--- title: ZenQMS Reviews meta_title: 'ZenQMS Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 101 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how ZenQMS works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.7 review_count: 101 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-17' parent_category: name: Environmental, Quality and Safety Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/environmental-quality-and-safety-management --- # ZenQMS Reviews **Vendor:** ZenQMS **Category:** [Quality Management Systems (QMS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/quality-management-qms) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 101 ## About ZenQMS ZenQMS was founded in 2009 by Life Sciences & quality management veterans with firsthand knowledge of the frustrations and dangers that come with using manual or home-grown systems to manage GxP compliance. As a result, we built software that's easier to use, designed for scale, and geared specifically for the complex and changing needs of Life Sciences companies, large and small. ZenQMS' approach to client engagement is a true outlier, particularly in terms of our pricing model and approach to support / implementation. Our annual fee schedule is totally transparent; it eliminates restrictive seat licenses and a la carte upselling in favor of providing access to ALL MODULES and services for ALL USERS from Day 1. These include connected modules for document control, training, issues, change control, and audits, as well as lifetime in-house support at no additional cost. You don't need an IT team or large QA team to purchase, implement, or manage ZenQMS. We do the heavy lifting with you. ZenQMS meets all 21 CFR Part 11/ Annex 11 and relevant GxP/ ISO requirements for small- and large-scale Life Sciences industries including: Biotech, pharmaceutical companies, CROs, CDMOs, Labs, Packaging and Logistics companies, and GxP Software developers, Commercial ventures/Spin-outs, and Consumer Products organizations. We have hundreds of clients with users in over 100 countries that span pre-clinical to commercial scale. Call us. We can help. ## ZenQMS Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users benefit from the **user-friendly interface** of ZenQMS, making setup and training straightforward and efficient. (16 reviews) - Users commend ZenQMS for its **responsive and knowledgeable customer support** , enhancing confidence and satisfaction with the platform. (12 reviews) - Users value the **implementation ease** of ZenQMS, enjoying a smooth transition and intuitive design for all organizations. (8 reviews) - Users appreciate the **user-friendly document management** of ZenQMS, finding documents easily and staying updated on training. (6 reviews) - Users praise ZenQMS for its **intuitive design** , making implementation and training a quick and easy process. (6 reviews) - Users appreciate the **user-friendly training modules** of ZenQMS, making onboarding and ongoing education effortless for teams. (6 reviews) - Flexibility (5 reviews) - Users value the **flexibility and configurability** of ZenQMS, allowing easy customization to suit specific organizational needs. (4 reviews) - Improvement (4 reviews) - Navigation Ease (4 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find ZenQMS **lacks flexibility** for managing multiple business units and struggles with document presentation and workflow clarity. (4 reviews) - Users find the **poor notifications** in ZenQMS limit their ability to stay updated on important changes. (3 reviews) - Users find the **access restrictions** frustrating, especially with automatic logouts and difficult password recovery. (2 reviews) - Users find the **difficult usability** of ZenQMS frustrating, especially with initial navigation and password recovery challenges. (2 reviews) - Users experience **formatting issues** in exported reports and online forms, leading to a less professional appearance. (2 reviews) - Inefficient Searching (2 reviews) - Inefficient Workflow (2 reviews) - Users find the **learning curve steep** for ZenQMS, needing time to become comfortable with its features. (2 reviews) - Users find the **documents module problematic** due to slow support and issues with search and presentation of archived documents. (2 reviews) - Users find ZenQMS to be **not intuitive** , struggling with document numbering and a cumbersome signature workflow. (2 reviews) ## ZenQMS Reviews ### 1. A Good Program that Could Be Better **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Christine D. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2023 **What do you like best about ZenQMS?** We pruchased ZenQMS with the hopes of removing manual work off of us. Prior to the software, we would manually have to download each individual training record, rename the file name and save it to each employee's training binder on our network. Additionally, we would record each training in a tracking program we had for this purpose. ZenQMS, when fully transitioned onto it, would likely be very helpful with this, and this was its biggest pro for us. Unfortunately, it is taking us some time to get there, as explained in what our company doesn't like. The other thing we really liked about ZenQMS is our point of contact (POC), Elizabeth. She has been very helpful and attentive to our needs during our transition period. **What do you dislike about ZenQMS?** The worst thing about ZenQMS is the implementation process by far. Data Migration is buggy and sensitive to spelling mistakes. We have spent hours upon hours QCing training records that should be in the system after several rounds of Data Migration and are not. This makes it especially frustrating when pulling training reports for our auditors because then we have to go in and QC it based on our own records outside of ZenQMS to ensure the person has all the trainings completed that they should. We have had to edit these excel files manually to include the trainings that should be there but are missing. Also, the training reports are not customizable before downloading. We have had to go in and manually number our SOPs once we downloaded the training report as an Excel file. We have also requested customized training reports in the past from the ZenQMS team. At first, we went through their Help Desk for an audit, and the first time, they were extremely accommodating and prudent. The second time, they were very rude and unwilling to provide us with what we needed in a timely manner. Fortunately, we went through our POC for help, but I wonder if they also edit the training reports once downloaded from the system. I found errors in the training reports provided from our POC, namely document categories not matching the documents, which shouldn't have been the case if the system was doing the generating of the report. This process of transitioning has been months in the making, and it's been time consuming and frustrating at times. We are still finding errors from data migrations that we are trying to fix." Additionally, we wouldn't say the system is user-friendly. My team and I were trained as super-users, and I have the most experience with the software as I was the one to validate it for my company's use. My team members still have difficulties using it--as it is not clear-cut or intuitive. There are also many ways to do and view the same thing, which I think is helpful in some cases but extremely confusing for someone who didn't recieve super-user training. The training materials provided to us from ZenQMS to give to our fellow non-superuser employees were not helpful. My team and I created our own guides for our fellow employees to use while navigating, and I have made myself a resource for them to come to, jumping on calls with employees as needed to help them through the process. We have had some complaints about it because of this. The system is not fully customizable either. Our POC at ZenQMS has told us that updates will be made in the future, but the training dossiers/reports should be customizable with what information we want to see. We cannot backdate, if needed, and anytime we want to upload a document that was maybe signed years ago, we have to go through the Data Migration process (which involves filling out a template and compiling documents to send to ZenQMS). It would be so much easier to just upload the document, be able to edit the dates and versioning. Versioning is also not editable. We can't have minor versioning like (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc.), which has forced us to rethink how we do versioning at our company. Also, if you manually put in training for someone, you cannot edit the date they trained; it is automatically put in as the current date. When it comes to completing trainings, the system doesn't force anyone to review the document they're training on. It is very easy for an employee to just sign, saying they read the document, and move on without actually looking at the document. **What problems is ZenQMS solving and how is that benefiting you?** We no longer have to manually save and record each individual training certificate for our employee trainings. **Official Response from Jonah Krakow:** > Christine, we appreciate your honest, constructive feedback about ZenQMS. We’re glad you could connect with us directly to clearly voice your pain points. Although we work hard to give our clients the best quality management tools possible, in the spirit of continuous improvement, it’s critical for us to receive this feedback and fully understand what more we could be doing to improve your experience. We look forward to our upcoming call. 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