Probatus vs Fluke MET/TEAM
Both keep calibration records, but they were built for different jobs. This page sets out where Fluke MET/TEAM is the better choice, where Probatus is, and what to ask before deciding.
Last reviewed November 2026
The short answer
MET/TEAM is Fluke Calibration's asset and workflow management software, usually run alongside MET/CAL, which automates calibration procedures for electrical and RF instruments. For a bench lab built around MET/CAL, it is the natural system, with optional modules for commerce, mobile work and a customer portal.
Probatus does not automate instruments. It suits field work across pressure, temperature and process instruments, where a technician reads a standard and records the result, and it includes the portal and invoicing without extra modules. Results from automation software can be imported from a file or over an API.
Side by side
The Probatus column describes the product as it is today. The Fluke MET/TEAM column is limited to what Fluke Calibration and public software listings say about it. Where we are not sure, it says what to ask.
| Topic | Probatus | Fluke MET/TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Calibration service companies and field teams that calibrate instruments for customers, and backflow testers. | Calibration labs managing assets and work orders, including third-party labs through a commerce module. |
| Where the work is recorded | On a phone or tablet at the instrument. Readings save on the device first and sync when there is a signal. | A browser-based system, with a mobile module for on-site work available with the full edition. |
| Automated calibration | Readings are typed in, or imported from a file or over an API as an optional feature. Probatus does not connect to a calibrator directly and does not drive instruments. | Works with MET/CAL, which runs automated procedures for dc, low-frequency, RF and microwave instruments. |
| Customers | Each instrument belongs to a customer. Customers sign in to a portal for their instruments, certificates and invoices, and can request service. | A customer web portal for job status and certificates, as an option with the full edition. |
| Decision rules and uncertainty | Simple, guarded and non-binary decision rules per job, uncertainty budgets per test point, and the reference standards on every certificate. | MET/CAL reports measurement uncertainty for its procedures. |
| After the calibration | Supervisor approval, signed PDF certificate, work orders, invoices and QuickBooks Online. | Certificates, recall notices, shipping and receiving, with commerce features as a module. |
| Setting it up | Fixed workflows. Import instruments from Excel and start. | Installation, training and configuration are part of the cost, as Fluke itself notes. |
| Licensing | Cloud by default: a subscription per technician who records work in the month, with certificates, instruments and office users unlimited. It can also be run on your own servers, which you then install and update yourself; ask us about terms. | Editions and optional modules. Ask Fluke for a quote. |
| Track record | A new product. | From one of the best-known names in calibration. |
When Fluke MET/TEAM is the better choice
- You calibrate electrical, RF or microwave instruments at a bench and automate them with MET/CAL.
- You already own Fluke calibrators and procedures.
- Customers ship instruments to you and you need shipping, receiving and recall escalation built around a bench lab.
- You have the staff to install, configure and run it.
When Probatus is the better choice
- Your work is mostly pressure, temperature and process instruments, calibrated on site.
- Your technicians calibrate at customer sites, often with no signal, and paper field sheets get typed up later.
- You want the customer portal and invoicing included, not as separate modules.
- You want to start without an installation or training project.
Questions to ask either vendor
- Can a technician record a calibration with no connection, and what happens to it when the connection returns?
- What is on the certificate, and can we see one produced from our own data?
- How is a correction to a reading recorded, and can the original still be seen?
- How do our customers get their certificates?
- What does it cost for our number of technicians and office staff, in a busy month and a quiet one?
- How do we get our records out if we leave?
You can test the first three on Probatus without talking to anyone: the free certificate generator and as-found / as-left sheet use the same calculations as the product.
Other comparisons
- Probatus vs GAGEtrak: manufacturers managing their own gages, with gage R&R studies and tool crib tracking.
- Probatus vs IndySoft: in-house and commercial calibration labs that want a configurable system, in the cloud or on their own servers.
- Probatus vs Qualer: calibration and service providers and the asset owners they serve, including in regulated industries.
- Probatus vs Beamex CMX: process plants calibrating their own instrumentation, especially with Beamex documenting calibrators.
- Probatus vs GageList: manufacturers tracking their own gages in the cloud, with a free plan for a small number of gages.
- Probatus vs Calibration Control: organisations tracking their own equipment on Windows, who prefer a one-time licence.
Or see all of them on one page.
Fluke MET/TEAM is a trademark of its owner. Probatus is not affiliated with or endorsed by Fluke Calibration. Product details change, so confirm anything that matters to your decision with the vendor.
Questions
- Can Probatus run MET/CAL procedures?
- No. Probatus does not control instruments or run automated procedures. Technicians enter readings themselves, or software that does run the procedure can send its results to Probatus as a CSV file or over an API, where they arrive as a calibration for a person to check and submit. There is no ready-made MET/CAL connector. If automated electrical or RF calibration is central to your lab, MET/CAL with MET/TEAM is built for that.
- Can I move my records from Fluke MET/TEAM to Probatus?
- Probatus imports instruments and past calibration history from Excel or CSV files, up to 2,000 rows at a time. If you can export your equipment list and calibration records from your current system to a spreadsheet, they can be brought in. There is no direct Fluke MET/TEAM importer.
- Does Probatus make a lab ISO/IEC 17025 accredited?
- No software does. Accreditation is granted to a laboratory by an accreditation body. Probatus keeps the records an assessor asks to see: readings, the standards used, uncertainty, the decision rule, who did the work and who approved it.
Keep reading
Calibration management software compared
Calibration software falls into a few kinds, built for different organisations. This page sorts the well-known products by who they are for, with a closer comparison of each against Probatus.
Calibration software for small labs
A lab with a handful of technicians does not need an enterprise quality system. It needs readings captured once, certificates that are right the first time and records it can find at an audit.
Preparing calibration records for an ISO/IEC 17025 audit
An assessor picks a certificate and follows it backwards: to the readings, the reference standard, the person who did the work and the procedure they used. This guide covers what that trail has to contain and how to check yours before they do.
See it on one of your own jobs
Add a few instruments, calibrate one on your phone and download the certificate. No card is needed, and your current system can keep running alongside.