Software · head to head
FlightAware vs AMOS
FlightAware
Software
Global flight tracking and aviation data platform
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
AMOS
Software
Aviation maintenance and engineering management software
- From
- $50000/year
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only FlightAware has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: FlightAware flightAware Global is sold per aircraft tail, with discounts applied only when multiple aircraft are tracked; AMOS pricing is by quote only, with no rate, minimum or named cost driver published; the routes to a price are ordering a brochure or booking a live demo through a contact form
- They diverge on capability: FlightAware covers Real-time tracking, AMOS covers Maintenance planning.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which FlightAware and AMOS actually diverge.
| Attribute | FlightAware | AMOS |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $50000/year |
| Pricing model | freemium | subscription |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web, Windows, Ios, Android |
| Founded | 2005 | 1997 |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 FlightAware
- Real-time tracking
- Flight status
- Airport info
- Delay tracking
- Weather data
- APIs
- Third-party apps
- Airlines
Only in AMOS
- Maintenance planning
- Work order management
- Inventory management
- Airworthiness tracking
- Technical records
- SAP
- Oracle
- Flight operations systems
Both cover
- Data encryption
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
FlightAware
- Tracking a business aviation fleet by tail number with taxi and ground alertsnot AMOS
- Blocking or selectively sharing an aircraft's flight legs for privacynot AMOS
- Pulling live and historical flight positions and tracks into an application over a REST APInot AMOS
- Predicting arrival times with Foresight for airline and airport operationsnot AMOS
AMOS
- Running aircraft maintenance, engineering and logistics for an airline in one systemnot FlightAware
- MRO providers managing maintenance execution across mixed fleetsnot FlightAware
- Configuring maintenance programmes for different operators, fleets and business modelsnot FlightAware
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
FlightAware
- FlightAware Global is sold per aircraft tail, with discounts applied only when multiple aircraft are tracked
- Global satellite tracking through Aireon space-based ADS-B requires the Platinum plan at $295 per month or $3,540 per year
- Secure flight sharing, flight leg unblocking and access management start at the Gold plan at $168 per month, not the $60 per month Silver plan
- AeroAPI Standard carries a $100 monthly minimum and AeroAPI Premium a $1,000 monthly minimum regardless of usage
- Historical flight data and flight alerting are excluded from the free AeroAPI Personal tier
- AeroAPI Personal is rate limited to 10 result sets per minute against 5 per second on Standard
- AeroAPI billing is metered per result set, for example $0.050 per result set for flight search, where one result set is 15 records
- AeroAPI volume discounts begin only above $1,000 of monthly usage
- Firehose, Foresight and FBO Toolbox carry no published price on the commercial products page
AMOS
- Pricing is by quote only, with no rate, minimum or named cost driver published; the routes to a price are ordering a brochure or booking a live demo through a contact form
- Hosting is a separately named service, AMOScloud Hosting, rather than a standard part of the licence
Pricing, plan by plan
FlightAware
Free- FreeFree
- Flight tracking
- Basic info
- Mobile app
- Subscription$9.99/month
- Ad-free
- Premium tracking
- Weather maps
AMOS
$50000/year- AMOS Standard$50000/year
- Maintenance planning
- Work order management
- Materials management
- AMOS Enterprise$100000/year
- Multi-base operations
- Advanced analytics
- API integrations
Which should you pick?
Choose FlightAware if
- You need real-time tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want flight status.
Choose AMOS if
- You need maintenance planning.
- You work on Web, Windows, Ios, Android.
- You also want work order management.
Questions people ask
- Is FlightAware or AMOS better?
- Neither clearly leads. FlightAware starts at Free and AMOS at $50000/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, FlightAware or AMOS?
- FlightAware has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for FlightAware and $50000/year for AMOS.
- Does FlightAware or AMOS run on more platforms?
- FlightAware runs on Web, Ios, Android. AMOS runs on Web, Windows, Ios, Android.
- Can I use FlightAware for free?
- Yes. FlightAware has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. AMOS starts at $50000/year.
- What is FlightAware best used for?
- FlightAware is most often used for tracking a business aviation fleet by tail number with taxi and ground alerts, blocking or selectively sharing an aircraft's flight legs for privacy, pulling live and historical flight positions and tracks into an application over a rest api, predicting arrival times with foresight for airline and airport operations. Of those, tracking a business aviation fleet by tail number with taxi and ground alerts and blocking or selectively sharing an aircraft's flight legs for privacy are not what AMOS is typically brought in for.
- What can FlightAware do that AMOS cannot?
- FlightAware covers Real-time tracking, Flight status, Airport info, Delay tracking. AMOS covers Maintenance planning, Work order management, Inventory management, Airworthiness tracking. Both handle Data encryption, Web support.