quickly. They work with our needs and provide us the support we need.
  • Operations Associate
    <50M USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Integrated quality functions streamline workflows but customization feels restricted

    4.0
    May 26, 2026
    MasterControl QX is a robust quality excellence system that supports multiple quality-related functions. My company uses it for document control, training management, advanced quality event management, audits, and supplier management. Having all these systems integrated in one platform is very convenient, especially because it allows associations and traceability between related records and processes.
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MasterControl Quality Excellence Likes & Dislikes

Like

The level at which workflows and other SOPs can be implemented is useful and very flexible. MasterControl's support has been helpful with all the sticking points our team has run into over its integration, along with any future changes. There has also been a recent cutover from one SSO implementation to an in-house one instead, and they've been supportive and knowledgeable in this change. Their staff has been instrumental in ensuring this cutover is seamless and a surprisingly quick one for each environment (Production, Dev, QA).

Like

the product is user friendly not hard to use for first time adopters.

Like

The document control providing a structured way to manage and update quality documents. The workflow management automates approvals and ensures processes are followed consistently. Audit readiness is being maintained clear records that actually support compliance and auditing activities in general, and many of these auditing activities has come. The centralized system brings all quality processes into one platform.

Dislike

I do not like the end user platform requirements that they have stated to us upon our shift to a cloud deployment. Requiring specific toolsets such as Chrome over similar Chromium-based browsers, PDF support requiring these files to be opened in Adobe Reader to parse properly over integrated in-browser PDF viewers, and a disconnect between SSO and in-system user identities requiring them to be linked to maintain functionality. JIT or SCIM provisioning for new accounts would be ideal.

Dislike

its is powerful so i feel like its hard to master it quickly the functionalities are many.

Dislike

What we do dislike about this master control product is the implementation effort, initial configuration requires time and careful planning. Use experience, some functions may not be intuitive for new coming users. Also, the customization limitations of adapting workflows to very specific needs and cases can require additional setup.