The honest version first, because a comparison page you can trust has to be able to say it: Formpak is the serious answer for fragrance and cosmetics companies: automated IFRA, allergen and GHS/CLP calculations, safety data sheets and labels in 30 languages, IFRA certificates, and the traceability an audit expects. It is sold to teams through demos and sales contact, with no public pricing.
PerfuMate's side of the ledger: the free tier already includes the described materials database, the indicative IFRA checking and every tool, in any browser, and the one paid version is a one-time purchase rather than a subscription. The table holds both sides to the same standard: every Formpak claim on it was read from Formpak's own published pages on 2026-08-17, and the full six-tool picture is at /compare.
| PerfuMate | Formpak | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Formulation software for independent perfumers, in the browser | Formulation and regulatory suite for fragrance and cosmetics companies |
| Ships with a materials database | Yes - 1,581 materials, each DESCRIBED and classified: odor description, olfactive families with percentage dominance, impact and substantivity, a CAS number where one exists (1,153; a compounded base has none to give), plus estimated constituent tables for 588 | Industry ingredient libraries |
| IFRA compliance | Checked live while composing, on every tier including free - and it counts one molecule arriving from several naturals at once. Category 4 (fine fragrance on skin), 51st Amendment, indicative: verify against the official standards before you sell | Automated IFRA, allergen and GHS/CLP calculations, plus IFRA certificates |
| Formula work | Milligram scaling, version history with diffs and branching, batch and maceration tracking, dilution management, substitute suggestions from your own shelf | Multi-level formulations with versions and full traceability |
| Import and export | Import from PDF, CSV, TSV or pasted text; export PDF, EU allergen declaration, INCI label, GHS SDS draft | SDS and labels in 30 languages, technical documents |
| Runs on | Any browser, desktop or phone; installs as an app; native Android next | Not stated publicly |
| Price to start | PerfuMate: free with no expiry - an UNLIMITED shelf and 3 formulas, with the whole catalog, the IFRA checking, the allergen and INCI label text, the scent profile and the drydown. A free account opens every tool; only bottle labels, the pack that contains them and colour PDF themes are paid. PerfuMate has one paid version, Lifetime Unlimited, a ONE-TIME purchase bought once and kept, never a subscription | Formpak: no public pricing - demo and sales contact |
Formpak's facts were read from its own published pages on 2026-08-17; PerfuMate's numbers are computed from the same material seed the app ships, at build time, so this page cannot drift from the product. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and it will be corrected.