Signal vs Tekmetric
Running a multi-bay shop on one system? Tekmetric. Small garage that wants updates without a system? Signal.
Tekmetric is auto repair shop management: repair orders, inspections, and reporting. Customer communication, like texting and digital approvals, is listed as an add-on.
Pick Orbit Signal when
You want customers to see their car’s status and approve work from a link, without moving the whole garage into new software.
Stay with Tekmetric when
You want repair orders, inspections, reporting, and customer messaging in one shop system.
The same moment, both ways
A part arrives a day late.
With Tekmetric
- Update the repair order.
- Send a message if the add-on is on.
- Answer the call if it is not.
With Orbit Signal
- Move the date on the car’s job.
- Signal holds the change for a quick check.
- Approve, and the customer sees the new day.
Honest limit: Signal does not write repair orders or keep inspection and parts records. It is not a shop management system.
See the Signal side for yourself.
A live sample page you can click through. Nothing is sent.
Open the car repair demoVW Golf · service and brakes
Your VW Golf is in the workshop.
- When
- Expected ready tomorrow, 16:00
- Your move
- 1 decision
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