Quotera is software for mobile mechanics with quotes and estimates customers approve from their phone, work orders, CARFAX history from a plate, Nexpart parts ordering, invoices and card payments, for $75 to $199 a month. A mobile mechanic signs up as an auto repair shop, and there is also a Free plan for 10 work orders in total.
Run any paid plan free for 14 days. No credit card, nothing charged when it ends. Texting starts when you subscribe.
A mobile mechanic signs up as an auto repair shop, and the auto tools, like CARFAX and Nexpart, come with Basic at $75 a month. Start on the Free plan, or try any paid plan free for 14 days with no credit card.
$0
10 work orders in total, no time limit, no credit card
Estimate approval online, card payments online, CARFAX, Nexpart and texting start on a paid plan.
Start on the Free planWhere a mobile mechanic signs up
$75/mo
$66/mo billed yearly, for up to 5 people
Pro ($129 a month) adds the calendar, inspections, time tracking and two-way texting; Max ($199) adds unlimited texts and the Marketing Center.
Auto repair plans on the pricing page$29/mo
One person, any trade, without the trade tools
Vehicle records come with the auto repair plans, up to 50 on Free, and CARFAX, texting and team features start at Basic.
Quotera One on the pricing pageEvery auto repair plan, feature by feature
Swipe the table sideways for Pro and Max.
| Feature | Free$0 | Basic$75/mo | Pro$129/mo | Max$199/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | ||||
| Work orders | 10 total | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Team members | 1 | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Customers and vehicles | 50 each | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Photo uploads | 3 per job | 10 per job | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Texting | ||||
| SMS messages | Not included | 50/mo | 200/mo | Unlimited |
| Two-way SMS | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Freeform replies | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| MMS photo attachments | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Saved SMS templates | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Scheduling | ||||
| Appointments | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Calendar and scheduling | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Online booking page | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Tools | ||||
| Digital signatures | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Inventory | Not included | 50 items | 250 items | Unlimited |
| VendorsSupplier list, contacts and purchase history | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Company fleetMileage tracking for IRS tax deductions | Not included | 2 | 5 | Unlimited |
| Job templates | Not included | Not included | 25 | Unlimited |
| Email templates | Not included | 5 | 10 | 50 |
| For auto repair | ||||
| CARFAX integrationVIN lookup, service history and daily sync | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Nexpart parts orderingLive catalog, pricing and ordering from your suppliers | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Purchase orders and receivingCheck in what you ordered, line by line | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Core returnsTrack core charges through to the refund | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Tire DOT trackingDOT and TIN capture on every tire you install | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Time trackingLabor-line timers | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Vehicle inspections | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Business | ||||
| Reports and analytics | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Stripe payments | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Custom branding | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Marketing Center | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
Card payments
On a $1,000 card payment you keep $960.50.
Prices as of November 2026.
See every plan, limit and fee on the pricing pageNexpart: Contains proprietary and copyright materials supplied under license by various third parties listed on the About page of the main menu.
Every paid plan sends quotes customers approve from their phone, looks a car up in CARFAX and orders parts through Nexpart, and the invoice the customer pays by card comes straight from the work order.
Every planFree includedEvery paid planBasic, Pro and MaxFrom ProPro and MaxMaxMax only
Yes, on any paid plan. Customers open the estimate link and sign to approve, you get notified, and the work order status updates. Paying by card comes with the invoice: once you invoice the job, the link gets a Pay Now button if you take online payments.
Yes, on any paid plan for auto repair shops. Look up a VIN from a license plate, pull a vehicle's service history into the work order, and Quotera sends your completed work orders to CARFAX every day. You can also enter a 17-character VIN and Quotera fills in the year, make and model. CARFAX is included in the trial. The CARFAX Shop Loyalty Program needs a paid plan.
Yes, on any paid plan. Basic tracks up to 50 parts, Pro 250, and Max sets no limit. Parts on a work order come out of stock when the estimate is approved, and parts below their minimum show a Low Stock badge.
Yes, on any paid plan for auto repair shops. With an existing Nexpart account, you can order from the Nexpart Multi-Seller catalog right on the work order.
Nexpart: Contains proprietary and copyright materials supplied under license by various third parties listed on the About page of the main menu.
Yes, on any paid plan: you set your days, time slots and booking window, and customers pick a service, enter their car and choose a time on your page at quotera.app/book/your-shop-name.
Yes, on Pro and Max. The calendar shows appointments, scheduled work and blocked days side by side, by month or by day, with drag-and-drop scheduling.
Yes. Pick one of the customer's vehicles or add a new one when you create a work order, and its service history builds automatically. The Free plan holds up to 50 customers and 50 vehicles; paid plans set no limit.
Texting starts on Basic with 50 one-way texts a month; Pro has 200 a month with two-way conversations and freeform replies; Max has no monthly cap and adds photo texts and saved templates. Text links go to customers who opted in to texts. Texting is not part of the free trial or the Free plan.
US carriers require every business to register before it texts customers, and registration asks for your business's own website. You start it from Settings, under Connections. No website yet? We build them.
Yes. Jim runs Elite Mobile Auto Repair, a mobile repair business in Morris County, New Jersey, and he runs it on Quotera.
Quotera’s auto repair plans came out of that shop, where Jim fixes cars in customers’ driveways.
A plain note: Jim is one of the two co-founders of Quotera, so this is our own shop, not an outside customer.
Quotera started there. Jim was paying $300+ a month for shop software that made his day harder, and Joey, a software engineer he has known since middle school, looked at that software and found security holes you could drive a truck through. So they built their own.
Our number one goal has always been making it easy to use.
Prices, the Free plan, the trial, working alone and how Quotera compares, each answered in writing.
A mobile mechanic signs up as an auto repair shop: Basic is $75 a month, Pro is $129 and Max is $199, or $788, $1,355 and $2,090 a year on yearly billing. The Free plan is $0 for 10 work orders in total, with no time limit, and any paid plan runs free for 14 days with no credit card. There is no contract and no setup fee. Prices as of November 2026.
When a customer pays you by card online through Quotera, Stripe's fee (2.9% plus 30 cents) and a Quotera platform fee (1% plus 20 cents) come out of that payment. Cash, checks and other payments you record yourself have no fee.
Yes, on the Free plan: $0 with no time limit and no credit card, for 10 work orders in total. You can write estimates and invoices on it, and card payments online and estimate approval start on a paid plan. No app to download: Quotera runs in your phone's browser. Basic, with CARFAX and Nexpart, is $75 a month, and any paid plan runs free for 14 days with no credit card.
Yes. Your first shop can run any paid plan free for 14 days with no credit card, and nothing is charged when it ends. Texting starts when you subscribe. CARFAX is included in the trial. The CARFAX Shop Loyalty Program needs a paid plan. There is also the Free plan: $0 with no time limit for 10 work orders in total, 1 user and no credit card.
Yes. A mobile mechanic signs up as an auto repair shop and gets the auto tools, like CARFAX and Nexpart, from Basic. Any one-person business, in any trade, can also run on Quotera One, $29 a month: estimates, invoices, online payments, expenses and reports. Trade tools and team features come with Basic and up.
Quotera’s auto repair plans came out of Jim’s shop: co-founder Jim Halligan runs Elite Mobile Auto Repair, a mobile repair business in Morris County, New Jersey, fixing cars in customers’ driveways. A mobile mechanic signs up as an auto repair shop. Basic is $75 a month for up to 5 people, with the VIN decoder, CARFAX plate to VIN and service history, and Nexpart parts ordering. Quotera One is $29 a month for one person in any trade, with estimates, invoices, online payments, expenses and reports. Vehicle records come with the auto repair plans, up to 50 on Free, and CARFAX, texting and team features start at Basic. The route planner is a landscaping tool and is not part of the auto plans. Jobber’s plan table lists no VIN lookup, CARFAX or auto parts ordering.
Quotera has a Free plan and a 14-day trial without a sales call, and Basic is $75 a month for up to 5 people. Shopmonkey starts at $239 a month (Basic) and Tekmetric at $199 a month (Start), neither with a free plan, each from its own pricing page, checked October 19, 2026. Quotera vs Shopmonkey and Quotera vs Tekmetric put each one side by side, with every source.
Yes, your customers and their vehicles, from a CSV file. In Quotera, go to Settings, then Import, upload the file and map your columns; customers you already have, with the same email or phone, are flagged and skipped. Customers and their vehicles import on every paid plan for auto repair shops, and in the free trial. The Free plan cannot import. Past work orders and invoices do not import. Contact support and we will work out the options with you.
No contract and no setup fee on the software. Pay month to month, or yearly for about 12.5% off. We don't refund subscription payments, but you can cancel anytime and keep access through the end of your billing period. That's exactly why we offer a real free plan and a no-card trial: you can prove Quotera out before you ever pay. (Our website and SEO services are separate and do come with a signed agreement.)
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