# Backbone PLM Reviews **Vendor:** Backboneplm **Category:** [Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/product-lifecycle-management-plm) **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 31 ## About Backbone PLM Backbone PLM is now a part of Bamboo Rose! To learn more about this exciting step forward for both companies, visit our website. ------ Trusted by leading consumer goods companies, Backbone helps fashion and apparel brands turn design into product - smarter, faster, and at scale. The cloud-based software is ideal for fast-growing companies that design and develop apparel, accessories, outdoor, home goods, luxury, etc. Built to deliver production cycle efficiency, Backbone's platform offers unlimited custom fields, line sheets, a tech pack creator, image annotator, bill of materials, interconnected libraries for product and component data, palettes & swatches, reports, and more. These features, along with useful integrations, allow entire teams to move beyond manual data tracking into digital speed. The future of product development for fashion and apparel brands is here! Get inspired, work on new collections, boost team collaboration, improve quality control, keep your information safe, and much more. Request a personalized demo today! ## Backbone PLM Reviews ### 1. Backbone makes creating tech packs simple! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jessica D. | Knitwear & Cut & Sew Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I love how easy it is to input all of your information and make notes on images. This makes creating tech packs super easy, and exporting everything into a tech pack format is super streamlined. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Sometimes the features in editing the photos can be a little bit clunky--like having to first select the delete feature and then click on the item. Also when I make construction detail call outs if I click toward the bottom of the image I can't click submit because it's not in the window. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have had log in issues in the past and server issues, and backbone was very fast at responding to my needs! I am able to be faster and more productive when accessing my tech packs. ### 2. Review of Backbone from Design Assistant POV **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I like the illustrator extension and item views. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** I struggle with the linesheet feature. The layout does not work for my team's needs. I find that there is a lot of extra data and I don't really like the framing on color varient view. Also sometimes the linesheets won't even load because we have such a big collection. Also I have this issue with the illustrator extension where sometimes the box will just be empty and the only way I can reset it and get it to work again is by undownloading the app and redownloading it which can be pretty annoying. It happens kind of randomly when it stops working so I haven't been able to figure out the cause. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping the tech team to work faster. ### 3. Backbone PLM for Headwear Development **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** J S. | PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN MANAGER, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** Ability to create very detailed product tech packs in a consistent manner & the ability to attach large reference files/prints/images as downloadable. I also like the ability to customize the taxonomy for specific product types. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** The inability to arrange or view tech packs within shared folders in numerical or alphabetical order. Would prefer a default arrangement (numerically by style number or alphabetically by style name) or a filter allowing the recipient to toggle between either option. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Eliminating the inconsistencies produced when multiple designers arrange tech packs in a way that makes sense to them, individually. The consistent arrangement makes it much easier for factories to understand. ### 4. Good starting PLM system for apparel/fashion businesses **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Angelina K. | Product Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I like how user-friendly it is. Pretty much self-explanatory, especially after attending the free training that Backbone provides. I have not really used other PLM systems but it is much better than using excel. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** There are lots of glitchies. Backbone customer service is quick to fix when there is a problem, but the same problem reoccurs and sometimes we do not even catch the mistake until its too late or our factory comes back and says something went wrong. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** It solves the inconvenience of not letting files, artworks, and comments live in the same place. They added another function to where we can share tech packs via links instead of having to download the tech pack everytime. With this new feature, my team and I are able to attach actual illustrator files so we dont have to use WeTransfer or attach via email. ### 5. Backbone is a helpful hub of information, but I wish the platform was better designed. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Leah M. | production associate, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I like that the information on styles like color, article number, trims, etc can all be found in one website. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** It feels archaic in a sense. Sometimes it doesn't load, photos don't show up, and it doesn't seem like the information is stored in the most direct/beneficial way. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Backbone solves the problem of sorting trims with styles. ### 6. Backbone is one of the best new PLM platforms **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nicole M. | Technical Design and Product Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I like the organization and ease of populating the POM. It's also great for organizing fit comments. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** I wish it was easier to combine 2 size groups (i.e. Standard and Plus sizes). **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sometimes the servers seem to get overloaded and they crash for a few hours a day. ### 7. Apparel design assistant **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** jana d. | apparel design assistant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** How it generates al your information into a tech pack. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** That your updates do not always get saved **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Not having to creat tech packs in excel and lossing them ### 8. Backbone keeps all production organized in just one place! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** Backbone keeps all production organized in just one place! It`s easy to use and easy to share with our team. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Not much, some little things like naming the AI files (once you update a file the file name does not update) and the sizing of the linesheets images. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** The organization is the Key to production and Backbone helps to keep everything standardized and clear. ### 9. From a technical design perspective, I think that the interface is pretty user friendly. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kilsy M. | Technical Designere, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** The spec sheet feature that allows you to reflect any changes onto the graded spec. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** There are times when a POM change is not reflected, or changes without me knowing. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** When searching for a POM with a long description, I couldn't see it and selected the incorrect POM. Now they have corrected it so that you can see each description fully. ### 10. Great program! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emily T. | Product Development Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** How easy it is to navigate through the site. Everything is very simplified and clear. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** The lack of options within a component. You are limited to a number of variants and it complicates things further **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Component library makes it easy to input information into BOMs ### 11. It is easy & clear to work with but sometimes glitches & does not let me log in **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** It is the best way we have found to organize our material library & keep track of everything for all to reference. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** It sometimes glitches and doesn't seem to work or load properly **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Personally it is solving material organization issues and a clear place for fabric & trim information to live. It helps complete tasks easier & answer questions. ### 12. Apparel technical Designer **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** The speed of the system and the ability to easily document fit comments. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Linesheets, where it is user friendly for some, linesheets are not for other depts. EX. Tech and design. We are not able to easily group together styles. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Backbone is speeding up my process, making it easier to hit deadlines ### 13. 4 months using Backbone **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nadia I. | Product Lifecycle Management Coordinator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** The upsides to using Backbone is how easy it is to use. It's very intuitive to navigate around the system. I also like how customizable it is; we can add custom fields our company needs. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** The downsides to using Backbone is the inability to track the cost of the total finished product in the system. Backbone could improve the cost feature by adding the ability to capture cost reports per season rather than just stand-alone styles. It would be great to see a full-season picture of our product costs in a report. It would also be great to see some sort of change log tracking. We are unable to track who is making changes in the system and when! We are currently tracking this info internally in the Feedback and Revisions section of the Product. **Recommendations to others considering Backbone PLM:** This system is very user-friendly. It's straightforward, and the support team is excellent at answering all questions within 24 hours. In my short time using the system, I find they follow up to see how it is working for our team. It's great to know they are working to determine how the system can be better. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** The system is helping us develop and manage all our product details in one place. Our development process is more productive since we don't have to keep multiple excel sheets per style. ### 14. Improved tech pack efficiency! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Santos V. | Product Manager and Product Designer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** The best part of Backbone is the ability to create a tech pack from scratch in minutes and the ease of use. The final product looks polished and communicates exactly what we need to our manufacturers. With all the rolled-out updates, it has just been better and better. As a customer, it feels great knowing that they are continuously working hard with their clients to provide a better product. The future is bright and we can't wait to be a part of it with Backbone. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** The only downside is the lack of efficiency when it comes to the annotations other than comments. With the addition of automatic illustrator updates to art, that should help, but it would be nice if the annotations were more in line with the apple preview tool editor function. **Recommendations to others considering Backbone PLM:** If you are not using a tech pack creating software, you should consider getting Backbone. The time you will save, and clarity in communication are well worth the price. Not to mention the final product always looks great! **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communication with our factories and having all our data in one place has been the biggest problem we've solved. Before Backbone we were scrampling between word docs, excel spreatsheets, google sheets, Ai files, and several other files that needed to all be created then added into one folder to have a tech pack. Now we have it boiled down to just Ai files and Backbone. ### 15. Very Intuitive and User Friendly **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Megan G. | Product Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I like how user-friendly the platform is. I have used many different systems, and this was by far the easiest to pick up and learn. The onboarding team has been wonderful, and the support I've received from Backbone when I have a question or need more assistance has been quick. I loved when they sent me a video walking me through how to do an action I was learning. That was above and beyond and so appreciated. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** We are a primarily artwork-driven company, and managing artworks, setting them up as both approvals and colorways have been a little more complicated. We are looking forward to having an expanded system that will help us manage our artworks/graphics for the future. We are also looking forward to labeling as individual SKUs in the future, so the variations aren't super long. **Recommendations to others considering Backbone PLM:** This is a simple and user-friendly PLM system, straightforward to implement and intuitive vs. other platforms. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using this to have clear communication and organization as we grow our collection. We are a new and growing company where this is important to keeping our information in order. ### 16. Great for Pre-Production Development! **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I like the tech packs and storage of trim matrials **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** not being able to export final measured specs in 1 CSV is frustraing **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** the organization with our production and development team. it is a great repository of information ### 17. Finally a PLM for designers and product developers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eden S. | Sr. Manager, Development + Production, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** Great for a growing apparel business with a small team - really fast implementation (less than 3 months), simple customization, and really product and design focused structure unlike most PLM's that cater to an order management focus. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** The customization is great but we could have done with some templated structure or framework. We were also told at sign up that PO management and Shopify integrated inventory management was in development for the next 12 months - almost 3 years later and nothing on the horizon for this key function of a comprehensive PLM **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** One source of truth for our product, and the reporting views really help simplify sharing our work with the larger team and our status with each other. Building out our color and component library, even for styles not placed, has been really key as well. ### 18. Works okay but not for tech designers **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** It's easy to put in specs. Easy to save. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Not easy to transfer data between Tech Packs. System is constantly glitching or not even loading. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Honestly, it feels like they have not addressed any of the problems we have brought up. We stopped scheduling calls because it was just wasting our time. ### 19. too many glitches **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** Saving tech pack history in the system saving all information in the system **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Updated images are not visible until tech packs are generated. Can not copy partial POMs. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** saving files avoid typing mistakes ### 20. Great Product Management Platform! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Danielle B. | Design Assistant, Apparel & Fashion, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I love the ability to have all my data in one place where I know it is consistent and accurate. Backbone constantly is updating and upgrading its cloud-based software to be the best and most useful lifecycle management system on the market. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Sometimes backbone has some growing pains; there may be a bug or two while they figure out updating their software. Also, generating tech packs is a bit cumbersome right now, but I am confident that it will be more efficient in the near future. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Data management is a huge one - we no longer have to have tons of separate external documents to manage our many layers of product data. We have reduced our data entry errors significantly due to only having one data entry point. ### 21. Can be user friendly most of the time, some bugs but overall very useful **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** Being able to keep very organized with components and variants. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Backbone can be slow at times and I do run into bugs quite often. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Backbone is working on becoming more user-friendly with their frequent updates, and they are very good at taking suggestions from their users. ### 22. 2.0 lost some of the ease of use that 1.0 had **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I like the new sorting features. I like that you can add notes to images **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** I dislike that you have to hit an edit button to make changes on the summary page- it wastes time. I dislike that you have to make your selections in 2 places for the variants of a component; again, it wastes time. I dislike that when you click on a component in the BOM that it doesn't open a new window. I dislike that you took out the feature where you could add notes to the details and to the Images. I also dislike that it force logs you out; I've had it log me out in the middle of typing comments and had to start over. I also don't like that when you copy a TP now, it changes the style number, again, just one more step to do- I have to search again for the style by name- it wastes time. Overall, 1.0 was more user-friendly and straightforward for companies that didn't need a lot of detailed information; I had used other PLM systems before that had more of the features you added; they already exist, so why mess with the simpler version? **Recommendations to others considering Backbone PLM:** I have none **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's an easier way to communicate with the factories. ### 23. Product Development and Sourcing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cassandra G. | Technical Jewelry Designer PD Sourcing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** Tech packs are essential for me to relay information between vendors and coworkers! **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Adding new intricate details to each product we design. Occasionally there is an error or option unavailable at the time needed. **Recommendations to others considering Backbone PLM:** If you are developing products in various ways Backbone PLM will most definitely help you keep all of them organized! **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am solving communication and visual problems our company has with each category we have. Backbone PLM makes it easier for everyone to stay on track and have insight into the next thing we are working on. ### 24. Backbone PLM makes your daily tasks more efficient! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** Easy managing through multiple products at once! It is an efficient tool to keep track of all your sampling stages for all the designs in the process. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** It sometimes has bugs and glitches on a crucial day of submitting Tech Packs to manufacturers that slows down the process occasionally. **Recommendations to others considering Backbone PLM:** Ensure to go through all the videos in their welcome package. It helps you learn about all the tools available. Also, contact their customer care if you have an issue; they are fantastic! **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is keeping track of the product cycle and its stages. Also, it is easy to generate TP and grade from one size to another when you have multiple sizes for a product. ### 25. Easy to use, Designer Friendly PLM **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** Compared to other PLM / RLM systems I've used before, Backbone PLM is more visual and straightforward. It's easier to build the tech pack, even without having much training or knowledge of the program. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Certain functions are not available, such as "bulk (multiple) generating & downloading", so using backbone can be a lot more time-consuming. also, you can't review the pages until you generate and download TP. For example, in order to review and check the TP pages, you need to generate, download, then possibly find some mistakes, fix them, then again generate and download, one style at a time. so it takes much longer and can be annoying when you are trying to finish 40-60 TP in a day. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Before our company used Backbone, there was no unified TP system, so each designer had a different TP format they used, and the information was not shared. But with Backbone, all data is in one place and is shared throughout the company. ### 26. Easily accessible **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Evi R. | Director of Product Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** In this system everyday for all clients. Saving me so much time and easy to manage all details. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Hard for me to really find something wrong. There has been so much improvement since 2.0 was released. **Recommendations to others considering Backbone PLM:** Integrating Illustrator with the system which I know is in works. A little bit easier to manage the utilization tool. Download as a PDF like 1.0. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to manage and access all details in one place. I have realized if the system is used correctly, it saves me so much time! ### 27. Excellent customer service! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Design | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I like that Backbone is responsive and efficient with addressing user issues while updating the website to better function for customers. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** I dislike the number of steps I to go through to print a graded spec. **Recommendations to others considering Backbone PLM:** I would recommend creating a solid product library that will allow you to easily edit an item across multiple styles. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Backbone has sped up the time it takes to get comments overseas. it has benefitted me in allowing me to communicate comments clearly. ### 28. Backbone makes our life easier when we're developing and producing product. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** All our product information lives in the system and is accessible by the team. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Can't save grade rules without a full product spec, hard to repeat a product and not confuse with old products. **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Production workflow is better. ### 29. Backbone is not great from an IT support perspective, lacks SSO at our scale, not intuitive **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** It hasn't broken a lot in the three years I've supported it. **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Seems like there's a bit of a learning curve for new folks **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** We've improved the consistency and localization of storing our tech packs, kinda **Official Response from Alaina Bravo:** > Thanks for taking time to submit a review. We understand that as companies grow, SSO becomes a greater need for them and can make IT support easier. Adding SSO is on our roadmap, but we've purposely prioritized other development objectives over the last year. Our mission is to empower brands to make products smarter, faster, and at scale so we've doubled down on efforts to make the platform a powerful tool for our core users, product designers and developers. Our latest releases have been aimed at solving their biggest challenges; providing a seamless integration to sync artboards with our new Adobe Illustrator plugin, making it easier to share tech packs with vendors and factories, and enabling them to organize their custom fields in more flexible ways. ### 30. Product team streamlining! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** Item master has been helpful cross departmentally **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** Sometimes the platform can be buggy and slow **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** file storage is really nice. We've been able to replace dropbox in some cases ### 31. A huge gap in the industry finally filled **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rachel H. | Production Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Backbone PLM?** I like the organized sample tracking!!!! **What do you dislike about Backbone PLM?** I wish you could work and organize products by PO **What problems is Backbone PLM solving and how is that benefiting you?** One location for sampling, sizing, changes, product info, etc. ## Backbone PLM Discussions - [What is Backbone PLM used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-backbone-plm-used-for) - [View Backbone PLM pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/backbone-plm/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+19%3A56%3A31+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=bb29f656-6e68-4a3e-889f-8cd38d950e41&secure%5Btoken%5D=570fed9753f3cafcf0986615faf593d4524ad9ad0264e834865f31085faac842&format=llm_user) ## Backbone PLM Features **New Product Introduction** - Ideation - Cost estimating **CAD** - CAD Models **Collaboration** - Supplier alignment - Communication - Development - Document Management **Product Data Management** - Product Metadata - Data Quality **Bill of Materials** - BOM management **Analytics** - Reporting - Costing **Integration** - PIM **Generative AI** - AI Text Summarization - AI Image-to-Text ## Top Backbone PLM Alternatives - [OpenBOM](https://www.g2.com/products/openbom/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (780 reviews) - [Arena PLM & QMS](https://www.g2.com/products/arena-plm-qms/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (432 reviews) - [Teamcenter](https://www.g2.com/products/teamcenter/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (915 reviews)