Baseplan alternatives
Baseplan alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Baseplan: Quoted privately: roughly USD150 to USD1,200 a month per user, plus a USD5,000 to USD50,000 setup project.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
- check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
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The options
What people compare Baseplan with
Baseplan charges no public price: a per-user licence behind a demo request, with third-party figures putting a single-user licence around USD150/user/month, rising to roughly USD1,200/month at 10 users, plus an implementation project quoted at USD5,000 to USD50,000 before the subscription even starts. Owners look elsewhere when every extra person costs more, the reports don't answer the utilisation questions they actually have, and years on the system leave them working around it in spreadsheets.
Often compared
Point of Rental
A hire software competitor mentioned in the same category discussions as Baseplan. Reviews describe basic utilisation reports as unavailable and call its reporting features useless.
Yours to own
Equipment Hire for Claude Code
The open-source equipment hire system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Baseplan data brought across.
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Paying for something other than Baseplan?
Equipment Hire for Claude Code replaces these too, with your records brought across.
How to choose
How to choose a Baseplan alternative
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What the bill is tied to
Some systems charge per user, so the bill grows every time you add someone at the desk, the workshop or the yard, and an implementation project is priced separately before the subscription starts. Check whether the cost is tied to headcount or to the business itself.
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Whether your records stay yours
Your fleet, contracts and hire history are the valuable part. Find out whether they sit in a database you own and can take with you, or inside a vendor's system that you rent access to for as long as you keep paying.
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Whether it fits your rules and fields
Every hire business has its own charging rules, compliance checks and fields that matter to it. Ask whether you can edit those rules yourself or whether every change needs a support ticket and a wait.
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What the switch actually involves
Moving off a system you already use means exporting customer, fleet and contract records and getting them into the new one without losing history. Check what format the exports come in and how the new system reads them.
The option that fits
Own your version, built around how you run
Enterprise DNA builds your own version of Equipment Hire for Claude Code around how your business actually runs. It brings your Baseplan data across, adds your compliance rules, your fields and your charging logic, and Enterprise DNA runs it for you afterwards. There is one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, with no per-seat licence and no demo request to book. A free version also exists if you want to run it yourself first.
- check Your fleet, contracts and history in a database you own
- check Compliance rules and fields built for your business
- check One setup fee, then a monthly retainer, no per-seat cost
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
Answered from your own database
Good morning. Here is what needs you today.
We build it from the open-source base, bring your Baseplan data across and run it for you.
Questions
Baseplan alternatives, answered
How much does Baseplan actually cost compared to owning your own system? expand_more
Baseplan does not publish pricing, you have to request a demo, and third-party figures put a single-user licence around USD150/user/month, rising to roughly USD1,200/month at 10 users, plus an implementation project of USD5,000 to USD50,000 before you start. Owning your version instead means one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, with no per-seat licence to keep paying.
Can I move my hire records out of Baseplan without losing history? expand_more
Yes. Baseplan's reports export to Excel or CSV, and those exports become the customer, fleet and contract-line files an importer reads directly, headers and all. Your live hires and years of closed contracts land in your own database, searchable from day one, with no manual re-entry.
Will an alternative fit the compliance rules NZ and Australian hire businesses answer to? expand_more
It depends on the tool. Owning your version means the safety and compliance checks, testing and tagging cycles, MEWP and crane inspections, and PPSR timing are rules you can see and edit yourself, run against your own records rather than hidden inside someone else's software.
Do I have to replace my accounting software to leave Baseplan? expand_more
No. The free version drafts invoices from your usage records in your own branding, but sending and reconciling still happens in the accounting system you already use, such as Xero or MYOB. Leaving Baseplan does not mean migrating your ledger anywhere.
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