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SHOP SOFTWARE BUILT
FROM THE SHOP FLOOR UP.

Designed around the way real repair shops actually work, and battle-tested every day in a working shop. A Home screen tuned to every role, AI-powered inspections, a phone that answers itself, two-way texting, and follow-ups that recover declined work.

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AI Voice Advisor Role-Aware Home Digital Vehicle Inspections AI-Powered Tech Notes Two-Way SMS Built In Automated Follow-Ups Declined Job Recovery Google Review Pipeline Seasonal Campaigns Kanban Job Board Online Booking Tire, Battery & Fluid Inventory Warranty Claims Text-to-Pay & Terminals VIN & Plate Scanning Tire Storage Loaner Management Customer Portal Work Timer Task Management AI Voice Advisor Role-Aware Home Digital Vehicle Inspections AI-Powered Tech Notes Two-Way SMS Built In Automated Follow-Ups Declined Job Recovery Google Review Pipeline Seasonal Campaigns Kanban Job Board Online Booking Tire, Battery & Fluid Inventory Warranty Claims Text-to-Pay & Terminals VIN & Plate Scanning Tire Storage Loaner Management Customer Portal Work Timer Task Management

Runs your whole shop — desk, bay, and pocket. Now with VIN, plate & odometer scanning

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Shop Commander Home for a manager showing work needing attention, live workflow counts, and today's appointments
Home, as a manager sees it — real product, live shop data
Technician reviewing a Shop Commander repair order on a tablet beside a truck on a hoist
Built for the bay — the full repair order, right at the vehicle.
One Login · Six Home Screens
OwnerBusiness health & risk
ManagerWorkload & stuck jobs
Service AdvisorArrivals & approvals
TechnicianMy Work — what's next
ApprenticeAssigned + supervised
Parts / OfficeStock, money & books
Role-Aware Home

SIGN IN.
SEE YOUR JOB.

Home is composed for whoever signed in. The owner sees business health and what's at risk. The manager sees workload and what's stuck. Advisors see arrivals, customer decisions, and pickups. Techs open their phone straight to My Work. Same shop, same data — each person gets the day they actually own.

6 RolesPermission-AwareDesktop to PhoneMy Work for Techs
Live Call — 7:42 PM, After Close
Thanks for calling Maple Ridge Auto — how can I help?
My Silverado's grinding when I brake. Can you get me in this week?
Let's get that looked at. Thursday at 8:00 AM is open — does that work?
📅 Booked Thursday 8:00 · confirmation texted
AI Voice Service Advisor

THE PHONE
ANSWERS ITSELF.

The AI Voice Advisor picks up every call — during the rush and after close. It books real appointments, gives live repair status, reads estimates with prices, and records approvals in the customer's own words. English and French. Asks for a human? Instant transfer.

Answers 24/7Books AppointmentsPhone ApprovalsEN + FR
● Live Inspection
Engine Oil & FilterGood
Coolant LevelFull
Front Brake Pads4mm ⚠
Serpentine BeltCracked
Tire Tread (LF)6.2mm
Battery Voltage12.6V
AI-Powered Inspections

YOUR TECHS TAP.
AI DOES THE REST.

Green-yellow-red digital vehicle inspections with photo markup, video, and measurements. AI cleans up tech notes into customer-friendly language. Customers approve from their phone with one tap.

Photo MarkupAI Note CleanupWorks Offline1-Tap Approve
Hi Sarah — your 2019 Civic is checked in. We'll contact you when the inspection is ready
Great, thanks!
Inspection complete — tap to view: shopcommander.co/dvi/8f3k
Wow those brakes look rough. Go ahead with the brakes and belt.
Approved. Parts ordered. ETA ready by 4pm today!
Built-In Two-Way SMS

STOP PLAYING
PHONE TAG.

Real two-way texting baked into every repair order. Automated status updates, estimate approvals, pickup notifications, and review requests. Customers text back and you see it instantly.

Two-Way SMSAuto Status UpdatesMMS PhotosInvoices by Text
Revenue Recovery
$14,200
Declined Work Recovered This Quarter
47
Jobs Saved
68%
Recovery Rate
$302
Avg Ticket
AI Follow-Ups

DECLINED WORK
ISN'T DEAD WORK.

Every declined job gets automatic 7, 30, and 60-day SMS follow-ups, each referencing the original finding and vehicle. Seasonal campaigns fire automatically. Money you were leaving on the table — recovered.

7/30/60 Day Auto SMSAI MessagingSeasonal CampaignsROI Tracking
One Stock Ledger
225/45R17 94V · All-Season12 in stock
Group 35 AGM Battery6 in stock
5W-30 Full Synthetic48.5 L
Front Pads · D15212 · reorder
Reserved for RO #132144 tires held
Typed Inventory

TIRES. BATTERIES. FLUIDS.
ONE LEDGER THAT BALANCES.

Tires carry real sizes, seasons, and speed ratings — search by 225/45R17, not by a part number you have to remember. Batteries carry group sizes. Fluids stock by the litre. Every family lives on one stock ledger with reservations tied to authorized work, purchase orders, receiving, returns, and counts — so what the screen says is what the shelf holds.

Tire / Battery / Fluid WorkspacesCSV ImportPOs & ReceivingReturns & Counts
Scheduled
2019 Civic
Oil + Brakes
2022 RAV4
Tire Swap
In Progress
2020 F-150
Bay 2 • Mike
Ready
2021 Camry
Invoiced
Total Visibility

YOUR ENTIRE SHOP.
ONE SCREEN.

Drag-and-drop Kanban job board tracks the full repair lifecycle. Customizable columns, tech assignments, promise time alerts, and QR check-in. See every vehicle, every job, every tech — at a glance.

Drag & DropTech AssignmentQR Check-InBay Management
Shop Commander repair order with a posted immutable invoice, credit note and void controls, jobs, and payments
A posted invoice is a locked document — corrections are credit notes, not silent edits.
Money You Can Defend

INVOICES THAT CAN'T
QUIETLY CHANGE.

Posting an invoice creates a locked document — corrections are dated credit notes, and every payment lives on a ledger that always adds up. Take cards by text-to-pay link or countertop terminal (Interac too), split payments across methods, track store credit, and count the cash drawer at close. Numbers your accountant can trust, plus a QuickBooks-compatible export.

Text-to-PayCard TerminalsSplit PaymentsCredit NotesCash Drawer
VIN Detected
1FT7X2B60DEB05816
2013 Ford F-150 — decoded automatically
Plate
CVPR 421
Odometer
184,327 km
Scan Any Vehicle

POINT AT THE CAR.
THE PAPERWORK WRITES ITSELF.

On the free mobile app, the camera does the typing. Scan the VIN barcode or the printed VIN and the vehicle decodes itself — year, make, model, engine. Scan the plate and the car's record comes up. Even the odometer reads straight off the cluster, with an optional photo attached to the work order as proof. You confirm every result before it's used, and recognition runs entirely on the phone.

VIN BarcodePlate LookupOdometer ScanOn-Device
Shop Commander reports home with governed analyses, registers, and worklists for sales, team performance, and customers
Reports — every headline number drills to the documents behind it
And That's Not Even Half Of It

EVERYTHING YOUR SHOP NEEDS.
NOTHING IT DOESN'T.

Estimates & Invoicing

Canned jobs, digital signatures, branded PDFs, and revisioned estimates — when the work changes, the customer authorizes the new version, on record. HST and sales tax handled.

Text-to-Pay & Terminals included

Text a secure payment link or push the charge to a countertop card reader — credit, debit, Interac. Split payments, store credit, refunds — every dollar tied to the RO.

Scheduling & Online Booking

Bay-aware calendar, arrival check-ins, and a public booking page that only offers slots you actually have — real hours, holidays, and capacity enforced.

VIN Decode & Scan

Free NHTSA VIN decoding — 130+ vehicle attributes. Year, make, model, engine, trim. No per-lookup fees. Ever. On the mobile app, scan the VIN, plate, or odometer with the camera.

Warranty Claims

Track coverage, file claims, record settlements, and print the evidence packet. Approved isn’t paid — the receivable stays visible until the money actually lands.

Reports & Registers

Sales, ARO, technician hours, inspection funnel, customer retention — and every headline number drills down to the exact documents behind it.

Google Reviews

Automatic review requests after pickup. Feedback-first mode asks only customers who reply that they’re happy — unhappy ones become a follow-up task instead of a public review.

Customer Portal

One secure link shows a customer their vehicles, service history, inspections, warranties, and declined work. Links expire on schedule; nothing to install.

Work Timer & Timesheets

Techs clock productive time against real jobs. Attendance and timesheets run separately with submission and approval — and pay plans and incentives sit on top.

Loaner Vehicle Management

Digital check-out agreements your customers sign on their phone — and the signed copy is frozen forever. Mileage, fuel, damage notes, and return tracking.

Tire Storage Tracking

Track stored tire sets with location, tread depth, DOT codes, and condition photos. Automated swap reminders when the season hits.

Seasonal Campaigns AI

Pre-built campaigns for tire swaps, rust proofing, AC service, batteries. Targeting comes straight from your service history — and AI helps write the message.

Internal Task Management

Non-RO shop tasks — cleaning, maintenance, ordering, training. Assign to staff, set priorities, add checklists, and automate recurring tasks.

Access Control

Role templates plus per-person overrides. Advisors see pricing, techs see their work, and nobody sees what they shouldn’t. You decide, per shop, per person.

Multi-Shop Ready

Every location runs its own dedicated workspace. Separate data, per-shop branding, role-based access, per-location reporting.

Support Built In

Help lives inside the app — searchable docs on every page, guided tours for every role, and a support line that goes straight to the people who build the software.

Every Module Is a Switch

YOUR SHOP, YOUR WAY.

Turn on the modules your shop uses, turn off the ones it doesn't — and the whole app follows: navigation, dashboards, reports. Don't want AI? Turn it off. Nothing is ever deleted, so flip anything back on whenever your shop changes.

Inspections · On Tire Storage · On CRM · Off AI Voice · Off Online Booking · On
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What The Other Guys Charge
Shopmonkey
$475
Genius plan · see proof →
Tekmetric
$439
Scale plan · see proof →
Shop-Ware
$999
Ultimate plan · see proof →
$0
Per Month. Forever. Everything Included.
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FREE TRAINING

FREE SERVICE ADVISOR
TRAINING & MORE

27 courses. 290+ lessons. Service advisor skills, shop finance, hiring, marketing, technician career paths — all free, all built from published industry research. Printable certificates when you finish.

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Switching from Shopmonkey? Tekmetric? Mitchell? Shop-Ware?

We'll migrate your data free. Customers, vehicles, service history — all of it. Get in touch →

QUESTIONS? ANSWERS.

Yes. 100% free. No monthly fees, no per-user charges, no feature paywalls, no credit card required. Every feature — digital inspections, SMS, AI follow-ups, payments, reporting — is included for every user at every shop. We're not a freemium trap. There's no "upgrade to unlock" button hiding anywhere.
Shop Commander includes everything those platforms charge $200-$1,000/month for — plus features they don't even offer, like AI tech note cleanup, automated declined job recovery, seasonal tire storage tracking, and loaner management. See the full comparison →
Yes. We'll migrate your data from Shopmonkey, Tekmetric, Mitchell, Shop-Ware, or any other system — free. Customers, vehicles, service history, everything. Contact us to start →
There isn't one. Shop Commander was built by a shop owner who was tired of paying $400+/month for software. It's built to solve a real problem, not to extract maximum subscription revenue. The software runs the founder's own shop every day, and sharing it with more shops costs next to nothing — so the platform stays free as it grows. No subscription fees, no per-user charges, no transaction markups.
Sign up and the setup wizard walks you through it — shop details, team, taxes, and the modules you want on — with a live readiness checklist showing exactly what's left before launch. You can explore the app and come back to setup anytime. Most shops are writing repair orders the same day. Migrating from another system? We handle that for you.

COMMAND
YOUR SHOP.

Stop overpaying. Start commanding.