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I have used both AQD and Q-Pulse.
In my opinion there are pluses and minuses to both systems atnd a lot will boil down to personal preference.
Q-Pulse was originally developed as a QMS tool. Version 5 is far superior to Version 4 and is great for QMS, while Gael have also now developed a Flight Occurrence Reporting tool. However this is in its infancy & in my opinion further improvements could be made.
AQD until recently, had the advantage of having a single system to look after QMS and Flight Safety data. Recent enhncements make it look like Microsoft Office and make it more user friendly. There is also an interface with Aerobytes FDM software but you have to pay a little extra. The main limitation with AQD is that the checklists are built in Microsoft Access so some of the fields have character limitations. I am told this can be overcome & intend to get the IT department on the case. The Risk Matrix can be configured as you wish.
If you really want to do SMS Risk Analysis properly you might like to have a look at BowTie XP. Unfortunately for bolt on tools are not great.
So there you have it, in an aviation environment maybe AQD just shades it, but I would recoomend you consider both.
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