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Autograff vs AutoLeap.

AutoLeap bills its AI receptionist by the call. Autograff builds it into the plan.

AutoLeap is an established platform and it moved early on AI phone handling. The difference is how it's sold. AIR is a separate subscription from the shop management software, priced by how many calls it takes: $99 a month for 200 calls, $199 for 500, then $0.75 for every call after that, plus a setup fee that may apply. So the busier your phone gets, the more your phone costs, and the weeks you most need it answered are the weeks it costs the most. Then there's the part you can't budget for at all. AutoLeap's own pricing page confirms a one-time setup fee without saying what it is, and there's no trial, so you find out in a sales call. ShopOS runs the whole shop on two plans with nothing sold as a module. Pro is $350 a month with the voice agent included, no call allowance, no overages, no setup fee, and AI insights on top. Here's the honest side by side.

Pricing

Entry price

Autograff

$0/mo Base with ShopOS Payments, whole team included

AutoLeap

$199/mo Essentials ($179/mo annual)

Full feature set

Autograff

$350/mo Pro, unlimited users, AI receptionist and AI insights included ($300/mo with an annual contract)

AutoLeap

$449/mo Elite ($409/mo annual), Enterprise custom

Additional users

Autograff

Unlimited, included in flat price

AutoLeap

Flat rate per shop. AutoLeap doesn't publish how many logins are included, so pin it down before comparing

AI receptionist

Autograff

Included with Pro. No call allowance, no per-call charge

AutoLeap

AutoLeap AIR, billed separately. $99/mo for 200 calls, $199/mo for 500, $0.75/call over, or $1/call pay as you go

Setup fee

Autograff

None

AutoLeap

AIR lists a $100 setup fee that may apply. AutoLeap's own pricing FAQ confirms a one-time platform setup fee and doesn't state the amount

Contract

Autograff

Monthly, cancel anytime (annual optional)

AutoLeap

Monthly or annual, both published. Annual is a discount, not a requirement

Dedicated account manager

Autograff

Every plan

AutoLeap

Enterprise tier only

For a shop on Elite running 500 calls a month through AIR, that's $449 plus $199, so $648/mo before any overage and before the setup fee. Autograff Pro is $350, every user, phone answered, no call meter running.

Comparing more than these two? The 2026 auto repair shop software buyer's guide sets AutoLeap beside five other systems on pricing, setup and migration fees, and fit.

What we do differently.

Both systems run a shop end to end, and AutoLeap's onboarding gets consistently good reviews. What we did differently was refuse to make the phone a separate line item, because the phone isn't an add-on to running a shop. It is running a shop.

  • Autograff

    The voice agent comes with Pro, along with AI insights. Same price whether you take 80 calls a month or 800

    AutoLeap

    AIR is a separate subscription with a call allowance, per-call overages beyond it, and a possible setup fee

  • Autograff

    Base or Pro, whole team, nothing sold as an add-on

    AutoLeap

    Three tiers, with next-gen inspections and some reporting reserved for higher plans

  • Autograff

    Monthly, cancel anytime. No setup fee, and the number on the pricing page is the number

    AutoLeap

    No self-serve trial on the platform, and a one-time platform setup fee their own pricing FAQ confirms without stating the amount

The information on this page is based on publicly available sources, including AutoLeap's published platform pricing and the AutoLeap AIR pricing page, as of September 2026. It does not reflect hands-on testing of AutoLeap. Features, pricing, and integrations change over time, so check autoleap.com for their current figures. We welcome AutoLeap to contact us to verify or update anything presented here.

Why a call meter is the wrong shape for a repair shop

Per-call pricing sounds fair until you look at when the calls actually arrive.

  1. Your phone isn't flat, and neither is the bill

    Monday morning after a weekend of breakdowns. The first cold snap. The week a fleet sends four vans in at once. Those are the weeks the allowance runs out, and the weeks you can least afford a surprise.

  2. You end up deciding which calls are worth paying for

    Once a call has a price on it, that's a decision you have to keep making, and it's a strange one to be making about customers trying to reach you. Narrow the hours to protect the allowance and the AI only catches what nobody was going to answer anyway, which is a smaller product than the one you bought. On a flat price there's no decision, because there's no meter.

  3. See your real number first

    Before comparing either price, work out what the calls you're already missing are worth. Run yours through the ShopOS ROI calculator.

Switching from AutoLeap without losing your history

Nothing starts from zero on day one. Years of customer relationships shouldn't be the reason a shop stays where it is.

  • Customer records

    Every customer, carried over. Names, contact info and vehicles all migrate together, nothing typed in twice.

  • Vehicle history

    Service history and vehicle info, the full record an advisor needs before they even pick up the phone.

  • Parts catalog

    Your existing catalog comes with you. Stock levels, minimum-stock thresholds, cost, pricing and markup rules, all intact.

Frequently asked questions

How much does AutoLeap cost?
AutoLeap publishes three tiers: Essentials at $199/month, Pro at $349/month and Elite at $449/month, each discounted when billed annually to $179, $309 and $409. Enterprise is custom priced. AutoLeap AIR, the AI receptionist, is billed separately on top. Autograff Base has no software subscription when you use ShopOS Payments, and Pro is $350/month, or $300/month with an annual contract, for the whole team, with the voice agent included on Pro and nothing billed on top.
What's included in Autograff's price?
ShopOS has two plans, no per-seat fees, no add-ons. Base runs the shop: estimating, invoicing, parts inventory, scheduling, CRM. Pro adds the AI receptionist and AI insights, with no call allowance and no per-call charge. AutoLeap sells its AI receptionist as a metered subscription separate from the platform.
Is AutoLeap AIR included in AutoLeap's price?
No. AIR is a separate subscription. $99 a month covers 200 calls, $199 a month covers 500, and calls beyond the allowance are $0.75 each. There's also a pay as you go option at $1 per call, and the pricing page notes a $100 setup fee may apply. With Autograff, the voice agent comes with Pro and isn't metered by call volume at all.
Does AutoLeap have a setup fee or require an annual contract?
AutoLeap's own pricing FAQ answers yes to setup fees and describes what the one-time fee covers, but doesn't state the amount, so you can't budget for it until you're already in a sales conversation. The same FAQ confirms there's no free trial of the platform. An annual contract isn't required, though: AutoLeap publishes both, at $179, $309 and $409 a month billed annually against $199, $349 and $449 billed monthly. Autograff is monthly with no setup fee, and you can cancel anytime.
Does AutoLeap have digital vehicle inspections?
Yes, with a tier split: AutoLeap reserves its next-gen inspections and some reporting for its higher plans. ShopOS includes digital vehicle inspections on both Base and Pro, so photo findings and one-tap customer approval are not a reason to move up a tier.
Will I lose my data if I switch from AutoLeap?
No. Customer records, vehicle history and your parts catalog all come across as part of onboarding, so you're not starting over on day one.

Watch the comparison.

Six systems on price, what each one is good at, and what it costs to move your data in.

Pricing shown is list pricing as of October 2026 and changes frequently. Confirm current pricing directly with each vendor.

Full transcript on our Shopmonkey comparison

See it for yourself.

Thirty minutes on a screen share and you'll see the real product run. The phone answered, the job on the board, the invoice paid. The price on this page is the price, with no setup fee and no annual contract. Cancel any time.

Autograff is built by operators. Our COO spent 25 years running service departments and fleets, and our CEO ran vehicle operations at DiDi, Moove and OCN. We've been the shop and we've been the customer, usually in the same week.

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