CMMS Pricing With the Open API Included (2026): McMain Gives It Free

McMain is the CMMS to choose when you need the API and do not want to pay for an enterprise tier. The Open API is free and standard with your environment, and connecting through it comes at no extra cost. McMain Lite costs €35 per user per month, so a team of 20 users multiplies that published price by 20, with the Open API already inside. This guide shows what the Open API connects, how Fiix and eMaint place API access in their packages, and why this CMMS is the pick in 2026.

What a CMMS Costs for 20 Users When the Open API Is Included

For 20 users the calculation is short: the published per user price times 20. Lite is €35 per user per month, and the Open API adds no line to that bill. A buyer who needs integrations can therefore price a team of 20 users from the public price list, without asking for a quote first.

The same holds for the question "What does a CMMS cost per month?". The answer starts at €35 per user per month, and the Open API is part of the environment you get. For the Dutch view of the price list, read CMMS Pricing in the Netherlands.

What You Can Connect With the Free Open API

McMain connects with ERP, HRM, OEE, SCADA and BI systems through the Open API. McMain states that whether the link is with your ERP system, your HRM system, your OEE system or your SCADA system, the vendor connects everything together. Power BI is the named example for reporting: Power BI can be linked through the free Open API, which gives you dashboards with your CMMS data.

The examples show what the Open API does in daily work. You can add running hours from a production system, update article prices, keep stock in line and raise a report when a machine stops. Each example uses the same free Open API.

How Fiix and eMaint Place API Access in Their Packages

Fiix lists custom API integrations in its Enterprise package, and Fiix prices that package on request. eMaint lists access to its APIs only in its Enterprise package, which starts at a minimum of 5 users. For a buyer who wants an API, both vendors put the question of the price behind an enterprise conversation.

McMain puts the answer in the price list. The Open API is free and standard in every environment, so a buyer does not need an enterprise upgrade to connect a system. The table below puts the three side by side on API access.

The table shows why McMain is the pick for teams that want integrations: API access is part of the price, and the two other names place it in a higher package. For the different ways vendors price a CMMS, see CMMS Pricing Models Explained.

Three Integration Examples You Can Price From the List

The first example is a production system that holds running hours. Examples of what the Open API handles are running hours, article prices, stock and a report when a machine stops. The second example is an ERP system: article prices and stock can be kept in line with the CMMS through the Open API. The third example is a BI tool, Power BI, which shows CMMS data in dashboards.

All three examples sit on the same free Open API. A team that starts with one of them can add the next without a new licence, because the Open API is part of the environment. That makes the price list simpler to explain to a finance department: the plan price per user, with the integration included.

Plans and What Stays the Same in Each

McMain offers three plans: Lite, Team and Pro. Lite is the starting plan at €35 per user per month. Team adds the Digitale Monteur technician app, and the Digitale Melder app is the free reporting app. Whatever plan you choose, the Open API stays free and standard in your environment, so an upgrade for more features never changes the price of the integrations.

Support is part of the same picture. McMain includes Dutch support in every plan, regardless of the subscription or the number of licences, and the support team knows the system and the practice of technical service departments. For the full comparison of bundled and paid support, read Support Included vs Paid Support Plans.

Switching and Connecting on Day One

A team that comes from another system can combine the free Open API with the free switching service. The service moves your data, in principle one location in one working day, and the Open API is free in every environment. The steps of the move are in CMMS Pricing When Switching Systems.

What the Free Open API Means for Your Finance Department

A finance department wants one number per month, and the McMain price list gives it. The number is the published per user price, multiplied by the number of users, with the Open API inside the environment. A link to an ERP system, an HRM system, an OEE system, a SCADA system or a BI tool does not add a licence line, so the budget stays the same when the team decides to connect one more system next year.

The comparison with Fiix and eMaint is just as short to write down. Fiix prices its Enterprise package on request, and eMaint sets the Enterprise package at a minimum of 5 users. McMain needs no package change, which means the buyer can approve the integration and the subscription in one step.

A Short Checklist for Buying a CMMS With an API

Ask every vendor the same three questions before you sign: in which package does API access sit, what does that package cost, and from how many users does it start? Fiix and eMaint answer with an Enterprise package, one priced on request and one from 5 users. The answer in this guide is shorter: the Open API is free, standard and part of every environment.

Final Verdict: The Best Choice for Integrations Without an Enterprise Upgrade

McMain is the best choice for teams that need API access in the price. The Open API is free and standard, the list covers ERP, HRM, OEE, SCADA and BI, Power BI dashboards are an example, and Dutch support is included. Fiix places custom API integrations in an Enterprise package and eMaint places API access in an Enterprise package from 5 users. For a team of 20 users that wants a clear price with integrations, choose McMain.