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Alternatives to Redlist
22 field service tools sit alongside Redlist in this directory. Below is what separates each from Redlist on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Redlist starts at
- On request
Why people look past Redlist
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Redlist entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Redlist carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 2 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Redlist publishes a single plan, Redlist at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Easy-to-use maintenance management
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Redlist's 1.
Mobile-first maintenance management
- Can be used without paying; Redlist cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $24/month, where Redlist does not.
Configurable CMMS from Fluke Reliability for asset-heavy operations
- Publishes an entry price of $69/user/month, where Redlist does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month, three-user minimum model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Redlist's 1.
Mobile-first maintenance and work order management for frontline teams
- Can be used without paying; Redlist cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $21/user/month, where Redlist does not.
- Sold on a Freemium, per user per month model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Redlist's 1.
Drone-in-a-box inspection with the AIM software that runs the missions and reads the results
Priced and rated the same as Redlist on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
CMMS from CyberMetrics that still sells a perpetual on-premise licence alongside subscription
- 3 tiers to Redlist's 1.
Every Redlist alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redlist (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| Limble CMMSIf you want published per-user pricing and a general CMMS without the lubrication specialism | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Redlist |
| UpKeepIf mobile-first work order management for a broad technician population is the main need | Free, then $24/month | - | - | vs Redlist |
| eMaintIf you need a configurable CMMS with an established enterprise integration record | $69/user/month | Per user per month, three-user minimum | 3 | vs Redlist |
| MaintainX | Free, then $21/user/month | Freemium, per user per month | 4 | vs Redlist |
| Percepto | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Redlist |
| FaciliWorks | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Redlist |
| Tractian | $60/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Redlist |
| Brightly Asset Essentials | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Redlist |
| IFS Ultimo EAM | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Redlist |
| Tradify | $47/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Redlist |
| AroFlo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Redlist |
| Workiz | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Redlist |
| Zuper | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Redlist |
| Commusoft | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Redlist |
| ResortCleaning | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Redlist |
| Fracttal One | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Redlist |
| Vonigo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Redlist |
| FieldEdge | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Redlist |
| BigChange | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Redlist |
| Joblogic | £45/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Redlist |
| Properly | $12.99/month | Per property per month | 4 | vs Redlist |
| Repsly | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Redlist |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Redlist badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Redlist is most often brought in for a mine whose failure analysis repeatedly identifies lubrication error and needs evidence of what went into each point, a plant changing lubricant suppliers that must cross-reference hundreds of equivalent products without mixing incompatible greases, oilfield service crews recording completed work offline at remote sites and syncing when back in coverage, an operation combining oil analysis laboratory results with maintenance history to justify extending oil change intervals. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Redlist is broadly right and the question is cost, the Redlist pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Field Service category lists everything the directory holds, and best field service tools ranks them.
Redlist runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Redlist alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Redlist?
- 22 other field service tools are listed in this directory, led by Limble CMMS, UpKeep, eMaint, MaintainX. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Redlist?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: UpKeep, MaintainX.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Redlist?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Redlist?
- Redlist is most often brought in for a mine whose failure analysis repeatedly identifies lubrication error and needs evidence of what went into each point, a plant changing lubricant suppliers that must cross-reference hundreds of equivalent products without mixing incompatible greases, oilfield service crews recording completed work offline at remote sites and syncing when back in coverage, an operation combining oil analysis laboratory results with maintenance history to justify extending oil change intervals. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Redlist?
- None of the field service tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Redlist alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Field Service, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Redlist against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Redlist covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every field service tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Field Service category, 22 tools beside Redlist. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.