Switching from Shopmonkey
Shopmonkey alternatives for mobile mechanics
You have already decided to look. So this page is about the switch itself: what carries over, what you lose on the day you leave, and which mechanics should stay exactly where they are.
Looking for the row by row table instead? Fixty vs Shopmonkey
What actually moves, and what does not
Start with the part a software company would normally bury, because it decides your first week. Fixty has no upload screen: there is nothing in the app you drag a spreadsheet onto. What there is instead is a person. You send the list Shopmonkey gives you to support, somebody works through it with you to sort out what each column holds and which rows are worth carrying, and it goes into your account without you typing it. No timescale has been attached to that, so start the conversation before you cancel rather than after.
That leaves you two routes and they suit different operations. Hand the list over and let your regulars be there waiting when you start. Or bring almost nothing on purpose: keep Shopmonkey readable for history, start your next job in the new system, and let each customer arrive the first time they call you again. The second route quietly bins the dead rows and tells you which of the two numbers on file is the one that still rings.
For a shop with years of repair orders behind it, the question that decides the whole thing is not how many records you have. It is how many of them you would ever open again. Have an answer ready before you send anything over, because that judgement is the one part nobody else can make for you.
Get your export while the account is still paid
Ask Shopmonkey in writing for your customers, vehicles, service history and invoices, and do it before the renewal date rather than after it. What any vendor hands back on the way out is not something we have sourced from their own site, so get their answer in writing rather than ours.
The loading is a conversation, not an upload
There is no page in Fixty to drop a file onto. Ask support how they want the list, send it, and go through it with whoever picks it up. Which customers make the cut is your call and it is the thing that sets the size of the job.
History stays where it was written
Past repair orders, photos, inspection reports and message threads do not travel. Keep your export somewhere you can search, because a customer will eventually ask what you did to their car last winter.
The texting number is its own move
If customers reply to a number they already know, that is a separate migration with its own timeline. In Fixty a dedicated text number sits on the Growth plan rather than Starter, so decide that before you pick a plan, not after.
Overlap on purpose
Run both for a few weeks. Write new work in the new system, look up old work in the old one, and only cancel when a whole week has gone by without opening Shopmonkey.
What you give up by leaving Shopmonkey
Shopmonkey is not a bad product you are escaping. It is a shop system, and a shop system does things a phone first tool does not do at all. Here is what they say about the capabilities Fixty does not have, in their words, next to what Fixty itself does on the same row.
Parts inventory management
Fixty: No. Fixty tracks parts on a job, not stock on a shelf.
Shopmonkey
Yes
“Always know what's in your inventory and easily track purchase orders.”
shopmonkey.io/product/inventory, read August 29, 2026
Tire and wheel shop tools
Fixty: No.
Shopmonkey
Yes
“Grow your business with the leading tire shop software.”
shopmonkey.io/tire-shop-software, read August 29, 2026
Multi technician teams
Fixty: No. One mechanic, one workspace. Built solo first on purpose.
Shopmonkey
Yes
“Invite service writers, technicians and others to your shop with multiple user licenses.”
shopmonkey.io/product/team-management, read August 29, 2026
Accounting sync
Fixty: No. No QuickBooks or Xero integration today.
Shopmonkey
Yes
“Yes, with both! Shopmonkey has a wide set of integrations, including QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, and CarFax.”
shopmonkey.io/faq, read August 29, 2026
When Shopmonkey is the better choice, in full
- You run a bay with several technicians. Shopmonkey sells multiple user licenses, per employee permissions, time clocks and commission tracking as core product, and Fixty is built around a single mechanic.
- You hold parts or tires in stock. Shopmonkey has real time inventory tracking, purchase orders and low stock alerts, plus direct ordering through PartsTech, RepairLink and Nexpart. Fixty has no inventory module.
- You are a tire shop. Shopmonkey ships tooling aimed at that trade specifically, including tire and parts inventory across locations, which Fixty does not offer.
- Your books already live in QuickBooks. Shopmonkey states integrations with QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop, so the accounting handoff is a supported path rather than an export.
Every Shopmonkey claim on this page was read from their own site, is quoted with the page it came from, and was last re-read on August 29, 2026. Where a cell says we could not confirm something, that is what it means: we looked and did not find it, which is not the same as it not existing.
Shopmonkey does sell to mobile mechanics. Check that fit is really your problem
It is tempting to assume a shop management system cannot follow you into a driveway. That assumption is wrong, and it is worth knowing before you spend a month switching tools. They run a page aimed at exactly this trade, and this is what it says:
Yes
“Shopmonkey brings scheduling, communication, payments, reports, and more into a single, easy-to-use platform built for mobile repair work.”
shopmonkey.io/mobile-mechanic-software, read August 29, 2026
So if the thing that hurts is the monthly bill, or the fact that you use a small corner of a large product, changing vendors may not fix it. Ask yourself which of these three is actually true before you move: the product does not fit how you work, the price does not fit what you earn, or you never finished setting it up. Only the first one is a reason to switch. The third one follows you.
If you are leaving over the bill, do the arithmetic on the whole stack
Their published entry point, and what they offer you instead of a trial, both read like this on their own pricing page:
Cheapest published monthly price
$215 per month
“Simple pricing for auto repair and shop management software. Shopmonkey offers plans starting from just $215/month with annual pricing discounts.”
shopmonkey.io/pricing, read August 29, 2026
What you get to try first
Demo walkthrough, about 30 minutes
“See how Shopmonkey fits your shop in a quick, no-pressure walkthrough.”
shopmonkey.io/pricing, read August 29, 2026
The gap to a Fixty plan is real, and it is smaller than the two numbers make it look, because a cheaper tool that does less is only cheaper if you do not buy the missing pieces back. Fixty has no inventory module and no accounting sync. If you replace those with two more subscriptions, compare the totals, not the headline. If you were never going to use them, the gap is the gap.
One more thing worth checking on your own invoice: some of what a shop system sells sits outside the plan price. Customer self booking on Shopmonkey is one of those, by their own description of it, and it is the sort of line that makes a monthly total larger than the plan you thought you bought.
Partial
“Yes, CRM Essentials includes an Appointment Scheduler that enables customers to book their own appointments through your shop’s website.”
shopmonkey.io/faq, read August 29, 2026
Leaving with stock on the shelf
This is the one that catches people. If you carry parts, Shopmonkey counts them for you, and Fixty does not. Fixty tracks parts on a job: what went on this car, what it cost you, what you charged. It does not track what is left in the van or the garage, it will not tell you when a filter is running low, and it does not raise a purchase order.
For a mobile mechanic who orders per job that is not a loss at all, it is one fewer screen to keep truthful. For anyone who buys in bulk and sells from a shelf, it is the reason to stay. Nobody has ever enjoyed running two inventories, and the second one is always the one that goes stale.
Who should not switch to Fixty
Four kinds of mechanic should read this page and then stay on Shopmonkey. Fixty is built solo first, and solo first means several real things are absent by design rather than by accident.
You have a bay and somebody at the counter
Fixty is one mechanic and one workspace. There is no second seat to hand anyone, no service writer role and no way to split one job across two people.
You sell tires
Tire and wheel work has its own tooling and Shopmonkey sells it. Fixty has none of it and is not going to grow it for you.
You count parts on a shelf
Stock levels, low stock alerts and purchase orders are a Shopmonkey feature and a Fixty gap. Moving would mean running your inventory somewhere else.
Your bookkeeper lives in QuickBooks and re-keying is not acceptable
Fixty has no QuickBooks or Xero integration today. Anything that reaches your books, reaches them by hand.
Alternatives to Shopmonkey that are not Fixty
A page called Shopmonkey alternatives that names exactly one alternative is not answering the question. Fixty is the option we are obviously not neutral about, so here are the others we hold sourced data on, and who each one actually fits. What we would not do in your position is move sideways into home service software: a tool built for properties rather than vehicles solves none of the problems that brought you here.
AutoLeap
Fits you if: You want auto repair software that still expects a van, and you would rather have inventory and tire storage than a lower bill.
The catch: They publish no free trial of the shop software, so the only way in is a demo and a system built around your data before you start.
In their own words
Yes
“Built for mobile mechanics who work from a van, not a shop.”
autoleap.com/mobile-mechanic-software, read August 29, 2026
Cheapest published monthly price
$179 per month
“Power your shop with #1 Auto Repair Software starting at $179/mo. Flexible monthly and annual plans designed to streamline operations for shops of any size.”
autoleap.com/pricing, read August 29, 2026
Tekmetric
Fits you if: You are leaving Shopmonkey over price or support rather than over shape, and you still have a building to work out of.
The catch: Their own product vocabulary is a fixed site: bays, a front counter, a technician board and a shop calendar. And there is no free trial.
In their own words
Auto repair shops of every size. Their own estimate FAQ says that set includes mobile mechanics alongside single shop businesses and franchises.
“Yes! We proudly support more than 15,000 shops including mobile mechanics, single shop businesses, and franchises. Tekmetric is cloud-based so you can access Tekmetric from anywhere on any device.”
tekmetric.com/feature/estimate-building, read August 29, 2026
Cheapest published monthly price
$179 per month
“Tekmetric starts at $179 per month when billed annually.”
tekmetric.com/ai-info, read August 29, 2026
Jobber
Fits you if: Your week is mostly driving between stops and route planning would save you more than vehicle history would.
The catch: Jobber describes itself for home service pros. The quoting, forms and inspections are written around a property visit, not a car.
In their own words
Field service management software that runs quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payment in one place
“Quote, schedule, invoice, and get paid, all in one place. [dash normalized]”
getjobber.com, read August 29, 2026
Cheapest published monthly price
$29 per month
“Jobber plans from $29 to $529/mo (billed annually).”
getjobber.com/pricing, read August 29, 2026
We sell one of the options on this page, so read the quotes rather than our summary of them. Each price above is the cheapest monthly figure that vendor publishes, which is usually the annually billed rate. Paying month to month generally costs more.
Questions people ask before they switch
Can I import my Shopmonkey data into Fixty?
Your customer list, yes, and you do not do it alone. There is no upload screen in the app, so it works the other way round: the list goes to support, a person goes through it with you, and it is loaded into your account. Repair orders, photos and message threads are a different question, and the answer to that one is that they stay where they were written.
Is Shopmonkey wrong for mobile mechanics?
No, and anyone telling you otherwise has not read their site. Shopmonkey runs a page aimed at mobile repair work and quotes it in their own words. The honest difference is that Shopmonkey is a shop system that also serves mobile work, and Fixty is built for one mechanic with a van and nothing else.
What does Fixty not do that Shopmonkey does?
Parts inventory, tire and wheel shop tooling, multiple technicians on one workspace, and accounting sync. All four are Shopmonkey capabilities quoted from their own pages on this site, and all four are absent from Fixty by design.
How long does switching take?
Setting up your own account is short. The list is the variable and there is no honest single figure for it, because another person is involved and nobody has put a clock on that part. Ask early, run both systems in parallel for a few weeks, and cancel when a week goes by without opening Shopmonkey.
If you are switching, start on one job
Do not migrate anything. Take your next job, write the estimate at the curb, text it, let the customer approve the lines they want, and take the card before you pack up. If that one job is better than the way you do it today, enter the next customer too.
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