Comparison
Fixty vs AutoLeap
AutoLeap is the only competitor in this set with a page built for mechanics who work from a van rather than a shop. That makes this the hardest comparison on the site to write honestly, so it leads with the part that favours them.
Their mobile mechanic page says it in one line: built for mobile mechanics who work from a van, not a shop. That is quoted in the table above with its URL and the date it was read. Of the six products compared across this cluster, AutoLeap is the one that most obviously went looking for the same customer Fixty was built for.
They go further than the headline. Their page describes managing a full schedule, building and sending estimates, collecting payment, tracking service truck inventory and pulling up vehicle history from any device at a job site, whether that is a driveway, a car park or the road between jobs. Nothing on this page is going to pretend that is a shop product with a mobile sticker on it.
So the differences worth your time are narrow ones: what their route feature actually claims, whether you can try either product alone, and what you are buying beyond the van.
AutoLeap in their own words
How they position themselves
Purpose built, all in one auto repair shop management software sold to shops across North America.
“AutoLeap is purpose-built auto repair shop management software trusted by thousands of shop owners across North America.”
autoleap.com, read August 29, 2026
Who they say it is for
Auto repair shops of every type and size, from a single bay to multi location franchises, with mobile mechanics listed as one of the shop types they serve.
“From a single-bay shop to high-volume quick lube, from mobile mechanics to tire shops managing seasonal inventory, AutoLeap is built for how your shop actually runs.”
autoleap.com, read August 29, 2026
Feature by feature
| Feature | Fixty | AutoLeap |
|---|---|---|
| Built for mobile mechanics The whole product assumes a van, not a front desk. | Yes | Yes “Built for mobile mechanics who work from a van, not a shop.” autoleap.com/mobile-mechanic-software, read August 29, 2026 |
| Runs entirely from a phone Estimate, inspection, schedule and payment all work in a phone browser. | Yes | Yes “Mobile mechanics can manage their full schedule, build and send estimates, collect payment, track service truck inventory, and access complete vehicle history from any device at any job site, whether they're in a customer's driveway, a car park, or on the road between jobs.” autoleap.com/mobile-mechanic-software, read August 29, 2026 |
| Job pipeline board | Yes | Yes “AutoLeap’s work board gives you a clear, real-time view of every repair in progress, so nothing slips through the cracks.” autoleap.com/features/work-board, read August 29, 2026 |
| Digital estimates and quotes | Yes | Yes “AutoLeap’s automotive repair estimate software is built for repair shops and service centers that need speed, accuracy, and consistent approvals.” autoleap.com/features/estimates, read August 29, 2026 |
| Customer approves the estimate by text, line by line The customer opens a link, picks the lines they want, and signs. | Yes | Yes “Send the estimate to customers via text or email for quick digital approvals.” autoleap.com/features/estimates, read August 29, 2026 |
| Photo vehicle inspections Included on every plan, not an upgrade. | Yes | Yes “Send vehicle inspection reports via text or email to reduce back-and-forth calls and boost customer satisfaction.” autoleap.com/features/vehicle-inspection, read August 29, 2026 |
| Two way SMS with the customer | Yes | Yes “Text, email, or chat with customers in real time from one simple inbox” autoleap.com/features/communication, read August 29, 2026 |
| Card payments Stripe, paid from the same link as the estimate. | Yes | Yes “Send digital invoices via text or email so customers can pay anytime, anywhere.” autoleap.com/features/payments, read August 29, 2026 |
| Public booking page | Yes | Yes “Customers find your shop on Google or your website and book instantly, no calls needed.” autoleap.com/features/scheduling, read August 29, 2026 |
| Route optimization Fixty does not do this. It was advertised once by mistake and the claim was retracted. | No | Partial “Plan your day and service area from any device, sequence jobs by location, fit more work into the same hours, and reduce drive time between customers.” autoleap.com/mobile-mechanic-software, read August 29, 2026 |
| Parts inventory management Fixty tracks parts on a job, not stock on a shelf. | No | Yes “Track live stock levels across every job without manual counts” autoleap.com/features/inventory, read August 29, 2026 |
| Multi technician teams One mechanic, one workspace. Built solo first on purpose. | No | Yes “Technicians log into the app on their phones or tablets to view assigned tasks and schedules in real time.” autoleap.com/features/technician-app, read August 29, 2026 |
| Tire and wheel shop tools | No | Yes “AutoLeap’s tire shop management software connects storage, inventory, approvals, and retention in one platform, so jobs move faster, margins stay tight, and customers keep coming back.” autoleap.com/tire-shop-software, read August 29, 2026 |
| Accounting sync No QuickBooks or Xero integration today. | No | Yes “Ensure financial consistency with seamless QuickBooks integration.” autoleap.com/features/accounting, read August 29, 2026 |
| Free trial A card is collected at signup and charged on day 14. Growth bills immediately. | 14 days on Starter | No “AutoLeap doesn’t offer a free trial due to the fact that we custom-build the system with your necessary shop information. However, we encourage you to see AutoLeap in action during a personalized demo.” autoleap.com/pricing, read August 29, 2026 |
| Price published without talking to sales | Yes | Yes “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 |
Every cell in the AutoLeap column was read from AutoLeap's own site and is quoted above with the page it came from. The whole record was last re-read on August 29, 2026. Where a cell says we could not confirm something, that means exactly that: we did not find it, which is not the same as it not existing.
What each one costs
Fixty
Starter: $99/mo
14 day free trial. A card is collected at signup and charged on day 14.
Growth: $149/mo
No trial. Billed in full at signup.
Growth + AI: $249/mo
Waitlist only, not purchasable today.
Cancel any time. Access runs to the end of the cycle you already paid for.
AutoLeap
Price published without talking to sales
Yes
“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
Cheapest published plan
Essentials
“Get started with must-have tools for your business. The perfect package for shops starting out.”
autoleap.com/pricing, 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
What you get to try before you buy
Demo only, no free trial of the shop software
“AutoLeap doesn’t offer a free trial due to the fact that we custom-build the system with your necessary shop information. However, we encourage you to see AutoLeap in action during a personalized demo.”
autoleap.com/pricing, read August 29, 2026
When AutoLeap is the better choice
- You have technicians on payroll rather than only yourself. AutoLeap publishes a technician app that assigns jobs to named techs and tracks their time; Fixty is one mechanic in one workspace and does not do this.
- You hold parts on a shelf or tires in storage. AutoLeap sources live stock levels, supplier ordering inside the repair order, and a whole tire storage suite. Fixty tracks parts on a job and has none of that.
- Your books live in QuickBooks. AutoLeap sells a QuickBooks Online sync as a headline feature; Fixty has no accounting integration at all today.
- You would rather be sold to than sign up alone. AutoLeap does not offer a trial of the shop software; what they offer instead is a personalized demo and a system built around your shop data before you start, which is more hand holding than Fixty gives you.
What Fixty does not do
Fixty answers no on 5 of the 16 rows above: route optimization, parts inventory management, multi technician teams, tire and wheel shop tools and accounting sync. They are collected here rather than left scattered through the table, because a row you have to hunt for is a row that was hidden.
Route optimization is the one worth saying out loud. Fixty does not plan the driving order of your day. It was advertised once by mistake and the claim was retracted, and 3 of the 6 products compared across this cluster publish a route optimization feature on their own sites: Jobber, Housecall Pro and ServiceTitan.
AutoLeap publishes something adjacent to it, scoped by their own sentence in the table above. Read that quote and decide whether it is the feature you meant.
The only site here with a page built for a van
AutoLeap runs a dedicated mobile mechanic page and their homepage lists mobile mechanics as one of the shop types they serve, in the same sentence as single bay shops, quick lube and tire shops. Both sentences are quoted in the comparison table.
Shopmonkey also markets to mobile repair work, so AutoLeap is not alone in noticing the trade. What makes AutoLeap the closest is the framing: not a shop product that also covers mobile work, but a page written from the van outwards.
Where they part company with Fixty is everything around the van. AutoLeap sells a technician app that assigns work to named techs, live stock levels, supplier ordering inside the repair order and a tire storage suite. Fixty has none of those and is not trying to. One workspace, one mechanic, and the whole job on a phone.
Route optimization: read what the page actually claims
Their mobile mechanic page heads a section with planning your day and optimising your route. The sentences underneath describe planning the day and the service area from any device, sequencing jobs by location, fitting more work into the same hours and cutting drive time. That is route aware scheduling that you sequence, and it is quoted in the table.
It is not the same claim as a solver that takes a list of stops and returns their order, and nothing on their site says it is. So the cell reads Partial rather than Yes, deliberately: writing Yes would be repeating a heading as a feature, and this exact row is where a false claim shipped on this site once before.
Fixty has neither version. Route optimization is a no in Fixty’s own registry, because it was advertised once by mistake and the claim was retracted. If a genuine solver decides your day, ServiceTitan, Jobber and Housecall Pro each publish one and this comparison is the wrong place to be looking.
They will not let you try it on your own
AutoLeap’s pricing FAQ answers the trial question with a no and gives their reason: they custom build the system with your shop information, so what they offer instead is a personalized demo. That is a sourced no, quoted in the table, not a cell nobody could fill.
Read as a criticism that is unfair. A system configured around your data before you start is more hand holding than Fixty gives anybody, and for a shop moving years of history across it may be exactly the right trade.
Fixty Starter at $99/mo runs a 14 day free trial: a card is collected at signup and charged on day 14, and you can cancel before then.
The practical difference is who spends the first hour. With AutoLeap it is a salesperson and you. With Fixty it is you and the next job in your calendar.
Questions people ask about AutoLeap
- Does AutoLeap work for mobile mechanics?
- Yes, and they say so plainly. Their mobile mechanic page says it is built for mobile mechanics who work from a van, not a shop, and describes scheduling, estimates, payment, service truck inventory and vehicle history from any device at a job site. That is quoted with its URL in the table on this page. Of every competitor compared here, AutoLeap is the closest to what Fixty does.
- Does AutoLeap have a free trial?
- No. Their pricing FAQ says AutoLeap does not offer a free trial because they custom build the system with your shop information, and offers a personalized demo instead. The Start Free buttons in their site header belong to their AI receptionist add on rather than to the shop software. Fixty Starter at $99/mo runs a 14 day free trial: a card is collected at signup and charged on day 14, and you can cancel before then.
- AutoLeap or Fixty for a one van operation?
- If you want somebody to configure the system around your existing shop data, or you need technicians on an app, live stock levels, supplier ordering or tire storage, take AutoLeap. If you are one person who wants to write the estimate at the curb, have it approved line by line by text, take the card before packing up, and start today without a demo, that is what Fixty is. Both answers are defensible and the table on this page is how you check which one describes you.
Try it on your next job
Fixty runs from a phone: write the estimate at the curb, text it, let the customer approve the lines they want, and take the card before you pack up.
Try Fixty free for 14 days