Question 1

What is the best software for PPF shops?

Accepted Answer

Wraptor covers the full PPF job lifecycle: package quoting, a drag-and-drop board, film inventory by roll, warranty records, photo documentation, proofing, Stripe invoicing, and customer tracking. Base starts at $99/month for one seat and location and includes directory leads; Pro is $199/month with unlimited seats and locations plus the larger email, storage, AI, white-label, and network features.

Question 2

How do PPF shops track film inventory?

Accepted Answer

Professional PPF shops track film by roll: brand and series (XPEL Ultimate Plus, SunTek Reaction, 3M Scotchgard Pro, STEK DYNOshield), width, remaining length, and cost per square foot. Wraptor's inventory system tracks all of this with low-stock alerts, and logs usage against each job so you know your true material cost per install. PPF film runs $20–$40+ per linear foot wholesale — an untracked half-roll lost to miscuts or forgotten remnants is hundreds of dollars. Shops that track film by roll typically recover 5–10% in material costs versus pen-and-paper tracking.

Question 3

How should a PPF shop handle warranties?

Accepted Answer

Film manufacturers offer 10–12 year warranties (XPEL, SunTek, 3M), but the shop has to keep records that survive that long: which film series went on which vehicle, install date, coverage areas, and installer. Wraptor stores this per vehicle in the CRM — every job records the exact materials used, photos at install time, and the customer's contact history. When a warranty claim comes in five years later, you pull up the vehicle and have everything: film SKU, batch usage, install photos, and the original invoice. Shops that keep warranty records in spreadsheets or paper files routinely eat the cost of claims they can't verify.

Question 4

What does PPF software cost?

Accepted Answer

PPF and vehicle-care software typically runs $50–$300+ per month. Wraptor Base is $99/month or $990/year for one seat and one location and starts with a 30-day Base trial. Wraptor Pro is a paid upgrade at $199/month or $1,990/year with unlimited seats and locations, three mailboxes, 50 GB of storage, 100 monthly AI credits, white-label lead generation, and Pro network access.

Question 5

Is Wraptor better than Urable for PPF shops?

Accepted Answer

They solve different problems. Urable is a capable scheduling and booking tool for vehicle-care businesses (detailing, ceramic, PPF) with online booking and per-user pricing. Wraptor is a full shop operating system built for film and wrap work: PPF-specific job stages, film inventory by roll, warranty records per vehicle, client proofing with visual commenting, a customer job tracker, AI-powered email that detects leads, and — uniquely — a consumer directory of 6,700+ shops that routes wrap, PPF, and tint leads to subscribers, plus a vetted installer network for overflow work. If you only need booking, Urable works. If you want the install workflow, the paper trail, and a lead source in one login, that's Wraptor.

Question 6

Can PPF shops use Wraptor for tint and wrap jobs too?

Accepted Answer

Yes — most PPF shops also install tint, wraps, or ceramic coating, and Wraptor handles mixed-service shops natively. Each job carries its own service type, materials, and workflow stages, so a full-body PPF install, a two-window tint job, and a commercial wrap can run side by side on the same board without forcing one process onto all three. The directory works the same way: your listing shows every service you offer (wraps, PPF, tint, ceramic), and leads come tagged with the service the customer asked for.

Question 7

How do PPF shops document installs to prevent disputes?

Accepted Answer

Before/after photo documentation is the standard: photograph existing paint condition (rock chips, swirl marks, repaint signs) before install, and the finished coverage after. Wraptor makes this a formal step with condition reports: at check-in you capture a walkaround — photos plus damage notes — and the customer signs off on the shop tablet, and once signed the report is locked from deletion. Photos also attach directly to the job record with timestamps. That record kills the classic dispute — 'your installer chipped my hood' — because the chip is in the before photos the customer saw. Photos also feed the AI studio, which turns finished installs into portfolio and social content.

Feature	Wraptor	Urable	Tint Wiz	Spreadsheets
PPF-specific workflow stages		-	-	-
Film inventory by roll/SKU		Partial		Manual
Warranty records per vehicle		-	-	Manual
Quoting & invoicing				-
Online payments (Stripe)				-
Client proofing & approval		-	-	-
Customer job tracker portal		Partial	-	-
Consumer directory leads		-	-	-
Vetted installer network		-	-	-
Starting price	Base $99 · Pro $199	Per-user	$150/mo	Free

The Best Software forPPF & Paint Protection Shops