Best Free CMMS Software 2026: Honest Options

The short answer

The best genuinely free way to start is a browser-based OEE tracker with a light CMMS built in, like the OEE Lab tracker: no signup, no seat caps to plan around, and you get OEE plus a work order board and PM schedule in about 2 minutes per shift.
Of 22 CMMS vendors we checked on their own pricing pages on 3 October 2026, 14 show a permanent free plan, among them MaintainX, Fiix, Coast and remberg. UpKeep, Limble and four others show none.
Every free tier, including ours, caps out somewhere: manual entry instead of automatic capture, one device instead of multi-site, self-serve instead of support. When a plant outgrows that, Fabrico is the platform to graduate to.

If you searched "best free CMMS software," you already know the catch: most "free" plans are trial-oriented, capped on users or assets, or missing the OEE piece entirely. This list is honest about what's actually free versus what's a free on-ramp to a paid plan.

The OEE Lab tracker comes first because it combines OEE measurement and a light CMMS (work orders, PM schedule, asset register) in one free, no-account tool. Below it is every free CMMS plan we could confirm on the vendor's own pricing page, with its limits, and the vendors that only offer a trial or a demo.

One thing every option on this list shares: free means you do the manual work. You log the shift, you investigate the stop, you raise the work order. When a plant is ready to stop doing that by hand, Fabrico reads the shift off the PLC, puts camera video next to each stop where cameras are fitted, and lets a technician open the work order from the stop, and we've flagged that clearly rather than pretending a free tool can do it.

Our top free pick

Top free pick

OEE Lab free OEE tracker + light CMMS FREE

Log a shift in 2 minutes, get instant OEE, a downtime Pareto, work orders, and a PM schedule, no account needed.

It's the only option on this list that pairs OEE measurement with a light CMMS for free, with no signup, no expiring trial, and no seat cap. You get availability, performance, quality, a downtime Pareto against a world-class 85% benchmark (traced to Nakajima, Introduction to TPM, 1988), a work order board, a preventive-maintenance schedule, an asset register, CSV/JSON export, and it installs as a PWA. Local sign-in supports multiple people and roles on one device. The honest limit: it's manual entry on one device, standalone, so it stops short of PLC reads and work orders opened from stops, which is exactly the gap Fabrico closes when a plant is ready to scale.

Best for: Any single line or shift wanting real OEE and basic maintenance tracking today, free.

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Free CMMS plans compared

Every row below was read on the vendor's own pricing page on 3 October 2026. Limits are quoted the way the page states them; where a page does not state a limit, the cell says so. Pricing pages change often, so open the linked page before you decide.

Vendor	Free plan and seats	Work orders and PM	Other limits on the free plan
MaintainX	Basic, "Free forever". Full users not capped on the plan card; unlimited requester users	Unlimited work orders; "2 active repeating Work Orders"	Work orders with attached images: 5 per month; with attached procedures: 2 per month; advanced analytics: last 1 month
Fiix	Free, "Limited users" (number not stated); no credit card required	Unlimited work orders; 25 active PMs	Not stated on the plan card
Coast	Free	Unlimited work orders; 5 repeating work orders	7 day history; file uploads up to 3 MB
Maintenance Care	"Free Forever"; 2 users	Work orders; 3 PMs	5 assets; 3 vendors
Maintainly	Free; unlimited request users	Unlimited work orders; checklists and meter readings	2,000 assets; 5 task templates; 5 automations; reports and audit trail: 6 months
Fogwing	Basic, free; limited to 2 users	Not listed on the Basic plan card	Not stated on the plan card
OxMaint	Lite, "Free forever"; unlimited team members	3 work orders per month; 1 schedule maximum	Limited asset management; limited reporting
FreeMaint	Core, "forever free"; unlimited users	Unlimited work orders; time-based preventive maintenance	Unlimited assets
SuperCMMS	Free; "the first two users are always free"	Not stated in the page text we read	Not stated in the page text we read
Atlas CMMS	Basic, free; unlimited request user licenses	Unlimited work orders; basic preventive maintenance schedules	Asset management included
remberg	Free, "Free forever"; unlimited free requester and viewer seats	Unlimited work requests and work orders	Unlimited assets
Mitti (SafetyCulture)	Free; up to 10 seats	Not stated in the page text we read	Analytics: up to 30 days of data; activity log: 30 days
Odoo Maintenance	"One App Free": one app, unlimited users	The Maintenance app can be the one free app	A second Odoo app needs a paid plan
ManWinWin Express	Free desktop version; single user	"All maintenance features" included	Up to 100 equipment or locations

Paid plans and their prices are on each vendor's own pricing page, linked in the first column.

No free plan today

Vendor	What the pricing page offers
UpKeep	Free trial
Limble	Demo and a price calculator
Click Maint	Free trial and demo
FMX	Request a quote; demo
FaultFixers	Free trial
Makula	Demo

Could not confirm

Fracttal's own pricing page asks for a quote and Snapfix's site shows no prices, so we could not confirm a free plan for either on their own sites.

Recommended paid upgrade

Fabrico

The platform to graduate to once a plant needs automatic capture, stop video and work orders opened from the stop, not another free tier.

Fabrico isn't a free tool, it's the professional platform you move to once a plant gets serious. It tracks OEE and downtime live from PLCs, IoT sensors or AI cameras, puts the video of a stop next to its machine data where cameras are fitted, with AI-suggested likely causes, and lets a technician open the work order from the stop. It runs plant-wide and multi-site from one central cloud view, integrates with PLCs and ERP, and adds org SSO, roles, and a full audit trail. It's EU-built, with data hosted in the AWS EU region, and its security posture supports audit-readiness against ISO 27001, 20000-1, and 9001. Manufacturers including ABB, Hitachi Energy, Schaeffler and AkzoNobel work with Fabrico.

Best for: A plant that has outgrown manual logging and free-tier caps and wants OEE, stop video and maintenance in one system.

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At a glance

Capability	Free tools (OEE Lab tracker + free CMMS tiers)	Fabrico
Data capture	Log each shift by hand in about 2 minutes, data stays in your browser.	Tracks OEE and downtime live from PLCs, IoT sensors or AI cameras.
Micro-stop cause	You investigate short stops yourself and note the reason.	Where cameras are fitted, the video of a stop sits next to its machine data, with AI-suggested likely causes the team validates.
From loss to fix	You spot the loss, then raise the work order yourself on the board.	A technician opens the work order straight from the stop, in the same system.
Scope and multi-site	One plant on one device and browser, best for a single line or shift.	Plant-wide and multi-site from one central cloud view.
Integrations	Standalone, run it on its own, export data when you need it elsewhere.	Connects to your PLCs and syncs with SAP and other ERPs through integrations and a REST API.
Access and roles	Local device sign-in with people and roles on that one device.	Org SSO with roles across the plant and a full audit trail.
Security posture	Data stays local in your browser, on the device you use.	SSO, roles, and audit trail that support audit-readiness (ISO 27001, 20000-1, 9001).
Data residency	Your data lives in your own browser storage on your device.	EU-built, with data hosted in the AWS EU region.
Reporting	Instant OEE, availability, performance, quality, a downtime Pareto, and CSV/JSON export you run yourself.	Live plant-wide dashboards and reports.
Benchmark and scorecard	Compare to a world-class 85% benchmark (traced to Nakajima, Introduction to TPM, 1988) and share a scorecard.	Continuous multi-site benchmarking with drill-down to line and asset.
Support and onboarding	Self-serve, start free with no account and no setup call.	Guided onboarding and ongoing support from the Fabrico team.
Scale	The best genuinely free way to start on one line, today.	The professional platform you graduate to as the plant gets serious.

How we checked

Every vendor was checked on its own pricing page on 3 October 2026, not on review sites or older lists.
A plan counts as free only if the page shows it at no cost with no end date. Free trials are listed separately.
Limits are quoted as the vendor states them. Where a page does not state a limit, we say so instead of guessing.
The OEE Lab tracker is our own tool. It is listed first because it is the only free option here that also measures OEE.
Clear about where free ends, so the decision to upgrade is based on real gaps, not guesswork.

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The OEE Lab tracker logs a shift and shows your OEE, your loss Pareto and a world-class benchmark in about two minutes, with work orders and preventive maintenance in the same place. No account needed.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there a truly free CMMS with no trial and no credit card?

Yes. On 3 October 2026, 14 of the 22 CMMS vendors we checked showed a permanent free plan on their own pricing page, among them MaintainX, Fiix, Coast, FreeMaint and remberg, and Fiix states that no credit card is required. Most cap users, preventive maintenance schedules or history; the table above lists each limit. The OEE Lab tracker is also free with no account required, though it's a lighter CMMS paired with full OEE measurement rather than a dedicated maintenance-only system.

What's the difference between a free OEE tool and a free CMMS?

An OEE tool measures availability, performance, and quality to calculate overall equipment effectiveness and show you where time is lost. A CMMS manages the maintenance side: work orders, PM schedules, and asset records. The OEE Lab tracker combines both in one free tool, while dedicated CMMS tools (MaintainX and Fiix have free plans; Limble and UpKeep are paid) focus specifically on maintenance record-keeping rather than OEE measurement.

Why isn't Fabrico on a free list if it's the best option?

Because it isn't free, and this list is specifically about what you can use today at no cost. Fabrico is the platform plants move to once they need automatic PLC-read OEE, camera video of stops (where cameras are fitted) with a suggested cause, and work orders opened straight from the stop, which sit beyond what any free tier, including ours, offers.

Do free CMMS and OEE tiers have real limits?

Yes, and it's worth going in with eyes open. Most free tiers cap the number of users, assets, or how much history you can see, and they exist as an on-ramp to a paid plan. The OEE Lab tracker's limits are different: it's manual entry, one device, standalone, with reporting you run yourself rather than live dashboards, which is honest about being a starting point rather than a plant-wide system.

When should a plant stop using free tools and move to Fabrico?

When manual shift logging, self-investigated stops, and one-device scope start costing more time than they save, typically once a plant runs multiple lines, multiple shifts, or multiple sites and needs PLC-level automatic capture, stop video with suggested causes, and work orders opened from the stop. At that point, book a demo and see what automatic OEE and camera video of stops (where cameras are fitted) with a suggested cause look like on your own lines.

When free is not enough, Fabrico is the upgrade

Fabrico is the platform we recommend when a plant is ready to stop logging by hand: camera video of stops (where cameras are fitted) with a suggested cause, OEE read from the PLC, with the work order opened from the stop, EU-built, with data hosted in the AWS EU region, and ISO 27001 / 20000-1 / 9001 (supports audit-readiness). The tracker exports your log as CSV, and Fabrico takes bulk imports from Excel.