LogiQuest® Lite A Commercial Alternative to WebFLIS

LogiQuest® Lite is a free, web-based search tool from Terabase Corporation that lets logisticians look up Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS) supply data — National Stock Numbers (NSNs), item names, manufacturers, part numbers, and CAGE codes — without registering for DLA's AMPS-gated WebFLIS system. It is a commercial product, not a government system, and Terabase explicitly states it is not affiliated with the Defense Logistics Agency.

What it is

LogiQuest Lite is the free, limited version of Terabase Corporation's LogiQuest® platform. It provides single-item lookups against Federal Supply Catalog / FLIS (MCRL) data, letting a user search by NSN, NIIN, Federal Supply Class (FSC), manufacturer part number, item name, CAGE code, or company name and return basic identification data (NSN, item description, and associated manufacturers/suppliers). The full commercial LogiQuest product — a separate, paid subscription — adds batch processing, Excel/Access/CSV export, and access to more than 60 additional government and commercial logistics databases (120+ data files) beyond the FLIS core.

Who operates it

LogiQuest Lite is built and operated by Terabase Corporation, a privately held software company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, founded in 1994. Terabase's core business is developing large-scale search and database tools for the logistics and parts-research industry, and LogiQuest is its flagship product line. LogiQuest Lite is not a DLA, DoD, or other federal system; it is a commercially built front end over publicly derived supply-catalog data.

Access

The Lite version at lqlite.com is publicly accessible with no login, CAC, or account required for basic single-item searches. Terabase separately offers a free trial of the full paid LogiQuest platform, requested through a contact form on the company's site (name, company, phone, and email). Because the underlying full product is a commercial subscription and Terabase is the sole source for it, this entry is classified as a commercial tool rather than a public one, even though the Lite search itself has no paywall.

How logisticians use it

Logisticians, engineers, and procurement/repair staff use LogiQuest Lite as a quick, no-registration way to confirm an NSN, pull a basic item description, or identify manufacturers and part numbers when they don't have (or don't want to wait for) WebFLIS/AMPS credentials. It functions as a convenience cross-check tool rather than a system of record; for authoritative, complete FLIS data, DLA's official WebFLIS access (via AMPS registration) remains the primary source.

Related systems

LogiQuest Lite exists specifically because DLA moved WebFLIS behind AMPS/CAC-gated access, closing off the public web lookup that WebFLIS previously offered. It is one of several commercial and community tools that emerged to fill that gap for basic NSN lookups; it should be understood as a supplement to, not a replacement for, official DLA logistics data systems.