Scarab OS and Protractor, side by side.
Both run an independent repair shop. They are priced on different ideas and put different things in the entry plan. Everything about Protractor here was read on its own pages on 20 October 2026.
- Entry priceProductNote
- Solo$109Shop$189Group$159Scarab OSSolo / Shop / Group; Group is per location. Solo is one person; Shop and Group have no user limit.
- $399/monthProtractor Core($359 paid yearly) · also priced in Canadian dollars
Checked 20 October 2026.
Bay 01
What a month costs
- Scarab OSProtractor
- Entry planSolo $109 for one person, or Shop $189 for any number of people with your old records importedCore $399
- Paid yearly$157.50 a month for Shop, billed yearly as $1,890, ten months' price$359 a month, billed annually
Monthly prices in US dollars. Protractor's prices are for new customers or upgrades. It also prints them in Canadian dollars: Core is CAD $449 a month, or CAD $404 a month billed annually. Source: protractorsoftware.com/pricing/, 20 October 2026.
Bay 02
What the entry plan includes
- Scarab OSProtractor
- Labor guideNot sold: name your guide and type its hours onto the lineEpicor Parts & Labor Guides, included on Core
- Parts lookup and orderingNo live catalog: use your own vendor account or type parts off the receiptA built-in parts catalog search, and ordering through PartsTech, Nexpart and others
- Digital inspectionsEvery plan, in three tiersBasic digital vehicle inspection on Core; AutoServe1's advanced inspections from Performance, $599 a month
- TextingTwo-way texting on every plan, from the shop's own numberText to Pay links and automated texts about the job; the page does not describe two-way texting
- Integrated card paymentsYes. Link your own Stripe account. A customer pays from a link or a code. We add no fee; Stripe's fees apply.Integrated Payments on Core; transaction fees apply
- Online booking and remindersEvery planCRM and Online Service Scheduler as Advanced Tools, $249 a month
- Bringing your history acrossYou import it yourself from CSV files, included on Shop and GroupData migration by its customer success team during onboarding
Bay 03
Who should stay with Protractor
- You quote from Epicor's parts and labor guides and want them inside the software.
- Your counter orders parts through a catalog inside the software.
- You want support by phone or live chat; ours is by email.
- You want to be billed in Canadian dollars.
If none of those describes your shop, the difference is what you pay for the rest, and whether a finished job is kept as a sealed record.
Moving across
Customers, vehicles and your past repairs import from CSV files on Shop and Group; photographs, open jobs and payments stay behind. Each past repair needs the customer's name and a date written one clear way, such as 2024-03-12, and you see a preview before anything is saved.