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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
$39.00
one-time · self-hosted · your data, your server
Buy once
AssetTiger — rented
Free for 250 assets; paid plans about $20 to $275/month by asset count, unlimited users [1]
Break-even: 2 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. Assetora is bought once.

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 [2]

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.

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. AssetTiger — price checked 2026-07-21 — source
    “FREE* / for 250 Assets ... no per-user charges (paid tiers shown from $20 to $275/month)”
  2. Asset Panda — price checked 2026-07-21 — 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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