CAMP vs Veryon vs Quantum Control: The IT Side of Aircraft Maintenance Records
Aircraft maintenance software comparisons are feature lists: work orders, AD tracking, inventory, mobile apps. They leave out the thing that makes this industry different from every other one we support. In aviation, the maintenance records are part of what the aircraft is worth.
A plane with a complete, provable history sells. A plane with gaps in its records sells for less, or waits on the ramp while someone reconstructs them. The software you choose holds those records, but whether they stay complete, recoverable and signed by the right person is an IT question, not a software one.
This is not a feature review. It is the comparison from the side we see: how each platform is delivered, what the FAA’s guidance on electronic records actually asks of your systems, and what goes wrong in the hangar rather than in the software.
Quick Overview: How These Three Actually Differ
There are more aviation maintenance platforms than these three. AMOS, TRAX, Ramco and IFS are built mainly for airlines, large MROs and defence operators. The three that small and mid-sized shops at a regional airport usually end up comparing are CAMP, Veryon and Quantum Control.
They separate on who does the work and where the data lives. CAMP tracks business jets, turboprops and helicopters, and its analysts apply Airworthiness Directives and Service Bulletins to your aircraft for you. Veryon (which absorbed Flightdocs, Rusada and EBIS) sells aircraft tracking priced per aircraft, plus a separate Work Center product for repair stations and FBOs. Quantum Control from Component Control is an MRO and parts system that you can run on your own server, have the vendor host for you, or subscribe to as SaaS.
One ownership note worth knowing before you compare quotes: Component Control is a CAMP company, and so is CORRIDOR, CAMP’s own MRO product. Two of the options you are weighing may share a parent.
Side-by-Side: Who Each Is Built For
| Platform | Built for | How it is delivered | Pricing model | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMP (AHM Maintenance Management, CORRIDOR) | Business aviation fleets; CORRIDOR for MROs, repair stations and FBOs | Web and mobile; CORRIDOR in the cloud or on your own servers | Quoted by aircraft type, fleet size and modules | On-premises CORRIDOR puts the servers, backups and patching on you |
| Veryon (Tracking, Work Center) | Business, general aviation and helicopter operators; Work Center for repair stations and FBOs | SaaS with mobile apps | Annual subscription per aircraft plus a one-time enrolment fee for Tracking | Several acquired products under one brand; confirm which one you are actually buying |
| Quantum Control | MROs, parts distributors and manufacturers, from small traders to mid-to-large facilities | On-premises, vendor-managed cloud on AWS, or SaaS | SaaS is a monthly price per user; other models quoted | Easily confused with Quantum MX, a different product from a different vendor |
A note on prices. Figures are left out on purpose. Per-aircraft, per-user and quoted models behave very differently depending on your fleet and headcount, and vendors change them. Model your actual aircraft count and your actual number of people who sign off work, then model it again at the size you expect to be in three years.
What the FAA Actually Asks of an Electronic Records System
The FAA’s guidance on electronic maintenance records is Advisory Circular 120-78B, issued in December 2024. It is guidance rather than regulation, but it describes what the FAA considers an acceptable electronic system, which makes it the practical checklist. Read it as an IT person and four requirements stand out. None of them is something the software vendor can do for you.
“Sole custody of the signer” means no shared hangar logins
The AC says the means of signing must be under the sole custody of the signer at all times. On a hangar floor, the common habit is one tablet, logged in once in the morning, passed between technicians all day. Whatever the platform, that habit undermines the signature it records. Every technician who signs off work needs their own login, protected with multi-factor authentication, and devices that lock quickly when set down.
Backups you have actually restored from
The AC asks for backup measures that keep records available if the system fails, and says quality control and auditing should apply to the backup method too. With a SaaS platform, the vendor holds the primary copy, so your job is knowing how to export a complete record set and checking that the export opens. With an on-premises system, the whole chain is yours: offsite, encrypted, tested. A backup nobody has restored from is a theory.
A plan for when the system is down
It also asks for IT support covering hardware, network and software, with provisions for system outages. In practice that means a written answer to a simple question: if the internet line into the hangar fails at 7am with an aircraft due out at noon, how does work get signed off and recorded? A second internet connection costs far less than an aircraft stuck on the ramp.
Records that cannot be quietly changed
Records must be preserved and unalterable without the appropriate certification, verification or authentication. That is an access-control question as much as a software one: who holds administrator rights, whether former employees still have accounts, and whether anyone reviews the list. The day a technician leaves is the day their login should stop working.
This is the IT reading of the guidance, not compliance advice. Your certificate and your own procedures manual govern what your operation must do.
How Long the Records Have to Survive
The retention rules are why storage and backup decisions here run in years rather than months:
| Rule | What it covers | How long |
|---|---|---|
| 14 CFR 91.417(a)(1) | Records of maintenance, alterations and required inspections | Until the work is repeated or superseded, or one year after it was performed |
| 14 CFR 91.417(a)(2) | Status records: total time, life-limited parts, AD compliance and more | Retained and transferred with the aircraft when it is sold |
| 14 CFR 145.219 | Repair station records of work performed | At least two years from approval for return to service |
| 14 CFR 43.9 | What every maintenance entry must contain | Includes the signature, certificate number and kind of certificate of the person approving the work |
The second row is the one that matters most to IT. Status records travel with the aircraft for its whole life. If your system cannot produce a complete, readable export years from now, including after you have changed platforms, the gap shows up when the aircraft is sold.
The Hangar Is the Hard Part
Every platform above assumes a working connection wherever the work happens. Hangars are large metal buildings, and wireless coverage that works in the office often stops at the hangar door, for the same reasons warehouse Wi-Fi fails. Before choosing software around tablets and phones on the floor, confirm the floor actually has coverage, with access points and cabling designed for the building rather than a router borrowed from the office.
A second problem shows up at better-run shops. Business firewalls often inspect encrypted traffic, and some applications refuse that inspection by design. Palo Alto Networks lists pinned certificates first among the reasons sites break decryption. If a maintenance app or tablet sync works at home but fails inside your building, that is a likely cause. The fix is a narrow inspection exemption for that vendor, not switching inspection off.
Keep the shop network separate from anything the public touches: the pilot lounge Wi-Fi, the customer waiting area, the FBO’s guest network. The workstation that signs off an aircraft should never share a network with a visitor’s laptop.
The Paperwork Is a Target
In aviation, documents carry value. A part is only as good as the paperwork that proves where it came from, and that paperwork increasingly arrives as a PDF attached to an email.
In the UK, the director of AOG Technics was jailed for four years and eight months after the company sold more than 60,000 aircraft parts backed by forged release certificates. Separately, Austrian aerostructures maker FACC lost roughly €50 million to a fake-CEO email scam. One is document fraud and one is payment fraud, and both travel through the inbox.
Two habits close most of that gap, and they are the same ones that stop invoice fraud in any business. Verify any change to a supplier’s bank details by phone, on a number you already had, never one from the email. And treat a release certificate that arrives from an unfamiliar sender address the same way you would treat a part with a missing tag.
CAMP or Veryon for a small charter or aircraft-management fleet?
Both track business aircraft. The practical difference is who does the research work. CAMP’s analysts apply ADs and Service Bulletins to your aircraft; Veryon Tracking is a per-aircraft subscription built around your own team maintaining the status. Decide how much of that work you want your director of maintenance doing, then compare quotes for your actual fleet.
Is Quantum Control too much for a small shop?
Component Control markets it from small parts traders up to mid-to-large service facilities, so size alone does not rule it out. What does matter is the delivery model you pick. The on-premises option means you own the server, the backups and the patching. Also check the name on the quote: Quantum MX is a separate, browser-based product from a different vendor aimed at small A&P shops and Part 145 stations.
Can we keep our records on our own server?
Yes. Quantum Control and CORRIDOR both offer on-premises installation. The trade-off is that every backup, restore test, security update and outage plan the FAA’s guidance describes becomes your responsibility. If you choose that route, budget for it as infrastructure, not as a one-time software purchase.
How to Choose
- Tracking a business aviation fleet and want the AD research done for you: CAMP.
- Tracking your own fleet with a predictable per-aircraft cost: Veryon Tracking.
- Running a repair station, MRO or parts operation and want a choice of where it runs: Quantum Control, or CORRIDOR, bearing in mind they share a parent.
- Whichever you choose: ask for a full sample export of an aircraft’s records before you sign, and open it.
What Your Setup Needs Alongside Any of Them
- An individual login with multi-factor authentication for every person who signs off work, never a shared hangar login
- Hangar Wi-Fi designed for a metal building, tested where the aircraft actually sit
- A second internet connection and a written plan for signing off work during an outage
- A tested, complete export of your records, or tested offsite backups if the system runs on your own server
- Shop workstations kept on a separate network from pilot lounge and guest Wi-Fi
- Same-day account removal when a technician or inspector leaves
- Phone verification for any change to supplier bank details
Working at Lakeland Linder?
Lakeland’s airport is a major local employer. The Florida Department of Transportation’s 2024 airport profile credits it with 8,332 jobs and $1.4 billion in economic output. Alongside NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center and Amazon Air’s cargo hub, it hosts maintenance shops, charter operators, flight schools and A&P training programmes, and in 2025 the city approved a lease for around 137,000 square feet of widebody maintenance hangars.
iTech Plus provides IT support in Lakeland and across Polk County from our base in Haines City: hangar and office networks, Wi-Fi, cabling, backups, and the account and access controls that keep maintenance records defensible. If you want your setup reviewed, we offer a free IT assessment with a written report and prioritised recommendations. Call (321) 221-7117 or email info@itechplus.co.
