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Choosing and paying for facilities management software, without the sales pitch.
BMS integration vs facilities management software: what's the difference
These two categories get conflated often enough that it's worth being explicit: one manages live plant behaviour, the other manages the people and paperwork around it.
27 July 2026 · 5 min readRolling out new facilities software without a stalled implementation
Most failed software rollouts aren't caused by the software. They're caused by an implementation that lost momentum somewhere between the contract and actual daily use.
6 July 2026 · 4 min readMigrating facilities data to a new system without losing history
The biggest risk in a software switch isn't choosing the wrong platform — it's arriving on the right one with an asset register that's quietly lost its history along the way.
15 June 2026 · 5 min readWhat a facilities compliance platform should include out of the box
A lot of what gets sold as an add-on is, functionally, table stakes for a facilities team with any statutory obligations at all. Here's what shouldn't need an upsell.
1 June 2026 · 5 min readSpreadsheets vs a facilities management platform: when to switch
A well-run spreadsheet can genuinely work for a small estate. The switch point is usually about scale and evidence, not about spreadsheets being inherently wrong.
18 May 2026 · 5 min readPPM software: what to actually look for
Most PPM software looks similar in a demo. The differences that matter tend to show up only once real assets and a genuinely busy week are put through it.
4 May 2026 · 5 min readHow much does facilities management software cost?
Pricing in this market is genuinely varied and rarely published upfront. Here's what actually drives the cost, and the questions worth asking before a sales call.