Fixflo vs Mainto: which repair system fits your portfolio?
The short version
Fixflo is repair reporting and management software for organisations that manage property professionally. It organises the work you already have contractors to do. Mainto is a repair co-ordination service for landlords: it organises the work and brings the vetted tradesperson, the quotes and the payment with it.
If you have a maintenance team, you want the first. If you are the maintenance team, you want the second.
Feature by feature
| Area | Mainto | Fixflo |
|---|---|---|
| Tenant reporting | Web form with photos, roughly 30 seconds, no install | Tenant portal with guided troubleshooting steps |
| Urgency triage | Every report scored for urgency and category automatically | Guided diagnosis narrows the fault before it reaches you |
| Contractor sourcing | Vetted local trades quote on the job; compare price, ETA and rating | You assign work to contractors you already use |
| Quotes | Multiple competing quotes in-thread, approve in one tap | Managed through your own contractor arrangements |
| Payment | Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay into escrow via Stripe | Outside the platform |
| Completion | Dual sign-off: trade marks complete, tenant confirms, funds release | Job marked complete in the system |
| Extra work | Variation quotes with photos, approved and paid separately | Handled directly with your contractor |
| Compliance | Certificate tracking with expiry reminders | Compliance and certificate management modules |
| Pricing | £5 per completed job, no subscription | Annual subscription, typically per property |
| Best fit | Landlords with 1–50 properties who self-manage | Letting agencies and large managed portfolios |
Fixflo details reflect their publicly published positioning at the time of writing and are summarised, not exhaustive. Confirm current pricing and features with them directly.
Cost on a real portfolio
Take five rented flats averaging four repairs a year each — twenty jobs. On Mainto that is £100 for the year, paid £5 at a time as each job completes, with nothing owed in a quiet year. Subscription pricing charges the same whether you had twenty repairs or none.
Full detail is on the pricing page.
Deciding
Choose an agency-grade platform if you manage other people's property at volume, need integrations, and route work to your own contractor panel. Choose Mainto if you want tenants to have somewhere sensible to report, vetted trades to turn up, and the money to be held safely until the fix is confirmed.
Related: Fixflo alternative for landlords and landlord repair management explained.
Frequently asked questions
Move your next repair over
Create an account free, add a property, and see the whole flow on one job. £5 only when it completes.