Proto Tracker
Prototype tracking for hardware teams
Every prototype. Every change. On record.
Know where every board is, what state it's in, who has it, and exactly when every mod was done. One shared record for the whole team, kept private to your organisation.
- Encrypted in transit and at rest
- No ads, trackers, or data sales
- Append-only change history
Spreadsheets can't keep up with the bench.
Prototypes get reworked, moved, lent out, and re-tested, and the spreadsheet is always a step behind. The questions that matter are simple, but answering them can take a morning.
“Which boards have the TVS fix?”
Every mod lists the units it's been applied to, with the date and the engineer.
“Where is serial 007 right now?”
Location, status, and who has it are one click away, and every move is logged.
“Who marked it as passed, and when?”
The change history records who changed what, with the before and after values.
When was this mod done? Now you know.
Every mod on every unit carries who applied it and when. Open a board and see its whole story, from the first build to its latest retest.
- Mods belong to a revision, so the right fixes appear on the right boards.
- Each mod links to every unit it has been applied to. That's recall-ready in seconds.
- Status, location, holder, and notes show how long they've been that way.
An audit trail you don't have to remember to keep.
Every change is written in the same database transaction as the history entry that describes it, so the record can't drift from reality. Nobody can edit or delete history, including us through the app.
Filter by prototype, design, or mod. Export to CSV for design reviews, customer reports, or ISO 9001 audits.
Your designs are your IP. We treat them that way.
Proto Tracker holds the details of unreleased hardware, so we built it to hold very little else and share nothing.
Read how we protect your data →- Encrypted everywhere
- TLS for every connection, and AES-256 at rest with a key dedicated to Proto Tracker.
- Never shared, never sold
- No advertising, no analytics trackers in the app, and no training AI models on your data.
- Isolated by organisation
- Every record is partitioned by organisation, and membership is checked on every request.
- Yours to take away
- Full JSON export any time. Delete your organisation and it's gone, not archived.
Built by engineers, for the lab bench.
Not a generic asset tracker with the serial numbers bolted on. The workflow follows how prototypes actually move through a hardware team.
Serials that count themselves
Log a batch of 25 boards straight off the panel. MC4-009 becomes MC4-009 to MC4-033, zero-padding kept.
Revisions and mods
Model each design's revisions, then the reworks, component swaps, and ECOs that apply to them. Tick them off per unit.
QR asset labels
Print a label for every prototype. Scan it on the bench to open its page: status, location, holder, mods, and history.
Statuses as you run them
Assembled, in test, passed, failed, scrapped, or whatever your process calls them, in your order.
Locations, inside and out
Benches, shelves, the EMC lab, a customer site. External locations are flagged so nothing quietly goes missing.
Roles that match the team
Owners, admins, editors, and read-only viewers. Give management and customers visibility without edit rights.
From the bench
Scan the label on the board in your hand and you're on its page: what's been done to it, and what hasn't.
Priced so the whole team can use it.
Personal
Free
One engineer, up to 5 designs and 250 prototypes. No card needed.
Business
From $15.83€15.83A$24.17/month
Billed yearly, or $19€19A$29 month to month. 5 people, unlimited everything, and custom fields. 1-month free trial.
Extra seats
From $4.17€4.17A$6.67/seat/month
Read/write seats, billed yearly. Read-only seats from $1.67€1.67A$2.50. No minimums; add or remove any time.
Prices in USD, plus sales tax where applicable. Also available in EUR and AUD.Prices in EUR, plus VAT where applicable. Also available in USD and AUD.Prices in AUD, including GST. Also available in USD and EUR. Full pricing →
Questions engineers ask us
What is Proto Tracker?
Proto Tracker is a web app for tracking physical prototypes, such as PCBs, assemblies, and enclosures, through development. It records where each unit is, who has it, its status, which revision it is, and which mods (reworks) have been applied, and keeps a permanent, timestamped history of every change.
How is my data protected?
All data is encrypted in transit with TLS and at rest with AES-256, using an encryption key dedicated to Proto Tracker. Every record is partitioned by organisation, and access is checked on every request. Two-factor authentication is available on every plan. We don't run ads or third-party trackers in the app, and we never sell or share your data.
Can I see exactly when a mod was applied to a board?
Yes. Each prototype shows every mod for its revision with the date, time, and person who applied it, and each mod links to the full list of units it has been applied to. The change history can't be edited or deleted.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The Personal plan is free forever for one user, with up to 5 designs and 250 prototypes. Business includes 5 people, unlimited designs and prototypes, and custom fields, and you can add extra read/write or cheaper read-only seats. See the pricing page for prices in US dollars, euros, and Australian dollars.
Can I bring my existing spreadsheet?
Yes. Save it as CSV and import it. Proto Tracker matches your columns, creates the designs and revisions it finds, and checks every row before anything is saved, so you never end up with half an import.
Can I get my data out?
Any time. Admins can download a complete JSON export of their organisation, including the full change history, and a CSV of the history for spreadsheets and audits.
Put every prototype on record.
Free for individual engineers. Business from $15.83€15.83A$24.17 a month for 5 people, with a 1-month free trial.