Asset Essentials 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Asset Essentials

4.4

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Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Asset Essentials

Asset Essentials is a cloud-based maintenance solution that generates operational insights from asset and work order management activities. The solution collects and consolidates facility asset data and repair histories, yielding increased asset visibility and digitized work order processes, as teams shift toward automating preventive maintenance tasks and tracking. Users can initiate, assign and track the progress of work orders, manage assets and equipment, develop advanced workflows with preventive maintenance scheduling, and manage inventory.

Asset Essentials improves digital document management, reporting and mobile capabilities. Technicians or facility managers in the field can utilize mobile devices to access work orders, repair histories and relevant documents while updating work order status, notes, and photos. Its digitized, centralized approach to maintenance and asset management enables access to data in real time, using insights to build data-driven budgeting and planning.

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Asset Essentials Features

Popular features found in Work Order
Billing & Invoicing
Calendar Management
Dispatch Management
Inventory Management
Maintenance Scheduling
Mobile Access
Preventive Maintenance
Quotes/Estimates
Reporting & Statistics
Technician Management
More features of Asset Essentials
Alerts/Notifications
API
Asset Lifecycle Management
Asset Tracking
Audit Trail
Automated Scheduling
Barcode/Ticket Scanning
Barcoding/RFID
Census Data Integration
Color Codes/Icons
Commercial Properties
Communication Management
Compliance Management
Contract/License Management
Customer Database
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
Geocoding
GIS Integration
Historical Reporting
Incident Management
Inspection Management
Internet Mapping
Interoperability
Inventory Control
Inventory Tracking
Job Management
Labeling
Location Tracking
Maintenance Management
Map Creation
Map Sharing
Monitoring
Predictive Maintenance
Project Management
Purchase Order Management
Real-Time Reporting
Reporting/Analytics
Residential Properties
Routing
Scheduled/Automated Reports
Scheduling
Service History
Service Request Management
Spatial Analysis
Status Tracking
Third-Party Integrations
Vendor Management
Workflow Management
Work Order Creation
Work Order Management

Asset Essentials Integrations

Microsoft Excel

NetSuite

CivicPlus SeeClickFix 311 CRM

Dynamics 365

ArcGIS

Asset Essentials User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

61%

29%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.2

Darryl E. R.

Verified reviewer

Aviation & Aerospace

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

The Dude IS on your side !!

Uptime !! Real time maintenance requests. Mobile apps and the ability to track labor and costs. Not to mention spare parts and inventory. Our production folks can't believe the response team from maintenance! Let me know what maintenance people are doing without having to ask. I love being able to assign them work no matter where the are.. I do recommend buying tablets for them... I use $120 tablets. One or two hours of uptime pays for those quickly !

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This software is truly the answer to maintenance and PM programs. Every machining and manufacturing plant in America should use this. If you have 5 or 5000 pieces of equipment, facility, or anything needing maintenance this should be your software. I have had to use ERP maintenance add ons that never allowed real TPM quality support. This software is designed SPECIFICALLY for maintenance. It is easy to use and learn. It pays for itself in the first 3 months. I have implemented this software 3 times. I am not paid by them, but I would recommend them to any company. I have been in Manufacturing for just over 30 years, and this is the best software for this I have seen! IT works !

Cons:

I would like an add on that lets operators enter simple daily PM's and simple checks that can be tailored for each asset.

Brandi S.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2025

Asset Essentials gives great reporting data

We used the software for around a year, which was an upgrade from a previous version of software we had with the same company.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

It was a good product for the work order needs we had. It helped keep work orders organized and offered great reporting options. The data from the reports was and is still superior to other products out there.

Cons:

The mobile aspect was not what we were looking for or needing to support the amount of staff and volume that we have.

Reasons for choosing Asset Essentials

Seemed the best option at the time for our company needs.

Mathew R.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed October 2025

Do not renew with Asset Essentials

It's a joke. Multiple days without access to the system because of their technicians. What good is a work order system that we cannot put work orders into?

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Two years ago, the support was great. Now, it sucks. Over promise and under deliver. School Dude was better.

Cons:

Poor support. Cannot use this software across all platforms unless you jump through hoops. The company makes you feel like you work for them and not them working for you.

Vendor Response

Hi Mathew! Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We’re sorry to hear of your frustrations and we would like to find a solution. Would you please reach out to support@brightlysoftware.com, so we can help?

Replied October 2025

Bill C.

Verified reviewer

Food Production

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed September 2025

Maintenance Manager

I have used SAP, Tabware, and several others over the years, and Brightly is a good program for a Small Business

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I Like that it is very user Friendly and easy to navigate through is screens to go were you want to.

Cons:

I need to learn more on how to do a forecast to be able to see what needs to be done in two weeks as well further into so I can plan the work for my Techs.

Reasons for choosing Asset Essentials

Value and Options, you offered that suited my needs

Michael Y.

Verified reviewer

Chemicals

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Highly recommend

It is very good software. We do not have any issues with it. The help sections are useful and and issues requiring support were handled in a timely manner.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

The implementation was very quick and easy. The team was very knowledgeable and explained everything throughout the entire process. It is very user friendly and has all the functions we need at an affordable price.

Cons:

Limited viewing capabilities for users that can only submit maintenance requests, Free users.

Reasons for choosing Asset Essentials

Supported our needs and was very cost effective.

Mark D.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for free trial

Review source

Reviewed September 2025

Good product. Needs a refresh.

Evaluated this along with other software solutions for my organization. Good company and technical support.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very comprehensive capabilities. Lots of configuration available. Mobile solution is very good- better interface than desktop.

Cons:

Interface needs updating/refresh. Cost is average- other options are cheaper depending on specific needs.

Reasons for choosing Asset Essentials

I didn't ultimately choose Asset Essentials. I picked another product.

Reasons for switching to Asset Essentials

Old product that not longer met our needs.

Joe K.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

Maintain your assets from a central location

Overall we have been using it for some time, and again, it works well. Just need to improve the mobile version.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ability to manage assets all in one place.

Cons:

The mobile "app" needs some work to make it easier to use. I wish it was a real app and not just a website link.

Reasons for choosing Asset Essentials

Price was competitive and had more robust features. However i didnt know the app wasnt a standalone app.

Andrew T.

Verified reviewer

Utilities

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2024

Asset Essentials is amazing

Excellent. This is our 2nd work order/asset management program and it is 1000% better than the last one. Has streamlined the work order and accounting process greatly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use. Has all features we need. Can be adapted to fit your needs. Very responsive support.

Cons:

Would like to have had more help with implementation.

Reasons for choosing Asset Essentials

Had the ability to do everything we need. Seemed more functional and easy to use.

Reasons for switching to Asset Essentials

Previous program had many problems, didn't work as promised. It took excessive time to get things fixed. Program would malfunction often.

Saad A.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2024

AE is a leader

Great application to organize my work orders. I like the ease of use and the ability to customize fields after initial implementation.

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Organized, reliable, leader Improves productivity through structured asset planning The system meets our needs and what we are trying to accomplish.

Cons:

Sometimes , slow loading and freezing I would like to see better reports so that I can "fine tune" my team and trends.

Reasons for switching to Asset Essentials

It didn't meet our expectations I would like to see better reports so that I can "fine tune" my team and trends.

Carla S.

Verified reviewer

Government Administration

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed September 2025

We at KPBM love asset essentials and are so happy we moved from School Dude

It has been great. We have been able to instruct all of our lower level personnel on how to access the system and how to find what they are looking for.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love the ability to access all pertinent information on a work order so easily. After we got all the assets built it went pretty smoothly.

Cons:

It is a lot to put in all the information. But.... once we got the infrastructure built it is so easy to use. I also struggle a bit with the app version in making sure I do not have filters set.

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