If you handle VGP inspections (vérifications générales périodiques — France's mandatory periodic inspections of lifting and work equipment), maintenance or regulatory inspections, the short answer is this: Praxedo, Organilog and Kizeo Forms are three serious French software products, but none of them is designed for your trade. They are general-purpose field service management tools, or field data collection tools, which inspection companies adapt themselves with custom fields. Rotor-FSM starts from the opposite end: designed for machine inspection and regulatory compliance work, not adapted after the fact.
This is not a question of quality — Praxedo has a maturity and an ecosystem of integrations that Rotor-FSM does not yet have, Organilog offers solid value for money, and Kizeo Forms has unbeatable flexibility for building forms. It is a question of starting point. In this article, we compare the four tools honestly, on the criteria that matter to an inspection provider: price, minimum team size and trade specialisation.
Praxedo, Organilog, Kizeo Forms: three serious tools, one shared limitation
Praxedo is the heavyweight of the sector. Founded in 2005 in Paris, it claims 1,500 organisations and 65,000 users, in sectors as varied as maintenance, energy, telecoms and medical devices. Its drag-and-drop scheduling (enhanced with AI on the higher tiers), configurable forms and customer portal make it a benchmark for SMEs and mid-caps managing field jobs at scale. Hosting with OVH in France, GDPR-compliant, rated 4.6/5 on Capterra and 4.5/5 on G2. But no VGP feature appears anywhere in its offer — it is a general-purpose, multi-sector tool, not a regulatory inspection tool.
Organilog is aimed more at small businesses and SMEs: construction, refrigeration and air conditioning, pest control, home services. It offers a Chorus Pro connector (the French public-sector e-invoicing portal), CERFA pre-filling and F-Gas tracking for the refrigeration sector — proof that Adalgo, the publisher, knows how to tailor its product to specific trades. But that tailoring stops short of inspection bodies: Organilog publishes content about VGP obligations, without any product feature dedicated to the providers who carry them out.
Kizeo Forms differs from the first two: it is not a scheduling and invoicing tool but a specialist in digitising field forms and checklists, based in Avignon. More than 25 field types (photo, geolocation, signature, NFC, calculations), hosting exclusively in France, more than 200 integrations. Conceptually, it is the tool closest to an inspection use case — but with only one identified regulatory template, for refrigerants, and nothing built for VGP.
Rotor-FSM vs Praxedo vs Organilog vs Kizeo Forms: the comparison table
Here are the differences that matter in practice, on the criteria that come up most often when inspection providers are looking for software.
| Criterion | Rotor-FSM | Praxedo | Organilog | Kizeo Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | €390/year (single user), i.e. €32.50/month | €35/user/month (Basic) | Free (limited), then €19/user/month (Pro) | €15/user/month (Smart, annual commitment) |
| Minimum number of users | 1 — dedicated single-user plan | 5 users minimum | 1 | 1 |
| VGP / regulatory inspection specialisation | Yes — core business | No — general-purpose, multi-sector tool | No — tailored to construction, refrigeration, pest control | No — generic forms, 1 CERFA template for refrigerants |
| Main target | VGP providers, maintenance companies, inspection bodies | SMEs to mid-caps, all sectors | Small businesses/SMEs: construction, refrigeration, pest control, home services | All sectors, field data collection |
| Type of tool | Scheduling, inspection sheets, machine history, PDF report | Full FSM: scheduling, invoicing, CRM | Full FSM: scheduling, contracts, quotes/invoices | Forms/checklists — no built-in scheduling or invoicing |
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The verified finding is clear: neither Praxedo, nor Organilog, nor Kizeo Forms claims any VGP or regulatory inspection specialisation. They are tools that inspection companies adapt themselves — by configuring generic forms, cobbling together custom fields, reformatting reports after the fact. It works. But it takes set-up time, and the result is still a generic form dressed up as an inspection sheet.
Rotor-FSM starts from the other end: job scheduling, inspection sheets designed for a tablet on site, photos built into the report, generation of a professional PDF report and a complete history for each machine — not just per customer or per job. For an inspection body that checks the same equipment year after year, that machine history is what sets inspection software apart from a generic ticketing tool.
Rotor-FSM is part of the Indusiax Suite, alongside Stator-CRM for sales management, Vector-MOM for meeting minutes and Flux-Link for LinkedIn communication. If the distinction between Rotor-FSM and Stator-CRM is not clear to you, the article Stator-CRM vs Rotor-FSM: what is the difference answers it point by point. And if you are discovering this category of tools before deciding, our guide to field service management software sets out the basics, independently of any brand.
Sole trader or small team: what Praxedo's 5-user minimum changes
It is a detail that rules out part of the market from the start: Praxedo requires a minimum of 5 users on all its plans. An independent technician or a two-person inspection body simply cannot subscribe — even on the Basic plan at €35/user/month, they would have to pay for five licences from day one, i.e. €175/month minimum.
Organilog and Kizeo Forms do not have this constraint and remain available from a single user. Neither does Rotor-FSM: €390/user/year, i.e. €32.50/month, from the very first technician, with the price simply following headcount — a budget designed for a small inspection business that is growing, with no artificial entry threshold. Full pricing for the whole Indusiax Suite, including Rotor-FSM, is available online.
Praxedo, Organilog, Kizeo Forms: what they do better than Rotor-FSM
Being honest also means acknowledging what these three tools bring. Praxedo is fifteen years ahead in product maturity and ecosystem: native integrations with Sage, Dynamics or Salesforce, which matters as soon as a company has an ERP in place. If you manage jobs across very different sectors — energy, telecoms, medical devices — and not just regulatory inspection, that broader scope may justify the price.
Organilog is probably still one of the best-value options on the market for a small multi-trade business — especially if your activity also covers construction, refrigeration or pest control alongside inspection, since those verticals are directly catered for (Chorus Pro, CERFA, F-Gas).
Kizeo Forms wins on one specific front: no-code form building that is quick and flexible, with more than 25 field types. If all you need is to digitise existing checklists without rethinking your whole field service organisation, it is the simplest tool to get up and running.
A well-configured general-purpose tool can create the illusion. But a VGP report that comes out of a generic form is always recognisable — and it is your customer, not your software, whose confidence takes the hit.
Frequently asked questions
If your starting question is more "what should replace Praxedo?", we look at it from the decision-making angle in alternatives to Praxedo: the checklist for choosing.
Is Rotor-FSM better suited to VGP inspections than Praxedo or Organilog?
Yes, in terms of specialisation. Praxedo and Organilog are general-purpose FSM tools that inspection providers configure themselves to get close to VGP work; neither claims any features dedicated to this trade. Rotor-FSM starts directly from the inspection sheet, the per-machine history and the PDF inspection report.
Can Rotor-FSM be used by a single person, unlike Praxedo?
Yes. Praxedo requires a minimum of 5 users on all its plans, which in practice rules out independent technicians. Rotor-FSM can be subscribed to from a single user, at €390/year, with no entry threshold.
How much does Rotor-FSM cost compared with these competitors?
Rotor-FSM costs €390/user/year, 2 months free, whatever the team size — the equivalent of €32.50/month. By comparison, Praxedo starts at €35/user/month with a minimum of 5 users (so €175/month at least), Organilog ranges from free to €19/user/month at entry level, and Kizeo Forms costs €15/user/month on an annual commitment.
Can you migrate from another tool to Rotor-FSM?
That is a question to ask the Rotor-FSM team directly, depending on your data history (customers, machines, past jobs). The best approach is to start a free trial to assess how easy it is to use before switching over.
Praxedo, Organilog and Kizeo Forms remain three solid choices if your activity goes beyond regulatory inspection alone, or if you already have a team of five or more technicians. But for a VGP provider, a maintenance company or an inspection body that wants a tool designed for this trade from the outset — and that can start with a single user — Rotor-FSM is still the only one of the four built around this specialisation.