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IFS Ultimo EAM
Dutch enterprise asset management with role-based user tiers, now sold inside the IFS portfolio
As of 1 September 2026, IFS Ultimo EAM's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Ultimo was a Netherlands EAM vendor bought by IFS in 2022 and is now IFS Ultimo EAM, deliberately kept separate from IFS Cloud EAM. Softwr lists it under Field Service. IFS Ultimo EAM is made by IFS, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What IFS Ultimo EAM does
IFS Ultimo EAM manages maintenance, safety and compliance for asset-intensive organisations. It covers work orders, planned maintenance schedules, spare parts and stores, contractor management, permits to work and lockout-tagout, plus fleet and facilities variants. It is delivered as industry solutions, preconfigured templates for manufacturing, healthcare, infrastructure, public transport and utilities, so implementations start from a working configuration rather than an empty database. The licensing model is the practical differentiator. Ultimo distinguishes Full users, Light users and Self-Service users. Self-Service accounts can raise requests and view information; Light covers people who touch the system occasionally; Full is for planners and maintenance managers. The price per user does not change with how many industry solutions you enable. For a hospital or a factory where hundreds of staff need to report a fault but a dozen people actually plan work, this is the difference between a viable per-seat cost and an unaffordable one, and it is the first question to ask any EAM vendor quoting a flat per-user rate. Buyers are mid-sized European asset-intensive organisations, strongest in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. The trade-off is portfolio position. IFS now sells two EAM products, Ultimo and IFS Cloud EAM, and positions Ultimo at the mid-market and IFS Cloud at large enterprises running IFS ERP. That is a stable arrangement today, but buyers signing five-year terms are betting on a vendor continuing to fund two overlapping products, and Ultimo customers wanting deep ERP-grade functionality are on the smaller of the two roadmaps.
What people use it 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
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about 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.
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Pricing
What IFS Ultimo EAM costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
IFS Ultimo EAM
On request
- 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
- Implementation and data migration quoted separately as services
- Third-party integrations and API access may carry additional licence cost
Capabilities
Features
Three user licence types
Self-Service, Light and Full accounts priced differently to match actual usage
Industry solutions
Preconfigured templates for manufacturing, healthcare, infrastructure and public transport
Safety and compliance
Permits to work, lockout-tagout and risk assessment linked to the work order
Mobile maintenance
Offline-capable app for technicians with job history and parts consumption
Spare parts management
Stores, reorder points and parts reservation against planned jobs
Contractor management
External supplier access to assigned jobs with certification and access checks
Fleet management module
Vehicle maintenance, inspections and statutory checks in the same system
Condition-based triggers
Work orders raised from meter readings and sensor thresholds
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Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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