The self-hosted UpKeep alternative
Fixora: Self-hosted preventive maintenance for teams running machines, vehicles or plant: every PM triggers on engine hours, distance or the calendar — whichever comes first. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying UpKeep every month.
Stop renting UpKeep.
Fixora1 month of UpKeep costs what Fixora costs once.
Buy onceHow we counted: Per-user - calculator assumes 3 users x $55 = $165/mo on Premium, the first UpKeep tier that lists PM scheduling, checklists and parts (read 2026-09-24); Essential at $24 lists none of the three, and the page publishes no annual-billing alternative. Implementation is priced separately (read 2026-09-07: Training Only $500, Implementation & Training $1,500, Expanded Training $5,000).
UpKeep bills per user per month on every published tier, so cost rises directly with headcount.
“$ 24 /user/mo ... $ 55 /user/mo”, their own page, read 2026-08-11
UpKeep provides round-the-clock phone, SMS, and chat support to its customers.
“We know how critical a work-order can be. We're here when you need it, 24 hours, 7 days a week.”, their own page
If you need offline mobile access for work orders in the field, stay with UpKeep — Fixora's QR tags need a phone camera plus network access to your install, with no native offline mobile app.
What Fixora deliberately doesn't do is on its product page.
Why owning beats renting UpKeep.
No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.
It never lives in UpKeep's cloud.
Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.
Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.
The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Fixora vs renting comparison.
Questions about moving off UpKeep.
Is the math actually right?
Do I need a cron job for PM schedules?
Will this run on shared hosting?
I already run Fixora 1.0 — what happens on upgrade?
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Sources
- UpKeep: price checked 2026-09-24, source“$ 55 /user/mo ... Essential + UpKeep Studio PM scheduling Custom checklists Parts & inventory management with costing”
Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory: every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.