Fiix vs MainBoss

Fiix is a computerized maintenance management system for organizing maintenance operations. It brings asset details, machine availability, costs, maintenance schedules and history together, with QR-code access to asset information. Teams can submit, complete and update work orders, and prioritize planned or unplanned tasks. Preventive maintenance can run on dates, meter readings, events or alarms, with automated task lists and notifications. Technicians can use the mobile app offline to view work orders and instructions and update completed tasks. Customizable dashboards and scheduled reports cover work orders, inventory and KPIs. Fiix also offers an app exchange, two-way connectors and developer resources including an open API and SDK. The service is available on Android, iOS, web and API. Its free plan includes limited users and 25 active preventive-maintenance tasks. Basic costs $45 a month per user, and Professional costs $75 a month per user. Fiix states that processed data is protected with 256-bit TLS encryption and that it averages 99.5% uptime.

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.