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Incode vs Trimble Unity Maintain

Incode logo

Incode

Government

Financial & HR Software for Government

From
$700/month
Rated
-
Trimble Unity Maintain logo

Trimble Unity Maintain

Government

GIS-centric public asset and work management, the product formerly sold as Cityworks

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Incode incode is now sold as Tyler ERP Pro and tylertech.com/products/incode redirects to the ERP Pro product page; Trimble Unity Maintain esri ArcGIS is a hard prerequisite, so an organisation without it faces a second substantial licence and a GIS programme before the maintenance system can be used at all.
  • They diverge on capability: Incode covers General Ledger, Trimble Unity Maintain covers Built on ArcGIS.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Incode and Trimble Unity Maintain actually diverge.

Attributes where Incode and Trimble Unity Maintain differ
AttributeIncodeTrimble Unity Maintain
Starting price$700/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, DesktopWeb, iOS, Android, Windows
Founded1966Unknown

Identical on both: 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 Incode

  • General Ledger
  • Accounts Payable
  • Payroll Management
  • Utility Billing
  • Budget Management
  • Bank Integrations
  • ADP
  • Third-party Payroll

Only in Trimble Unity Maintain

  • Built on ArcGIS
  • Service requests
  • Work order management
  • Permits and licensing
  • Mobile field access
  • Storeroom and inventory
  • Operational Insights
  • AgileAssets convergence

What people use each for

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

Incode

  • Financial management and ERP for small and mid-sized local governmentsnot Trimble Unity Maintain
  • Utility billing, payroll and human resources for city and county administrationnot Trimble Unity Maintain
  • Court and public safety records for municipalitiesnot Trimble Unity Maintain

Trimble Unity Maintain

  • A water utility wanting valve exercising and hydrant flushing recorded against the same GIS features the engineering team maintainsnot Incode
  • A city consolidating a citizen service request line, work orders and inspections into one location-based systemnot Incode
  • A state transportation department managing pavement and bridge assets with linear referencing rather than point assetsnot Incode
  • A public works department that has already licensed ArcGIS Enterprise and wants to avoid rekeying its asset inventorynot Incode

Where each one falls short

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

Incode

  • Incode is now sold as Tyler ERP Pro and tylertech.com/products/incode redirects to the ERP Pro product page
  • No pricing is published; Tyler routes all enquiries through contact and demo requests with no published rate, minimum or cost driver
  • The product is sold only to public sector organisations

Trimble Unity Maintain

  • Esri ArcGIS is a hard prerequisite, so an organisation without it faces a second substantial licence and a GIS programme before the maintenance system can be used at all.
  • The product is mid-rename from Cityworks to Trimble Unity Maintain with transition timelines Trimble has not committed to publicly, leaving contracts, documentation and integrator experience split between two names.
  • CVE-2025-0994, a deserialisation flaw in Cityworks, was exploited in the wild and listed by CISA in February 2025, which makes on-premise deployments a patching obligation rather than a set-and-forget install.
  • Because assets live in the GIS, changing the asset model is a GIS division change, so maintenance teams cannot restructure their own hierarchy without another department in the loop.
  • It is built for North American public sector practice, and the permitting, funding source and reporting models do not map cleanly onto other countries or onto private industrial estates.

Pricing, plan by plan

Incode

$700/month
  • Municipal Suite$700/month
    • Financial Management
    • HR/Payroll
    • Utility Billing

Trimble Unity Maintain

On request
  • Trimble Unity Maintain$undefined/year
    • Annual subscription sized by population served, asset volume and user count
    • Esri ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online licensing required separately
    • Hosted and on-premise deployment priced differently

Which should you pick?

Choose Incode if

  • You need general ledger.
  • You work on Web, Desktop.
  • You also want accounts payable.

Choose Trimble Unity Maintain if

  • You need built on arcgis.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Windows.
  • You also want service requests.

Questions people ask

Is Incode or Trimble Unity Maintain better?
Neither clearly leads. Incode starts at $700/month and Trimble Unity Maintain at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Incode or Trimble Unity Maintain?
Incode starts at $700/month and Trimble Unity Maintain at On request.
Does Incode or Trimble Unity Maintain run on more platforms?
Incode runs on Web, Desktop. Trimble Unity Maintain runs on Web, iOS, Android, Windows.
What is Incode best used for?
Incode is most often used for financial management and erp for small and mid-sized local governments, utility billing, payroll and human resources for city and county administration, court and public safety records for municipalities. Of those, financial management and erp for small and mid-sized local governments and utility billing, payroll and human resources for city and county administration are not what Trimble Unity Maintain is typically brought in for.
What can Incode do that Trimble Unity Maintain cannot?
Incode covers General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Payroll Management, Utility Billing. Trimble Unity Maintain covers Built on ArcGIS, Service requests, Work order management, Permits and licensing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Trimble Unity Maintain: Is Cityworks discontinued?

Not discontinued, renamed. It is becoming Trimble Unity Maintain, converging with AgileAssets, and Trimble has not published a final transition date.

Trimble Unity Maintain: Do I need Esri ArcGIS?

Yes. The product is built on ArcGIS and cannot be deployed without an Esri licence.

Trimble Unity Maintain: Was there a security incident?

Yes. CVE-2025-0994 in Cityworks was exploited in the wild and added to the CISA known exploited vulnerabilities catalogue in February 2025.

Trimble Unity Maintain: Can it handle roads and pavement as well as pipes?

Yes, through the AgileAssets lineage now inside the Unity Maintain family, which adds linear referencing for transportation assets.

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