--- description: Review of Arena PLM Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Arena PLM | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Electronics Manufacturing Software](/directory/333/electronics-manufacturing-software/software) > [Arena PLM](/software/126121/arena-plm) # Arena PLM Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/126121/arena-plm Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/126121/arena-plm?page=2) > Arena PLM is a cloud-native product lifecycle management (PLM) platform that controls the entire product record including designs, parts, bills of materials (BOMs), engineering changes, product documentation, and training records. With Arena PLM, high-tech electronics, consumer electronics, medical device, electric vehicle, clean tech, and aerospace and defense businesses of all sizes manage product launch challenges. Internal teams and external supply chain partners can take part in all the critical product development processes to track requirements, revisions, quality, and compliance throughout the entire product lifecycle. Arena PLM brings essential product development and quality management processes into a single cloud-native platform. From BOMs and engineering change processes to quality records, design files, requirements, and employee training plans, everything is connected. This enables product teams, and their supply chain partners, to collaborate in real time to accelerate the delivery of products to customers. Arena also helps reduce supply chain risk. With Arena Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI), product companies can proactively monitor the health of their BOMs and electronic component risk, enabling them to make informed component selection decisions. Arena SCI also ensures component compliance, automatically updating and maintaining compliance status as regulatory requirements evolve. Arena innovates with Responsible AI practices to deliver trustworthy, transparent, and impactful AI-enabled solutions that enhance PLM workflows. Arena AI Assistant delivers real-time, context-aware expertise to get users answers they need fast, while Arena AI Engine speeds document reviews and file comparisons to further accelerate workflows. Arena PLM eliminates infrastructure barriers for sharing product information, exchanging ideas, and implementing changes throughout the entire product lifecycle. This leads to better business decisions as manufacturers and their supply chain partners design and release new products. With greater visibility into design, compliance, and supply chain activities, businesses can enable an agile approach to product development to achieve commercialization success. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 100 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 100 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Arena, a PTC Business - **Location**: Foster City, US - **Founded**: 2000 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Please contact Arena Solutions directly for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English, French, German, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and 2 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - Approval Process Control - Approval Workflow - Audit Management - Audit Trail - BOM Creation - Bill of Material Analysis - Bills of Material - Calibration Management - Change Management - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Communications Management - Complaint Management - Compliance Management - Components Tracking - Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) ## Integrations (16 total) - Acumatica Cloud ERP - Altium Develop - Bild - CADTALK - Dynamics 365 - Expandable - Expandable ERP - FlowEQ - Instrumental - Jira - NetSuite - Onshape - OrCAD X - Part Analytics - Sage 100 ... and 1 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Electronics Manufacturing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/333/electronics-manufacturing-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Electronics Manufacturing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/333/electronics-manufacturing-software/software) - [Supply Chain Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4250/scm/software) - [Quality Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/420/quality-management-software/software) - [Manufacturing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4704/manufacturing/software) - [Product Lifecycle Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/444/product-lifecycle-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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There is not bulk permissions update, so when vendor has a new person come on board, that person has to be manually added one-by-one to every Engineering Change Order they need to view. ----- ### "ARENA PLM PARTNERSHIP AND TEAMWORK" — 5.0/5 > **Normand** | *23 September 2024* | Utilities | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: That it is cloud based and that there are regular updates that address user inputs. > > **Cons**: Some of the search tools are not as intuitive as other applications and create some user frustrations. > > For the past 17 or so years, ARENA has been a key supplier and partner to our organisation. It permitted us to integrate many product lines from purchased business units, very efficiently and within tight time constraints. ----- ### "I dread having to use Arena PLM." — 2.0/5 > **Dan** | *19 September 2024* | Medical Devices | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: Arena PLM has a lot of functionality, so much we don't really use more than half the features. > > **Cons**: The UI is very inconsistent, with every place requiring different interactions, boxes checked to proceded, etc. The UI also does not scale so you need to scroll your browser on nearly every page to find the "save" or other button way off in the corner off the page. > > Every interaction is a frustrating experience, having to remember what to click on this page, where a secrete setting is on another. It is the least intuitive software I've used in my 30 year career, and I've had to use clunkers like SAP. I regularly lose work because I thought I was done with a workflow but there was yet another save that seemed totally redundant. Every ECO I submit is kicked back because some tiny checkbox I didn't notice wasn't selected, some files I entered defaulted to the wrong settings, some input I made wasn't saved because the UI requires to much interaction for each feature. ----- ### "Arena PLM Collaboration at it's Best" — 5.0/5 > **Amy** | *18 September 2024* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Everything is linked and in one place. From supply chain, to product, to quality, to engineering to CM, everyone is looking at the same data\!\! > > **Cons**: File loading within modules is not consistent. > > Arena is a great tool to help reduce time to market, collaboration and much more\! ----- ### "Great PLM tool could be improved as a MES" — 4.0/5 > **Sai** | *12 September 2024* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: We have projects, non conformances and BOM in one software > > **Cons**: It doesn't allow to analyze data and create control charts. Capability could be expanded to be used on production floor to track times for a work order > > I like using arena for the fact everything is in one place but I would prefer to have more advancements ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/126121/arena-plm?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/126121/arena-plm) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data