RepairCMS and Repairline compared
Looking for an alternative to Repairline? Repairline is tailored to manufacturers, dealers and service networks. RepairCMS covers both sides. The workshop that takes in, quotes, invoices and takes payment itself, and the manufacturer that runs aftersales, warranty and repair orders for its service network in one system.
Which one fits whom
Workshop or service network
If the first list sounds like your business, all we save you is the time you would spend testing.
Then Repairline is the better fit
Based on Repairline documentation, as of 9 August 2026
You want incoming units routed to external service centres automatically.
Goodwill and insurance cases with an excess are your daily business.
You hand out loan devices while a repair is in progress.
You need turnaround times and warranty rates as prebuilt reports.
Then RepairCMS is the better fit
Documented in our product and contract material
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You take in, quote, invoice and take payment yourself. One device, one system.
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You are a manufacturer and run aftersales, warranty, RMA and returns for your service network. Dealers and service partners submit their cases themselves in the B2B portal. Module from the Team plan, included with Enterprise.
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Your invoice needs ZUGFeRD and the route into Lexware Office.
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Your customer approves the quote in the portal. Quote management from the Business plan.
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You want to do the maths before the sales call. Our prices are public.
The handover to Lexware Office covers invoices that are created in RepairCMS. Receipts created through helloCash do not take this route.
Comparison table
Nineteen criteria, short and verifiable
We do not rate. The table shows what each provider publishes on the reference date, including the two points where Repairline is ahead.
Details on Repairline, as of 9 August 2026
Source: provider documentation
Criterion
Contract and getting started
5 criteria
Price published
What it costs, without a sales call
RepairCMS
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29 € net per month, the price is on the website
On annual billing. Around 32 € net when paid monthly. One user is included, each additional user costs 25 € per month.
Repairline
no price on the website
Their FAQ states that the monthly fee depends on the chosen package and possibly additional service packages, registered users and service cases. The number of users is not capped.
Trial period
Time to check it with real orders
RepairCMS
✓
14 days, extendable once to 21 days
Repairline
✓
30 days
Interface for your own integrations
API for other systems
RepairCMS
✓
API on request, Enterprise scope only
Part of the Enterprise scope and not a feature of the standard plans.
Repairline
✓
API and interfaces listed
Who the system is built for
Workshop or service network
RepairCMS
✓
Repair and service in one workflow
Repairline
✓
Manufacturers, dealers and workshops
Language of interface and support
Who answers when you call
RepairCMS
✓
German and English, support in both languages
Repairline
✓
multilingual
Which languages, and in which language support replies, is not stated.
Money and invoicing
5 criteria
E-invoicing with ZUGFeRD
Receiving them has been mandatory in Germany since 2025
RepairCMS
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ZUGFeRD 2.3, in every plan
The file is created while you write the invoice.
Repairline
no information found
Accounting
Handover to your tax adviser
RepairCMS
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Lexware Office, DATEV compatible
Applies to invoices from RepairCMS. Receipts from helloCash do not take this route.
Repairline
no information found on Lexware Office or DATEV
Only interfaces and import and export are mentioned.
Pay online and QR code
Your customer pays directly or scans the receipt
RepairCMS
✓
Ultimate FastPAY via Stripe, QR code on the receipt
No base fee. Per payment the Stripe fee plus 0.25 €. In every plan. Which payment methods your customer sees is set in your own Stripe account.
Repairline
✓
PayPal listed
No information found on a QR code on the receipt.
Taking payment in store with a fiscal signature
TSE in Germany, RKSV in Austria
RepairCMS
Early Access
Through helloCash, for Germany and Austria
In Early Access since 5 August 2026. On top of that come the helloCash Premium package per location and the TSE fee. RepairCMS charges neither, so the route is not free.
Repairline
no information found on TSE or RKSV
Documents
How a document is laid out and who adapts it
RepairCMS
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Documents to DIN 5008, templates and number ranges adjustable
DIN 5008 governs the layout of a German business letter. What an invoice has to contain is governed by German VAT law.
Repairline
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own templates and own number ranges
No information found on DIN 5008.
Customer and communication
3 criteria
Approving a quote
Approval without a round of phone calls
RepairCMS
✓
Approval in the customer portal, payment in the same window
Your customer ticks individual optional items on and off, and the total moves with them. Quote management from the Business plan.
Repairline
✓
view a quote online and respond to it
Whether the customer ticks optional items on and off is not stated.
Optional items in the quote
The line your customer ticks themselves
RepairCMS
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Your customer ticks single items on and off, the total adjusts
Your workshop marks what is optional while writing the quote. Quote management from the Business plan.
Repairline
✓
optional repairs can be added
Whether the customer ticks them on and off themselves is not stated.
Messages on the order
With your customer and inside your team, in one system
RepairCMS
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Chat with your customer and internal messages on the same order
Messages to your customer show up in the portal, internal messages stay internal.
Repairline
✓
ticket system for internal communication, plus email and SMS
No information found on a chat between customer and workshop.
Workshop and stock
4 criteria
Every repair on one device
Look it up by serial number
RepairCMS
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Complete serial number history
The serial number is recorded at intake. Through it you call up every repair on that device.
Repairline
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serial numbers and faults are recorded, IMEI is checked
Internal checklist
Check steps before handover, for your team only
RepairCMS
✓
In every plan, check steps freely named
Internal only. Your customer never sees them, not even on the service report.
Repairline
no information found
Spare part on the order
With a warning when stock runs low
RepairCMS
✓
Part on the order, warning at low stock, from the Team plan
Repairline
✓
bills of materials and a virtual basket for the technician
No information found on a low stock warning.
Permissions per employee
Who sees which figures and messages
RepairCMS
✓
Permissions per employee, changes take effect at once
For example seeing revenue in the dashboard, or writing internally only.
Repairline
✓
roles and user groups
Which individual permissions exist is not stated.
Law, data and partners
2 criteria
Where the data sits
Location of the database
RepairCMS
✓
Germany
In every plan.
Repairline
✓
Germany
Own servers at the Datacenter Ostbayern data centre.
Portal for dealers and service partners
A separate login for your partners
RepairCMS
✓
Module from the Team plan, included with Enterprise
Paid module, not included in the plans below it. 39 € net per month, five logins included, each additional one 5 € net. Partners can be invited without limit.
Repairline
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B2B partner management listed
Alongside it, Repairline lists a routing that assigns incoming units to a service centre automatically.
All statements about other providers come from their publicly accessible documentation. For Repairline these are the pages Home, Features, Tour, FAQ and Imprint as archived on 9 August 2026. Repairline publishes in German, so quotations are shown in the original wording with an English translation added for readability. We compare what is documented and we do not rate providers. Providers who consider a statement inaccurate or outdated can reach us at support@repaircms.com. We check every report and correct what needs correcting.
What comes with RepairCMS
What you get
Six points, each with its plan level. Everything else is on the product page.
A quote your customer puts together, approves and pays for in the portal
Quote management from the Business plan
Integrated messaging with a unified inbox, chat right inside the repair portal
in every plan
Intake with condition report, photos and digital signature
in every plan
ZUGFeRD 2.3 and handover to Lexware Office, DATEV compatible
in every plan
Applies to invoices that are created in RepairCMS. Receipts created through helloCash do not take this route.
Parts and stock management with low stock warnings and price history
from the Team plan
Taking payment at the point of sale through helloCash
Early Access
On top of that come the helloCash Premium package per location and the TSE fee, and RepairCMS charges neither of them itself.
In detail
The three differences you notice day to day
01
E-invoicing and accounting
ZUGFeRD 2.3 sits in every plan, including the smallest one. You write the invoice as usual, the structured file is created with it and goes to Lexware Office, DATEV compatible. This applies to invoices that are created in RepairCMS. Receipts created through helloCash do not take this route.
02
The quote as the moment of sale
The quote sits in the customer portal. Your customer ticks individual optional items on and off, sees the new total right away, approves it digitally and pays online. The round of phone calls is gone, and the extra sale happens at the moment of decision. Quote management from the Business plan.
03
Who routes the units
Repairline writes that the work „zwischen Werkstatt, Händler und Hersteller“ (between workshop, dealer and manufacturer) is something you can „von Anfang an in klaren Schritten konfigurieren“ (configure in clear steps from the outset). We cover repairs across several businesses as well, only the other way round. Dealers and service partners submit their cases themselves in the B2B partner portal and follow the status in real time, instead of a matrix assigning the units automatically. The difference is the direction, not the reach.
What remains is the case where your process is highly specific and goes beyond what the portal and the standard warranty handling carry. Then we build it as custom work in the Enterprise process, with a fixed price for the scoping. Automatic assignment to service centres is still not part of the standard product, which is why there is no tick for it in the table.
Switching
What happens when you move over
These three points decide a switch, not the feature list.
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Master data such as customers, devices and parts moves over by export and import. Completed orders stay in the old system or come along as an archive file.
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The trial runs for 14 days and can be extended once to 21.
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From day one: a status link instead of a callback, quote approval in the portal, ZUGFeRD automatically. Quote management from the Business plan.
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