Buying guide
How much does a CMMS cost? Prices compared for 2026
CMMS pricing explained: per-user cloud plans, on-premise licences, implementation fees and the costs that never appear in the quote, with 2026 price examples.
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Practical notes on maintenance work.
Breakdowns, machine context, spare parts, shift handover, reliability figures and what a CMMS really costs — written from the shop floor, not the brochure.
Implementation
How to implement a CMMS in two weeks
A two-week CMMS rollout: install on one Docker server or in the cloud, set up users and roles, import machines, parts and documents, then go live.
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Getting started
CMMS vs Excel: when the maintenance spreadsheet stops working
A maintenance spreadsheet works until it does not. The signs you have outgrown Excel, what a CMMS adds, and how to move without losing your history.
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Reliability
MTBF and MTTR in practice: what the numbers need to be true
How to calculate MTBF and MTTR, what each one tells a maintenance team, and the data discipline both depend on before the numbers mean anything.
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Breakdown workflow
Why breakdown reporting should not slow the repair
Why fast breakdown ownership matters more than perfect paperwork, and how to keep the maintenance report from blocking the repair.
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Asset context
Why machine context matters in a CMMS
Assets, history, parts and documents are only useful when they arrive together at the machine. What a good asset page answers, and why QR access matters.
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Shift handover
What a useful maintenance shift handover should contain
A practical structure for carrying breakdowns, temporary repairs, waiting parts and watch items into the next maintenance shift — and keeping it readable.
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Product philosophy
Why a CMMS should not turn technicians into data-entry clerks
Management data is a by-product of good field workflows. When it becomes the reason the workflow exists, the data stops being true.
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Field work
What “offline” should actually mean on a shop floor
Offline is a per-action property, not a slogan: which actions queue, which need the network, and why a refusal has to be visible on the device.
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Asset data
Asset criticality is a 1–5 judgement, not a severity scheme
Most plants have no criticality recorded on most machines. How to rank assets in practice, why an empty field is not zero, and where to start.
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