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Fiix schedules maintenance. Seal traces a failed calibration to the batches recorded against it.

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Where Fiix falls short.

From Fiix’s own pages.

  • Basic
    $45 a user a month
    Professional
    $75 a user a month
    E-signatures, audit trail
    Enterprise only
    Seal
    Built in

    E-signatures on its top plan only.

    Fiix publishes Basic and Professional plans at $45 and $75 a user a month. E-signatures and an audit trail come only with Enterprise, at custom pricing. In Seal, they are built in, not an add-on.

    Fiix, Pricing
  • Fiix, on compliance
    “Fiix is not compliance software.”
    Its regulated features
    Audit trail, digital sign-off
    Seal
    Built for GMP records

    Not compliance software, it says.

    Asked about regulations, Fiix answers that it “is not compliance software” but can help you prove compliance. Seal is built for GMP records and release.

    Fiix, Lab facilities
  • Step 5
    Close and document
    Step 6
    Analyse the data
    The uses it affected
    Not among the steps
    Seal
    Return to service, separately

    A job ends when the work order closes.

    Fiix’s six-step work-order process ends by closing and documenting the order, then analysing its data. In Seal, return to service is decided separately, and a failure leads to the recorded uses since the last good check.

    Fiix, Work orders
  • Industries Fiix lists
    31
    Pharma, biotech, devices
    1

    Pharma is one of 31 industries.

    Fiix lists 31 industries, from mining and power plants to amusement parks, and pharma, biotech and medical devices is one. Seal runs process development, the lab, manufacturing, batch release and quality on one platform.

    Fiix, Industry solutions
  • Fiix MAX
    Answers questions
    Fiix Asset Health
    Predicts failures
    Neil
    Drafts the change

    Its AI works on maintenance data. Neil does the paperwork.

    Fiix MAX, a paid add-on from 2026, answers questions about maintenance data, and Asset Health predicts failures and creates work orders. Neil prepares the change itself and the paperwork around it, for your team to approve.

    Fiix, AI

See it in Seal.

Real Seal screens with fictional test data: a calibration out of tolerance, the earlier work it touched, and a repair.

  1. 1

    A calibration keeps its first reading.

    CAL-0882 records the original error beside the adjusted one, restricts the instrument’s use, and opens a review of its earlier work.

    Calibration CAL-0882 of shelf-temperature probe TT-204 in Seal: five reference points with original and final errors, the −40 °C point originally outside limits, the adjustment, use restricted while review stays open, and the linked prior-use assessment OOT-061.
    1. The original error, kept−0.8 °C at −40 °C stays recorded beside the final −0.1 °C.
    2. Use restrictedNot authorised until review and earlier use are settled.
    3. Earlier use, assessedOOT-061 follows the instrument into its earlier work.
  2. 2

    The instrument, followed into its work.

    OOT-061 finds each batch and qualification the instrument measured in the review window.

    Assessment OOT-061 in Seal: the calibration event and original point, a review window from 3 February to 7 September 2026, the recorded uses in two freeze-dryer batches and a temperature mapping, each open, and the evidence needed before a decision.
    1. The review window3 February to 7 September 2026; when the error began is unknown.
    2. Every recorded useTwo freeze-dryer batches and a temperature mapping, each open.
    3. Evidence before a decisionSource traces and independent probes, compared first.
  3. 3

    Maintenance on the same records.

    WO-007 starts from the calibration finding, records the repair, and checks the pump before it returns to use.

    Work order WO-007 in Seal to investigate low pump flow on HPLC-007: the source calibration finding and maintenance plan, the repair with part lot and technician, three post-service flow readings against 0.98 to 1.02 mL/min awaiting review, and the return-to-service review.
    1. From the calibration findingCAL-007: pump flow outside tolerance.
    2. The repair, recordedThe part, its lot and the technician.
    3. Checked before returnThree flow readings against 0.98 to 1.02 mL/min.

What Seal’s customers measured.

Each figure links to the customer’s story.

QualityAcclinate and Skye Biologics

−50%
quality cycle times at Acclinate, from a procedure change to everyone trained.Acclinate
−40%
non-conformances at Skye Biologics, with training checked before execution.Skye Biologics

RecordsMiAlgae and Bioventix

−75%
documentation time at MiAlgae, from the lab to commercial production.MiAlgae
−80%
document admin time at Bioventix, after two decades on paper.Bioventix

Fiix and Seal, side by side.

Every source is listed under References.

FiixSeal
What it isCloud CMMS from Rockwell Automation¹The GxP execution system, with CMMS built in
Built forMaintenance teams, many industries²Process development, the lab, manufacturing, batch release and quality
Data modelThe work order, the asset and the part¹Primitives your team composes: record types, their relationships, steps and checks
AIFiix MAX: questions on CMMS data³Neil, Seal’s AI agent, prepares changes to the process; your team approves them
E-signatures, audit trailEnterprise plan only⁴Built in, not an add-on
Custom workflowsEnterprise, at additional cost⁴Neil prepares it from your procedures; your team approves
Compliance“Not compliance software”⁵Built for GMP records and release
Work ordersRequests, PM triggers, checklists⁶Linked to the uses they affect
Closing the jobClose and document the work order⁶Return to service decided separately
After a failureWork-order history and costs⁶Recorded uses since the last good check, traced for your team to assess
ReliabilityKPIs such as MTTR and MTBF⁷KPIs with a defined population, window and rules
Plan changesPM on date, meter or event triggers⁶A tested change, approved before release
Getting startedCloud subscription⁴A 48-hour evaluation of one process, once the scope is agreed and the inputs received

Summary

The story
Fiix is good for maintenance teams. It was founded in Toronto in 2008 as a maintenance management company, and Rockwell Automation bought it in 2020.⁸ Its model is the work order, the asset and the part,¹ and its industries lead with manufacturing, heavy equipment, mining and oil and gas, with pharma, biotech and medical devices one entry among many.² Asked about compliance, Fiix says it “is not compliance software”,⁵ and its e-signatures and audit trail come only with the Enterprise plan.⁴ Its AI assistant, Fiix MAX, released in 2026 as a paid add-on, answers questions about maintenance data.³⁴ If the job is keeping machines running and closing work orders, it can work well. Life sciences teams need calibration and qualification checked at the moment of use, in the same system as the GMP work.

1What Fiix offers.

Fiix is a CMMS founded in 2008 in Toronto and acquired by Rockwell Automation in 2020.⁸⁹ It is built for maintenance teams, with request portals, preventive maintenance on date, meter or event triggers, checklists and mobile work orders,⁶ and asset hierarchies, meter readings and KPIs such as MTTR and MTBF.⁷ Its industry pages run from manufacturing and pharma to mining, utilities, fleets and facilities.² Its AI runs from Fiix Foresight in 2022, which forecasts parts and flags asset anomalies, to Fiix MAX in 2026, a chat on CMMS data, and Fiix Asset Health in 2026, which uses sensors from Augury to predict failures and create work orders.³

2Running Seal alongside Fiix.

Teams move to Seal one asset at a time, with Fiix connected while they do. Seal’s Fiix connection is set up per project on the Fiix API, using the integration credentials and permissions assigned to your environment, with equipment identifiers mapped to the manufacturing records. In scope is the asset and work-order information available through the Fiix API. Start with read access; any change in Fiix needs separately configured actions and controls. On its side, Fiix offers an open API.¹⁰

Once API access and mappings are configured, Neil can:

  • collect selected maintenance records and compare recurring failure descriptions;
  • connect work orders to the supplied production or quality events;
  • draft a maintenance action brief grounded in the available history.

During the move, Fiix stays the source of maintenance execution for the remaining assets while Seal connects its work-order identity and status to equipment use, laboratory records and quality review. Define which system owns each record, the events that cross the boundary and how a failed handoff is detected.

3Moving from Fiix to Seal.

Start with one asset whose condition matters to a GMP decision, so nothing has to move on day one.

  1. Choose the asset, such as an HPLC used for release testing or a vessel used in production.
  2. Bring its maintenance plan, a real work order and the evidence needed to return it to use. Start with sample material, or arrange an NDA before sharing confidential records.
  3. From your procedure, Neil drafts the job-plan and work-order templates, linked measurement records, required fields and review states, and prepares verification cases. Once the scope is agreed and the inputs received, Seal prepares the first working process and its validation pack to evaluate within 48 hours. Production timing then depends on scope, interfaces, migration and your release requirements.
  4. Connect Fiix read-only for the work-order identity and status the process needs.
  5. Test the complete cycle: a missing part, a deferred task, an unexpected finding and a failed post-repair check. Confirm the team can see the restriction, record the work, review the evidence and trace affected uses.
  6. When maintenance itself moves, reconcile assets, components, open orders, due dates, plans and historical evidence, and preserve identifiers, approved versions and any source gaps.

Retention obligations continue for the records that stay in Fiix. The CMMS blueprint describes maintenance work in Seal in detail.

References

  1. 1Fiix CMMS home page, Fiix. https://fiixsoftware.com/ (read 5 November 2026)
  2. 2CMMS industry solutions, Fiix. https://fiixsoftware.com/cmms/industry-solutions/ (read 5 November 2026)
  3. 3Fiix AI, Fiix. https://fiixsoftware.com/cmms/ai/ (read 5 November 2026)
  4. 4Fiix pricing, Fiix. https://fiixsoftware.com/cmms/pricing/ (read 5 November 2026)
  5. 5Lab facilities maintenance software (pharma, biotech and medical devices), Fiix. https://fiixsoftware.com/cmms/industry-solutions/lab-facilities/ (read 5 November 2026)
  6. 6Work order management software, Fiix. https://fiixsoftware.com/cmms/work-orders/ (read 5 November 2026)
  7. 7Asset management software, Fiix. https://fiixsoftware.com/cmms/asset-management-software/ (read 5 November 2026)
  8. 8Rockwell Automation Acquires Fiix, Inc. (Business Wire release), Pumps & Systems, 17 November 2020. https://www.pumpsandsystems.com/rockwell-automation-acquires-fiix-inc/ (read 5 November 2026)
  9. 9Rockwell Automation Completes the Acquisition of Fiix Inc., Fiix, 17 January 2021. https://fiixsoftware.com/maintenance-news/news/fiix-become-a-rockwell-automation-company/ (read 5 November 2026)
  10. 10CMMS integrations, Fiix. https://fiixsoftware.com/cmms/integrations/ (read 5 November 2026)

AQuestions and answers

Is Seal better than Fiix?

Yes. Fiix is good for maintenance teams. It was founded in Toronto in 2008 as a maintenance management company, and Rockwell Automation bought it in 2020. Its model is the work order, the asset and the part, and its industries lead with manufacturing, heavy equipment, mining and oil and gas, with pharma, biotech and medical devices one entry among many. Asked about compliance, Fiix says it “is not compliance software”, and its e-signatures and audit trail come only with the Enterprise plan. Its AI assistant, Fiix MAX, released in 2026 as a paid add-on, answers questions about maintenance data. If the job is keeping machines running and closing work orders, it can work well. Life sciences teams need calibration and qualification checked at the moment of use, in the same system as the GMP work. Seal has no fixed model of one kind of work. It is built from primitives: record types, the relationships between them, and the steps and checks that use them, which your own team composes into your process, with Neil able to prepare each change for approval. So one platform runs process development, the laboratory, manufacturing, batch release and the quality system, and each change becomes a new version, released once its selected tests pass, while earlier runs keep theirs. Moving from paper and legacy systems, Paradromics keeps calibration records on one platform and cut operator paperwork by 80%.

Is Seal an alternative to Fiix?

Yes. Fiix is designed for maintenance teams, and says it is not compliance software. Seal covers GMP maintenance, from PM schedules and work orders to the return-to-service decision, and keeps it on the same records as laboratory, manufacturing and quality. In Seal, a failure leads to the results and batches it may have affected, and a plan change is released with its verification.

Does Fiix support regulated maintenance?

Fiix says it is not compliance software, but that it helps teams prove compliance by scheduling, tracking and documenting their work. Its e-signatures and audit trail come only with the Enterprise plan, priced on request; its Free, Basic and Professional plans do not include them. Seal is built for GMP: signatures and audit trails are built in, and return to service, impact assessment and plan changes are records under change control.

How does Fiix’s AI compare with Neil?

Fiix MAX, from 2026, is a paid chat add-on that answers questions from your CMMS data and Fiix’s help content. Fiix Foresight forecasts parts and flags asset anomalies, and Fiix Asset Health predicts failures from sensors and creates work orders. Neil prepares changes to the process itself, with their tests, for your approval, and each change is released as a new version. Neil is not used in GMP execution.

Is Seal a CMMS?

Yes. Seal’s CMMS covers assets, criticality, PM schedules, job plans, work permits, part issues, breakdown impact, reliability reviews and the return-to-service decision, with calibration and equipment eligibility checked at the point of use and laboratory, manufacturing and quality on the same platform.

Can Seal connect to Fiix?

Yes. Seal’s Fiix connection is set up per project on the Fiix API, with your environment’s integration credentials and permissions and equipment identifiers mapped to manufacturing records. It starts with read access, so Neil can compare failure history and connect work orders to production or quality events while assets move to Seal.

What does Seal add after a repair is complete?

Seal keeps the post-service readings, any restriction and the return-to-service decision as separate records, so closing the work order does not by itself release the asset. It also links the repair to the uses in the review window, so laboratory and quality can assess whether earlier results were affected.

How long does it take to start with Seal?

Once the scope is agreed and the inputs received, Seal prepares a first working process and its validation pack to evaluate within 48 hours, configured from one of your procedures. Production timing then depends on scope, interfaces, migration and your release requirements.

Start beside Fiix.

Start with one asset. Seal’s Fiix connection reads work orders through the Fiix API, so nothing has to move on day one.

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