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Hireware vs Current RMS
Current RMS is genuinely strong for events and AV hire. That is not a dig — it is the point. If your revenue is excavators, scissors, and blades across UK depots, you want software that grew up in that world. Hireware did. Current RMS grew up on the production side of the fence.
| What matters | Hireware Built for UK plant & tool hire | Current RMS How it usually feels for plant desks |
|---|---|---|
| Right vertical for plant & tools | ✓ Plant, tools, access, power — site hire measured in days and weeks. | ✕ Centre of gravity is events, AV, and production kits — different sport. |
| UK weekly charge matrices | ✓ Native day/% of week scales with sub-day or sub-week spillover. | ✕ Event-style rental periods; not how a plant desk prices a 3t excavator. |
| Depot / yard stock operations | ✓ Bins, reorder points, auto-PO, inter-branch transfers. | ~ Strong show logistics; plant-yard consumables are not the home ground. |
| Delivery & collection for hire wagons | ✓ Unscheduled pool → drag-and-drop routes for depot runs. | ~ Excellent event logistics; day-in-life of a hire desk is different. |
| Longer on-hire plant cycles | ✓ Bookings and utilisation built for plant that stays on site. | ~ Optimised around project / show kits that turn faster. |
| Transparent seat price for hire firms | ✓ £39.99 → waitlist £29.99 + first month free. | ~ Subscription pricing often aimed at production houses, not tool yards. |
The honest take
Pick Current RMS for festivals, touring kits, and AV houses. Pick Hireware when the board pack is plant utilisation, weekly hire charges, and how many mixers left the North depot this morning.
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