COMPARISON

How GALGA PMI compares.

By category, not by brand, using public information checked in October 2026. Individual products may differ: if you spot a mistake, tell us and we will correct it.

Comparison

	GALGA PMI	Desktop 2D ballooning	Cloud FAI platforms	Inspection inside CAD	High-end MBD and metrology	Manual Excel
Reads 3D PMI	Yes: STEP AP242, JT and 3D PDF	No	Usually not	Only from its own CAD	Yes	No
Reads 2D PDF drawings	Yes; scanned ones in the Total edition	Yes	Yes	It depends	It depends	By hand
Works offline	Yes, sending nothing	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
AS9102 and PPAP	Yes	Templates	Yes	Templates	Yes	By hand
German EMPB	Results sheet in German	No	Some	No	Uncommon	By hand
QIF for the CMM	Yes, from the Pro edition	No	Few	Some	Yes	No
Public price	Yes, from €890 a year	Yes, from $99 to about $1,200	Sometimes	With the CAD licence	Rarely	—
Needs a CAD licence	No	No	No	Yes	Sometimes	To read the model, yes

When we are not the best choice

If you only balloon 2D drawings and never receive models with PMI, a simple ballooning tool may be enough.
If you already have a metrology suite integrated with your CMMs and it works, there is no need to change it: GALGA can feed it with QIF.
If you need a full quality management system (non-conformances, audits, training), GALGA does not replace it: it gives it the data.

How we compared

Official websites, pricing pages and public reviews for each category, checked in October 2026. We do not name products: there are differences within each category, and we would rather you check with your own parts. That is why the pilot is free.

Fast as a greyhound. Exact as a gauge.

GALGA was born in Valencia, in the automotive industry. It was built by design and production engineers with more than twenty years in moulds, injection moulding, gauges and dimensional inspection. Every launch started the same way: the customer’s 3D model, hundreds of dimensions and someone typing them into a spreadsheet by hand. We built it so we could stop doing that.

20+years across moulds, injection moulding and dimensional inspection

0made-up dimensions: anything doubtful is flagged

The galgo

The galgo, the Spanish greyhound: fast when it counts, calm and dependable the rest of the time. Minutes where there used to be hours, without the rush that leads to mistakes.

The gauge

On the shop floor, the galga (Spanish for gauge) is the reference master every part is compared against. GALGA is that for your data: one single reference for everyone.

Try it yourself or send us your part.

An engineer replies. A real person who knows the trade, not a bot, within 24 hours.

No small print. Published prices and clear terms from day one.

Your files, protected. With the licence they never leave your company; with the service, an NDA and documented deletion.

Licence: 7 days free, no card required, with a sample part so you can get started in a minute. Service: we sign an NDA, you send us a part number and within 48 hours you have the package, reviewed.