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Maintenance Connection review

A capable CMMS and EAM with broad maintenance tools, but the per-user price and mobile add-on raise the entry cost.

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The bottom line

Strong maintenance coverage, but a three-user minimum and paid mobile add-on make costs add up.

Maintenance Connection covers work orders, preventive maintenance, assets, inventory, reporting, compliance, and integrations. The listed Professional plan costs $110 per user monthly or $1,320 per user yearly, with a three-user minimum; mobile costs an additional $58 per user monthly and requires a one-year contract.

Value is harder to judge when Enterprise pricing and several integration costs are custom or unpublished. User feedback is sparse: one Reddit thread asks about automatically updating asset runtime hours, but the discussion does not confirm a solution.

Good fit if

  • Multi-site maintenance teams
  • Teams managing assets and inventory
  • Organizations needing compliance workflows

Skip it if

  • Single-user maintenance teams
  • Buyers needing predictable integration costs
  • Teams seeking a low entry price
Maintenance Connection homepage
Maintenance Connection homepage, captured Nov 7, 2026

ScoresHow it rates

  • Features8
  • Ease of use6
  • Value for money5
  • Support5
  • User sentiment4.5

What works

  • Work order and preventive maintenance tools
  • Asset and spare-parts tracking
  • Mobile features include offline access and scanning
  • Compliance tools include audit trails and e-signatures
  • Pre-built integration hub and open API

What doesn't

  • Professional requires at least three users
  • Mobile add-on costs extra per user
  • Mobile add-on has a one-year minimum contract
  • Enterprise pricing is custom
  • Data Connect, GIS, and API prices are unpublished

01What Maintenance Connection actually does

Maintenance Connection is a CMMS and EAM platform for organizing maintenance work, assets, inventory, and operations. Its product material describes it as a multi-site system, with work order management and preventive maintenance at its core. Teams can also track assets and spare parts, review maintenance data through reports and visual analytics, and manage compliance-related documentation and workflows.

Mobile access is part of the offering, including offline capabilities and barcode and QR code scanning. For connecting the system to other business or operational software, Maintenance Connection describes a pre-built integration hub and an open API. Those options do not mean every connection is included in the listed plan: pricing material lists Data Connect, GIS Integration, and API access as items with unpublished prices.

The pricing page lists Professional at $110 per user monthly or $1,320 per user yearly, with a three-user minimum. Enterprise is custom-priced and requires at least five users. The published pricing information does not list a free plan or a trial.

02Where Maintenance Connection is strong

The feature set covers the main maintenance workflows in one platform. Work orders, preventive maintenance, asset records, and spare-parts inventory are all part of the product description, rather than separate capabilities we have to infer from a general operations pitch. Professional also lists unlimited work orders, which is a clear allowance for teams that expect a steady stream of maintenance requests.

Mobile tools are another practical strength on paper. The product material describes mobile task management with offline capabilities, plus barcode and QR code scanning. That gives field teams ways to work with asset information away from a desktop, though the mobile capability is a paid add-on rather than an included Professional feature in the published pricing details.

Reporting and compliance coverage also look broader than basic work-order tracking. Maintenance Connection describes interactive reports, visual analytics, and self-service tools, alongside documentation management, e-signatures, procedure versions, audit trails, and automated workflows. These features give maintenance teams tools to review activity and maintain records. The integration hub and open API are useful options for organizations that need systems to exchange data, but prices for Data Connect, GIS Integration, and API access are not published.

03Where it falls short

The entry price comes with a meaningful minimum: Professional is listed at $110 per user monthly or $1,320 per user yearly, and requires at least three users. That can be a poor fit for a small maintenance team that only needs one or two accounts. The pricing page does not state an annual-billing discount. Enterprise pricing is custom, with a five-user minimum, so organizations cannot compare its total cost from the published figures alone.

Mobile access adds another charge. The Mobile Add-on is listed at $58 per user monthly or $696 per user yearly, with a one-year minimum contract. Data Connect, GIS Integration, and API access also have unpublished prices, which makes the cost of integrations harder to assess before requesting a quote. The published pricing does not list a free plan, and trial availability is not published.

There is also a question for teams looking to automate equipment data feeds. In one Reddit thread, a user asked whether pump runtime hours could update an asset automatically; a commenter described a possible SCADA-to-PI-to-SAP route but did not confirm a Maintenance Connection integration. We would treat that workflow as something to verify with the vendor, not an established capability.

04Maintenance Connection pricing: what you'll actually pay

Professional is listed at $110 per user monthly or $1,320 per user yearly. The yearly price works out to the same $110 per user per month; no annual-billing discount is stated. With Professional’s three-user minimum, the starting cost is $330 monthly or $3,960 yearly, before add-ons.

Mobile is a separate add-on at $58 per user monthly or $696 yearly, with a one-year minimum contract. If all three minimum users need mobile, that adds $174 monthly or $2,088 yearly, bringing the combined minimum to $504 monthly or $6,048 yearly. Enterprise requires at least five users, but its price is custom, so the tier jump is not published. Data Connect, GIS Integration, and API access also have no published prices. Get a quote that spells out user counts, mobile seats, integration costs, and contract terms before comparing totals.

05Switching to (or from) Maintenance Connection

Treat a move as a data-mapping project, not a simple account swap. Maintenance Connection covers work orders, preventive maintenance, assets, inventory, compliance records, and reporting, so check how your existing records map to those areas before committing. Ask the vendor what data can be exported, in what format, and whether exports include attachments, maintenance history, procedures, audit trails, and inventory records. The published materials do not publish export details or a migration process.

The product lists a pre-built integration hub and open API, but Data Connect, GIS Integration, and API access have unpublished prices. Confirm whether those options affect your migration plan and quote. We also don’t have Reddit threads in the published sources, so we can’t responsibly claim what commonly drives customers to leave. Before switching either way, request a sample export and confirm how you would retain usable records if the contract ends.

From the threadsWhat users say

The available Reddit evidence is thin: one thread asks whether pump runtime hours can update an asset automatically, but no commenter confirms that it can. The sole commenter mentions a proposed SCADA-to-PI-to-SAP route and says the effort went nowhere, so the thread reads as interested but inconclusive.

Runtime-data linking
does anyone who uses maintenance connection know if it possible to link a signal in this case pump runtime hours to that particular asset in maintenance connection
r/PLC · view thread
Automatic updates
automatically update onto maintenance connection
r/PLC · view thread
Integration uncertainty
There's talk of it
r/PLC · view thread
Stalled implementation
so it ended up no where
r/PLC · view thread

Questions people ask

What is Maintenance Connection?

Maintenance Connection is CMMS and EAM software for managing maintenance, assets, and operations. Its homepage describes a multi-site platform for work orders, preventive maintenance, assets, inventory, and reporting. It also lists mobile access and tools for compliance and downtime reduction, aimed at organizing maintenance work across sites.

How much does Maintenance Connection cost?

According to the published pricing information, Professional is listed at $110 per user monthly or $1,320 per user yearly, with a three-user minimum. Enterprise pricing is custom and requires at least five users. The Mobile Add-on is listed at $58 per user monthly or $696 per user yearly, with a one-year minimum contract. No free plan is listed.

What features does Maintenance Connection include?

The listed features include centralized work orders, preventive maintenance, asset and spare-parts tracking, and reporting with interactive reports and visual analytics. Compliance tools cover documentation, e-signatures, procedure versions, audit trails, and automated workflows. Mobile features include offline capabilities and barcode and QR code scanning; the pricing information lists Mobile as an add-on.

Can it automatically update an asset with pump runtime hours?

The Reddit thread asks whether pump runtime hours can be linked to an asset and updated automatically, but the commenter does not confirm that Maintenance Connection supports this. The product information lists a pre-built integration hub and open API, but does not specify support for this signal or workflow. API access pricing is not published.

What do the Professional and Enterprise plans include?

Professional is described for teams needing work order management and includes unlimited work orders, with a minimum of three users. Enterprise is described for organizations with at least five users, but its price and specific included features are not published on the vendor's site. The listed Mobile Add-on has a one-year minimum contract.

Sources

  1. Maintenance Connection homepage
  2. Maintenance Connection pricing, compiled via web search from selecthub.com, facilio.com, accruent.com, rfp.wiki, schorpgroup.com, limble.com
  3. Reddit: Maintenance connection