Migrate from Tekmetric
Move from Tekmetric to PeakSpitz, safely.
Moving off Tekmetric should feel like restoring from a backup, not a leap of faith. Your garage management tool data is read into a PeakSpitz environment of your own, checked against your real numbers, and run in parallel — while Tekmetric keeps running, untouched, the whole time. Here is exactly how, step by step.
Tekmetric is a strong, US-focused cloud platform whose signature strengths are its digital vehicle inspections, its granular labour and parts matrices, real-time technician tracking and its reporting dashboards. Teams often begin evaluating alternatives when per-shop pricing scales with each location, or when accounting, a storefront and the wider back office live outside the shop tool and they want one joined-up system rather than a shop app bolted to separate finance software. PeakSpitz keeps the repair-order-and-inspection core but folds real accounting with VAT, inventory, a built-in storefront and payments into the same platform, with unlimited users and EU hosting.
The safe way to leave Tekmetric
Work down the list at your own pace. Nothing here is irreversible, and your current system stays live throughout.
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Before you touch anything — get a backup you own
Get a copy of your data out of Tekmetric that you control — a file held on your side, not just a setting inside the system. Confirm in your contract that you have the right to export, and note any renewal, notice or lock-in dates so the timing stays on your terms.
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Export your data
Pull customers, vehicles, jobs and parts out of Tekmetric in the most complete format it offers — CSV, spreadsheet, or an account/API export. Take the history too, not just open items: past records, documents and contacts are worth keeping.
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Send us a sample
Before you commit, send us a representative slice — a handful of customers, a few recent orders or bookings, part of your catalogue. We map it into PeakSpitz and show you the restored result, so you see exactly how your garage management tool data lands before you move the rest.
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See what maps to what
We line Tekmetric up against PeakSpitz: customers, vehicles, jobs and parts become customers, catalogue, orders, documents and ledgers in one joined-up system. Anything without an obvious home is flagged early, not discovered late.
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Bring it in — a read-only restore
Your data is read into a fresh, isolated PeakSpitz environment of your own. Nothing inside Tekmetric is touched, changed or switched off — it keeps running exactly as it is.
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Verify against your numbers
Before you trust it, reconcile the totals — balances, counts, tax and revenue — against what Tekmetric shows today. The numbers have to match before anything goes live.
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Run both in parallel
Keep Tekmetric live and run PeakSpitz alongside it for as long as you like. Compare like for like, move one area across first, and build trust before you depend on it. No big-bang cutover, and no deadline from us.
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Cross over and decommission — on your terms
Switch over only when PeakSpitz has earned it. Keep your Tekmetric export archived as a safety net, and close the old subscription when you are ready — not a moment before.
What maps where: Tekmetric → PeakSpitz
Tekmetric
Customers & Vehicles (VIN-decoded)
PeakSpitz
Customers, with VIN and registration on the customer/order record
Tekmetric
Repair Orders built from Jobs / canned jobs
PeakSpitz
Made-to-order work orders with grouped service lines
Tekmetric 'Jobs' become reusable service groups on the order.
Tekmetric
Labour matrix and parts matrix (tiered markup by cost band)
PeakSpitz
Pricing rules on service items and markup on inventory parts
The matrices are a pricing configuration you re-decide, not a table you import.
Tekmetric
Digital Vehicle Inspections (photo/video)
PeakSpitz
Inspection media as order attachments, with DVI templates rebuilt
Tekmetric
Technician tracking / labour clock
PeakSpitz
Unlimited users assigned to orders, with labour captured on the order
Historical productivity metrics stay in Tekmetric's reports for archive.
Tekmetric
Reports and dashboards
PeakSpitz
Built-in reporting plus real accounting with VAT
What to watch when leaving Tekmetric
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Tekmetric's labour and parts matrices are among its strengths, but the cost-tier markup bands are a pricing configuration to re-decide in PeakSpitz — not a table that imports. Treat cutover as a chance to confirm each rate.
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DVI is central to Tekmetric; its inspection templates and the attached photos and videos are re-created and archived. Rebuild the canned inspections in PeakSpitz and keep recent inspection media as an archive.
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Technician labour-time and productivity history commonly stays inside Tekmetric's reporting. Export those reports for your records; they don't reconstruct as live history on the new platform.
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Integrated parts-catalogue and supplier-ordering links are re-established on the new system. The connections and any punch-out ordering are set up fresh rather than carried over.
Common questions about leaving Tekmetric
Can we keep our labour and parts matrices?
Tekmetric's matrices are genuinely granular — credit where due. In PeakSpitz they're re-expressed as pricing rules on service items and markup on parts. It's a configuration you re-decide rather than a table import, which is a good moment to confirm each rate.
Will our DVI results transfer?
Inspection templates are rebuilt in PeakSpitz and recent photos and videos are archived. The DVI checklists are quick to re-create; the historical media is kept as an archive rather than migrated live.
We rely on Tekmetric's reporting — what replaces it?
PeakSpitz has built-in reporting plus real accounting with VAT in the same platform. Export your historical Tekmetric reports for the record; going forward the numbers come from one joined-up system rather than a shop app plus separate finance software.
As much help as you want
Do it yourself, or have us map your fields, run the import and reconcile the result with you. Support is a ladder — you start where you are comfortable and step up only where an area needs it.
See the full safe-migration approach →Why people leave Tekmetric
PeakSpitz runs the whole business on one AI platform — not a single corner with the rest bolted on — with Spitz AI and unlimited users included. See the difference side by side.
Compare PeakSpitz vs Tekmetric →Bring your Tekmetric data in safely. Cross over when you are ready.
Send us a sample of your data and we will show you the restored result — no commitment, no risk to your live system.