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IFS Cloud vs Joblogic

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IFS Cloud

ERP

Single-codebase ERP, EAM and field service for asset-heavy industries

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Joblogic logo

Joblogic

Field Service

Field service management built around UK planned maintenance contracts and compliance certificates

From
£45/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: IFS Cloud the partner ecosystem is a fraction of the size of SAP or Microsoft, so day rates for experienced IFS consultants are high and availability is genuinely constrained; a failing implementation is hard to rescue because there are few alternative firms to bring in.; Joblogic the published £45 per user per month covers only the Standard tier, and the planned maintenance contracts most buyers come for sit on Premium, which is quote only, so the advertised price is not the price a maintenance contractor pays.
  • They diverge on capability: IFS Cloud covers Single codebase, Joblogic covers PPM contract scheduling.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which IFS Cloud and Joblogic actually diverge.

Attributes where IFS Cloud and Joblogic differ
AttributeIFS CloudJoblogic
Starting priceOn request£45/month
Pricing modelquotePer user per month
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryERPField Service

Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 IFS Cloud

  • Single codebase
  • Aviation MRO
  • Field service management
  • Enterprise asset management
  • Copperleaf decision analytics
  • Composable deployment
  • Twice-yearly release train
  • Project-driven manufacturing

Only in Joblogic

  • PPM contract scheduling
  • Asset registers
  • Digital certificates
  • Offline mobile app
  • Job costing
  • Dispatch board
  • Customer portal
  • Custom form builder

What people use each for

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

IFS Cloud

  • An airline or defence operator that needs airworthiness-compliant maintenance records tied to the same system that runs procurement and financenot Joblogic
  • A utility that must justify capital asset spend to a regulator and wants the investment case and the work orders in one placenot Joblogic
  • A contract manufacturer running engineer-to-order projects where project accounting, shop floor and service revenue need to reconcilenot Joblogic
  • An industrial services firm replacing a separate ERP, CMMS and field scheduling tool with one vendor contractnot Joblogic

Joblogic

  • A fire or gas safety contractor issuing hundreds of statutory certificates a month that must be retrievable at auditnot IFS Cloud
  • An HVAC firm running annual maintenance contracts across a portfolio of client sites with equipment registers per sitenot IFS Cloud
  • A facilities contractor mixing contracted PPM visits with reactive callouts on the same engineer diarynot IFS Cloud
  • A service business that has outgrown a whiteboard and spreadsheets but needs UK accounting integration with Sage or Xeronot IFS Cloud

Where each one falls short

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

IFS Cloud

  • The partner ecosystem is a fraction of the size of SAP or Microsoft, so day rates for experienced IFS consultants are high and availability is genuinely constrained; a failing implementation is hard to rescue because there are few alternative firms to bring in.
  • Financial accounting and consolidation are the weakest part of the suite relative to the asset and service modules, and finance teams at group level often end up keeping a separate consolidation tool, which undermines the single-system business case.
  • Licensing is per capability area on top of user counts, so a scope change during implementation can produce a licence uplift that was not in the original business case, and the price is only discoverable through sales.
  • Upgrades between major releases still require regression testing of customisations, and organisations that have extended the product heavily report multi-month upgrade projects rather than the low-effort updates the cloud positioning implies.
  • IFS is private-equity owned and has acquired several companies in quick succession, so the portfolio and the roadmap have shifted more than once; a capability you buy on a roadmap promise may be delivered by an acquired product with a different data model.

Joblogic

  • The published £45 per user per month covers only the Standard tier, and the planned maintenance contracts most buyers come for sit on Premium, which is quote only, so the advertised price is not the price a maintenance contractor pays.
  • Users are counted as office staff, engineers and managers alike, so a business with many part-time or seasonal engineers pays full seats for people who log a handful of jobs a month.
  • The entry price is billed annually, so there is no low-commitment monthly option to trial the product properly at scale.
  • Compliance certificates, terminology and accounting integrations are written for the UK and Ireland, which makes the product a poor fit outside those markets despite being sold internationally.
  • The mobile app carries a lot of configurable form logic, and engineers on older devices report slow loading and sync on jobs with large certificate sets, which costs time on site.

Pricing, plan by plan

IFS Cloud

On request
  • IFS Cloud$undefined/year
    • Named and concurrent user licensing
    • Capability areas licensed separately
    • Cloud, customer-cloud or on-premises deployment

Joblogic

£45/month
  • Standard$45/month
    • Billed annually, per user
    • Customers, sites and asset tracking
    • Quotes, jobs, invoices and job costing
  • Premium$undefined/month
    • Quoted on team size
    • PPM maintenance contracts
    • Purchase orders and stock
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Custom pricing
    • Advanced dashboards and compliance tools
    • Customer portal

Which should you pick?

Choose IFS Cloud if

  • You need single codebase.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Windows.
  • You also want aviation mro.
IFS Cloud review

Choose Joblogic if

  • You need ppm contract scheduling.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want asset registers.
Joblogic review

Questions people ask

Is IFS Cloud or Joblogic better?
Neither clearly leads. IFS Cloud starts at On request and Joblogic at £45/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, IFS Cloud or Joblogic?
IFS Cloud starts at On request and Joblogic at £45/month.
Does IFS Cloud or Joblogic run on more platforms?
IFS Cloud runs on Web, iOS, Android, Windows. Joblogic runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is IFS Cloud best used for?
IFS Cloud is most often used for an airline or defence operator that needs airworthiness-compliant maintenance records tied to the same system that runs procurement and finance, a utility that must justify capital asset spend to a regulator and wants the investment case and the work orders in one place, a contract manufacturer running engineer-to-order projects where project accounting, shop floor and service revenue need to reconcile, an industrial services firm replacing a separate erp, cmms and field scheduling tool with one vendor contract. Of those, an airline or defence operator that needs airworthiness-compliant maintenance records tied to the same system that runs procurement and finance and a utility that must justify capital asset spend to a regulator and wants the investment case and the work orders in one place are not what Joblogic is typically brought in for.
What can IFS Cloud do that Joblogic cannot?
IFS Cloud covers Single codebase, Aviation MRO, Field service management, Enterprise asset management. Joblogic covers PPM contract scheduling, Asset registers, Digital certificates, Offline mobile app.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

IFS Cloud: Is IFS Cloud one product or a suite of separate ones?

One product on one codebase. You licence capability areas within it rather than buying separate applications, though acquired products such as Copperleaf are still being folded in.

Joblogic: Do I need the Premium plan?

If you run planned maintenance contracts, purchase orders or timesheets, yes. Standard handles reactive jobs, quotes and invoices only.

IFS Cloud: How much does IFS Cloud cost?

IFS does not publish pricing. Cost depends on user counts and which capability areas you licence, and implementation is usually the larger line item.

Joblogic: Are subcontractors charged as users?

No. Joblogic counts office staff, engineers and managers as users; customers and subcontractors are not counted as seats.

IFS Cloud: Is IFS a credible replacement for SAP S/4HANA?

In asset-heavy and service-heavy industries, yes. For a finance-first, multi-country group with complex statutory consolidation, SAP remains stronger.

Joblogic: Does it work offline?

Yes, the engineer app completes jobs, forms and signatures without signal and syncs later, which matters in plant rooms and basements.

IFS Cloud: Who owns IFS?

It is privately held, majority owned by EQT and Hg. That funds acquisitions but also means the portfolio changes shape.

Joblogic: Can it issue gas and electrical certificates?

Yes, statutory UK certificate templates are built in, and the top tier adds a form builder for your own documents.

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