Owner
Runs the contractor company: every building, unit and violation, the team, and billing.
For elevator and wheelchair-lift contractors
Elevator certificate tracker for small elevator contractors
LiftCert is an elevator certificate tracker for small elevator and wheelchair-lift contractors that keeps every unit's certificate expiry, annual and five-year test dates and open inspector violations in one list. You see what is about to lapse while there is still time to test it.
No card to start. Plans from $19 a month.
Needs attention in the next 90 daysSample data
- Expired 6 days agoCar 2, Harbor TowerCertificate · Cert #44821
- Due in 12 daysFreight 1, Mill Street LoftsAnnual test · Cat 1
- Expires in 41 daysPlatform lift, Grace ChurchCertificate · Cert #17093
- Due in 78 daysCar 1, Harbor TowerFive-year test · Cat 5
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expired
3
tests due
2
open violations
What gets a unit fined
Four dates per unit, and each one has a cost when it slips
- Certificate expiry
- The state or city certificate on each car, lift or dumbwaiter. Every unit is sorted by how soon it runs out, and the badge goes tan at 90 days, amber at 60 and red at 30.
- No certificate on the wall means the building owner calls you first.
- Annual test (Cat 1)
- The yearly no-load test. Log it as passed and the next annual date moves out 12 months, never backward.
- New York City can fine up to $3,000 per elevator for a missed Cat 1.
- Five-year test (Cat 5)
- The full-load test. A passed one moves the five-year date out 60 months and counts as that year's annual test too.
- The same city can fine up to $5,000 per elevator for a missed Cat 5, plus monthly late-filing fees.
- Inspector violations
- One list with the notice number, what was cited, the correct-by date, the fine, who is fixing it and where it stands.
- The notice arrives by mail or email, so nobody has one list of what is still open.
Why dates get missed
Nobody forgets on purpose. The dates live in three places.
Photo by Derrick Treadwell on Unsplash The spreadsheet nobody owns
Certificate dates sit in a sheet one person updates. When they are out, a lapse is found by the building owner or the inspector, not by you.
Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash Notices that never reach one list
Violations come as separate notices from the state or city. Without one list per unit, a correct-by date goes by while the work waits on a part.
Photo by Diego Fernandez on Unsplash Owners asking for proof
Property managers ask whether their units are current. A read-only page they can open answers it without you digging through files.
Up and running in an afternoon
From a spreadsheet of certificates to a list that warns you
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Bring in the units you already track
Add a building, then its elevators and lifts, or paste in the certificate spreadsheet as a CSV. Each unit needs only a label, a type and the certificate expiry date.
- 2
Assign each unit to a technician
A technician sees only the units assigned to them, logs tests as they finish them and marks violations corrected from a phone.
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Read the dashboard on Monday
Expired certificates, tests coming due and open violations, soonest first, with the 30, 60 or 90 day window you pick.
Compliance manager
The office person who tracks the dates, files the reports and chases violations. Can invite technicians but cannot delete records.
Technician
A field mechanic who sees assigned units only, logs tests, keeps certificate dates current and marks violations corrected.
Building contact
A property manager who opens one building, read-only, and sees current certificates, tests and open violations. On the Fleet plan.
Pricing
Priced for a shop, not a field-service enterprise
Elevator software commonly costs $500 to $5,000 a year, and some tools charge per user plus an implementation fee. These plans are flat. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial, then bills monthly or yearly through Stripe. Cancel any time.
Solo
$19 / month
or $190 a year
- 50 elevators and lifts
- 1 user: just you
- Logins for owner
- Dashboard, violation board, CSV import and export
Most shops
Shop
$49 / month
or $490 a year
- 300 elevators and lifts
- 10 users
- Logins for owner, compliance manager, technician
- Dashboard, violation board, CSV import and export
Fleet
$99 / month
or $990 a year
- 1,500 elevators and lifts
- 40 users
- Logins for owner, compliance manager, technician, building contact
- Dashboard, violation board, CSV import and export
Questions
Before you move the spreadsheet over
What is an elevator certificate tracker?
It is a list of every elevator, wheelchair lift and dumbwaiter you maintain, with the date each one's inspection certificate expires, when its annual and five-year tests are due, and the inspector violations still open against it. LiftCert sorts that list by what is coming up soonest, so a certificate lapse is something you see weeks ahead.
Can it track wheelchair lift inspections as well as elevators?
Yes. Each unit has a type: passenger, freight, wheelchair lift, dumbwaiter, escalator or other. Wheelchair lift inspection tracking uses the same certificate date, test dates and violation list as an elevator.
How does it handle annual and five-year (Cat 1 and Cat 5) tests?
Each unit has its own next annual test date and next five-year test date. Log a test as passed and the date moves out 12 or 60 months from the day it was performed. A failed or pending test leaves the date alone, and logging an old report never pulls a date backward.
Does it work as an elevator violation tracker?
Yes. Record each notice with its number, issue date, description, correct-by date and fine, assign it to a technician, and move it from open to in progress to corrected. Dismissed violations stay on file. The dashboard shows open fines and which correct-by dates have passed.
Can a building owner see that their elevators are current?
On the Fleet plan, you invite the property manager as a building contact and choose their building. They sign in to a read-only page with that building's certificates, tests and open violations, and can print it or export a CSV.
Can I import my certificate spreadsheet?
Yes. Open a building and import its units from a CSV with a label, type and certificate expiry date, and optionally the device ID, certificate number and test dates. Export buildings, units, tests and violations whenever you want them back.
Does LiftCert file anything with the state or city?
No. It does not talk to any inspection portal. It records the date you filed each test report and a link to the report, so you can see what is on file and what is still due.
What happens when the free trial ends?
You get 30 days to use everything with no card. After that your records stay readable and exportable, but adding or changing them needs a plan. Pick one on the Billing page.
Find the lapse on the list, not at the front desk
Put your first building in today. The dashboard shows what is expired and what is coming up before you leave for the day.
Updated October 14, 2026