Instead of Titan DMS
Titan DMS prices access per user through a private quote. Own the dealership system.
Enterprise DNA builds your version around how vehicles move from acquisition to sale and service, brings your Titan records across, and runs it for you. One setup fee, then a monthly retainer, with your operating record held in a database you own.
Titan says its licence is a fixed monthly fee per user but publishes no amount. Its site presents product extensions separately and sends buyers to an enquiry.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
- check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
- check_circleBuilt and run by Enterprise DNA
What the private Titan quote covers
A per-user licence wrapped around the dealership's working record
Titan describes one system for sales, service, parts, accounts, customer relationships and reporting. Its New Zealand site says the licence is a fixed monthly fee for each user, but does not publish the fee. The quote therefore has to be judged against the records and daily work your team actually needs.
A monthly fee for every user
Titan states that its licence is charged per user. The amount is not shown online, so an owner cannot price a larger desk, workshop or accounts team without speaking to sales.
The whole dealership inside one vendor platform
Showroom, customer relationships, service, parts, accounts and reports all sit together. That breadth is useful, but it also makes the business record a larger job to move later.
A core system surrounded by extensions
Titan presents analytics, appraisals, prospect management, barcoding, media storage and other products as extensions to its core system. The public pages do not show which are included in the licence or what the others cost.
Automotive accounting tied into operations
Titan Admin includes the general ledger, receivables and payables across departments, franchises and groups. Leaving means deciding which financial history stays for reference and which transactions move to the accounting system you will use next.
Connections managed through the platform
Titan promotes an open integration network for manufacturer and third-party systems. Availability varies by region, and a connection outside its listed network starts with an enquiry.
Report downloads, but no published full exit path
Titan Reports can download results as CSV. The public pages do not describe a complete export of customers, vehicles, deals, repair orders, parts and accounts, so a switch starts by requesting that extract in writing.
What you own instead
One dealership record shaped around the decisions you make
Stock
Know which vehicles are tying up cash before another week passes
Vehicle age, acquisition source, recon, asking price and holding cost sit together, with missing sale paper visible before the unit moves.
- check Aged stock shown by days held
- check Recon attached to the vehicle so the deal margin reflects what was actually spent
- check CIN, PPSR, odometer and WoF gaps visible beside the unit
- check Acquisition sources compared by the margin they produce after recon
Sales
Follow every deal from first quote to a clean delivery record
Deposits, approvals, buyer details, trade-ins and delivery checks stay with the vehicle and customer rather than being split across departments.
- check Deposits that have not reached delivery put in front of the sales manager
- check Lost deals grouped by salesperson, source and stated reason
- check True gross by salesperson after recon is charged to the right unit
- check Required consumer, security-interest and cash-payment checks recorded before delivery
Aftersales
Join workshop work, parts movement and customer return in one view
Repair orders show who did the work, what parts moved, what remains unbilled and which sold customers have not returned for service.
- check Completed workshop jobs with no invoice surfaced while they can still be fixed
- check Internal recon added to vehicle cost instead of billed to a customer
- check WoF work assigned only where the inspector authorisation is current
- check Customers due for service listed with their vehicle and last visit
Management
Ask across departments without commissioning another report
The owner can examine the yard, desk and workshop as one operating record, then change the fields and rules as the group changes.
- check See which buyers never returned to the workshop after delivery
- check Compare aged stock, gross and unbilled work by site and across the group
- check Produce sale documents, service histories and statements in your dealership's brand
- check Add a field, approval stage or management view without waiting for a vendor release
Make it yours
Design your own Titan DMS replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Titan DMS. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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We build it from the open-source base, bring your Titan DMS data across and run it for you.
Switching
How to switch from Titan DMS
A move involves requesting the records Titan makes available, mapping the available Titan export to the new database, checking a test import and running both systems side by side before cutover.
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Request your records
Ask Titan in writing for customers, vehicles, deals, repair orders, parts, invoices and any history you need to retain. Titan’s public information confirms that report results can be downloaded as CSV, but does not document a full system export. Export what your account allows and check with Titan about what you can get.
- 2
Map and test the import
The included importer expects CDK-style exports rather than importing Titan DMS data directly. Map the columns in your extract to the fields the new database expects, then run the import test before accepting records. The test gives you a chance to see what the importer can handle and correct the mapping before the records are loaded.
- 3
Review what the import flags
Check the test results and each row the importer identifies as skipped. Confirm which records and fields carried over, and decide what to do about anything that did not. Imported vehicles have no CIN or PPSR recorded, so verify those documents rather than assuming the Titan record confirms them. Reconcile the result against the extract before proceeding.
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Run both systems side by side
Keep Titan available for a short period while you use the new database for live work. Compare the customers, vehicles, deals, repair orders, parts, invoices and chosen history against Titan and your source records. Note any gaps or differences, resolve them, and make sure staff know which system is the record for each task during this period.
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Switch off Titan DMS
When you have checked and accepted the new records, agree a cutover point and stop entering new work in Titan. Confirm with your accountant how open transactions will be handled, since the new system does not replace a full accounting ledger. Close or retain Titan access according to your agreement and record keeping needs.
Where the real effort goes
The main work is usually mapping Titan’s fields to the new database, deciding which history to bring across and reconciling what the importer accepts or skips. Titan’s public pages do not document a complete migration export, so confirm what records you can obtain. Enterprise DNA maps the available extract, runs a test and reconciles the result when you have them run the move.
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Rather talk it through? Book a call arrow_forwardThree ways to move
Run the free version, have yours built, or have it managed
Open source
Do it yourself
Free, open source
- 1 Download the free repo from GitHub
- 2 Run npm run demo and open the folder in Claude Code
- 3 Ask for the lot, the deals, workshop attention or service due
- 4 Export Titan reports as CSV, then map their columns into the included CDK import format
Built around your business
We customise it
One setup fee, then a retainer for ongoing work
- check We request the Titan extract available to you and reconcile the customer, vehicle, deal, repair order and parts history
- check Your approval stages, aged-stock rules, documents and management views are written around the way your dealership works
- check The accounting cutover is planned with the accounting system you will use next
- check Manufacturer and finance connections are scoped where the dealership depends on them
Omni by Enterprise DNA
We run it for you
One setup fee, then a retainer
- check Installed and operated inside Omni by Enterprise DNA with the rest of your business
- check Access, backups and the cutover from Titan managed with your team
- check The yard, sales desk and workshop attention list kept ready for each working day
- check New sites, rules and reports added without another per-user licence
Questions
Instead of Titan DMS, answered
What does Titan DMS cost? expand_more
Titan does not publish an amount. Its New Zealand site describes a fixed monthly licence fee per user, while its product pages present a core system plus a range of extensions. Ask for the licence, extensions, implementation, training and required connections to be separated on the quote before comparing it.
Can we get our records out of Titan DMS? expand_more
Titan says report results can be downloaded as CSV, but its public pages do not document a full migration export. Ask Titan in writing for customers, vehicles, deals, repair orders, parts, invoices and the history you must retain. Enterprise DNA maps those records and does a test run before anything is accepted into your new database.
What happens to Titan Admin and our general ledger? expand_more
The free version records dealership operations but does not replace a full accounting ledger. Your ledger stays in an accounting system built for it. Enterprise DNA scopes the connection between the operational record and that system, with the cutover agreed with your accountant.
Will we lose manufacturer and third-party connections? expand_more
The free version has no manufacturer connections included. The managed version scopes essential connections for the move. Titan lists a broad integration network, so the first review identifies which connections are essential at each site.
Does the free version import Titan DMS data directly? expand_more
No. The included importer is documented for CDK-style exports rather than a direct Titan DMS import. You can map the available export yourself, or Enterprise DNA can map it, show what will and will not carry across, and reconcile the result before cutover.
Put the dealership record behind your own name
Spend 30 minutes with Sam reviewing the Titan quote, the people who need access, the extensions and connections each site relies on, and the records you can export. You will leave knowing whether an owned version fits and what must be carried across. If it fits, Enterprise DNA builds and runs it. If it does not, keep the comparison.
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