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Comparison

RepairOps vs PC Repair Tracker (PCRT)

How RepairOps compares with PC Repair Tracker (PCRT), and how to bring your PCRT database with you.

Products and prices change, so check with each vendor before you decide.

Key differences

Where RepairOps is different

Bring your PCRT database with you

The PC Repair Tracker importer reads a MySQL dump of your database and brings over customers, devices, work orders, notes, invoices, payments, and inventory.

In the browser, or on your server

Use RepairOps from any browser, or run it on your own server with a self-hosted plan.

Customers approve quotes online

Customers follow their repair on a secure link, confirm the email or phone number on their ticket, and approve or decline the quote, with an optional signature.

A quality check before every pickup

A repair can only move to ready for pickup from its quality check: five checklist items, at least one photo, and a recorded outcome.

AI when you want it

AI is an add-on. Bring your own key from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, Mistral, OpenRouter, or Z.ai with AI Ready, or use managed credits with AI Assist or AI Copilot.

Plans and limits on the page

Plans start at $99 a month, and each plan's users, locations, work orders, storage, and SMS limits are listed on the pricing page.

In depth

RepairOps and PC Repair Tracker, in more detail

How a repair moves through RepairOps

A ticket starts at intake, where staff record the customer, the device, its condition, and photos. It then moves through triage, diagnostics, the quote, the repair, and a quality check, and a ticket can only reach ready for pickup from that quality check.

Customers get a link to follow the repair. Once they confirm the email or phone number on their ticket, they can approve or decline the quote and message the shop.

Questions to ask before you switch

Which records do you need on day one? A database dump brings over customers, devices, work orders, notes, invoices and line items, payments, refunds, deposits, and inventory with opening stock. Photos, quotes, appointments, and message history aren't imported.

Which features are in your plan? In RepairOps, appointment booking, point of sale, the time clock, and Google review requests start on Pro; multiple locations and the API start on Business; and AI add-ons start at $49 a month.

How will you text customers? RepairOps sends SMS through your shop's own Twilio account.

PC Repair Tracker's features and prices change, so check its current plans with PC Repair Tracker directly before you decide.

Switching

Moving from PC Repair Tracker

Beta shops get a guided onboarding review and priority support while they switch.

  1. Export your PCRT database

    Create a MySQL dump of your PC Repair Tracker database (.sql or .sql.gz, up to 500 MB). If you can't, seven CSV exports work as a fallback, without money or stock data.

  2. Preview the import

    The shop owner uploads the dump, and a dry run shows what will come across before anything is saved.

  3. Run the import

    The import runs in the background and can take a few hours for a large database. Open work orders arrive closed unless you choose to keep them open.

  4. Check and go live

    Check a sample of work orders and balances, then start new check-ins in RepairOps.

Prefer to run it on your own server?

PC Repair Tracker runs on a server you control. Shop Owner Edition does too: it's RepairOps packaged for your own server, with your PCRT history brought across and a license that keeps the shop running even if you stop paying for updates.

See Shop Owner Edition

Now onboarding beta shops

See whether RepairOps fits better than PC Repair Tracker.

RepairOps is onboarding repair shops in small batches. Join the beta and we'll be in touch when a spot opens.

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