Pathnovo
Summary
EPC handover documentation fails quietly — a tag mis-mapped in a P&ID, a mill certificate that never got reconciled against the BOM, a HAZOP entry that references a superseded drawing — and the audit finds it six months after commissioning. Pathnovo's extraction platform exists to close that gap before it becomes a contractual or safety liability.
The platform ingests engineering documents — P&IDs, isometric drawings, mill certificates, HAZOP registers — and extracts structured data with validation logic tied to standards like OISD, API, ASME, and IEC 61511. Tag reconciliation runs across document sets, so a revision to one drawing triggers cross-document impact analysis rather than leaving downstream documents silently out of sync. Where it fits cleanly is large EPC projects with high document volumes and defined regulatory regimes. Where it hits friction is anything requiring custom extraction schemas not already in the platform's domain vocabulary — teams in that position report needing to work with Pathnovo's service layer rather than configuring it themselves. The managed-service model means faster onboarding but less control over the extraction pipeline.
Bottom line: Bet on this for a Gulf or India EPC handover where P&ID tag reconciliation and compliance mapping against named standards are the bottleneck — plan around it when your extraction need falls outside oil-and-gas document types or when your team needs to own and modify the extraction logic directly.
Pricing Plans
Usage-Based- Price
- Custom per tier; free trial available
- Free Tier
- 14-day trial with 100 credits (~5 P&IDs); 1 user; no credit card required
Free Trial
14-day trial with 100 credits, no credit card required
- 100 credits for processing ~5 P&IDs
- 1 user access
- Convertible to any paid tier with processed documents carried over
Starter/Professional/Scale
Volume-priced credits at $0.45–$0.60 per credit; all tiers include full platform features
- Monthly credit allocation (pricing scales with usage, not headcount)
- Full platform access (extraction, reconciliation, AI agents, enterprise connectors)
- No setup fees, no per-seat license, no platform fee
- Annual contracts get 25% more credits at same monthly price
Enterprise
3-year contracts with dedicated success engineering, on-prem/VPC/hybrid deployment, custom pricing
- SLA-backed turnaround (48 hours typical)
- Dedicated success engineering and account management
- On-premise, VPC, or hybrid deployment options
- Custom scoped to asset count and security requirements
- Full feature access and custom integrations
Bulk Historical Processing
$0.50 per page; typical single-refinery cost $50K–$200K for one-time legacy data digitization
- Per-page pricing for bulk processing of historical documents
- One-time or project-based engagement
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Pros
Sign in to edit- Domain-specific extraction for P&IDs, isometric drawings, mill certificates, and HAZOP registers — so tags and material data land in structured form without manual transcription, eliminating the error class that typically surfaces at handover audit.
- Cross-document impact analysis on drawing revisions, so when an engineer updates a P&ID the platform flags which downstream documents and disciplines are out of sync — replacing a manual dependency-trace that on large projects takes weeks.
- Compliance mapping against OISD, API, ASME, and IEC 61511 built into the extraction layer, which means a compliance gap against a named standard appears in the report rather than requiring a separate manual check against each document set.
- SAP PM and Maximo integration path for automating equipment data entry from legacy technical documents, so engineering data that would otherwise be rekeyed by hand arrives in the asset management system with traceable source documents.
- Self-hosted deployment option available, which means organizations with data-residency or air-gap requirements can run extraction on-premise rather than routing safety-critical drawings through a third-party cloud.
Cons
Sign in to edit- The domain vocabulary is built for oil-and-gas and process-industry document types. Teams working with civil, structural, or architectural document sets hit extraction gaps the platform does not cover — at that point they are either scoping down to the supported subset or moving to a general-purpose document AI that trades domain depth for breadth.
- Extraction configuration sits inside a managed-service layer rather than being directly editable by the customer. Teams that need to tune extraction logic for non-standard tag formats or bespoke document schemas have to route change requests through Pathnovo rather than modifying a config file — which adds latency on projects where document standards shift mid-execution.
- Pricing is credit-based and scales with page volume, so cost predictability on a project with high revision frequency — where the same documents are re-ingested multiple times — is harder to model upfront. Teams managing tight project budgets report needing to track credit consumption actively to avoid overruns before handover.
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About
- Platforms
- Web, API, on-premise, VPC, hybrid cloud
- API Available
- Yes
- Self-Hosted
- Yes
- Last Updated
- 2026-06-01T22:35:53.235Z
Best For
Who it's for
- EPC contractors and engineering firms managing large document-heavy projects
- Process plants and refineries requiring regulatory compliance audits
- Teams automating SAP PM or Maximo data entry from legacy technical documents
- Organizations needing contractual accuracy guarantees on safety-critical data
- Projects in India and the Gulf with complex regional regulatory requirements
What it does well
- P&ID extraction and tag reconciliation for EPC handover documentation
- HAZOP register digitization and compliance mapping against process safety standards
- Material traceability and bill-of-materials assembly from isometric drawings and mill certificates
- Compliance monitoring for OISD, API, ASME, and IEC 61511 standards across document sets
- Cross-document impact analysis when engineering drawings are revised
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Pathnovo free?
- Pathnovo is a paid tool (Custom per tier; free trial available). A 14-day free trial is available.
- Is Pathnovo open source?
- No — Pathnovo is a closed-source tool. Source code is not publicly available.
- Does Pathnovo have an API?
- Yes. Pathnovo exposes a developer API. See the official documentation at https://pathnovo.com for details.
- Can I self-host Pathnovo?
- Yes. Pathnovo supports self-hosting on your own infrastructure.
- When was Pathnovo released?
- Pathnovo was first released in 2023.
- What platforms does Pathnovo support?
- Pathnovo is available on: Web, API, on-premise, VPC, hybrid cloud.
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Engineering document sets on large capital projects are not just large — they are interdependent in ways that generic document AI ignores. Pathnovo targets the specific failure mode where a revised isometric drawing propagates incorrectly (or not at all) into tag registers, SAP PM equipment records, or HAZOP compliance mappings. The core workflow is document ingestion, domain-specific extraction, cross-reference validation, and structured output — with compliance monitoring layered on top to flag drift against process safety standards including OISD, API, ASME, and IEC 61511.
The differentiating capability is cross-document impact analysis on revision. When an engineering drawing is updated, the platform identifies which downstream documents and which disciplines are affected — rather than requiring a human to manually trace dependencies across a document set that can run into tens of thousands of sheets. The vendor describes this as operational monitoring that triggers re-extraction on revision events, which means compliance drift surfaces proactively rather than at the next scheduled audit.
The platform fits EPC contractors, process plants, and refineries managing large document-heavy projects in regulated environments, particularly teams automating data entry into SAP PM or Maximo from legacy technical documents. It is a paid-only service with no ongoing free tier, and the enterprise tier is positioned at organizational scale. Teams whose extraction needs fall outside oil-and-gas, petrochemical, or process-industry document types — mechanical, civil, or architectural disciplines, for example — will find the domain vocabulary narrower than they need. Similarly, teams that require direct control over extraction configuration rather than working through a managed-service layer will hit a ceiling on self-service customization. A self-hosted deployment option is available for organizations with data-residency requirements, and an API is exposed for integration into existing engineering data environments.