Enterprise DNA

Instead of Baseplan

Stop renting Baseplan. Own your equipment hire system.

We build your version around how you book, dispatch and track hire equipment, bring your Baseplan data across, and run it for you. No plan tiers, and the system is yours.

Baseplan charges no public price, a per-user licence behind a demo request, plus an implementation project quoted in the thousands to tens of thousands before the subscription starts.

Get your version built See it working
  • check_circleYour data in a database you own
  • check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
  • check_circleBuilt and run by Enterprise DNA

What you are paying for

Most of a Baseplan bill is the front end

The fleet, the contracts and the hire history are yours. The ERP around them is what you rent, and the rent starts with a demo request, a per-user licence and an implementation project priced before day one.

paid

A licence you have to ask the price of

No public pricing. A per-user licence behind a demo request, and every extra seat at the desk, the workshop or the depot is more.

build

An implementation project before day one

Configuration, data migration and training are a consulting project, quoted in the thousands to tens of thousands, before the subscription starts.

extension

Modules on top of modules

Rental, service, CRM, dealership: the suite is sliced into modules, and the workflow you need is often in the one you did not buy.

dashboard

Reports you asked for and did not get

Reporting inflexibility is the loudest complaint in hire software reviews. The utilisation question you actually have is a support ticket, not a filter.

layers

Upgrades that are projects too

An ERP version upgrade brings consultants back. Long-term customers describe drifting to spreadsheets beside the system and keeping it for the tax invoices.

schedule

Admin instead of hiring

Rekeying dockets between the yard, the workshop and the office, tidying the availability board, chasing the paper the system was meant to replace.

What you get instead

A hire system you talk to

The counter

Availability with the law built in

One command answers the phone call: what can go out, at what rates, and what is in the yard but blocked, with the reason. Unsafe gear cannot be sent out by accident.

  • check What is free now, by category, with the next booking coming for it
  • check Blocked gear listed honestly: expired tag, lapsed inspection, overdue service
  • check Booking refuses gear already committed and accounts on stop
  • check Nothing starts without a recorded pre-hire check: the system refuses, not a policy memo

The meter

Off-hires and the billing run

The off-hire queue shows every contract running past its expected end, with what the silence is worth per line. The billing run drafts invoices from the meter and never double-charges a day.

  • check Contracts over-running, with days over and dollars accrued beside each machine
  • check Gear off hire still sitting on a site, flagged until the truck gets it
  • check One charging rule in one database function: day rates, the week cap, the free return day
  • check bill run drafts every invoice due; a person reviews and sends them

The three clocks

Certificates a hire company answers for

Every machine carries its service clock, its test tag and its periodic inspection, and checking compliance runs six rules with their sources against your records.

  • check Service by meter hours or months; a stale meter cannot hide an overdue service for long
  • check Test tags on the AS/NZS 3760 cycle, MEWP 6-monthly and crane annual inspections tracked
  • check PPSR flagged before a hire turns one year old, which is how you keep the machine if the customer folds
  • check What is on a site RIGHT NOW with lapsed paperwork: the question no vendor dashboard leads with

Yours

Your database, your rules, your name on the paperwork

Plain records you own, a compliance rule book you can edit, and documents that come out with your logo on them.

  • check Import your Baseplan customer, fleet and contract exports in one command, dry-run first
  • check Creating documents puts your brand on invoices, hire agreements, off-hire dockets and job cards
  • check The dashboard view turns the yard and the money into printable dashboards
  • check Add a field, a rule or a whole command by describing it. MIT licence, no vendor to leave.

Make it yours

Design your own Baseplan replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Baseplan. Try it here, and we build the real one.

2. What it runs

3. Make it fit

4. Your colour

Your business · your Baseplan replacement Your version
YB Your business

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Answered from your own database

Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your Baseplan data across and run it for you.

What it looks like

Ask it like you would ask a colleague

Real answers from the demo data that ships with Equipment Hire for Claude Code. It runs in Claude Code inside the Claude app, so it feels like any chat you already use.

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Equipment Hire for Claude Code

Connected to your own database

What needs my attention right now?

Needs attention (23)

CERT EXPIRED, ON HIRE: 2 | Service overdue, on hire: 1 | No pre-hire check: 1 | On stop, gear still out: 1 | CGA excluded vs a consumer: 1 | Running past expected end: 2 | Awaiting pickup: 1 | No PPSR, closing on a year: 1 | Live with no signed contract: 1 | Over the credit limit: 1 | Finished, not billed: 2 | Invoice overdue: 2 | Draft never sent: 1 | Damage uncharged: 1 | In the yard, cannot go out: 1 | Stuck in the workshop: 1 | Dead fleet: 2 | Task overdue: 1

CERT EXPIRED, ON HIRE

Record
HC-1003
Customer
Harbourline Civil Ltd
Code
SL-201
Days
18
Detail
Genie GS-1932 19ft scissor lift: periodic inspection expire...

CERT EXPIRED, ON HIRE

Record
HC-1003
Customer
Harbourline Civil Ltd
Code
GN-401
Detail
Denyo 6kVA diesel generator: test tag expired and it is ON ...

Service overdue, on hire

Record
HC-1002
Customer
BayBuild Construction...
Code
RL-801
Days
60
Detail
Ammann ARX12 1.2t roller: service overdue by 60 meter hours...

No pre-hire check

Record
HC-1006
Customer
Dave Lammers
Code
BR-601
Days
5
Detail
Hilti TE 3000 electric breaker: on hire since 2026-09-12 wi...

On stop, gear still out

Record
HC-1010
Customer
Tasman Drainage Ltd
Detail
Tasman Drainage Ltd is on stop and still has gear on hire

CGA excluded vs a consumer

Record
HC-1006
Customer
Dave Lammers
Detail
contract excludes the Consumer Guarantees Act but Dave Lamm...

Running past expected end

Record
HC-1002
Customer
BayBuild Construction...
Code
RL-801
Days
9
Value
$1,890
Detail
Ammann ARX12 1.2t roller: expected off 2026-09-08, still on...

Running past expected end

Record
HC-1002
Customer
BayBuild Construction...
Code
EX-102
Days
9
Value
$2,565
Detail
Hitachi ZX48U 5t excavator: expected off 2026-09-08, still ...

Awaiting pickup

Record
HC-1007
Customer
Coastal Scaffolding Ltd
Code
FK-701
Days
8
Detail
Toyota 2.5t forklift: off hire 2026-09-09, not picked up

No PPSR, closing on a year

Record
HC-1001
Customer
Western BOP District ...
Days
340
Detail
running 340 days with no PPSR registration (PPSA 1999: a le...

Live with no signed contract

Record
HC-1006
Customer
Dave Lammers
Days
5
Detail
on hire since 2026-09-12 with no signed hire agreement on file

Over the credit limit

Record
Harbourline Civ...
Customer
Harbourline Civil Ltd
Value
$6,660
Detail
owing plus unbilled is past the credit limit of $6,000

Finished, not billed

Record
HC-1007
Customer
Coastal Scaffolding Ltd
Days
8
Value
$380
Detail
off hire 2026-09-09 with charge accrued and nothing drafted...

Finished, not billed

Record
HC-1008
Customer
Mount Roofing Co Ltd
Days
3
Value
$1,200
Detail
off hire 2026-09-14 with charge accrued and nothing drafted...

Invoice overdue

Record
INV-2003
Customer
Kereru Vineyards Ltd
Days
45
Value
$2,080
Detail
issued 2026-07-14, due 2026-08-03 (31 to 60 days)

Invoice overdue

Record
INV-2004
Customer
Harbourline Civil Ltd
Days
6
Value
$3,700
Detail
issued 2026-08-22, due 2026-09-11 (1 to 30 days)

Draft never sent

Record
INV-2005
Customer
Aztec Pools & Spas Ltd
Days
12
Value
$280
Detail
drafted 2026-09-05 and never sent

Damage uncharged

Record
HC-1007
Customer
Coastal Scaffolding Ltd
Code
FK-701
Days
8
Value
$850
Detail
Toyota 2.5t forklift: Dented mast guard and torn seat. Phot...

In the yard, cannot go out

Record
GN-403
Code
GN-403
Detail
Honda EU22i 2.2kVA generator: test tag expired, so it canno...

Stuck in the workshop

Record
SL-203
Code
SL-203
Days
21
Detail
JLG 1932R 19ft scissor lift: in the workshop since 2026-08-...

Ask it anything

Questions Baseplan cannot answer

Every one of these is a real question the demo answers today. Yours will be different, and that is the point.

chat_bubble What is on a customer's site right now with an expired test tag or a lapsed MEWP inspection, and how many days has it been out like that?
chat_bubble Which machines earned less in the last 12 months than the workshop spent on them?
chat_bubble Which contracts are running past their expected end, and what is the silence worth per week at the line rates?
chat_bubble Which customers habitually keep gear past the end date, and what did those days add up to this year?
chat_bubble What is each customer's real exposure: invoices owing plus the meter still running, against their limit?
chat_bubble Which machines could not lawfully go out if the phone rang right now, and what would unblock each one?
chat_bubble Which hires are closing in on a year with no PPSR registration, and what capital is at risk if that customer folds?
chat_bubble What did damage cost this quarter: charged, waived, and still sitting open past a week?
chat_bubble Which machines have sat idle 90 days or more, what capital do they tie up, and what did they earn all year?
chat_bubble What share of each category is earning today, and which category turns bookings away while another gathers moss?

Switching

How to switch from Baseplan

The move runs through one import command built for Baseplan's exports, followed by a walk of the yard to check what the old system could not hand over, such as certificates, meters and open damage.

  1. 1

    Export your records from Baseplan

    Pull your customer, fleet and contract reports out of Baseplan as CSV, or whatever your account allows (usually CSV or Excel, so check with Baseplan if you are unsure). These three exports carry the business across: who your customers are, what machines you own, and the contracts and their lines, open and closed.

  2. 2

    Run the import, dry run first

    Import your customers, assets and hires CSVs from Baseplan and do a test run first. It tells you what it would create before it makes any changes. Once that looks right, run the import for real and your customers, machines, contracts and lines land in your own system, live hires live and closed ones searchable forever.

  3. 3

    Check what the import leaves out

    Certificates, meters and open damage do not come across on purpose. The old system saying a test tag was current is not the same as a current test tag. Walk the yard once with the stickers in front of you, then run the compliance check, which lists exactly what is still unverified. Most yards find at least one surprise on that walk.

  4. 4

    Run both systems side by side

    Keep Baseplan running for a short period while you work from the new records day to day. Book, off-hire and bill through the new system, and check the totals and the board against what Baseplan shows. This is where you catch a missed field or a rate that did not map the way you expected, before Baseplan goes away.

  5. 5

    Switch off Baseplan

    Once the board, the debtors and a billing run all check out against Baseplan for a stretch you trust, cancel it. Your data now sits in plain records you own, readable by any tool, with no export request and no access that ends when a subscription does.

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Where the real effort goes

The import command handles the mechanical part. The real work is deciding what maps where, your categories, your rate basis, which old contracts and how much history you actually want carried across, and rebuilding the compliance rules for your state. That is field mapping and judgment calls, not typing. Enterprise DNA does this part when you have them run it for you.

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We will send you the step-by-step plan for moving your business off Baseplan, what the move really involves, and how we would do it for you.

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Two ways to run it

Run it yourself, or have it run for you

Open source

Run it yourself

Free

  1. 1 Clone the repo
  2. 2 npm run demo, then open the folder in Claude Code
  3. 3 Type /attention
  4. 4 Import your Baseplan exports and point it at your own database
Get it on GitHub

Omni by Enterprise DNA

Have Enterprise DNA install it

One setup fee, then a monthly retainer

  • check We migrate your Baseplan customers, fleet and contract history
  • check We connect your accounting system so drafted invoices land where you send from
  • check We write the commands and the compliance rules for your fleet and your state
  • check It runs inside Omni, our managed Command Center, with the rest of your business
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Questions

Instead of Baseplan, answered

My drivers live on a phone at site gates. Does this work? expand_more

The free open-source version does not do this today. The runsheet prints, drivers ring the desk, and the desk records it in seconds. If your drivers need to capture signatures and photos offline, keep that app for the trucks for now and use this for the counter, the workshop, compliance and the money. When Enterprise DNA builds your version, a driver app with offline capture can be added.

What happens to years of contract history? expand_more

It comes with you. Export your customer, fleet and contract reports from Baseplan as CSV, run one import step, and customers, machines, contracts and their lines land in your own system, live hires live and closed ones searchable forever. Do a test run first and it tells you what it would create before it makes any changes.

Who keeps the safety rules up to date? expand_more

You do, and the guide makes that easy. It holds six rules with their sources: HSWA plant and supply duties, test and tag under the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 and AS/NZS 3760, MEWP and crane inspections, PPSR registration on long hires, and the Consumer Guarantees Act line a hire desk must not cross. Each rule has the check that runs against your records. Change a rule and the check changes with it. It is not legal advice, it is your rule book pointed at your data.

Does it do the accounts? expand_more

Not in the free version. It drafts invoices from the meter and renders them in your brand, and you send them and reconcile in the accounting system you already trust. Nothing here replaces Xero, MYOB or your ledger, so there is no scary migration of the money. When Enterprise DNA builds your version, a direct accounting connection can be added.

What does the installed version add? expand_more

Installation, the migration off Baseplan, the accounting connection, commands written for your fleet and your charging rules, the compliance file rebuilt for your state, and someone to call. It runs alongside everything else Enterprise DNA runs for you.

Stop paying a licence to look at your own hire board

30 minutes with Sam. We look at what you pay Baseplan for, what your team actually uses, and what the installed version would look like for you. If it is a fit, we install it. If it is not, take the free version and run it yourself.

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