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Is there free auto repair shop software, and what does paid cost?

Process: Software pricing and choosing. Trade: Auto repair shop. Reviewed 2026-10-07.

Short answerFree tools cover appointments and a few jobs, while paid tools add estimates, job costing and more users: ServiceM8 goes from a free plan to $29 and $79 a month, and Tradify charges $47 per user per month. [1] [2] Choose by the number of technicians and advisors who need logins. [1]

The explanation

ServiceM8's ladder is by jobs: the free plan allows 30 a month, Starter allows 50 and Growing allows 150, each with no cap on users on the paid steps. [1] A shop closing sixty repair orders a month sits on Growing.

Tradify bills per user. [2] A shop with an owner, an advisor and three technicians who all need logins would pay five seats. Work out whether technicians need a login or just a printed order.

Think about what repair shops need beyond the calendar: parts, vehicle history and customer approvals. Ask each vendor how those work, and test on one real repair order. Prices were read on 2026-10-07. Prices were read on 2026-10-07 and can change. Ask the vendor for the all-in monthly total in writing.

In auto repair shop

Repair orders grow as work is found. A tool that records approvals for added work, with a date, saves arguments at pickup. All auto repair shop scheduling questions.

How Apex does it

In progress

Part of this is built. The rest is not. Status as of 2026-10-07; the badge shows the least-built feature involved.

Apex's vehicle records, change orders and plan bands are described by status: the auto repair pack and change orders are in progress. Plans are $59, $99 or $129 a month.

  • IP15Auto repair / shop pack (vehicle records)(Rolling out)
  • ES19Change orders(In progress)
  • AD09Month-to-month, cancel in-app(In progress)

Apex Flow Scheduler is in early access. See how we label status.

Sources

  1. ServiceM8 pricing page (read 2026-10-07)
  2. Tradify pricing page (read 2026-10-07)

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