Your own portal, a rented one, or the inbox?

Most tuning file services start with email, try a rented portal, then decide whose brand and whose payment accounts the customer should see. Here is what to compare before you choose.

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Where email stops working

Email is free and every customer already has it. It breaks when files, vehicle details, payment and support live in separate threads: the tuner asks for the ECU again, the credit balance sits in a spreadsheet and nobody sees the status without asking.

Requests arrive without the vehicle, the ECU or the reading device.
Balances and price lists are kept by hand for every dealer.
The customer asks for status because there is nowhere to look.

Questions to ask a rented portal

A rented portal solves intake, but the terms differ from vendor to vendor. Ask these before you move your customers onto someone else’s platform.

Does the vendor’s name stay on the portal, the emails or the invoices?
Is there a fee per file, per customer or per seat on top of the subscription?
Do customer payments land in your own Stripe, PayPal or bank account?
Can dealers have their own customers and price tiers?
If you leave, can the portal keep running on your own server?

What your own ECU Tuning Portal gives you

ECU Tuning Portal runs on your domain with your logo, colours, invoices and contact details. Portal pricing takes no share of your tuning revenue, customer payments go to your own provider accounts, and the one-time plan can run on your own server or in the cloud.

Your own portal, a rented portal and an email workflow side by side
	ECU Tuning Portal	Rented portal	Email and spreadsheets
Brand	Your domain, logo, colours and invoices	Check whether the vendor’s name stays visible	Your mailbox; no customer portal
Cost model	Yearly €399 + €120 setup, or €699 one-time; no per-file fee	Check per-file, per-customer and per-seat fees	No software fee; the cost is your time
File intake	Four-step upload with vehicle, options, file and reading device	Check which vehicle details the form requires	Attachments with whatever the customer remembers
Dealers	Reseller role with own customers, tier pricing and balance	Check whether resellers are separate from customers	Price lists kept by hand
Payments	Stripe, PayPal, Wise and bank transfer into your own accounts	Check whether payments pass through the vendor	Invoices and transfers by hand
Languages	24 portal languages, including RTL	Check the language list	Whatever you write yourself
Hosting	Managed hosting, or your own server on the one-time plan	On the vendor’s platform	Your mail provider

Questions

Is there a fee per tuning file?

No. Portal pricing does not take a share of your tuning revenue.

Can I try it before I decide?

Yes. The seven-day trial opens the full portal without a payment card.

Can it run on my own domain?

Yes. The portal runs on your hostname with TLS and your branding.