Dozuki Pricing in 2026: What It Actually Costs

TL;DR

Dozuki does not publish pricing. Its pricing page carries a “Book a Demo” button and no numbers. The most concrete public reference is Dozuki’s own Pricing Packages sheet, dated 5 August 2021 and hosted on G2. It lists six per-user tiers, each with a seat minimum, from Basic at $17 per user per month with a 50-user minimum down to Enterprise VIP at $6 per user per month with a 2,500-user minimum. At that 50-user floor, Basic works out to roughly $850 per month, about $10,000 a year, before services. Capterra separately lists a legacy “from $349 per month” figure that does not account for the seat minimum.

Last verified 14 August 2026. Every Dozuki figure below comes from a 2021 pricing sheet or a third-party directory, not from a current vendor quote. Treat them as estimates.

• Dozuki sells through a demo and a scoping conversation. There is no free trial and no self-serve signup.
• The model is services-attached: onboarding, implementation, content conversion, and training are billed separately from the subscription.
• All plans include the full feature set. You pay for services, not for unlocking features.
• The tier figures come from a 2021 document and may be out of date. Treat every number here as an estimate until you hold a quote.

Does Dozuki publish its pricing?

No. Dozuki’s pricing page presents product benefits, customer testimonials, and a demo request, with no tiers, no per-user rate, and no seat minimum stated. Evaluating Dozuki means requesting a demo and going through a sales conversation first.

This is a deliberate and fairly common model for enterprise manufacturing software. It lets the vendor price to the size and complexity of each operation rather than to a seat count, which genuinely suits a large multi-site manufacturer with integration requirements. It also means you cannot budget for the product without talking to someone, which is the trade-off buyers are usually trying to price when they search for this.

What do third-party listings say Dozuki costs?

Two numbers circulate, and they do not agree.

$349 per month. Capterra lists this as the starting price, billed monthly, with no free trial and no free version. This is the figure that propagates to most software directories.

Around $850 per month. This comes from Dozuki’s own Pricing Packages sheet, dated 5 August 2021 and hosted on G2. It lists six tiers, and the per-user rate falls as the seat commitment rises:

The headline per-user rate falls, but the seat minimum rises faster, so the entry cost climbs at every tier. Basic at the 50-user floor is roughly $850 per month, about $10,000 a year before services.

The sheet also confirms two things worth knowing. All plans include the full feature suite, including ISO-compliant version control, custom approval workflows, SSO, API access, and 100+ languages. And the tiers differ mainly by hosting options, support hours, and how much implementation help is bundled: on-premise hosting starts at Essentials, private cloud only at Enterprise Pro and above, and 24/7 phone support is an add-on even at the top tier.

The two figures are not really in conflict once you see the seat minimum. The $349 listing appears to predate or ignore the 50-user floor, which is why it reads as so much lower: it is a rate, not an entry cost. The number that matters for budgeting is the minimum commitment, not the headline.

The important caveat is age. The tier sheet is from 2021, and Dozuki may well have changed its pricing since. Anyone quoting you a precise 2026 annual figure for Dozuki without a quote in hand, including us, is working from that document.

What is not included in the licence price

The licence is rarely the number that surprises people. The 2021 pricing sheet and Dozuki’s current services page both bill a set of items separately from the subscription:

• Onboarding and implementation. Configuration, workspace setup, and rollout, scoped to your operation. The bundled package steps up by tier: Basic, Premium, then Enterprise.
• Professional services credit. A one-time credit bundled per tier: nothing on Basic, $1,000 on Essentials, rising to $10,000 on Enterprise VIP. Anything beyond it is billed.
• Content conversion. Getting existing procedures into the platform, including technical writing help.
• On-site documentation evaluation. $4,000, and only offered from the Enterprise tier upward.
• Unlimited Content License. An optional add-on at $40 per user per year on Basic, falling to $14 at the top tier.
• 24/7 phone support. An add-on, and only available on Enterprise Pro and VIP. Lower tiers get 8am-5pm PST.
• Additional virtual training. Bundled hours scale by tier, from 7 hours on Basic to 50 on VIP. More is billed.
• Integrations. API access is included, but connecting MES, ERP, QMS, or LMS systems is project work, not a toggle.

Two details worth knowing. Service credits expire after the first twelve months of service, so unused implementation budget does not roll forward. And for a mid-size multi-site rollout, implementation is commonly estimated in the $10,000 to $30,000 range, which is why first-year total cost can be several times the licence.

A worked first-year example

Illustrative only, using the 2021 rates and the ranges above. Ask for your own quote before budgeting.

A 60-person plant lands on Basic, because 60 sits just above the 50-user floor. At $17 per user per month that is about $12,240 for the year. Basic bundles no professional services credit and 7 hours of virtual training, so any content conversion help is billed on top. Add a mid-range implementation and the first year plausibly lands somewhere between $22,000 and $42,000, of which the licence is roughly a third.

The lesson is not that the number is high. It is that the licence is the part you can predict and the services are the part you cannot, which is exactly why the quote matters more than any published rate.

To be fair to Dozuki, all plans include the full feature set. You are paying for services, not for features held back until a higher tier, and for a large regulated rollout that hands-on support has real value. The practical advice: ask for the implementation quote at the same time as the licence quote, and treat the two as one number.

Who Dozuki pricing actually fits

It is worth saying plainly that demo-gated pricing is not a flaw. It fits a specific buyer well.

Dozuki fits well if:

• You are a large or multi-site manufacturer
• You need work instructions connected to MES, QMS, or LMS systems
• You work under ITAR, CUI, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, or a procurement process that requires SOC 2 Type II
• You have the budget and the internal capacity to run an implementation project

Its customer list runs to companies at the scale of 3M, Caterpillar, and General Mills. The platform is built for that shape of rollout, and teams that fit it generally find the scoping conversation useful rather than obstructive.

It fits poorly if:

• You have 20 to 300 people at one or two sites
• You need procedures documented this quarter, not after a rollout
• Nobody is free to run an implementation project
• You need the price before you can get approval to evaluate

In that case the demo requirement is a real barrier, not a formality. You cannot test the product on your own footage until you have already spent a sales cycle.

When the compliance requirement decides it for you

There is one category of buyer where price is not the deciding factor and should not be, and where we would tell you to choose Dozuki over SOPX without hesitation.

Dozuki’s security page documents a compliance posture built for regulated and defense manufacturing:

• ITAR. An option that meets ITAR needs, with access restricted to authorized individuals for controlled data.
• Air-gapped hybrid deployment for aerospace and defense, aimed at CUI data requirements.
• SOC 2 Type II compliance against the Trust Services Criteria.
• ISO 27001 certified information security management.
• FDA 21 CFR Part 11 validation, including authenticated electronic signatures.
• ISO 9001 support, with a history of every document, training record, and signature.
• GDPR, encryption at rest and in transit, SSO, and a 99.95% uptime SLA.

SOPX has none of the first four. There is no ITAR option, no air-gapped or on-premise deployment, no SOC 2 Type II certification, no ISO 27001 certification, and no 21 CFR Part 11 validation. SOPX offers SSO and SCIM provisioning on the Enterprise plan, approval flow, procedure history, and Document IDs, which cover ISO 9001 style document control, but that is a different bar from a validated system.

So the guidance is simple. If you handle export-controlled or CUI data, if you need a validated system for FDA submissions, or if your procurement process gates on SOC 2 Type II, Dozuki clears requirements SOPX does not, and the licence and implementation cost is what buying that clearance looks like. Do not start a SOPX trial expecting to pass that review, because you will not.

If none of those apply to you, and most 20 to 300 person manufacturers they do not, then you are paying for assurances you will never be asked to produce.

Dozuki pricing vs SOPX pricing

For balance: SOPX is not the better product for every buyer above. Beyond the compliance requirements just covered, Dozuki also has a skills matrix, a formal quality management system, and MES and ERP connectors that work on day one, and no price advantage changes that. SOPX ships no prebuilt MES, ERP, or QMS connectors and no public API on the standard plans; API access and custom integrations are scoped on request and billed separately.

Where SOPX does compete is on the specific thing this article is about: knowing the price, and being able to test the product before committing.

Sources and methodology

Last verified 14 August 2026. Everything above is drawn from public sources, listed here so you can check it yourself.

• Dozuki Pricing Packages sheet (PDF, dated 5 August 2021, hosted on G2). Source for all six tiers, per-user rates, seat minimums, professional services credits, training hours, the Unlimited Content License, the $4,000 on-site evaluation, and the 12-month service credit expiry.
• Dozuki’s pricing page. Source for the fact that pricing is demo-gated and no figures are published.
• Capterra’s listing. Source for the $349 per month starting figure, and for no free trial and no free version.
• Dozuki’s security page. Source for the ITAR option, air-gapped hybrid deployment, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FDA 21 CFR Part 11 validation, GDPR, and the 99.95% uptime SLA.
• Implementation ranges ($10,000 to $30,000 for a mid-size multi-site rollout) are commonly cited estimates, not vendor-published figures. The worked example is illustrative arithmetic on the 2021 rates, not a quote.

The central caveat: the tier sheet is five years old. Dozuki may have changed rates, minimums, or packaging since, and nothing here should be read as current Dozuki policy. SOPX pricing is public and current on our pricing page.

If you work at Dozuki and anything here is wrong or out of date, email [email protected] and we will correct it.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Dozuki cost per user?

Dozuki does not publish a per-user rate today. Its own pricing sheet from August 2021 listed six tiers: Basic at $17 per user per month with a 50-user minimum, Essentials $14 at 120 users, Premium $12 at 250, Enterprise $10 at 400, Enterprise Pro $8 at 1,000, and Enterprise VIP $6 at 2,500. The rate falls as the commitment rises, but the seat minimum rises faster, so the entry cost goes up at every tier. That document is five years old, so the only reliable per-user number is the one on your own quote.

Does Dozuki have a free trial?

No. Dozuki does not offer a free trial or a free tier, and evaluation begins with a demo request and a sales conversation. This is the practical difference most self-serve buyers run into first, because it means you cannot test the product on your own process footage before entering a sales cycle.

Why is Dozuki pricing not public?

Dozuki prices to the size and complexity of each operation rather than to a flat seat count, which is standard for enterprise manufacturing software sold alongside implementation services. When the deliverable includes configuration, integration, and content migration scoped per customer, a published price would not describe what most customers actually pay.

Is Dozuki worth it for regulated or defense manufacturing?

Yes, and this is the clearest case for paying Dozuki’s price. Its security page documents ITAR support, an air-gapped hybrid deployment for aerospace and defense handling CUI, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and FDA 21 CFR Part 11 validation with authenticated electronic signatures. Cheaper self-serve tools, SOPX included, do not carry those certifications, so for an export-controlled or FDA-validated environment the comparison is not really about price. If your procurement process gates on SOC 2 Type II, a tool without it cannot be evaluated at all, whatever it costs.

What is a cheaper alternative to Dozuki?

That depends on which part of Dozuki you need. If you need the enterprise integration layer, the alternatives at a similar scale are priced similarly. If what you actually need is fast, accurate, visual work instructions for a 20 to 300 person operation, self-serve tools including SOPX publish per-seat pricing and start at a fraction of an enterprise licence. The trade-offs are real: no prebuilt MES or ERP integration, and none of the ITAR, SOC 2 Type II, or 21 CFR Part 11 credentials a regulated or defense buyer needs.

Is Dozuki worth the price?

For a large manufacturer that needs work instructions connected to existing MES, QMS, or LMS systems and has capacity for an implementation project, the platform is built for exactly that and buyers at that scale generally report it delivers. For a smaller operation that needs procedures documented quickly, the implementation overhead is the expensive part regardless of what the licence costs, and a self-serve tool will usually reach a published procedure sooner and for less.