True Cost of Legacy
MRO software cost,
What vendor quotes hide
and you’ll pay anyway
Legacy MRO systems carry 5-year total costs between
$2.3M and $5.5M for a mid-size operation.
Implementation Projects —
$200K to $6M+
Legacy systems aren't installations; they are 3-to-12-month projects. Quotes rarely cover the true scope of data migration and customisation.
Training Per Department
10 to 60 days per department
That is your team off the hangar floor and in a classroom learning menus instead of managing aircraft. The productivity loss is massive.
Oracle Database Licensing
$1M+ over 5 years
Most enterprise MROs force you to use Oracle databases. This is completely separate from your software license, and you pay for it.
Dedicated Administrators $78K to $136K per year
You can't use general IT. You have to hire expensive, dedicated specialists just to navigate their aging data structures and quirks.
Productivity Loss —
6–12 Months
The cost nobody budgets for. Your team operates at reduced capacity for up to a year while struggling to adapt to complex new workflows.
Annual Price Hikes & Exclusions — 5%
Initial quotes deliberately exclude historical data migration, remote access licenses, hardware, and the standard 5% annual escalation fees.
legacy vs AirNxt
Here's what a mid-size operation (20–75 aircraft) typically spends over five years on an MRO system — legacy vs AirNxt.
These are ranges, not guarantees. Every operation is different. But the structural cost difference is clear.
Cost Category
Platform license
Implementation
Training
Database licensing
Dedicated admin
Infrastructure
Legacy (5-Year)
Platform license
$250K–$500K+
Implementation
$200K–$2M+
Training
10–60 days/dept
Database licensing
$475K–$1M+
Dedicated admin
$390K–$680K
Infrastructure
~$50K–$200K+
AirNxt
Platform license
Per aircraft/month
Implementation
No implementation project
Training
Designed for zero formal training
Database licensing
No dedicated admin required
Dedicated admin
Included (cloud-native)
Infrastructure
Cloud-hosted — nothing to maintain
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