A part can pass a compliance screen and still be the wrong part to design in.
FairSpec scores every component across four dimensions a datasheet does not show: Repairability, Reliability, Sustainability, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Upload your BOM; FairSpec scores every line in seconds.
One number tells you nothing. Four dimensions tell you whether a component is genuinely safe to commit to.
The scoring model
Repairability
How serviceable a component stays across its life. Considers service-documentation availability, spare-part supply depth, manufacturer support duration, and field replaceability. Low repairability signals long-term support cost that never appears on a datasheet.
Reliability
Historical failure behaviour and supplier quality. Considers published failure-rate data (including Mean Time Between Failures, MTBF), field failure reports, supplier quality certifications, and independent test data where available. A part can be compliant and in stock yet carry a known field-failure pattern.
Sustainability
Sustainability claims in hardware are often unverifiable at the point of sourcing. FairSpec turns the claim into a score, drawing on restricted-substance status, conflict-mineral disclosures, carbon-footprint data, and the quality of a manufacturer's environmental reporting.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Unit price is only the visible cost. FairSpec folds in lifecycle stage, redesign probability in comparable product families, compliance-maintenance cost, and how many qualified alternatives exist. A part that saves €0.08 today can trigger €40,000 in engineering-change cost within three years.
From upload to score in three steps
Upload your Bill of Materials
CSV or Excel, as it exists in your current workflow. No reformatting.
FairSpec analyses each component
Every line is cross-referenced against compliance, lifecycle, sustainability, and cost-of-ownership data sources. No manual input per part.
Scores surface immediately
A score per component, an overall BOM risk rating, flagged items, and recommended actions. Export as PDF for an audit, or share with your team.
What a FairSpec rating means
Ratings are semantic and authoritative - they communicate compliance and risk status, never decoration.