Pricing guide
What window graphics really cost, from the people who print and install them
Most window graphics quotes pass through a sign shop or broker who resells a manufacturer's work with a margin on top. We print on our own presses in Montreal and install with our own team, so we can explain exactly what moves a window graphics quote up or down, and what to send us for a real number within one business day.
What moves the price
1.Square footage of glass
Window graphics are priced by area before anything else: more glass means more film, more ink, more press time, and more hours on a squeegee. Coverage is measured pane by pane, which is why accurate measurements and photos do more for your price than any negotiation tactic.
2.Film type: perforated, frosted, or clear vinyl
Films are engineered differently and priced differently. One-way perforated film for see-through storefront advertising, frosted film for privacy, and printable or solid-colour vinyls for coverage and decals each sit at their own price point. The right film is the one matched to the job and its duration, not the most expensive one on the rack.
3.Design coverage versus cut elements
A full-coverage design floods film and ink across every pane. Cut vinyl lettering and shapes use far less material but add cutting, weeding, and masking labour. Neither is automatically cheaper for your project: a mix, full coverage where impact matters and cut elements elsewhere, is often the best value.
4.Number of windows, panes, and stores
Every pane is its own panel to print, trim, kit, and apply, so a storefront with many small panes costs more to install than one big sheet of glass with the same area. Store count multiplies everything, but it also standardizes: one campaign versioned across a network shares its design and setup costs over every location.
5.Installation complexity: heights, access, and hours
Ground-floor glass with easy parking installs quickly. Second-storey windows, lifts, atriums, mall access rules, and after-hours or overnight work all add crew time. None of it is padding: it is the difference between an installer with a squeegee and an installer with a squeegee, a lift, and a night shift.
6.How long it needs to last
A film built for a short seasonal campaign costs less than one built to stay on the glass for years, and choosing correctly matters at both ends: paying for long-term film on a short promo wastes money, and putting campaign film on a permanent piece means redoing it. Duration also shapes removal later, so tell us the real end date.
7.Who you buy from
A broker or sign shop that doesn't print resells a manufacturer's work, and often an installer's work too, with a margin on each layer. Buying direct from the company that measures, prints, and installs removes those layers. It's the one cost factor that has nothing to do with your glass, and you control it completely.
How to pay less, honestly
Measure accurately first
Vague dimensions get padded quotes and remakes. Measure each pane, or send photos and let us survey the site in the Montreal area, and you pay for the glass you actually have, not the glass a vendor guessed at.
Standardize the campaign kit across stores
One creative system versioned to each storefront beats a custom design per store every time. The design, prepress, and setup work is done once and shared across the network, and every location still fits its own glass.
Match the film to the duration, not the price tag
The priciest film is not the best film for a six-week promo, and the cheapest is not the best for a permanent logo. Tell us how long it needs to live and we'll spec the film that does exactly that job, including a clean removal at the end.
Buy direct from the manufacturer-installer
No broker margin, no stacked reseller layers, and one team accountable for measuring, printing, and installing. You also keep the same plant on every campaign, so colours and fit stay consistent from rollout to rollout.
The bottom line
Window graphics pricing comes down to glass area, film type, design coverage, pane and store count, installation complexity, duration, and who you buy from. Buying direct from a manufacturer-installer like Accent Window in Montreal removes the reseller layers, and photos plus pane measurements get you a real, itemized price within one business day.
For an accurate quote in one business day
Include these in your request and we'll come back with a real number, not a vague range.
- Photos of the storefront or glass taken straight on from outside (and inside if privacy is the goal)
- Width and height of each pane, or ask us to survey the site in the Montreal area
- The effect you want: see-through advertising, privacy, full coverage, or cut lettering
- How long it needs to stay up, and whether removal should be part of the quote
- The number of locations and your deadline or launch date
Frequently asked questions
- How much do window graphics cost?
- It depends on the glass area, the film type, the design coverage, the installation conditions, the duration, and the number of stores, which is why serious manufacturers quote per project. What we can promise: you see the manufacturer-installer's price with no reseller margin, within one business day of sending photos and measurements.
- Is perforated film more expensive than regular window vinyl?
- Specialty films like perforated and frosted generally sit above plain vinyl because they're engineered to do more, but film is only one line of the quote. Coverage, install conditions, and duration move the total more than the film choice alone, so have the options quoted side by side before deciding.
- Is it cheaper to do all our stores at once?
- Usually, yes. One campaign versioned across the network shares design and setup across every location, kits ship together, and installs are routed efficiently instead of quoted as isolated jobs. Ask us to quote the network, not the store.
- Does removal cost anything when the campaign ends?
- Removal is real labour, and how much depends on the film, the surface, and how long it was up. Tell us the end date when you order and we'll spec a film chosen for that duration and include removal in the quote, so there's no surprise on the last day.
- Can US companies get pricing in US dollars?
- Yes. We price in Canadian dollars, which a favourable exchange rate makes attractive for a US budget, and we accept payment in USD. Our Montreal plant is about an hour from the US border, and many printed goods cross duty-free or at low duty under CUSMA.
Start your project
Send your specs and get a manufacturer-direct price, itemized line by line, within one business day.