A DMS stores your documents. PunchLink controls your industrial projects, from order to final DOE. Proof in 15 lines.
Honest comparison. A DMS remains useful for general storage (HR, correspondence, invoices outside projects). PunchLink focuses on THE industrial project.
| Function | Classic DMS (M-Files, OoB, SharePoint) | PunchLink |
|---|---|---|
| Document storage and versioning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full-text search in docs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Punch list / Field reservations mobile | ✗ | ✓ |
| Progress tracking by section/phase | ✗ | ✓ |
| SAP orders + invoices + payments | ✗ | ✓ |
| Hierarchical validation workflow | limited | ✓ |
| Complete HSE (permits, certifications, sanctions) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Automatic DOE compilation (NF P 03-001) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Intelligent DOE (AI classification) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi-type PV + 6-language glossary | ✗ | ✓ |
| Field voice in 6 languages (reservations) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Offline mode IndexedDB site | ✗ | ✓ |
| Management view multi-projects real-time | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi-tenant invited subcontractors | limited | ✓ |
| Native AI (Claude/Copilot/ChatGPT) | ✗ | ✓ |
To properly control an industrial project, a DMS alone is not enough. You must add 4-5 complementary tools.
Total : ~ 330 €/user/month
+ 5 silos, 5 logins, 5 invoices
Total : 749 €/month Company (5 seats)
= 181 €/user/month saved
For a team of 10 people : savings of approximately ~ EUR 22,000/year on subscriptions + 1,500 to 2,000 hours per year of recovered productive capacity (end of double entry, "who has the latest version of the spreadsheet", manual DOE compilations 30h/project).
« We already have M-Files / OoB / SharePoint, we have everything. »
You have storage. You don't have control. Ask your DMS to generate a project audit in 5 seconds, or to block a payment on an unresolved reservation, or to automatically compile the DOE compliant with NF P 03-001. It can't — that's not its job. PunchLink doesn't replace your DMS, it complements it on the project dimension.
« We can do the same thing with a DMS workflow + Excel + Outlook. »
Technically yes, many teams do. Real cost : 1 to 2 hours per day per project manager in entry/search/reformatting, Excels that diverge between subcontractors, payments blocked by confusion, and 30 hours per project on DOE compilation at end of site. PunchLink eliminates this hidden cost.
« Migrating to PunchLink will take months. »
No. Free 30-day trial without credit card, demo project auto-generated for your sector, import Excel of your existing sections/orders in 5 minutes. No migration of your DMS is required — it stays in place for general storage, PunchLink handles the project.
Honesty first. A DMS remains relevant when :
PunchLink focuses on the industrial project — not general archiving. Complementarity works very well (and our customers keep their corporate DMS for these uses).
Faster than a demo, more convincing than a comparison.
