Atlas CMMS vs MainBoss

Atlas CMMS helps maintenance teams plan interventions, manage equipment and support compliance. Teams can create, assign, prioritize and track work orders, preventive maintenance and service requests. Asset records can hold custom fields, parent-to-child hierarchies, QR codes, maintenance logs and sensor connections; the stated capacity ranges from 10 to 1,000,000 assets. Preventive schedules can recur daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, or run from events or meter readings. Inventory tools include low-stock notices, automatic usage tracking, barcode lookup, cost reports and usage forecasting. Android and iOS apps let technicians view assigned work, start work orders, get notifications and look up asset information. The product can be cloud-hosted, self-hosted or deployed in a hybrid model. It is described as open source; its project repository identifies AGPLv3 alongside a commercial license for white labeling, custom branding and advanced features. The free Basic plan includes unlimited work orders, custom tasks, unlimited Request User Licenses and asset management. Paid plans start at $10 a month per user. The 15-day trial is for internal evaluation, not production or commercial use.

MainBoss is maintenance management software from Thinkage Ltd. for planning maintenance, tracking equipment and recording work. It supports work requests, work orders, preventive maintenance schedules and equipment asset management. Inventory tools track materials, usage, costs and storeroom locations, and identify items needing reorder. Purchasing creates orders for materials and contractor services or preliminary requests for existing purchasing software. MainBoss Service can email workers about work orders, process emailed requests and send requestors automatic acknowledgments. With Web Access, workers can view assigned work, requests and inventory through a website and close work orders from web-enabled devices. MainBoss uses Microsoft SQL Server, and accounting records can be exported for other programs. It uses Windows login names and role-based permissions; the maker says accounting costs cannot be back-edited and that corrective entries provide an audit trail. MainBoss operates in English and Spanish. The free system is free, for one user and up to 50 requestors, with unlimited buildings and equipment. Licensed modules have a one-time charge, plus an annual fee for upgrades and updates.