▚ For tint shops · Updated for 2026
The Best Software forWindow Tint Shops
High-volume scheduling, film inventory by VLT, instant quoting, and invoicing built for tint shops — plus directory leads from customers searching for tint near them.
Directory leads · 1 active job · 1 active quote · $0 forever
▚ Quick answer
Overlam gives tint shops a fast quoting-to-invoice pipeline. Every account starts on Overlam Free at $0 forever, with directory leads, one active job, and one active quote. Starter unlocks the full workflow at $99/month; Shop is $199/month with unlimited seats and expanded tools.
What is the best software for window tint shops?
Tint Wiz is the best-known tint-specific CRM at $150/month. Overlam Free includes directory leads, one active job, and one active quote at $0 forever. Starter unlocks quoting, scheduling, Stripe invoicing, film inventory, customer tracking, proofing, and AI tools at $99/month; Shop is $199/month with unlimited seats and expanded tools.
How do tint shops handle high job volume?
Tint is a volume business — a good two-bay shop turns 6–12 vehicles a day, and the bottleneck is almost never the install, it's the admin between installs. The fix is standardization: flat package pricing per vehicle class (sedan / coupe / SUV / truck), pre-built quotes that convert to invoices in one tap, and a board view showing today's bays at a glance. Overlam's job board is built for this cadence: jobs move Lead → Scheduled → In Bay → QC → Done, customers get automatic status texts, and payment links go out with the invoice so cars don't sit finished and unpaid. Shops switching from paper books or generic calendars report saving 30–60 minutes of admin per day.
How should a tint shop track film inventory?
Track every roll by film line and VLT: brand and series (3M Ceramic IR, XPEL Prime, SunTek CIR, Llumar), VLT percentage (5%, 20%, 35%, 50%, 70%), width, and remaining footage. Running out of 20% ceramic mid-day costs you the afternoon's bookings. Overlam tracks rolls with low-stock alerts and logs usage per job, so you see actual film cost per vehicle and reorder before you're out. It also surfaces which films actually sell — most shops discover 80% of jobs use three SKUs and stop over-stocking the rest.
What about window tint laws?
Every state sets its own legal VLT limits for each window position, and the shop is expected to know them — quoting an illegal front-window tint creates comebacks and liability. Keep a current reference at the point of sale: we maintain a free state-by-state guide at overlam.com/blog/window-tint-laws-by-state covering VLT limits, windshield rules, and medical exemptions for all 50 states. Overlam jobs record the film and VLT installed per window, so if a customer ever disputes what was installed, the record is on the invoice.
How much does tint shop software cost?
Tint-specific tools run roughly $100–$250 per month. Overlam Free is $0 forever with directory leads, one active job, and one active quote. Starter is $99/month and Shop is $199/month. Choose a paid plan to start an optional 7-day trial with a card attached; paid membership starts afterward unless canceled, returning the workspace to Free.
Does Overlam work for shops that do tint, wraps, and PPF?
Yes — that's the most common Overlam shop profile. Each service keeps its own workflow: tint jobs run a fast same-day pipeline, wraps run the full Design → Print → Install → QC flow, PPF tracks film and warranty records. One login, one customer database, one invoice history. Your directory listing shows all services, and incoming leads are tagged by what the customer asked for — so a tint customer today becomes a wrap quote next quarter, and you can see that history in one place.
How do tint shops get more customers?
The highest-intent channel is local search: 'window tint near me' and 'tint shop [city]'. That means a complete Google Business Profile, steady review volume, and presence in the directories customers actually browse. Overlam includes a listing in its consumer directory — 16,000+ wrap, PPF, and tint shops searchable by city and service — and routes quote requests from those pages straight to your inbox as leads. Combine that with automatic review requests after pickup and a portfolio page (Overlam's AI studio turns install photos into social-ready posts), and the marketing side mostly runs itself.
▚ Head to head
How Overlam stacks up
Side-by-side comparison of Overlam vs the tools shops in this vertical typically use.
| Feature | Overlam | Tint Wiz | Urable | Spreadsheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same-day volume scheduling | Manual | |||
| Film inventory by VLT/roll | Partial | Manual | ||
| Flat package quoting | - | |||
| Online payments (Stripe) | Via Fullsteam | - | ||
| Customer job tracker portal | - | - | - | |
| Client proofing (graphics/wrap work) | - | - | - | |
| Consumer directory leads | - | - | - | |
| AI email with lead detection | - | - | - | |
| Wraps & PPF on the same board | Partial | Manual | ||
| Document e-signatures | - | |||
| VIN camera scan & decode | - | Manual | ||
| Payroll-ready pay periods | - | Commission tracking | - | |
| Starting price | Free $0 | $150/mo | $70–$220/mo | Free |
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