Aimsio vs. RigER
Both platforms serve oilfield service companies, capturing field data, managing dispatch, and generating invoices.
The difference is where each one can take your business as it grows.
Both serve oilfield.
Built for different problems.
RigER is built for:
- Operations where managing equipment fleets, rental billing cycles, and asset tracking is the primary challenge
- Oilfield service companies where equipment utilization and asset lifecycle drive the business
- Companies who need to connect their field platform with QuickBooks, Sage 50, or Microsoft Business Central
- Teams that need a full oilfield ERP with 28+ modules covering sales, CRM, HR, quality control, and more
Aimsio is built for:
- Operations where the gap between completed work and collected cash is the bigger problem
- Field service companies running multiple crews, service lines, and client rate structures
- Companies that want more integration options — QuickBooks, Sage 50, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, Viewpoint Vista, and more
- Teams that need a workflow that is easy to adopt: dispatch, tickets, job costing, and invoicing in one interface, not buried across dozens of modules
Operational depth versus
revenue certainty.
Both platforms handle dispatch, field tickets, time tracking, and invoicing. Both have mobile apps. At the feature level, there is real overlap.
The difference is what each platform is built to protect. RigER protects equipment utilization, making sure assets are tracked, maintained, inspected, and earning. Aimsio protects revenue, making sure every hour of work survives client approval and lands on an invoice before the billing cycle slips another week.
One measures whether your equipment is working. The other measures whether you are getting paid for the work it did.
How the two platforms compare
| Capability | RigER | Aimsio |
|---|---|---|
| Field Capture | ||
| Digital field tickets | ||
| Mobile app (iOS and Android) | ||
| Offline mobile capability | ||
| Safety forms and checklists | Flexi Forms | |
| Digital signatures | ||
| Dispatch and Operations | ||
| Scheduling and dispatching | ||
| Equipment and asset tracking | ||
| Inspections and maintenance | ||
| Certificate compliance tracking | Not confirmed | |
| Task management | Not confirmed | |
| Billing and Finance | ||
| Invoice generation from tickets | ||
| Multi-rate management (daily/weekly/monthly) | ||
| Rate sheet management | Unlimited price books | |
| Change order management | Not confirmed | |
| Purchase order management | Not confirmed | |
| Client portal for approvals and sign-off | Not confirmed | Client Portal1 |
| Client portal for service requests | ||
| Project and Cost Management | ||
| Job costing | ||
| Budget tracking (actual vs estimate) | Not confirmed | |
| WBS and project management | Not confirmed | |
| Earned value management (EAC, CPI) | Not confirmed | Includes EAC, CPI2 |
| Reporting and Integrations | ||
| Reporting and dashboards | RigER BI | Full (Power BI) |
| Accounting integrations | QuickBooks, Sage 50, MS Business Central | QBO, Sage Intacct, Sage 300, ADP, NetSuite, MS Business Central, MS NAV, Viewpoint Vista, Acumatica, Explorer Eclipse |
| CRM | 3 | |
| HR module | ||
| Quality control | ||
| Platform | ||
| Pricing model | Custom quotes | Platform fee (unlimited users) |
| Industry focus | Oilfield industries | Multi-industry (oil & gas, construction, utilities, pipeline, rail, industrial) |
| G2 rating | No reviews | 4.6/5 |
1 Aimsio's Client Portal is a dedicated browser-based environment where clients review, comment on, and approve field tickets, with up to five approvers per document and a full approval audit trail. No app or account required. RigER's Customer Portal is described as a service request and support tool rather than an approval workflow.
2 Earned value metrics (EAC, CPI) are available on Aimsio's Ultimate plan. Job costing and budget tracking are available on Performance and above.
3 Aimsio does not have a built-in CRM. CrewFinder (crewfinder.io) is a free oilfield contractor directory and CRM built by Aimsio and available to anyone in the oil and gas community, whether they are an Aimsio customer or not.
Several capabilities are marked "Not confirmed". This means the vendor’s website does not describe the feature. It does not confirm the feature is absent. We have marked them honestly rather than assuming.
Four questions worth answering before you decide
The questions that tend to separate which platform actually fits your operation.
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Is your primary challenge managing equipment or managing revenue?
If the harder problem is tracking equipment across job sites, managing rental cycles, and handling maintenance, then RigER has built a system for that. If the harder problem is making sure every hour of field work flows through approvals and into an invoice without manual rework, that is a different layer and is what Aimsio is built for.
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Does your operation extend beyond oilfield?
RigER is 100% oilfield-focused across nine sub-industries. If your company also does construction, utilities, pipeline, or industrial services (or plans to), a single-industry platform means running two systems. Aimsio serves all of those industries in one platform.
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What accounting system does your back office run on — and will it be the same in two years?
Aimsio integrates with QuickBooks Online, Sage 50, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, ADP, Viewpoint Vista, Microsoft Business Central, Acumatica, and Explorer Eclipse — from entry-level to enterprise. RigER lists QuickBooks, Sage 50, and Microsoft Business Central. If your back office is on an enterprise system today, or you expect to move to one as you grow, check whether your field platform can follow you there.
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Have you checked the independent review sites?
Look for verified user reviews on G2, Capterra, or similar platforms. See what actual users say about implementation, daily use, and support. The depth of independent feedback tells you something about how a platform performs after the sales demo is over.
Frequently Asked Questions
RigER is an oilfield ERP with a focus on operations, covering equipment rentals and inspections to maintenance, repairs, subrental, CRM, and HR. It is built exclusively for oilfield service companies. Aimsio is a field service platform with a focus on revenue capture, built to connect field data to client approvals, job costing, and billing across oil and gas, construction, utilities, and industrial services. Both handle dispatch, tickets, and invoicing. The difference is what each platform is optimized around.
If you have evaluated oilfield-specific ERPs and found them too focused on equipment rentals, too complex for your operation, or built for a workflow that does not match yours, you are not alone. Many Aimsio customers came to us after evaluating platforms that were designed for a different type of oilfield business than theirs. Aimsio focuses on the field-to-revenue workflow: tickets, approvals, job costing, invoicing, without the overhead of modules your operation does not need.
Yes. RigER has a dedicated job costing module with profitability dashboards. Aimsio also offers job costing with budget-versus-actual tracking through Job Performance reporting, and adds earned value management (EAC, CPI) on the Ultimate plan.
Both platforms have a client portal, but they serve different purposes. RigER's Customer Portal is described as a tool for tracking client requests and improving service quality, closer to a support desk or service request system. Aimsio's Client Portal is specifically built for document review and approval; clients see the submitted ticket, add comments, and sign off electronically with up to five approvers per document and a full audit trail. If your billing cycle depends on clients approving tickets before invoices go out, the type of portal matters.
Aimsio does not have a built-in CRM. CrewFinder (crewfinder.io) is a free oilfield contractor directory and CRM built by Aimsio and available to anyone in the oil and gas community, whether they are an Aimsio customer or not. RigER includes a CRM as part of its platform.
RigER does not publish pricing on their website; contact them for a custom quote. Aimsio uses a platform fee with unlimited users. The key structural question is how the total cost scales as your team grows. Unlimited user pricing avoids incremental costs per hire.
Ask your vendor to show you these workflows live — in the product, not on a slide: a job in progress with actual costs tracked against budget, a field ticket becoming an invoice without an export step, how a client approves a ticket, and revenue reporting without opening a spreadsheet. If any answer involves a workaround, an export, or "we are working on that," factor it into your decision.
No. Aimsio serves oil and gas, construction, pipeline, utilities, rail, and industrial services companies across North America. RigER is exclusively focused on oilfield sub-industries.