A Fiix alternative: our honest comparison
Evaluating an alternative to Fiix? Here is an honest comparison, with no bashing. Fiix is a good North American cloud CMMS. If you are looking for an alternative, it is usually for a specific reason: data hosted in Europe or an interface written in French at the same time as English. Maint Vision is a French CMMS, web and mobile, with your data in the EU. The best tiebreaker remains the free trial, with no credit card.
Fiix is a good cloud CMMS, and we say so openly
Let’s be clear: Fiix (a Canadian vendor, Rockwell Automation group) is a solid, mature cloud CMMS. This comparison is not here to disqualify it, but to help you choose based on your context. People usually look for an alternative to Fiix for a specific reason: data hosted in Europe or an interface written in French at the same time as English. Acknowledging the other’s strengths is the starting point of an honest comparison.
What Fiix does very well
Fiix enjoys good cloud maturity, a broad integrations ecosystem and proximity to Rockwell Automation’s industrial automation world. It offers a permanent free plan with no credit card, and unlimited work requests on every plan, including through a portal with no login. If you are already established in North America and interested in that ecosystem, Fiix is a coherent choice. On the breadth of integrations, Maint Vision is a younger, growing product. We would rather tell you plainly.
Where Maint Vision stands out: your data in the EU, GDPR by default
This is the structural advantage of a French vendor: your data is hosted in the European Union, in Frankfurt, and GDPR compliance is built in by design. Fiix hosts its data with Amazon Web Services, in the USA and elsewhere, with no published European region. Against a North American CMMS, knowing your data resides in Europe weighs a lot for many sites under compliance requirements. See our security, GDPR and EU hosting page.
French and English written together, AI in the Business plan
Maint Vision’s interface, labels, emails and documentation are written in French and English at the same time, with the trade’s vocabulary, on every plan, the free one among them. Fiix has translated its app into French (for France and Canada), outside its free plan. Our support replies in French. Procedure AI is included in the Business plan, whereas Fiix offers its AI assistant (Fiix MAX) as a paid add-on, on its Professional and Enterprise plans.
Free access and requesters: on par
On these points, the two models are equal. Fiix offers a permanent free plan, with no credit card and a limited number of users, and its work requests are unlimited on every plan. Maint Vision opens a 30-day free trial with no credit card, every module except AI, for up to 2 users, then a permanent free plan; its requesters are free and unlimited on every plan, and anyone can report a breakdown without an account by scanning a QR code. Pricing is public on both sides: the most reliable path is to compare it on your own team.
When to choose Fiix, when Maint Vision is enough
Our honest advice. Choose Fiix if you are established in North America, with an interest in the Rockwell automation ecosystem and integrations already in place, or if your technicians need to enter data offline, which Fiix allows from its free plan and the Maint Vision app does not. Look at Maint Vision if you are a French-speaking team, a single site or a multi-site organization, that wants the essential CMMS workflows (work orders, preventive, assets, parts, QR, mobile) with data in the EU. To place both within the wider market, see our CMMS software comparison.
Fiix vs Maint Vision, point by point
| Fiix | Maint Vision | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor origin | Canada (Rockwell Automation group) | France |
| Interface in French | Yes, translated (French for France and Canada), not on the free plan | Yes, written at the same time as English, on every plan |
| Data hosted in the EU (Frankfurt) | AWS, in the USA and elsewhere; no published EU region | Yes, by default |
| GDPR DPA (art. 28) | Rockwell DPA published, accepted with the agreement | Provided |
| Free access, no credit card | Yes: permanent free plan (limited users) | Yes: 30-day trial (except AI, up to 2 users), then the free plan |
| Procedure AI | Paid AI assistant (Fiix MAX), Professional and Enterprise plans | Business plan, not in the trial |
| Unlimited free requesters (reports) | Yes, on every plan, portal with no login | Yes, on every plan, QR code with no account |
| Offline mobile data entry | Yes, free plan included | View only; entry needs a connection |
| Ecosystem and integrations | Broad | Growing |
| Core CMMS workflows (WO, preventive, assets, parts, QR, mobile) | Yes | Yes |
Facts taken from the public pages of Fiix and Rockwell Automation (pricing, help center, terms, security), with dated, archived sources. Offers change on both sides: verify each point directly with Fiix.
Fiix is a trademark of its owner. Maint Vision is not affiliated with Fiix.
Updated October 6, 2026