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RentalOS

byHAYKALI

Category
Operating system for rental businesses
Status
In development
Built by
HAYKALI

RentalOS is a vertical operating system for businesses that rent out physical assets. It is built around the rental cycle itself, rather than a generic booking tool with rental bolted on.

Product screens are not shown here because none have been approved for release yet. They will be added to this page when they are. Details on this page are being confirmed with the product team.

What using it looks like

The views this product is organised around, built from its model. Sample data, not a product screenshot.

The day as the team sees it: handovers, returns and what needs attention.

Concept interface, sample data

The operational problem

What usually goes wrong before a system like this exists.

  • Availability lives in someone's head

    It sits in a shared sheet or a chat thread, so the same asset gets promised twice.
  • The paper trail is scattered

    Contract, handover condition and return notes are kept in different places, so disputes are settled from memory.
  • Invoices are rebuilt after the fact

    Finance reconstructs what was rented, for how long and at what price from bookings and messages.
  • Maintenance is tracked apart from bookings

    An asset that needs service is still bookable because nothing connects the two.

What the system is organised around

The areas of the operation it covers.

Assets and availability

One register of what you rent out, and a single answer to whether it is free for given dates.

Reservations

Quotes and bookings that check availability as they are made, not afterwards.

Contracts and documents

The agreement for each rental, tied to the customer, the asset and the period.

Handover and return

Condition and accessories recorded when an asset leaves and when it comes back.

Billing

Charges derived from the rental record instead of retyped from it.

Maintenance and condition

Service and repairs recorded against the asset, so availability reflects reality.

One rule, enforced by the system

Illustrative model of how RentalOS treats a booking. It is not a product screenshot. Product screens will be added when they are approved for release.

One rule, enforced by the system

A booking cannot overlap another booking, or a service job, for the same asset.

Asset B is already booked on days 4 and 5, so the new booking cannot be saved.

  • Booked
  • In service
  • Blocked

Records the system holds

  • Customer
    • name
    • contact
  • Asset
    • type
    • status
  • Booking
    • asset
    • customer
    • dates
    • state
  • Contract
    • booking
    • terms
  • Invoice
    • contract
    • total
  • Service job
    • asset
    • work
    • dates
  • A customer places bookings.
  • A booking reserves an asset for dates.
  • A confirmed booking becomes a contract.
  • A contract produces an invoice.
  • A service job takes an asset out of availability.

The rental cycle RentalOS is organised around

Every rental business runs some version of this sequence. The product is structured so each stage hands a complete record to the next.

  1. Enquiry

    A customer asks for an asset and dates.

  2. Reservation

    Availability is checked and the booking is held.

  3. Contract

    Terms and price are agreed and recorded.

  4. Handover

    The asset leaves with its condition noted.

  5. Return

    The asset comes back and is inspected.

  6. Invoice

    Charges follow from the rental record.

  7. Turnaround

    Cleaning or service before it is available again.

Built for

Owners and managers of rental businesses

Operations and fleet or inventory managers

Front-desk and dispatch teams

Finance staff who invoice rentals

Interested in this product?

Tell us about your business and what you rent out, and we will tell you where the product stands and whether it fits.