Free BOM Risk Assessment: What Is Included

Everything covered by TekPulse's free tier — all five risk dimensions on up to 100 components, no credit card required.

Before investing in a paid BOM risk tool, most procurement and hardware teams want to see exactly what a free assessment covers. This article explains what TekPulse's free tier includes, what the limits are, and how it compares to manual alternatives.

What the free tier covers

The TekPulse free tier gives you 100 components per rolling 90 days, assessed across all five risk dimensions — regulatory, market, technical, geopolitical, and environmental, including RoHS 2, REACH SVHC, and EOL/NRND lifecycle flags. No credit card, and no limit on the number of BOMs.

RoHS 2 screening

Flags components containing restricted substances under EU Directive 2011/65/EU (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB, PBDE, and four phthalates). Shows which parts need a supplier Declaration of Conformity.

REACH SVHC screening

Cross-references every MPN against the ECHA Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern. Flags components exceeding the 0.1% by-weight threshold that triggers supply-chain disclosure obligations.

EOL / NRND detection

Lifecycle status from authorized-distributor APIs and manufacturer feeds: ACTIVE, NRND (Not Recommended for New Designs), EOL (End of Life), or Discontinued. Flags parts with diminishing availability.

Free tier limits

BOMs

No limit on the number of BOMs.

Components

100 components per rolling 90 days, across all your BOMs combined. This covers most prototype and NPI BOMs.

Monitoring

Manual re-assessment is available on every tier and never counts against your component allowance. Scheduled weekly re-assessment is available on Professional and above.

Export

PDF and Excel export are available on every tier, including Free.

API access

REST API access is available on Professional and above.

How a free automated assessment compares to manual

A manual BOM risk assessment of 100 components typically takes a procurement engineer 3–6 hours: cross-referencing regulatory databases (ECHA SVHC list, BIS Entity List, OFAC sanctions), checking lifecycle status on distributor sites, and aggregating country-of-origin data from manufacturer datasheets. That work has to be repeated every time a regulatory list updates or a component lifecycle changes.

TekPulse's free tier delivers the same regulatory analysis in under two minutes at upload. The regulatory databases (RoHS substance lists, REACH SVHC, BIS Entity List, OFAC) are updated daily.

When to upgrade

The free allowance is designed to cover a real product BOM — 100 components per rolling 90 days is enough for most IoT devices, sensor modules, and embedded controllers, across as many BOMs as you like. You'll need a paid plan once you outgrow the 100-component allowance and want more components assessed per 90-day window.