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FMX

by FMX

Cloud facilities and maintenance management platform with work orders, preventive maintenance, purchasing, capital planning, facility scheduling and genuine building automation integration, aimed largely at schools and government.

Cloud Commercial Last reviewed 7 November 2026 Documentation-based
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What it is

FMX is the strongest building-automation integration in this directory apart from Facilio, and it comes from an unexpected direction. EventSync connects to Tridium Niagara, Trane, Siemens, Johnson Controls, Automated Logic and Delta, and creates a work order when an alarm state occurs. For a facilities team whose faults originate in the BMS rather than on a plant floor, that is the integration that matters and most CMMS products in this tier do not have it.

The second surprise is Capital Planner: cost per asset over twelve months and on average annually, multi-year replacement forecasting, and maintenance-cost-to-replacement-value benchmarks for repair-versus-replace decisions. That is capital planning capability you would normally pay enterprise prices for, and it is unusual at this tier.

The orientation is clearly education and public sector. K-12, higher education, government and non-profit lead the industry list, and K-12 public schools get enrolment-based pricing with unlimited users rather than per-seat licensing, which transforms the economics for a school district.

Capabilities

Each capability carries its own verification status. “Not verified” means exactly that: it has not been checked, and must not be read as absent.

CapabilityStatusNotes
Work order management Creation, assignment, approval and closure of work orders. Yes source
Preventive maintenance scheduling Calendar, meter and usage-based schedule generation. Yes source
Mobile technician app A native mobile app for technicians, with offline capability where stated. Yes An FMX Work List app exists for iOS and Android, although the Work Manager page describes a web app rather than a native one. Offline support is not documented and the vendor's own pages conflict, so offline is unverified. source
Spare parts and inventory Storerooms, stock levels, reorder points and parts issued to work orders. Yes source
Procurement and purchase orders Purchase requisitions and purchase orders raised inside the system. Yes Purchase orders emailed to vendors, receiving restocks inventory, and approval chains based on dollar thresholds. source
Asset lifecycle and cost tracking Cost accumulated against an asset from acquisition through to retirement. Yes Capital Planner gives last-12-month and average annual cost per asset, multi-year replacement forecasting and maintenance-cost-to-replacement-value benchmarks. source
Multi-site operation Multiple facilities, plants or sites in one instance with separable data. Yes Multi-site visibility, filtering work, reports and assets by building, campus or region. source
Contractor management External contractors and vendor workflows, not just internal technicians. Yes External vendor management with controllable access to what vendors can see and do. source
IoT and BMS integration Sensor, condition or building-management-system data reaching the system. Yes EventSync supports Tridium Niagara, Trane, Siemens, Johnson Controls, Automated Logic and Delta, creating a work order on an alarm state. IoT sensors via Monnit and Samsara. source
Maintenance KPI reporting MTBF, MTTR, downtime, schedule compliance and maintenance cost reporting. Yes source
Documented API A publicly documented API, which is what makes every other integration possible. Yes A documented REST API with endpoints for equipment, work requests, work tasks, users and buildings. Note it is a paid add-on rather than included. source
Asset register and hierarchy Parent-child asset structure with locations and equipment, not a flat list. Not verified
Predictive or condition-based maintenance Condition monitoring or failure prediction functions in the product itself. Not verified

Deployment

ModelSupported
Cloud (vendor hosted) Yes
On-premises / self-hosted Not verified
Hybrid Not verified

Integrations

Cloud platforms

ERP systems

APIs

Iot

  • IoT sensors and platforms source

Bms

  • Building management systems source

Licensing and pricing

ItemValue
Licensing modelCommercial
Free versionNot verified
Trial availableYes
Published priceContact vendor for pricing
NoteNo price is published. The pricing page states that pricing is a personalised quote based on the number of users and the number of features or custom workflows, with a one-time implementation fee, extra fees for in-person implementation, a possible monthly autopay fee, and annual renewal. The page genuinely contains no amounts; this is not a JavaScript-rendering problem. K-12 public schools are offered enrolment-based pricing with unlimited users, which is a materially different model and worth asking about.
Official pricing pageVendor pricing
Pricing last checked7 November 2026

Prices move and discounting is common. Treat anything here as a starting point and confirm with the vendor before budgeting.

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Genuine BAS and BMS integration with named major vendors, including automatic work order creation on an alarm state. In this tier that is rare. verified source
  • Capital planning with per-asset lifecycle cost and maintenance-cost-to-replacement-value benchmarks for repair-versus-replace decisions, which is normally an enterprise-tier capability. verified source
  • A purchase order module with dollar-threshold approval chains and receiving that restocks inventory. verified source
  • Education-tailored commercials: enrolment-based pricing with unlimited users for K-12 public schools, rather than per-seat licensing. verified source

Limitations

  • No published pricing at all, plus a mandatory one-time implementation fee and a possible monthly autopay fee, which makes the product hard to budget without a sales conversation. verified source
  • The REST API is a separately purchased add-on rather than included, so an integration plan carries an extra licence cost. verified source
  • Offline mobile capability is not documented and the vendor's own messaging conflicts: it markets a mobile app while the Work Manager page says it provides a web app instead of a native one. We are not asserting offline is absent, only that it cannot be relied on without confirmation. verified source

Who it suits

Organisation sizes: Small, Medium

The best fit here for school districts, campuses, local government and non-profits, especially where the building management system is the source of faults and where capital planning cycles drive the budget. The enrolment-based pricing model for K-12 public schools is worth asking about specifically.

Less suited to industrial plant maintenance, where plant-floor OT connectivity matters more than BAS, and to anyone who needs the API included rather than purchased separately.

Alternatives

Asset Essentials Siemens The closest competitor in education and government, with over 100 predefined reports and GIS mapping, though no API we could establish.
Facilio Connected CMMS Facilio Deeper building systems integration at protocol level and genuine portfolio-scale multi-site operation, for larger estates.
Q Ware CMMS Q Ware A cheaper, simpler alternative for the same sectors with fully published per-user pricing and no user limits.
Limble CMMS Limble Unlimited volume and an API included rather than purchased as an add-on, which is how FMX sells it.
MaintainX MaintainX A free tier and published pricing for a facilities team that does not need BAS integration or capital planning.

Compared with other products

Frequently asked questions

Yes, and specifically. EventSync supports Tridium Niagara, Trane, Siemens, Johnson Controls, Automated Logic and Delta, and creates a work order when an alarm state occurs. That is a named, documented connector list rather than a generic claim, and it is the main reason FMX appears on facilities shortlists. The architecture pattern is in BMS and CAFM integration.

The vendor publishes no figure. Pricing is quoted on the number of users and the number of features or workflows, with a one-time implementation fee on top and extra cost for in-person implementation. If you are a K-12 public school, ask about the enrolment-based model with unlimited users, which is a different and often far better deal than per-seat.

We could not establish it, and the vendor's pages contradict each other: there is a mobile app in the app stores, but the Work Manager page says FMX provides a web app rather than a native one, and offline is not documented either way. If your technicians work in plant rooms or basements without signal, make this a hard question before committing.

Sources and review basis

  • Evaluation basis: vendor documentation and public sources, not hands-on testing
  • Last reviewed: 7 November 2026
  • Vendor: FMX
  • Documentation: Official docs

References

Disclosure

Alongside advisory work I also build a CMMS and CAFM platform, so I have a commercial interest in enterprise software generally. No vendor in this directory has paid for inclusion, placement or wording, and there are no reseller or affiliate arrangements. Weigh the analysis accordingly.

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At a glance

  • Vendor
    FMX
  • Category
    EAM and CMMS Software
  • Primary use
    CMMS
  • Deployment
    Cloud
  • Licensing
    Commercial
  • Status
    Active

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