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Assetora — Fixed-Asset & Depreciation Register (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) vs. renting SaaS

Self-hosted fixed-asset register — depreciation to the exact cent, book value as of any date.

The subscription math

Assetora — Fixed-Asset & Depreciation Register (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) — yours
$59.00
one-time · self-hosted · your data, your server
Buy once
EZOfficeInventory — rented
Essential $63.55/month, Advanced $85.51/month, Premium $100.88/month — every figure printed "based on 300 items", with "we can tailor your quote" above them. The meter is the number of things you track, not the number of people tracking them [1]
Break-even: 1 month of EZOfficeInventory equals the one-time price.
Assumption: The entry plan at the vendor's own stated basis of 300 items — their number, not a portfolio size of ours. Register more assets and the price moves; that is the whole mechanism. Assetora is $59 once for unlimited assets, with depreciation to the exact cent and book value as of any date.
How their pricing grows: EZOfficeInventory meters by ITEM: the plan prices are quoted against a fixed asset count, so growing the register is what raises the bill.
“essential for small teams getting started $63.55/month based on 300 items” — read 2026-09-03
What EZOfficeInventory does that we don't: EZOfficeInventory is an operations tool as much as a register — work orders, preventive maintenance, barcode and QR tagging, and stock levels for consumables.
Stay with EZOfficeInventory if you need barcode workflows, work orders and mobile scanning across teams. Assetora is the accountant's half of the problem: a fixed-asset register that depreciates to the cent and answers "what was this worth on that date", single-tenant on your own server.
AssetTiger — rented
30-day free trial up to 250 assets (no permanent free tier); paid plans $20 to $275/month by asset count, unlimited users [2]
Break-even: 3 months of AssetTiger equals the one-time price.
Assumption: Per-asset with a free tier for tiny inventories - fairer than per-user, but still a recurring monthly bill at real volumes. Honest math: under 250 assets the free tier wins on price - the case for Assetora there is ownership and data control, not cost. Assetora is bought once.
How their pricing grows: AssetTiger prices by how many assets are tracked rather than by user count, with every paid tier including unlimited users.
“Pay for assets, not seats. Every paid plan includes unlimited users.” — read 2026-08-11
What AssetTiger does that we don't: AssetTiger ships a full-featured iOS and Android app for scanning, checkout, and auditing assets from a phone.
If you need unlimited users with fine-grained role permissions and 2FA/SSO across many sites, stay with AssetTiger — Assetora is single-tenant with one admin login per installation.

Savings calculator

SaaS figures use the cited plan price above (see the sources below); per-seat plans scale by the seat count from the same cited price. This is arithmetic, not a quote.

Also in this category

Asset Panda [3]

No public price - quote-gated (verified)
Quote-gated enterprise asset tracking - you have to ask for the number. Assetora shows its price and is one payment for unlimited assets.

How their pricing grows: Asset Panda publishes no prices; every plan requires a custom sales quote.

“Get a personalized quote tailored to your organization's asset management needs.”

What Asset Panda does that we don't: Asset Panda offers a free 7-day trial of a fully-featured account before any purchase decision.

If you need one account spanning multiple departments, sites, or entities under enterprise-grade role permissions, stay with Asset Panda — Assetora is single-tenant with one admin login per installation.

Why owning beats renting here

  • One payment. No per-month, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
  • Your data stays on your server. Customer records never live in someone else's cloud.
  • No plan ceilings. Records, users, and usage are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
  • It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset out from under you.

Fair trade-offs: you host it, you back it up, and updates are yours to apply — see the product page for honest limitations.

Sources

  1. EZOfficeInventory — price checked 2026-09-03 — source
    “essential for small teams getting started $63.55/month based on 300 items ... advanced for multi-team operations $85.51/month based on 300 items ... premium for high-velocity operations $100.88/month based on 300 items ... we can tailor your quote”
  2. AssetTiger — price checked 2026-09-03 — source
    “'30-day free trial · Up to 250 assets · No credit card required' ... 'Pay for assets, not seats.' ... 'All paid plans include unlimited users' (re-read 2026-09-03: the 250-asset tier is a TRIAL, not the permanent free plan recorded on 2026-07-21)”
  3. Asset Panda — price checked 2026-09-03 — source
    “the pricing page displays no plan prices - demo and quote CTAs only”

Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown.

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