Field Service · head to head
IFS Ultimo EAM vs Joblogic
IFS Ultimo EAM
Field Service
Dutch enterprise asset management with role-based user tiers, now sold inside the IFS portfolio
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Joblogic
Field Service
Field service management built around UK planned maintenance contracts and compliance certificates
- From
- £45/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: IFS Ultimo EAM iFS sells two overlapping EAM products, Ultimo and IFS Cloud EAM, and a buyer signing a multi-year term is depending on the vendor funding both roadmaps at current levels.; 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 Ultimo EAM covers Three user licence types, Joblogic covers PPM contract scheduling.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which IFS Ultimo EAM and Joblogic actually diverge.
| Attribute | IFS Ultimo EAM | Joblogic |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | £45/month |
| Pricing model | quote | Per user per month |
Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Field Service).
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 Ultimo EAM
- Three user licence types
- Industry solutions
- Safety and compliance
- Mobile maintenance
- Spare parts management
- Contractor management
- Fleet management module
- Condition-based triggers
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 Ultimo EAM
- A hospital where hundreds of ward staff must report faults but only the estates planners need full maintenance functionalitynot Joblogic
- A manufacturer needing permits to work and lockout-tagout tied to the same work order as the maintenance tasknot Joblogic
- A public transport operator managing vehicle maintenance and depot facilities in one system rather than twonot Joblogic
- A mid-sized European site that wants an EAM configured for its industry in weeks rather than a blank platform implementationnot Joblogic
Joblogic
- A fire or gas safety contractor issuing hundreds of statutory certificates a month that must be retrievable at auditnot IFS Ultimo EAM
- An HVAC firm running annual maintenance contracts across a portfolio of client sites with equipment registers per sitenot IFS Ultimo EAM
- A facilities contractor mixing contracted PPM visits with reactive callouts on the same engineer diarynot IFS Ultimo EAM
- A service business that has outgrown a whiteboard and spreadsheets but needs UK accounting integration with Sage or Xeronot IFS Ultimo EAM
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
IFS Ultimo EAM
- IFS sells two overlapping EAM products, Ultimo and IFS Cloud EAM, and a buyer signing a multi-year term is depending on the vendor funding both roadmaps at current levels.
- IFS does not publish list pricing for Ultimo, so the widely quoted entry figures come from third-party review sites rather than the vendor and should not be used to build a budget.
- Strength is concentrated in Europe, and organisations needing local-language support, partners and implementation resource in North America or Asia will find the channel much thinner.
- The industry solution templates that accelerate go-live also encode assumptions, and organisations whose processes differ from the template spend the saved time on reconfiguration instead.
- Reporting and analytics beyond the standard set generally push customers to Power BI, so plan for a separate business intelligence licence and the modelling work behind it.
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 Ultimo EAM
On request- IFS Ultimo EAM$undefined/month
- Priced per user with Self-Service, Light and Full tiers at different rates
- Price per user does not change with the number of industry solutions enabled
- Cloud subscription is the standard route; on-premise is legacy
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 Ultimo EAM if
- You need three user licence types.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want industry solutions.
Choose Joblogic if
- You need ppm contract scheduling.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want asset registers.
Questions people ask
- Is IFS Ultimo EAM or Joblogic better?
- Neither clearly leads. IFS Ultimo EAM 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 Ultimo EAM or Joblogic?
- IFS Ultimo EAM starts at On request and Joblogic at £45/month.
- Does IFS Ultimo EAM or Joblogic run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is IFS Ultimo EAM best used for?
- IFS Ultimo EAM is most often used for a hospital where hundreds of ward staff must report faults but only the estates planners need full maintenance functionality, a manufacturer needing permits to work and lockout-tagout tied to the same work order as the maintenance task, a public transport operator managing vehicle maintenance and depot facilities in one system rather than two, a mid-sized european site that wants an eam configured for its industry in weeks rather than a blank platform implementation. Of those, a hospital where hundreds of ward staff must report faults but only the estates planners need full maintenance functionality and a manufacturer needing permits to work and lockout-tagout tied to the same work order as the maintenance task are not what Joblogic is typically brought in for.
- What can IFS Ultimo EAM do that Joblogic cannot?
- IFS Ultimo EAM covers Three user licence types, Industry solutions, Safety and compliance, Mobile maintenance. Joblogic covers PPM contract scheduling, Asset registers, Digital certificates, Offline mobile app.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
IFS Ultimo EAM: Is Ultimo still sold separately from IFS Cloud EAM?
Yes. IFS positions Ultimo at the mid-market and IFS Cloud EAM at large enterprises, and sells both.
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 Ultimo EAM: How does the user licensing work?
Three tiers: Self-Service for request and view, Light for occasional use, Full for planners and managers. Rates differ per tier.
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 Ultimo EAM: Does enabling more industry solutions cost more per user?
No. The per-user price stays the same regardless of how many industry solutions you select.
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 Ultimo EAM: Is on-premise still available?
Cloud subscription is the route IFS sells. On-premise exists in the installed base but is not the direction of travel.
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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