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CentralSquare Asset Management vs CivicPlus Asset Management

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CentralSquare Asset Management

Government

Public sector enterprise asset management, sold for years as Lucity

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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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: CentralSquare Asset Management the Lucity name is now only a suffix on a CentralSquare product, so long-standing customers should confirm which capabilities carry forward under the current release rather than assuming continuity from the Lucity they know.; 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: CentralSquare Asset Management covers Public works asset breadth, 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 CentralSquare Asset Management and CivicPlus Asset Management actually diverge.

Attributes where CentralSquare Asset Management and CivicPlus Asset Management differ
AttributeCentralSquare Asset ManagementCivicPlus Asset Management
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Cloud, On-premiseWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Government).

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 CentralSquare Asset Management

  • Public works asset breadth
  • Citizen request intake
  • Condition assessment
  • Inspections
  • Suite integration

Only in CivicPlus Asset Management

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

Both cover

  • Esri ArcGIS integration

What people use each for

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

CentralSquare Asset Management

  • A city consolidating streets, water, parks and facilities maintenance into one asset register instead of four departmental spreadsheetsnot CivicPlus Asset Management
  • A county needing auditable stormwater and backflow inspection records for a regulatory programmenot CivicPlus Asset Management
  • A public works department wanting citizen-reported potholes and blocked drains to become work orders without manual re-keyingnot CivicPlus Asset Management
  • A municipality already running CentralSquare finance that wants asset and work costs to land in the general ledger without an integration projectnot 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 CentralSquare Asset Management
  • A rural utility district needing asset records and utility billing from one supplier with one support contactnot CentralSquare Asset Management
  • A public works department converting citizen-reported potholes directly into scheduled work without an integration projectnot CentralSquare Asset Management
  • A county replacing spreadsheets and paper work orders with a system its staff can learn in days rather than weeksnot CentralSquare Asset Management

Where each one falls short

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

CentralSquare Asset Management

  • The Lucity name is now only a suffix on a CentralSquare product, so long-standing customers should confirm which capabilities carry forward under the current release rather than assuming continuity from the Lucity they know.
  • CentralSquare is private-equity owned and grew by acquisition, so asset management competes for development attention against public safety and finance products with larger revenue, and its roadmap is not independently controlled.
  • Pricing is unpublished and quoted per municipality, and asset management is often presented alongside other suite modules, so a department must work to get a clean, unbundled number it can defend at council.
  • Esri ArcGIS is effectively a prerequisite for the spatial capability that makes the product worth buying, and that licence is a separate cost the software quote will not include.
  • It is North America focused, aligned to United States municipal practice, funding structures and regulatory programmes, which limits its fit for local authorities elsewhere.

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

CentralSquare Asset Management

On request
  • CentralSquare Asset Management$undefined/year
    • Subscription or on-premise licensing, quoted per municipality
    • Priced on population, module selection and user counts
    • Esri ArcGIS licensing purchased separately

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 CentralSquare Asset Management if

  • You need public works asset breadth.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Cloud, On-premise.
  • You also want citizen request intake.
CentralSquare Asset Management 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 CentralSquare Asset Management or CivicPlus Asset Management better?
Neither clearly leads. CentralSquare Asset Management starts at On request 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, CentralSquare Asset Management or CivicPlus Asset Management?
CentralSquare Asset Management starts at On request and CivicPlus Asset Management at On request.
Does CentralSquare Asset Management or CivicPlus Asset Management run on more platforms?
CentralSquare Asset Management runs on Web, iOS, Android, Cloud, On-premise. CivicPlus Asset Management runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is CentralSquare Asset Management best used for?
CentralSquare Asset Management is most often used for a city consolidating streets, water, parks and facilities maintenance into one asset register instead of four departmental spreadsheets, a county needing auditable stormwater and backflow inspection records for a regulatory programme, a public works department wanting citizen-reported potholes and blocked drains to become work orders without manual re-keying, a municipality already running centralsquare finance that wants asset and work costs to land in the general ledger without an integration project. Of those, a city consolidating streets, water, parks and facilities maintenance into one asset register instead of four departmental spreadsheets and a county needing auditable stormwater and backflow inspection records for a regulatory programme are not what CivicPlus Asset Management is typically brought in for.
What can CentralSquare Asset Management do that CivicPlus Asset Management cannot?
CentralSquare Asset Management covers Public works asset breadth, Citizen request intake, Condition assessment, Inspections. CivicPlus Asset Management covers Asset register, Work order management, Preventive maintenance, SeeClickFix integration. Both handle Esri ArcGIS integration.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

CentralSquare Asset Management: Can I still buy Lucity?

Not under that name alone. It is sold as CentralSquare Asset Management powered by Lucity, and quotes and contracts will use the CentralSquare name.

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.

CentralSquare Asset Management: Do I need Esri?

In practice yes. The spatial asset handling that distinguishes the product depends on ArcGIS, licensed separately from Esri.

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.

CentralSquare Asset Management: Is it cloud only?

No. Both hosted subscription and on-premise deployment are available, which matters for municipalities with data residency or network policy constraints.

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.

CentralSquare Asset Management: Is pricing published?

No. It is quoted per municipality based on population, modules and users, usually through a public procurement process.

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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