ALLDATA vs PartsTech
OEM repair information and shop workflow platform. Multi-supplier parts procurement and catalog platform.
ALLDATA and PartsTech help repair shops with different tasks. ALLDATA provides OEM mechanical and collision repair information, shop management software and support, and says its repair information is unedited and drawn from vehicle manufacturers.
PartsTech is a multi-supplier parts ordering platform that lets shops search for parts and tires across all their suppliers in one lookup and connects to shop management systems. One tells a technician how to do the repair.
The other finds and orders the parts.
Choosing between ALLDATA and PartsTech
Most shops use both kinds of tool. Ask ALLDATA which vehicles and systems are covered, how the data is updated and how its shop software compares with what you use now.
Ask PartsTech which of your suppliers are connected, whether prices shown are your account prices, how orders and returns flow into your shop software and what it charges. Test each on a week of real repair orders.
What to check before you choose
One tells a technician how to do the repair. The other finds the part and places the order.
Test ALLDATA on the cars you work on most. Pick a job on each of five makes and ask for the procedure, the wiring diagram and the specification.
Find out how updates arrive and how the content shows on a tablet in the bay. Ask how many users a plan includes and what it costs to add a bay.
Test PartsTech with your actual suppliers. Find out which of them are connected and whether the prices shown are your account prices with your discounts.
Ask how a quote becomes an order and how returns and credits appear in your shop software. Count how many screens a service writer touches to price a brake job.
Check how each connects to the shop management system you use. A parts tool that cannot send a quote into your estimate wastes the time it was meant to save.
Price both together. Most shops end up paying for a repair information subscription and a parts ordering tool, and the combined monthly cost is the number to compare against your current spend.
Setup time is worth measuring. Parts ordering tools need supplier logins and price levels loaded before they help, and repair information tools need user accounts and training. Find out how many days each takes before a technician or writer sees the first useful result.
Think about the service writer as well as the technician. The writer quotes jobs, so a parts tool that shows price and availability in one lookup shortens every quote.
Time a few real quotes from start to finish with each tool, and count the calls to suppliers that the tool replaced. Keep the numbers for the renewal talk.
| Field | ALLDATA | PartsTech |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Verified | Reviewed |
| Corporate parent | None recorded | None recorded |
| Primary market | Worldwide | US & Canada |
| Typical segment | Service and collision | Service departments and shops |
| Product records | 4 | 3 |
| Mapped categories | 3 | 2 |
| Integration records | 0 | 0 |
| Public pricing | Not published: quote per configuration | Not published: quote per configuration |
| Contract term | Not established in this record | Not established in this record |
Named product lines on each side
Inside the shared categories, ALLDATA fields 4 named lines against it (ALLDATA Repair, Manage Online, Diagnostics, Collision); PartsTech fields 3 named lines against it (PartsTech Catalog, Parts Ordering, Supplier Network).
ALLDATA
- ALLDATA Repair: Shop management & dispatch
- ALLDATA Manage Online: Shop management & dispatch
- ALLDATA Diagnostics: Shop management & dispatch
- ALLDATA Collision: Shop management & dispatch
PartsTech
- PartsTech Catalog: Parts & wholesale
- PartsTech Parts Ordering: Parts & wholesale
- PartsTech Supplier Network: Parts & wholesale