A free Shopmonkey alternative for independent shops.
Shopmonkey is a capable shop management system built for auto repair. If you’re a smaller shop that needs bays, vehicles, repair orders, customer approvals and invoicing without a monthly bill, here’s the honest comparison.
Free forever Not a trial. No card, no contract, unlimited staff. Card payments cost 3.9% + 30¢. Our promise →
Free means all of it
Free software
Clients, appointments, checkout and reporting, for $0 a month.
Free booking
A 24/7 booking page with text confirmations and reminders.
Free accounting
A real double-entry ledger built in, so you can drop QuickBooks.
AI receptionist, with the phone system
Part of the $79/month* phone system: answers your calls 24/7, answers questions, books appointments into real openings, takes messages, and transfers to you.
Unlimited users
Every stylist, tech, trainer and front-desk person, $0 each.
The honest part
Card payments you take cost 3.9% + 30¢, and optional bill pay from your accounting is $39 a month per office.
What Shopmonkey lists today
| Shopmonkey plan | Price | Users |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $239/mo ($215/mo shown in its comparison table) | 3 user licenses |
| Clever | $399/mo ($359/mo in its table) | 4 user licenses |
| Genius | $499/mo ($449/mo in its table) | 5 user licenses |
| Added users | +$20/mo per license | |
| Multi-shop | Contact sales | Bulk licenses |
Source: shopmonkey.io/pricing, checked October 2026; the page says annual pricing saves up to 10%. Prices change; check their page.
What TotalPro360 costs
- Software: $0 a month. Unlimited users. No contract, no setup fee, no card to sign up.
- Card payments you collect: 3.9% + 30¢.
- ACH bank payments: up to 1.8% (never more than $10).
- Online bill pay to your vendors (optional, from your accounting): $39 a month per office, only in months you pay bills through it, unlimited users, plus Stripe's cost at cost (bank debit 0.8% capped at $5, 0.25% + 25¢ per vendor payout, $2 per active vendor per month).
What TotalPro360 does for a shop
Vehicles on the customer
Year, make, model and history on each customer record.
Repair orders
Line items for parts and labor on a repair order you can turn into an invoice.
Customer approval link
Text the customer a link to approve or decline the work before you start.
Bays that can’t double-book
Book work into bays with real capacity and staff hours.
Online booking and reminders
Customers book online and get text confirmations and reminders.
Parts catalog integrationsComing soon
Live parts ordering from supplier catalogs.
Shopmonkey has deeper shop-specific features than we do, such as integrations with parts suppliers and labor guides. If those are central to how you quote, factor that in. If you mostly need booking, repair orders, approvals and getting paid, TotalPro360 covers it for $0 a month.
Free software for your kind of business
Pick your business type and you'll start with a service menu built for it.
“I’ve got a person for you.” Get paid for it.
Your clients ask you for recommendations all the time. On the TotalPro360 network, when your stylist sends a client to a massage therapist on the network and that appointment is booked and paid, your business earns a share of the network fee. The business that receives the referral pays nothing for the lead itself, only a network fee after the job is booked and paid. How the referral network works · Our sister network for home services.
Questions people ask
Is it really free forever?
Yes. The software is free forever: online booking and reminders, client records, checkout, invoicing, accounting, your website and the apps, for unlimited staff. It isn’t a trial, and there’s no credit card to start and no contract. Card payments cost 3.9% + 30¢, and ACH bank payments cost up to 1.8% (never more than $10). Paid add-ons are optional: the phone system is $79/month* (one business number with calls and texting, the AI receptionist, after-hours on-call dispatch and Compendium Capture), and payroll (coming December 2026) is $39/month + $6 per employee. Read the free-forever promise.
Is there free auto repair shop software?
Yes. TotalPro360 is $0 a month with unlimited users: vehicles, repair orders with customer approval links, bay booking, invoicing and accounting. Card payments cost 3.9% + 30¢.
Does TotalPro360 have parts ordering or labor guides?
Not yet. Parts catalog integrations are coming soon; today you add parts and labor lines yourself or from your own price list.
What does a card payment cost?
3.9% + 30¢. ACH bank payments are up to 1.8% (never more than $10).
Set up your account in about two minutes.
No card, no contract, no sales call. Pick your business type, and you'll land in your dashboard with a starter service menu and a short setup checklist.
Get started free*Included minutes and texts cover typical use. Usage above the included amounts is billed as overage, and larger or high-volume companies may be quoted higher phone and texting rates. See our Terms.