A Firstbase alternative that runs one model in 180+ countries
Tequipy buys each device from a local reseller in the hire's own country and ships it the same way in all 180+ countries. Each device is local recommended retail price, delivery and enrollment included. Services are pay as you go, the platform is free up to 100 devices then $99 a month flat, and there is no setup fee. Registering takes minutes and your first order can be a single laptop, so you can see a country handled before moving anything off Firstbase.
Why distributed teams choose Tequipy
Quick & consistent service in 180 countries.
No contracts. No mark-ups. No recurring fees.
+/- RRP
Hardware at retail price (RRP)
Pay On Demand
$0/mo
From signup to first delivery in under a week
First order in minutes
Your new hire starts on time, fully equipped
You have one trusted partner
A real person on Slack.
Same-day reply.
“Hands-down one of the most responsive and solution-oriented teams I've worked with. No unnecessary back-and-forth, no complex processes – just practical, fast help whenever we need it."
What you'd actually pay
See what you'd save vs. your current vendor. 30 seconds, no sales call.
Seven steps, one vendor
A company laptop needs more than a delivery date. Someone has to configure it, fix it when it breaks, get it back when the employee leaves, store it, then pass it to the next hire or sell it. Tequipy handles all seven steps, in 180+ countries.
Get any device delivered to your employee, anywhere in the world.
We pre-configure the device before it arrives.
We fix or replace devices locally.
Doorstep pickup in 5 days on average. Worldwide.
We store the device safe until it's needed again.
We send a stored device to the next employee.
We buy back the devices.
Let's get you started
Book a 15-minute walkthrough with our team, or create a free account and start ordering right away.
Book a demo
We'll show you the platform, answer your questions, and help you set up for your first country.
Start ordering
Create a free account and place your first order. No demo needed, no contract, no setup fee. Browse devices and see live pricing.
“Hands-down one of the most responsive and solution-oriented teams I've worked with. No unnecessary back-and-forth, no complex processes – just practical, fast help whenever we need it."
Have more questions about switching from Firstbase?
What is actually different between Tequipy and Firstbase?
Firstbase documents two levels of warehouse service on its own support site: the US, UK, EU and Canada get the full one, while APAC, LATAM and MEA get a narrower one. Tequipy runs a single model. A local reseller buys the device in the hire's own country, the same way in every one of 180+ countries, at local recommended retail with delivery included.
Can we start while we are still with Firstbase?
Yes, and Firstbase stays exactly as it is while you try us. There is no long-term contract and no setup fee, so you register in about five minutes and order your next hire's laptop, keeping Firstbase for everything else. New accounts get a $5,000 credit line with seven calendar days to pay after delivery, so the first devices land before anything is due. Move more across only when it earns it.
Is Tequipy cheaper than Firstbase?
Firstbase builds a custom quote and publishes no figures, so set your quote against our list. Hardware is local recommended retail or lower with delivery included. A collection or a redeployment costs $70 to $150 a device. Storage begins at $12 a device a month. The platform is free below 100 devices, then $99 a month flat, and repairs are quoted per case.
Which countries do you serve, and how well?
All 180+ run the same buying and delivery model, including the regions Firstbase serves through partners rather than its own warehouses, among them the Philippines, Colombia, Brazil, India and the Caucasus. Two limits are worth knowing up front, storage is thinner in some countries and a device does not move across a border outside the EEA, and we will tell you exactly what any one country can do before you order.
Can Tequipy handle devices we bought or leased through Firstbase?
Owned devices, yes: load them in by CSV and use repair, collection, storage, redeployment or sellback on any of them. Leased ones are different. Tequipy sells hardware outright and does not lease anywhere, so a device still on a Firstbase lease stays under that agreement until it ends. Anything you own outright, whoever sold it, we can take on.
Does it work with our MDM and HR stack?
Before a device ships, Tequipy registers it in your Apple Business Manager or Windows Autopilot tenant, so it lands in your own MDM at first boot, whether that is Jamf, Intune, Kandji, Mosyle, Hexnode or JumpCloud. Sign-in uses Google, Microsoft or Okta. HiBob, BambooHR and Workday sync natively at $199 a month, with a REST API for anything else. We hold ISO 27001 and host in Europe.
What happens if an order or a delivery goes wrong?
Every shipment is insured, so a lost or damaged parcel is ours to raise with the courier and reorder. A machine dead on arrival is replaced within two days. A delivery that crosses ten business days earns a discount on the device. A repair averages 14 business days from pickup, which is why keeping one spare on hand pays off.
How is retail pricing sustainable for you?
Buying power. We move thousands of devices a month across 600+ authorized resellers, which is what pulls the purchase price under recommended retail; you then pay that retail figure and nothing over it. Each service beyond the device carries a margin of its own, collection, storage, redeployment and sellback. Nothing is billed up front to make the numbers work.
What should we test before switching from Firstbase?
Ask any vendor for capability one country at a time, not a single total, and ask what changes in the regions they treat as secondary. Add up a year including anything you have to commit to ahead of time. Check that a device you already own can be serviced. Then send one laptop to a hire in the region that has given you the most trouble.