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Both get you a certificate. Only one is recognized by international auditors, tenders, and multinational procurement teams. Here's when each is the right call.
The International Accreditation Forum is a network of accreditation bodies that recognize each other's certifications globally — an IAF-accredited certificate signals your certification body itself was audited to a recognized standard.
If the certificate is for internal process maturity, a domestic tender that doesn't specify accreditation, or client reassurance, non-IAF pricing gets you there faster.
Export tenders, multinational vendor panels, and due-diligence checklists from larger enterprise clients frequently name IAF accreditation explicitly.
Gap assessment through certificate issuance — what actually happens at each stage.
A realistic walkthrough of a Stage 2 certification audit — what the auditor looks at and asks.
A structured starting outline for the documentation ISO 9001 certification requires.