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Amilia SmartRec vs CivicPlus Asset Management

Amilia SmartRec logo

Amilia SmartRec

Scheduling

Registration and activity management for community recreation, with a 1% fee on top of the subscription

From
$99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
CivicPlus Asset Management logo

CivicPlus Asset Management

Government

Local government asset and work order software, the former Beehive Industries platform

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Amilia SmartRec the 1% fee on each new invoice item sits on top of both the subscription and card processing, so an organisation invoicing two million dollars pays around twenty thousand a year in a fee that never appears in a plan comparison.; CivicPlus Asset Management the product changed owner and name in January 2025, so references, documentation and community knowledge are split between Beehive Industries and CivicPlus Asset Management.
  • They diverge on capability: Amilia SmartRec covers Activity registration, CivicPlus Asset Management covers Asset register.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Amilia SmartRec and CivicPlus Asset Management actually diverge.

Attributes where Amilia SmartRec and CivicPlus Asset Management differ
AttributeAmilia SmartRecCivicPlus Asset Management
Starting price$99/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month plus 1% of invoiced itemsquote
CategorySchedulingGovernment

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Amilia SmartRec

  • Activity registration
  • Family accounts
  • Memberships
  • Facility booking
  • Point of sale
  • Online store
  • Financial reporting
  • Bilingual interface

Only in CivicPlus Asset Management

  • Asset register
  • Work order management
  • Preventive maintenance
  • Esri ArcGIS integration
  • SeeClickFix integration
  • Inventory and stores
  • Service request tracking
  • Utility billing link

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Amilia SmartRec

  • A municipal recreation department replacing paper and phone registration for seasonal programmesnot CivicPlus Asset Management
  • A community centre that needs one family account covering several children across different activitiesnot CivicPlus Asset Management
  • A bilingual Canadian organisation required to serve residents in English and Frenchnot CivicPlus Asset Management
  • A sports club running leagues, camps and memberships that currently sit in three separate systemsnot CivicPlus Asset Management

CivicPlus Asset Management

  • A town of fifteen thousand that already runs its website and 311 line on CivicPlus and wants work orders in the same vendor relationshipnot Amilia SmartRec
  • A rural utility district needing asset records and utility billing from one supplier with one support contactnot Amilia SmartRec
  • A public works department converting citizen-reported potholes directly into scheduled work without an integration projectnot Amilia SmartRec
  • A county replacing spreadsheets and paper work orders with a system its staff can learn in days rather than weeksnot Amilia SmartRec

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Amilia SmartRec

  • The 1% fee on each new invoice item sits on top of both the subscription and card processing, so an organisation invoicing two million dollars pays around twenty thousand a year in a fee that never appears in a plan comparison.
  • Implementation is charged separately, from $899 on Standard and $2,999 on Advanced, which for a small community organisation is several months of subscription before the system goes live.
  • Parks and facilities management is shallower than a dedicated municipal recreation platform, so departments managing complex field allocation and maintenance schedules will still need another system.
  • Reporting is oriented towards revenue rather than programme utilisation, so recreation managers analysing attendance patterns and capacity end up exporting to spreadsheets.
  • Its strength is in Canada, and US municipalities find fewer local references, fewer integrations with American finance systems and less familiarity with state-specific requirements.

CivicPlus Asset Management

  • The product changed owner and name in January 2025, so references, documentation and community knowledge are split between Beehive Industries and CivicPlus Asset Management.
  • Existing Beehive customers face a migration to CivicPlus Asset Management 2.0 that involves data mapping and retraining, not a routine upgrade, and the timing is set by the vendor rather than the customer.
  • It is designed for small and mid-sized municipalities, and larger utilities with complex linear assets or regulatory reporting will find the asset model too shallow.
  • CivicPlus is a private-equity-backed consolidator with many acquired products, so investment in any single acquired line depends on portfolio decisions the customer has no visibility into.
  • No pricing is published and it is frequently sold as part of a wider CivicPlus bundle, which makes a like-for-like comparison against a standalone CMMS difficult.

Pricing, plan by plan

Amilia SmartRec

$99/month
  • Standard$99/month
    • Activity registration and online store
    • Family accounts
    • 1% fee on each new invoice item
  • Advanced$499/month
    • Memberships, facility booking and point of sale
    • Advanced reporting
    • 1% fee on each new invoice item
  • Custom$undefined/year
    • For YMCAs, JCCs and parks and recreation departments
    • Scoped and quoted individually
    • Fee structure negotiated

CivicPlus Asset Management

On request
  • CivicPlus Asset Management$undefined/year
    • Annual subscription sized by population served and module selection
    • Bundled pricing available alongside other CivicPlus municipal products
    • Implementation, data migration and training quoted separately

Which should you pick?

Choose Amilia SmartRec if

  • You need activity registration.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want family accounts.
Amilia SmartRec review

Choose CivicPlus Asset Management if

  • You need asset register.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want work order management.
CivicPlus Asset Management review

Questions people ask

Is Amilia SmartRec or CivicPlus Asset Management better?
Neither clearly leads. Amilia SmartRec starts at $99/month and CivicPlus Asset Management at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Amilia SmartRec or CivicPlus Asset Management?
Amilia SmartRec starts at $99/month and CivicPlus Asset Management at On request.
Does Amilia SmartRec or CivicPlus Asset Management run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Amilia SmartRec best used for?
Amilia SmartRec is most often used for a municipal recreation department replacing paper and phone registration for seasonal programmes, a community centre that needs one family account covering several children across different activities, a bilingual canadian organisation required to serve residents in english and french, a sports club running leagues, camps and memberships that currently sit in three separate systems. Of those, a municipal recreation department replacing paper and phone registration for seasonal programmes and a community centre that needs one family account covering several children across different activities are not what CivicPlus Asset Management is typically brought in for.
What can Amilia SmartRec do that CivicPlus Asset Management cannot?
Amilia SmartRec covers Activity registration, Family accounts, Memberships, Facility booking. CivicPlus Asset Management covers Asset register, Work order management, Preventive maintenance, Esri ArcGIS integration.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Amilia SmartRec: What is the real total cost?

Subscription from $99 or $499 a month, plus roughly 1% on each new invoice item, plus card processing around 2.85% plus $0.30, plus a one-off implementation fee. The percentage fees dominate at any real volume.

CivicPlus Asset Management: Is Beehive Industries software still sold under that name?

No. CivicPlus acquired the asset management and utility billing products in January 2025 and sells them under the CivicPlus name.

Amilia SmartRec: Is the 1% negotiable?

On the Custom tier for larger organisations, the fee structure is part of the negotiation. On the published plans it is not.

CivicPlus Asset Management: Do I have to migrate from the legacy Beehive platform?

Yes. CivicPlus is transitioning customers to CivicPlus Asset Management 2.0, which requires data migration and retraining.

Amilia SmartRec: Does it work in French?

Yes, throughout. That is a practical requirement for Quebec and many bilingual Canadian public bodies and a genuine reason to choose it there.

CivicPlus Asset Management: Does it need Esri ArcGIS?

No, it integrates with ArcGIS but does not depend on it the way a GIS-centric product does.

Amilia SmartRec: Can it replace a municipal recreation system?

For registration and memberships, often yes. For parks asset and facility maintenance management, no.

CivicPlus Asset Management: Is utility billing included?

No, that is a separate product from the same acquisition and is licensed separately.

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