If you are trying to find out what Tekmetric costs before sitting through a demo, here is the short answer: Tekmetric’s entry tier starts around $399 per month, mid and top tiers run higher, and the features many shops assume are standard — advanced reporting, certain integrations — sit in the upper tiers. Card processing is on top of that.
Tekmetric changes its tiers and pricing periodically, so treat every number in this article as “commonly quoted as of mid-2026” and confirm the current figure before you sign. But the shape of the bill has been consistent for years, and that shape is what this article is about.
What the tiers look like
| Tier | Commonly quoted price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Start | ~$399/mo | Core shop management: estimates, ROs, invoicing, scheduling |
| Grow | ~$499/mo | Adds deeper reporting, more integrations, texting features |
| Scale | Quote | Multi-shop tooling, enterprise reporting |
Three things to check on your actual quote:
Which tier has the features you named? The demo shows the whole platform. The contract shows a tier. Make the salesperson map every feature you care about — DVI, two-way texting, the specific reports — to the tier you are actually buying.
What does card processing cost? Like most shop platforms, Tekmetric wants your payment volume. Processing rates are negotiable at volume, but a small shop usually pays the rack rate. On $50k a month of card volume, a quarter-point difference is $1,500 a year.
Is there a contract term? Month-to-month versus an annual commitment changes how much a bad fit costs you.
Who the price makes sense for
We compete with Tekmetric, so weigh this accordingly — but honestly, Tekmetric is good software, and for the right shop the price is fine. A multi-bay operation doing $150k+ a month, with a service manager who lives in the reports, gets real value from the depth. The big multi-shop groups standardize on it for a reason.
The math breaks down for small independents. A two-bay shop doing $40k a month pays the same ~$400+ as the eight-bay shop next door, for reporting depth it will open twice a year. That is roughly 1% of revenue for shop management software before processing fees.
The alternatives at a glance
| Software | Starting price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tekmetric | ~$399/mo | Deepest reporting; built for volume shops and groups |
| Shopmonkey | ~$199/mo | Easier to learn; per-user pricing raises the real bill |
| Mitchell 1 (Manager SE) | ~$219/mo | Strong repair data; dated management side |
| AutoLeap | Quote only | Marketing features built in; no published pricing |
| MyAutoShopPro | $99/mo flat | Unlimited ROs and users on every plan; newer product |
That last row is us, so here is the disclosure and the pitch in one line: MyAutoShopPro covers the core loop — estimates with online approval, digital inspections, repair orders, invoicing and payments, two-way texting — at $99 a month flat, and Tekmetric’s entry tier costs more per month than our top tier.
Common questions
Does Tekmetric have a free trial? No — you book a demo and go through sales. If you want to try software hands-on before talking to anyone, that is a difference worth knowing about yourself.
Is Tekmetric worth it for a small shop? If you are doing serious volume and will actually use the reporting, yes. If the $399 entry price is the thing you keep hesitating on, that hesitation is data: the product is built — and priced — for a bigger operation than yours.
What is the cheapest Tekmetric alternative that is not a spreadsheet? Full shop platforms start around $99–$199 a month. We wrote an honest comparison of the whole field in Best Auto Repair Software in 2026.
If Tekmetric’s price is what brought you here, see how MyAutoShopPro compares or start a free 14-day trial — no card, no sales call.
Keep reading: Shopmonkey vs Tekmetric if you are deciding between the two incumbents, and Best Auto Repair Software in 2026 for the full field.