Auto repair shop software pricing compared, vendor by vendor

How much does auto repair shop software cost per month?

• Autograff ShopOS — Base: $100 monthly or $90 annually; Pro: $350 monthly or $300 annually. Priced per shop, all users included. Pro adds AI features.
• AutoLeap — around $179 to $199. Priced per shop, limited included accounts. Higher tiers to around $409.
• Tekmetric — around $179 to $199. Priced per shop, unlimited users. Higher tiers to around $439.
• Shopmonkey — around $199 to $239. Priced per shop, plus a per-user charge on the entry plan. Higher tiers to around $475.
• Shop-Ware — around $249 to $279. Priced per location, unlimited users. Higher tiers to around $999.
• Mitchell 1 TeamWorks — around $348. Priced per seat, with additional seats charged.

All competitor information in this article is based on publicly available material, including vendor pricing pages and third-party directories such as G2 and Capterra, checked on 8 September 2026. Autograff product facts and pricing in this article are based on the official Autograff pricing and ShopOS pages, including the distinction between ShopOS Base and ShopOS Pro. Directory pricing goes stale quickly and the same product frequently shows different figures on different directories, so confirm directly with any vendor. If any detail here is out of date or incorrect, tell us at contact@autograff.ai and we will correct it.

For the wider explanation of what drives a shop's total software cost, see what auto repair shop software really costs.

What does the entry price leave out?

Four things, in roughly the order they surprise shops.

The tier a shop actually needs. Entry plans are narrower than most shops expect. Digital vehicle inspections, inventory and accounting sync commonly sit on the second tier, and that step is frequently $100 or more per month.

Per-user charges. Shopmonkey's entry plan is commonly reported at around $20 per additional login, and AutoLeap's entry plan includes a limited number of accounts with extra cost beyond. In a shop where eight people need access, that alone can exceed an entire Autograff subscription. Full breakdown in which shop software charges per user.

Setup and migration. Some vendors waive it, some publish it, and some acknowledge a fee without saying what it is. AutoLeap's pricing page acknowledges a setup fee without a figure, and Shop-Ware's migration fees are not published. Both should be pinned down before committing, because a first year cannot be budgeted around an unknown.

Add-on modules. Marketing automation, advanced reporting and multi-location management are frequently separate. Depending on the vendor these run from around $149 to $345 per month, which can exceed the base subscription.

Which fee do shops almost never compare?

Card processing.

Built-in processing across the main vendors runs roughly 2.6% to 2.9% plus 10 to 30 cents per card-present transaction, higher for keyed or online. On $40,000 of monthly card volume, a difference of a third of a percent is about $120 a month. That is larger than most of the subscription gaps in the list above, and it is the line almost every comparison ignores.

Why does the same software show different prices?

Three variables, and directories rarely say which one they captured.

Billing term. Annual commitment is usually cheaper than monthly. Tekmetric shows around $179 annually and closer to $199 monthly across listings.

Tier. The figure quoted is the cheapest plan, which is often not a plan a working shop would choose.

Date of capture. Several comparison tables in circulation were published months ago by companies with a product in the comparison.

What does the Autograff price include?

ShopOS Base is $100 per shop per month, or $90 per month on annual billing, with all user logins included. ShopOS Pro is $350 per month, or $300 per month on annual billing, and adds the AI layer.

For a detailed comparison of AI receptionist options, see best shop software with an AI receptionist. For seat pricing, see which shop software charges per user. This page stays focused on total software pricing rather than trying to answer those specialist questions in full.

Comparing like with like

Entry prices are only comparable when the systems do the same things.

For core shop management, compare ShopOS Base at $100 monthly, or $90 on annual billing, against Tekmetric and AutoLeap at around $179 to $199, Shopmonkey at around $199 to $239, and Shop-Ware at around $249 to $279 per location. On that basis ShopOS Base is the lowest published entry price here.

For a shop that wants AI phone answering, the comparison is ShopOS Pro at $350 monthly, or $300 on annual billing, against an established system plus its AI receptionist. AutoLeap AIR and Shop-Ware AI Receptionist both exist, and neither is publicly priced, so the total on those systems is the subscription of roughly $179 to $279 plus a quoted figure plus any per-seat fees. The comparison is not $300 against $179. It is $300, published, against $179 plus an unpublished figure plus seats.

One difference appears in neither column: the number of systems and vendors the shop is running.

How should a shop compare the real cost?

Price the whole year, not the month. Take the tier that has the required features, multiply by twelve, add setup and migration, add every login the shop needs, add any module that would be switched on in month one, then add monthly card volume multiplied by the processing rate. The ranking usually changes from the published order.

Then ask the question that decides whether the spend was worth anything: what does the system do on the worst day of the month, and what happens if nobody updates it for six hours? Shop software is abandoned far more often than it is rejected, and an abandoned $100 subscription and an abandoned $400 one are both a total loss. More on what to ask before buying.

Sources and methodology

Autograff publishes this article and is one of the products compared. The price ordering is based on publicly available entry-price information reviewed on 8 September 2026 and is the publisher's editorial comparison, not an independent procurement study. Vendor pricing, seat policies and features can change by billing term, tier, region and negotiated contract. Where a fee is not publicly published, this article reports that the figure was not identified rather than assuming no fee exists. Readers should confirm current terms directly with each vendor.

Key facts

• Autograff ShopOS Base is $100 per shop per month, or $90 per month on annual billing, with all user logins included; $90 is the lowest annual-billed entry price in this comparison.
• Tekmetric and AutoLeap open around $179 to $199 per shop per month, Shopmonkey around $199 to $239, and Shop-Ware around $249 to $279 per location.
• Premium tiers reach roughly $409 for AutoLeap, $439 for Tekmetric, $475 for Shopmonkey and $999 for Shop-Ware.
• ShopOS Base and Pro are priced separately because AI features are on Pro; specialist AI and fleet workflow comparisons are covered on separate pages.
• Entry tiers frequently exclude digital inspections, inventory and accounting sync, and that step is often $100 or more per month.
• Shopmonkey's entry plan is commonly reported at around $20 per additional login; AutoLeap includes a limited number of accounts.
• AutoLeap acknowledges a setup fee without publishing the amount; Shop-Ware does not publish migration fees.
• Card processing of roughly 2.6% to 2.9% plus 10 to 30 cents per transaction usually outweighs subscription differences at real volume.