IQVIA offers EDC as part of a much larger CRO and technology business. If you want a lighter, self-serve platform you run yourselves rather than a full-service engagement, the comparison comes down to build speed, pricing, and whether you keep control of the day-to-day. Here is where Capture fits.
Free sandbox · No credit card · 21 CFR Part 11 aligned
Question form
CRF or ePRO
Lab table
Analytes, units, ranges
1. Systolic blood pressure
Required · Number · mmHg · 0 dp
2. Diastolic blood pressure
Required · Number · mmHg · 0 dp
3. Pulse rate
Required · Number · beats/min
4. Body temperature
Required · Number · °C · 1 dp
5. Position during measurement
Required · Sitting, Supine, Standing
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CRO engagement required to start building
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products in one platform: EDC, eConsent, ePRO, randomization
Field-level
audit trail on every record
Free
sandbox with sample data
Evaluation criteria
IQVIA is primarily a CRO and technology company. The real comparison is often self-serve software vs a managed service, not just one EDC against another.
Capture: your own team, with AI drafting the first pass from a protocol or file.
Capture: yes, a free sandbox with every feature and sample data.
Capture: yes, EDC, eConsent, ePRO and randomization share one platform.
Capture: pricing scales with study size rather than a CRO services contract.
Capture: field-level audit trail, OTP-verified e-signatures, role-based access, visible in the sandbox.
Self-serve vs managed
A full-service CRO engagement means someone else builds and maintains your study database on your behalf, on their timeline. Capture is built for teams that want to build, amend and export their own study without a change request going through a third party.
Haematology
| Row | Code | Unit | Range | Stratum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haemoglobin | HGB | g/dL | 13.0-17.0 | Male 18-65 y |
| Haemoglobin | HGB | g/dL | 12.0-15.5 | Female 18-65 y |
| Platelets | PLAT | 10^9/L | 150-400 | All |
| ALT | ALT | U/L | 7-56 | All |
| Site QC flag | SITEQC | - | - | All |
Data quality and audit trail
Whichever system you choose, you need a real audit trail and validation rules from the first entry. Capture logs every field-level change, who made it, when, the old and new value, and a reason for change, and it cannot be edited from the UI.
Weight changed 68.0 to 68.5 kg
Site coordinator · Reason: Transcription error
Query Q-0014 answered on Weight
Site coordinator · Reason: Source checked
Vital signs form locked
Data manager · Reason: Visit cleaned
Free sandbox with every feature. Upload a protocol and see a first draft in minutes.
Sponsors and CROs comparing EDC options, including teams evaluating IQVIA, who want a self-serve platform they run themselves rather than a managed CRO engagement.
IQVIA is primarily a contract research organization and technology company that offers EDC as part of a broader clinical research and technology business. Compare it against your specific need: full-service support, or self-serve software you control directly.
Whether you build and maintain the study yourself or a third party does it for you, whether ePRO and eConsent are already integrated, how pricing scales with study size, and whether Part 11-aligned controls are visible to you directly rather than reported secondhand.
Yes. Capture provides a field-level audit trail, OTP-verified electronic signatures and role-based access control, with documentation to support sponsor validation when required (Enterprise).
Yes. The free sandbox includes every feature with sample data, no credit card and no time limit.
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Free sandbox with every feature. No credit card, no sales call.