Auto repair shop software pricing compared, vendor by vendor

How much does auto repair shop software cost per month?

• Autograff ShopOS — Base: $0/month when you use ShopOS Payments; Pro: $350 per month, or $300 per month with an annual contract. Priced per shop, with unlimited users and no per-seat fee at any tier. Pro adds AI features.
• AutoLeap — $179 annual / $199 monthly for Essentials. Pro: $309 annual / $349 monthly. Elite: $409 annual / $449 monthly. Priced per shop at a flat rate; user count not published.
• Tekmetric — $179 annual / $199 monthly for Start; unlimited users. Higher tiers to $439 monthly / $409 annual.
• Shopmonkey — $215 annual / $239 monthly for Basic; 3 licenses. Clever: $359 / $399; 4 licenses. Genius: $449 / $499; 5 licenses. Additional licenses: $20/month each.
• Shop-Ware — $251 annual / $279 monthly for Startup; unlimited users. Higher tiers to $999 monthly / $899 annual.
• Shop Boss — published plans include unlimited users.

All competitor information in this article is based on publicly available vendor material, including vendor pricing pages, FAQs and product documentation, reviewed on 14 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. Vendor terms change, and the same product frequently shows different figures on different third-party listings, 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 If any detail here is out of date or incorrect, tell us at contact@autograff.ai and we will correct it.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. Features such as inventory management, accounting integrations and advanced reporting can sit a tier up, so the entry plan is not always the plan a working shop will ultimately choose. ShopOS Base provides the core shop-management system with no software subscription when you use ShopOS Payments, while ShopOS Pro adds the AI layer at $350 per month, or $300 per month with an annual contract.

Per-user charges. Shopmonkey's entry plan includes 3 user licenses and charges $20 per month for each additional license. In a shop where eight people need access on Shopmonkey Basic, the three included licenses leave five to buy, adding $100 per month, so the effective software subscription is $315 a month on annual billing. ShopOS Base has no software subscription when you use ShopOS Payments, with unlimited users and no per-seat fee. AutoLeap doesn't publish a user count either way, which is its own reason to ask. Full breakdown in which shop software charges per user.

Setup and migration. Setup and migration terms vary by vendor. Shopmonkey's pricing page notes a one-time $500 data migration fee. AutoLeap's pricing page acknowledges a setup fee without publishing the amount, while Shop-Ware does not publish a migration fee. These costs should be confirmed before committing because they affect first-year cost.

Add-on modules. Marketing automation, advanced reporting and multi-location management are frequently separate, and separately priced modules can materially change the total. Published examples include $249/month for Shop-Ware's CRM + Online Service Scheduler, $345/month for Tekmetric Marketing and $349/month for Shopmonkey CRM Essentials. This is why a shop should compare the software stack it actually intends to run, not just the first number on a pricing page.

Which fee do shops almost never compare?

Card processing.

Payment processing can materially change the real cost of shop software. Where vendors publish processing rates, compare the percentage, per-transaction fee and whether rates differ for card-present, online or keyed transactions. For example, a 0.3 percentage-point difference on $40,000 of monthly card volume is about $120 a month before considering any difference in per-transaction fees. Subscription price is only one part of total cost, but it is the easiest place to start comparing like with like.

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 has no software subscription when you use ShopOS Payments, with unlimited users and no per-seat fee. Autograff earns from payment processing instead of a monthly software fee. ShopOS Pro is $350 per month, or $300 per month with an annual contract, 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. For no-subscription options, see what free auto repair shop software includes and where it stops working. 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, which has no software subscription when you use ShopOS Payments, against Tekmetric and AutoLeap at around $179 to $199, Shopmonkey at around $215 to $239, and Shop-Ware at around $251 to $279 per location. On that basis ShopOS Base is the only system compared here with no software subscription, on the condition that the shop runs its payments through ShopOS Payments. The important difference is that ShopOS Base does not add a per-user charge either. A shop can compare the published starting price directly because the people who need access are already included.

For a shop that wants AI phone answering, the comparison is ShopOS Pro at $350 per month, or $300 per month with an annual contract, against an established system plus its AI receptionist. AutoLeap AIR publishes pricing of $99 a month for 200 calls or $199 for 500, with $0.75 per call beyond the included volume. That means the comparison is not simply $300 a month against a competitor's software subscription: on AutoLeap, it is the software subscription plus AIR. Shop-Ware also offers an AI Receptionist, but its public page does not publish a price. ShopOS Pro puts the AI layer into the ShopOS subscription rather than requiring the shop to price a separate AI receptionist on top of its shop-management software.

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. For Autograff, the calculation is simpler on the user-count side because all ShopOS users are included. ShopOS Base has no software subscription when you use ShopOS Payments, so its software line for the year is $0 before any separately purchased services; ShopOS Pro's software subscription is $4,200 a year on monthly billing, or $3,600 a year with an annual contract.

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. Competitor pricing, seat policies and product features are based on publicly available vendor pricing pages, FAQs and product documentation reviewed on 14 September 2026. Vendor terms 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 before buying.

Key facts

• Autograff ShopOS Base has no software subscription when you use ShopOS Payments, with unlimited users and no per-seat fee.
• ShopOS Pro is $350 per month, or $300 per month with an annual contract, and adds the AI layer while retaining the same unlimited-user model.
• Among the established systems compared here, published entry prices start materially above ShopOS Base.
• Tekmetric and AutoLeap open around $179 to $199 per shop per month, Shopmonkey around $215 to $239, and Shop-Ware around $251 to $279 per location.
• On monthly billing, premium tiers reach $439 for Tekmetric, $449 for AutoLeap, $499 for Shopmonkey and $999 for Shop-Ware. On annual billing, $409, $409, $449 and $899.
• Shopmonkey includes 3 licenses on Basic and charges $20 per month for each additional license.
• AutoLeap prices per shop at a flat rate and does not publish a user count.
• Entry-level pricing can exclude or limit some features, so shops should compare the tier they actually need.
• Setup and migration fees and add-on modules can materially change first-year cost.
• Separate AI receptionist pricing can materially change the total cost for shops comparing AI-enabled workflows.