DesignDocs is best for Mom & Pop shops
doing a few forms a year with the engineer being the only staff member,
typically designing a few unique one off vessels with highly variable materials and components a year,
those focusing on U forms only,
and those with very tight budgets.
FormPro is best for Enterprise users-
using a single form for multiple vessels or many vessels a year*,
with processes likely to change frequently with default settings providing value,
integrations with external systems,
dedicated National Board Data Report data entry staff,
long term document storage with template, "copy existing", and multiple revisions** functionality,
full support for U, R, P, H & A forms,
and support for form output and reporting customization.
*FormPro can support millions of data reports and vessels
**DesignDocs only support sthe current revisions of forms, while Formpro has >500 revisions