What is franchise document management software?

It's software that stores and organizes the documents a franchise or multi-unit operator generates — franchise agreements and FDDs, location leases, vendor contracts, P&Ls, and royalty statements — and makes them searchable. DocuStrata goes further by reading what's inside each file so you can ask a plain-English question and get the figure, not just a list of folders.

Can I keep filing by location?

Yes. DocuStrata preserves your existing location-folder structure and adds a reading layer on top. Nothing gets moved or re-filed — you keep working the way you already do.

Are your financials used to train AI?

No. DocuStrata runs on a no-retention arrangement with its AI provider — your documents are never used to train anyone's model.

For franchise & multi-unit operators

Stop opening every location’s folder to compare one number

Ask across every location — FDDs, leases, vendor contracts, P&Ls — and get the figure with the page it came from. Your location-folder filing stays put.

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locations behind on royalties

rent + renewal — Elm St store

best margin last quarter

transfer terms — franchise agreement

vendor pricing across stores

labor % by location

CAM charges — Oak Plaza

permits expiring this month

AP over $5k by store

summarize the franchise agreement

Documents · 1,504

Royalty Statement — Q2

P&L by Location — Q2

Lease — Elm St Store

Franchise Agreement

Vendor Contract — Sysco

Good evening.

Ten documents or ten thousand — the answer takes the same few seconds.

Ask anything about your documents…

Answers are grounded in your documents with citations. Enter to send · Shift+Enter for a new line.

“Which location is behind on royalties?” is a one-sentence question. Answering it shouldn’t mean opening ten folders.

You already file by location. Keep doing that.

Nothing moves. Your location folders stay exactly where they are. DocuStrata reads what’s inside them, so “which store is behind on royalties” comes back with the answer, not ten folders to open.

Everything your locations generate, read and searchable

Drag in a PDF, a scan, or a photo off your phone. It reads them all the same.

Franchise agreements & FDDs

Fees, terms, and territory without the re-read.

Leases by location

Rent, renewals, and CAM on demand.

Vendor & supply contracts

Pricing and terms, read.

P&Ls by location

Every line, by store.

Royalty & fee statements

What’s owed and paid, by location.

Payroll & scheduling

Labor by store, on demand.

Health & compliance

Inspections and permits, filed by unit.

Invoices & AP

What’s billed and what’s still owed.

Ask it like you’d ask your district manager

No keywords to guess. Every answer comes with the document behind it.

QWhich locations are behind on royalties?

Across every store, with the amounts.

QWhat’s the rent and renewal date on the Elm St store?

Pulled from the lease, with the clause.

QWhich store had the best margin last quarter?

Compared across locations, by the number.

QWhat are the transfer terms in the franchise agreement?

Matched on the clause, not a keyword hit.

How it compares

Find a figure inside a document

Open every file

File names only

✓ Just ask

Reads scans and phone photos

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Sometimes

✓

Searches every location at once

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Keywords only

✓

Keeps your location-folder filing

✓

Keeps your financials out of AI training

n/a

Varies

✓

Your financials stay yours

Unit economics and vendor pricing are competitive information. They don’t belong in anyone’s training data, and they never end up there. DocuStrata reads your documents to answer you and nothing else. No retention, no training.

It all stays under your account, filed the way you left it. Export or delete anytime.

Try it on one location

Drop in a single location’s folder and ask it something. Free to start.

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