shopGURU Desktop Operator · Editor

shopGURU Job Files on any PC

One install. Your license makes it Operator or Editor.

The setup, the tooling, the photos and the videos, exactly as the shop wrote them, on a PC with no shopGURU server. Training modules too. Look with shopGURU Operator; make and change them with shopGURU Editor.

30 days of shopGURU Editor, free. Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.

A shopGURU Job File open in shopGURU Desktop, with the setup photo, the operations and the tooling

Two editions, one install

Look, or make and change

View only

shopGURU Operator

Open shopGURU Job Files and training modules on any Windows PC, exactly as the shop wrote them.

  • Job Files: setup, tooling, workholding, inspection, documents and drawings
  • View Visual Aid photos and videos, and 3D models
  • Training modules, quick checks included, nothing scored
  • Save the jobs and training in an old shopGURU database as files

Make and change

shopGURU Editor

Everything Operator does, and make new Job Files and training, change them and save them.

  • Everything in shopGURU Operator
  • New Job: a job and its first operation, saved as a file at once
  • Edit any Job File and Save it, or Save as a new one
  • Add Visual Aid photos and videos, and mark them up
  • Make training modules, and edit the ones you have
  • Send the files to anyone with shopGURU or shopGURU Desktop

Free trial

Thirty days of Editor, free

  1. 1

    Download and install

    Download shopGURU Desktop and run the installer.

  2. 2

    Ask for your trial key

    Open shopGURU Desktop and enter your name, company and email address. The key comes by email in a minute.

  3. 3

    Activate

    Paste the key and press Activate. You have shopGURU Editor for 30 days; then pick a plan below.

Pricing

Pick an edition and a plan

One license is for one PC. Your license key comes by email as soon as you pay.

shopGURU Operator

Monthly

$19.99 a month

  • 12-month minimum, then month to month
  • Billed monthly to the card you buy with
  • One PC, moved with Deactivate
Buy monthly

Save $40.88

Yearly

$199 a year

  • Paid once a year
  • Renews each year until you cancel
  • One PC, moved with Deactivate
Buy yearly

shopGURU Editor

Monthly

$34.99 a month

  • 12-month minimum, then month to month
  • Billed monthly to the card you buy with
  • One PC, moved with Deactivate
Buy monthly

Save $70.88

Yearly

$349 a year

  • Paid once a year
  • Renews each year until you cancel
  • One PC, moved with Deactivate
Buy yearly

Prices in US dollars, plus tax where it applies. Have Operator and want Editor? Upgrade in the app, same key. To cancel, contact us.

After you buy

From key to licensed in a minute

  1. 1

    Find the email

    Your license key comes by email, to the address you bought with.

  2. 2

    Open License

    In shopGURU Desktop, choose License on the left.

  3. 3

    Activate

    Paste the key and press Activate. The PC needs the internet for this.

Questions

Good to know

What does the free trial include?

Thirty days of shopGURU Editor, everything in it. Download shopGURU Desktop and open it; enter your email address and we send you a trial key. No card. One trial per email address and per company.

Can I move the trial or a license to another PC?

Yes, one PC at a time. On the old PC open License and choose Deactivate on this PC, then enter the key on the new one. A trial keeps counting its 30 days wherever it is.

Do I install Operator and Editor separately?

No. There is one install, shopGURU Desktop. Your license key decides whether it is shopGURU Operator or shopGURU Editor.

Can I go from Operator to Editor later?

Yes, in the app: License, then Upgrade to Editor. You keep the same key. On a yearly plan, the months of Operator you have not used are refunded (a month started counts as used) and a full Editor year starts that day. On a monthly plan, Editor is charged from that day and the 12-month minimum starts again.

Where do the files come from?

From shopGURU, or from shopGURU Editor. In shopGURU, export a Job File (.shopguru) or a training module (.shopguru-training) and send it. Double-click it, or use Open Job or Open Training.

Does it need the internet?

To activate a key, and about once a week to confirm the license. In between it works offline.

What does the monthly plan commit me to?

Twelve months, billed monthly to the card you buy with. After the first year it carries on month to month. To cancel, contact us.

Is it the same as shopGURU?

It uses the same screens, so a Job File looks exactly as it does in the shop. shopGURU itself runs on a server for the whole shop, with sign-ins, the Tool Crib, assigned training and reports. shopGURU Desktop is a single-PC app.

Running a shop on shopGURU?

shopGURU Desktop works with single files. shopGURU is where your whole shop writes its Job Files, keeps the Tool Crib and trains its people.