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Instead of Rental Car Manager

Stop renting Rental Car Manager. Own your rental system.

We build your version around your depots, fleet and hire process, bring your Rental Car Manager records across, and run it for you through Omni by Enterprise DNA.

Ask Rental Car Manager for a current quote. Its official pages reviewed here do not show a subscription price.

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What your current system covers

Compare the work your rental desk actually does

Rental Car Manager combines booking screens, fleet records and connected services. Use your current quote to separate the daily desk work from the connections your business depends on.

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The reservation sheet

Rental Car Manager presents bookings in a visual reservation sheet. In your own version, ask which vehicles are due out, due back or waiting for preparation.

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Fleet and service records

The vendor tracks vehicle details, registrations and maintenance. Your version keeps those dates and service decisions with the vehicle you own.

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Rates and extra charges

Rental Car Manager supports rates, discounts and extra fees. Agree the charging rules for your own version against the terms your renters actually sign.

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Booking and balance reports

RCM supplies operational and financial reports. Its reporting page confirms exports to Excel, CSV and PDF, which provide a starting point for migration.

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Damage and notice handling

RCM includes vehicle damage records and infringement processing. Your own desk can keep evidence, custody dates and the decisions still waiting for an owner.

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Connections around the desk

Web bookings, agent connections and payment services are part of the RCM offering. We scope the connections your version needs before you change systems.

The owned version

One rental record from reservation to return

The day ahead

Know what can leave the depot

See bookings alongside the records needed for a handover.

  • check Pickups for the next week, including missed pickups
  • check Vehicles still out after the agreed return time
  • check Overlapping reservations refused when saved
  • check Your own depot preparation rules can be added

Fleet readiness

Keep the vehicle checks with the booking

An available date does not establish that a vehicle is ready.

  • check Inspection and registration expiry dates
  • check Service due by date or odometer
  • check Driver licence evidence and class checks
  • check Returned vehicles wait for cleaning confirmation

The rental history

Resolve the work left after a return

Keep the evidence and money attached to the actual hire.

  • check Condition notes and damage evidence references
  • check A recorded charge or waiver decision for each damage finding
  • check Notice deadlines tied to recorded custody times
  • check Balances by currency with reconciled payment totals

Your questions

Change the report when the question changes

Describe the answer you need from your own records.

  • check See open bookings with stale or missing desk notes
  • check Compare agreed future rates with current fleet rates
  • check Read fleet use over the last thirty days
  • check Add a report that combines your own fields and rules

Make it yours

Design your own Rental Car Manager replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Rental Car Manager. Try it here, and we build the real one.

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Answered from your own database

Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your Rental Car Manager data across and run it for you.

What it looks like

Ask it like you would ask a colleague

Three real runs on fictional rental records: the desk decisions, late returns and missing pickup checks.

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Vehicle Rental for Claude Code

Connected to your own database

What needs attention at the rental desk?

RC-1025

Issue
damage decision
Detail
Rear bumper scrape awaiting estimate approval

CMP301

Issue
fleet readiness
Detail
inspection missing or expired

KOR102

Issue
fleet readiness
Detail
service due

SUV401

Issue
fleet readiness
Detail
cleaning

RC-1021

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late return
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38 hours

RC-1021

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notice deadline
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DEMO-NOTICE-1 due 2026-10-02

RC-1025

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unpaid return
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NZD 575.00

Ask it anything

Ten questions the free version answers today

These are working queries over the fictional demo records. Your own rules and reports can be added as the business changes.

chat_bubble Which vehicles are still out after their agreed return time, and where should they come back?
chat_bubble Which pickups fall in the next week, including bookings whose pickup was missed?
chat_bubble Which bookings have missing licence checks, agreement evidence or departure inspections?
chat_bubble Which vehicles have an expired inspection, a service due or cleaning still outstanding?
chat_bubble Which damage reports are still waiting for a charge or waiver decision?
chat_bubble Which notices need attention this week, alongside late returns and fleet blocks?
chat_bubble What remains owing on each returned hire after recorded payments and decided damage?
chat_bubble Which cars spent the most time out during the last thirty days?
chat_bubble Which future bookings have a rate different from the current vehicle rate?
chat_bubble Which open bookings have no desk note, or no note for more than three days?

Switching

How to switch from Rental Car Manager

A move like this involves exporting your records, mapping them once, testing the import, and running both systems side by side until you trust the new one enough to switch off Rental Car Manager for good.

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    Export your records from RCM

    Rental Car Manager exports its reports to CSV, Excel or PDF. Export your booking details, including vehicles, customers and completed hires with actual pickup and return times if you want that history to carry across. Check with Rental Car Manager for the exact export options your account allows, since report headers can vary.

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    Map your fields, then test

    Your exported columns need to line up with the new system once. This is a one-time setup, not something you redo for every booking. Before loading anything for real, run the import as a test first so you can see what it would do without changing your live records.

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    Review what the import flags

    The import does not wave everything through. Vehicles and drivers it creates stay blocked until real inspection and certificate checks are done, so nothing leaves the yard on an unchecked record. It also cannot bring across photos, signed agreements or payment connections, those need separate handling, so check what it flags before you trust the data.

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    Run both systems side by side

    Keep Rental Car Manager running for a short period while your new setup handles real bookings. Compare bookings, balances and fleet status across both. This is the point where you catch a missed field or a rule that does not match how your desk actually works, before you commit to the new records fully.

  5. 5

    Switch off Rental Car Manager

    Once bookings, drivers and balances match and your team is comfortable working from the new records, turn off Rental Car Manager. Keep your original exports and documents on file. Photos, signatures and payment connections that needed separate migration should already be confirmed working before you make this final.

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Where the real effort goes

The real work is not the software, it is your own fields and rules: your depot names, categories, notice windows and the history you choose to bring across. Photos, signed agreements and payment connections need separate handling. Enterprise DNA scopes this from your exports and runs the migration for you when you have them set it up.

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We will send you the step-by-step plan for moving your business off Rental Car Manager, what the move really involves, and how we would do it for you.

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Three ways to make it yours

Choose who builds and runs your version

Open source

Do it yourself

Free, open source

  1. 1 Clone the repo and run npm install, npm test and npm run demo
  2. 2 Open the folder in Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor
  3. 3 Map your Rental Car Manager export and test the import on a fresh database
  4. 4 Set your brand, verify the records and run the rental desk
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Built around your business

We customise it

Setup fee, then a retainer

  • check Your depots, fields, rental terms and preparation rules
  • check Your Rental Car Manager exports mapped and reconciled
  • check A web front end or different technology stack when needed
  • check The booking and payment connections agreed for your operation
Get your version built

Omni by Enterprise DNA

We run it for you

One setup fee, then a retainer

  • check Installed and operated through Omni by Enterprise DNA
  • check Your records brought across and checked with your team
  • check Backups, access and the agreed connections managed
  • check Ongoing changes as your fleet and process develop
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Questions

Instead of Rental Car Manager, answered

Can you bring our Rental Car Manager history across? expand_more

Yes, we can scope the migration from your exports. RCM confirms that its reports export to CSV, Excel and PDF. The free version imports bookings after column mapping, including completed hires when actual pickup and return times are supplied. Photos, signed agreements, additional drivers and payment connections need separate migration work. We reconcile your records before you switch.

Will it replace our online booking and payment services? expand_more

We build and connect the parts your operation needs as part of your custom version. The free version runs the internal rental desk. Keep your current booking channels and payment provider in place until the replacement connections have been tested with your team.

Will it stop an unchecked vehicle leaving? expand_more

The pickup step refuses missing driver checks, agreement evidence, departure inspections and vehicle readiness records. Staff still perform the real checks and record the evidence. The included rules cover NZ rental evidence and operator policy. Australian state requirements are configured for the business before deployment.

What will our version cost? expand_more

The code is free under an open-source licence. Running it yourself still involves your chosen hosting and assistant costs. Enterprise DNA builds and runs a version for a setup fee followed by a retainer, agreed after reviewing your fleet, migration and connections. Ask Rental Car Manager for its current quote when comparing.

Can it fit our depots, paperwork and hire rules? expand_more

Yes. The base holds vehicle locations, agreed pickup and return depots, rates, damage decisions and notice deadlines. It produces branded hire schedules, return records, balance statements and evidence worksheets. We adapt the fields, reviewed agreement terms, reports and screens to your process.

Bring the booking sheet and your current bill

Spend 30 minutes with Sam reviewing your fleet, the work your team does every week and the connections you need to keep. We will define your version, the migration and what it takes to run it for you.

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