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Overview

Asset Essentials is a cloud and mobile-based enterprise asset management software that streamlines maintenance operations and optimizes asset lifecycles.

QGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS) application, licensed under the GNU and supports various vector, raster, and database formats and and projections without converting to an internal or common format.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

Free

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

287

5

4

3

2

1

173

80

22

4

8

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
73%
would recommend this app

4.5

100

5

4

3

2

1

59

35

4

0

2

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
86%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Asset essentials has changed how we are able to track not just labor but expenditures as well as gives us a better workflow allows for our personnel to generate their own workorders when they come across something, better dispatching of work we no longer have to go back to city hall for new work orders and can go from job to job easily with minimal backtracking.”
AR

Aleks R.

Maintenance Supervisor

“So far, it is great, there are many checkpoints and way for improvement on my parts to write up worksheets which made them presentable, acceptable and readable to the employer who monitor my work schedule.”
TH

Tuan H.

Mechanic

“App is very good and it creates an excellent database of assets and work orders and maintenance.”
GL

Glenn L.

Director of Facilities

Pros

“It offers a wide range of capabilities for spatial data analysis and visualization.”
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Sandra G.

Phd Student

“It also allows you to download satellite images with no need to download them from external sites, and to process them automatically, saving the user time and effort.”
hs

hamza s.

researcher

“I use it in my work mainly to locate an area where a new company building is intended to be established in order to know the access spans to the site and the water availability .”
AV

Alexandre V.

sales

Cons

“problems with filtering work orders, difficulty copying and pasting in text boxes, and issues with file attachments.”
CG

Courtney G.

Maintenance Tech

“Mobil app logouts on Iphone that lead to issues logging in in the morning”
AR

Aleks R.

Maintenance Supervisor

“lack of options on the mobile app. ”
AR

Aleks R.

Maintenance Supervisor

Cons

“In computers where the user doesn't have power over custom downloads it can be a hassle.”
RA

Rita A.

research technician

“The opensource nature of the product led to a lack of overall support and compatibility.”
CS

Cooper S.

Architectural Historian

“The design of the software is rough around the edges and not as appealing as other GIS software.”
RA

Rita A.

research technician

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review22 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features71
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Barcoding/RFID
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Calendar Management
  • Census Data Integration
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Commercial Properties
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Customer Database
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Collection
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Visualization
  • Depreciation Management
  • Document Management
  • Employee Management
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Equipment Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Facility Asset Management
  • Facility Management
  • Facility Scheduling
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • For Mechanical Equipment
  • For Schools
  • GIS Integration
  • Geocoding
  • Geographic Maps
  • Geolocation
  • Historical Reporting
  • Incident Management
  • Inspection Management
  • Internet Mapping
  • Interoperability
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Job Management
  • Labeling
  • Location Tracking
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Map Creation
  • Map Sharing
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Project Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Residential Properties
  • Routing
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Scheduling
  • Service History
  • Service Request Management
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Status Tracking
  • Task Management
  • Technician Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Vendor Management
  • Work Order Creation
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features18
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Barcoding/RFID
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Calendar Management
  • Census Data Integration
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Commercial Properties
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Customer Database
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Collection
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Visualization
  • Depreciation Management
  • Document Management
  • Employee Management
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Equipment Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Facility Asset Management
  • Facility Management
  • Facility Scheduling
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • For Mechanical Equipment
  • For Schools
  • GIS Integration
  • Geocoding
  • Geographic Maps
  • Geolocation
  • Historical Reporting
  • Incident Management
  • Inspection Management
  • Internet Mapping
  • Interoperability
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Job Management
  • Labeling
  • Location Tracking
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Map Creation
  • Map Sharing
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Project Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Residential Properties
  • Routing
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Scheduling
  • Service History
  • Service Request Management
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Status Tracking
  • Task Management
  • Technician Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Vendor Management
  • Work Order Creation
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations5
  • CivicPlus SeeClickFix 311 CRM
  • Dynamics 365
  • Esri ArcGIS
  • Microsoft Excel
  • NetSuite
  • Total integrationsN/A
  • CivicPlus SeeClickFix 311 CRM
  • Dynamics 365
  • Esri ArcGIS
  • Microsoft Excel
  • NetSuite