Fixora — Self-Hosted CMMS: Usage-Based PM, Parts Inventory, Work Orders vs. renting SaaS
Self-hosted CMMS with usage meters, parts inventory, and a maintenance calendar — an open alternative to MaintainX.
The subscription math
Fixora — Self-Hosted CMMS: Usage-Based PM, Parts Inventory, Work Orders — yours
$129.00
one-time · self-hosted · your data, your server
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Fiix — rented
Basic $45 per user, per month (Professional $75/user/mo; free tier with limited users)
[1]
Break-even:
1 months
of Fiix equals the one-time price.
Assumption: Per-user pricing - calculator assumes 3 users x $45 = $135/mo on Basic.
MaintainX — rented
Essential $20 per user/month billed annually ($25 monthly); free Basic tier
[2]
Break-even:
3 months
of MaintainX equals the one-time price.
Assumption: Per-user - calculator assumes 3 users x $20 = $60/mo on Essential annual. A free Basic tier exists.
UpKeep — rented
Essential $24/user/mo (Premium $55/user/mo; Professional & Enterprise quote-only)
[3]
Break-even:
2 months
of UpKeep equals the one-time price.
Assumption: Per-user - calculator assumes 3 users x $24 = $72/mo on Essential.
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.
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Limble [4]
No public price - quote-gated (verified)
Standard/Premium+/Enterprise tiers shown with no numbers; interactive calculator only.
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
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Fiix — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source
“$45 Per user, per month”
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MaintainX — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source
“$20 per user*/month billed annually”
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UpKeep — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source
“$24/user/mo”
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Limble — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source
“Calculate my price”
Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only
print figures we could verify on the date shown.