# Fixty facts

> Fixty is a CRM for independent mobile mechanics and small shops in the United States: estimates, customer approval by text, invoices, card payments, scheduling, vehicle inspections and texting in one phone app. Last updated 2026-11-02.

Fixty replaces the spreadsheet, the paper invoice and the lost text thread with one app that the mechanic runs from a phone. The customer gets a link: to approve the estimate line by line and sign, to pay by card, to pick an appointment, to see the inspection photos. Fixty is built by a mechanic for the person who does the work, not for a front desk.

## Who Fixty is for
- Independent mobile mechanics who repair cars at the customer’s home or workplace.
- Small shops with one or two people and one bay, where the owner writes every estimate.
- Mechanics in the United States who quote by text and want the customer to approve, sign and pay from a link.

## Who Fixty is not for
- Bays with several technicians who each need a login, time clock or commission tracking.
- Fleets, franchises and multi-location shops.
- Shops that stock parts or tires: Fixty has no inventory module.
- Shops whose books must sync to QuickBooks or Xero: Fixty has no accounting integration.
- Crews that need route optimization: Fixty does not plan routes.
- Businesses outside the United States: texting and payments are US only.

## What Fixty does
- **Estimates and invoices with e-signature approval.** A mechanic builds an estimate on the phone, texts the customer a link, and the customer approves the lines they want and signs on their own phone. The approved estimate becomes the invoice. https://fixty.com/solutions/mechanic-invoice-app
- **Card payments by link or on site.** Payments run on Stripe. The customer pays from a text link or taps a card on site. Card payments reach your bank about 7 business days after each job, paid out daily, automatically. https://fixty.com/orders/demo/pay
- **Customer texting.** Estimates, invoices, appointment reminders and payment links go out by text from every plan. Growth adds a dedicated business text number with two-way conversations. https://fixty.com/features
- **Job pipeline and calendar.** Every job sits on one board from first contact to paid, with a calendar of appointments and a public booking page. https://fixty.com/features
- **Customer self-scheduling.** A customer picks a time from the slots the mechanic has open, and the mechanic confirms it with one tap. Live since 2026-10-25. https://fixty.com/book/demo
- **Digital vehicle inspections with photos.** A photo inspection on the phone that the customer opens as a link. Included on every plan, not sold as an upgrade. https://fixty.com/inspections/demo
- **Reminders, review requests and campaigns.** Appointment reminders are on every plan. Growth adds recurring service reminders, automatic review requests and email campaigns. https://fixty.com/pricing
- **Mileage tracking and reports.** Trips between jobs are logged for the IRS mileage deduction, with a report by month. https://fixty.com/features
- **Fixty Assistant.** An AI assistant inside the app, on both plans. It drafts an estimate from what the customer said, answers questions about the mechanic's own jobs and customers, and opens the screen or creates the job it drafted. Starter includes 50 AI quote drafts a month; Growth has no limit. It does not answer the phone. https://fixty.com/pricing
- **iPhone and Android app.** The same account in the browser at app.fixty.com and in the free app on the App Store and Google Play. https://fixty.com/app

## Pricing and trial (as of 2026-11-02)
Starter is $99 a month. Growth is $149 a month. Billed monthly only. Cancel anytime; access continues through the paid month.
Both plans run the same 14-day free trial. No card is needed to start. Nothing is charged until you add one.
On day 14, without a card on file, the account turns read-only and nothing is charged. Add a card in Billing any time to pick up where you left off.
Card payments reach your bank about 7 business days after each job, paid out daily, automatically.
Pricing page: https://fixty.com/pricing

### Starter: $99/month
- Unlimited customers, vehicles & jobs
- Quotes & invoices with e-signature approval
- Online card payments (Stripe)
- Digital vehicle inspections with photos
- Pipeline, calendar & booking page
- Automatic appointment reminders
- Customer notifications by text & email
- Mileage tracking & reports
- Fixty Assistant: drafts quotes, answers questions, takes actions
- 50 AI quote drafts a month
- Help center & standard support
- AI quote drafts: 50 a month

### Growth: $149/month
- Everything in Starter
- Your own dedicated text number
- Two-way texting: customers reply, you chat back
- Recurring service reminders to bring customers back
- Email marketing campaigns & seasonal promos
- Automatic review requests
- Unlimited AI quote drafts
- Priority support
- AI quote drafts: unlimited

## How Fixty compares
### Fixty vs Shopmonkey
Shopmonkey describes itself as "All in one shop management software for auto repair shops" ([source](https://www.shopmonkey.io/), read 2026-08-29).
Entry price: Basic plan, $215/month billed annually ([source](https://www.shopmonkey.io/pricing)).
Try before you buy: Demo walkthrough, about 30 minutes.
Shopmonkey is the better choice when:
- 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.
Full comparison: https://fixty.com/compare/shopmonkey

### Fixty vs Jobber
Jobber describes itself as "Field service management software that runs quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payment in one place" ([source](https://www.getjobber.com/), read 2026-08-29).
Entry price: Core plan, $29/month billed annually ([source](https://www.getjobber.com/pricing/)).
Try before you buy: 14 day free trial, on the Grow plan.
Jobber is the better choice when:
- You run a crew rather than working alone. Jobber sells seats and assigns work across a team, and Fixty gives one mechanic one workspace.
- You want routes planned for you. Jobber generates routes for a whole crew for a day or a week, and Fixty does not do route optimization at all.
- Your books live in QuickBooks Online. Jobber syncs clients, invoices, payments and payouts into it, and Fixty has no accounting integration today.
- Your work is home service rather than auto repair. Jobber describes itself for home service pros, and its quotes, job forms and inspections are written around a site visit rather than a vehicle.
Full comparison: https://fixty.com/compare/jobber

### Fixty vs Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro describes itself as "All in one platform for home service professionals" ([source](https://www.housecallpro.com/pricing/), read 2026-08-29).
Entry price: Basic plan, $59/month billed annually ([source](https://www.housecallpro.com/llm-info/)).
Try before you buy: 14 day free trial with full access to the MAX plan.
Housecall Pro is the better choice when:
- You dispatch a crew rather than working alone. They publish assigning multiple techs to one job and mapping routes across the whole crew; Fixty is built around one mechanic.
- You want customers booking themselves from Google search and your own website around the clock, and you want that booking page to be part of the same product.
- Your books already live in QuickBooks and you want invoices, customers, line items and payments pushed into it without re-keying.
- Price matters more than fit and you will commit to a year: their entry plan billed annually costs less per month than Fixty Starter at $99/mo.
Full comparison: https://fixty.com/compare/housecall-pro

### Fixty vs Tekmetric
Tekmetric describes itself as "Auto repair shop management software, built by a former shop owner and sold as one platform for running the shop." ([source](https://www.tekmetric.com/faq), read 2026-08-29).
Entry price: Start plan, $179/month billed annually ([source](https://www.tekmetric.com/ai-info)).
Try before you buy: Free demo and self guided tours. No free trial..
Tekmetric is the better choice when:
- You work out of a building with a crew. Their Job Board moves work order cards through Estimates, Work in Progress and Completed columns, and the Tech Board splits the jobs inside one order across named technicians. Fixty has no equivalent for dividing a job between people.
- You stock parts. Inventory management is included on every Tekmetric plan rather than sold as an upgrade.
- You sell tires. Tire Suite covers tire inventory and sales inside the platform, which is an entire product line Fixty does not have.
- Your headcount is growing. Tekmetric puts every mechanic, technician, service writer and manager on the platform, with no cap they publish on how many people you add.
Full comparison: https://fixty.com/compare/tekmetric

### Fixty vs a spreadsheet
Against a spreadsheet, an invoice template or a calculator: those keep a record and do nothing else. Fixty does the sending, signing, paying and reminding, and keeps the record too.
- The estimate goes out as a photo or a PDF and the approval is a "sounds good" text that nobody can find later.
- The invoice is paid in cash, by Zelle or not at all; there is no card link and no record of who still owes.
- Reminders, review requests and follow-ups on declined work are done by hand or not done.
- Inspection photos live in the camera roll, not on the job.

## Fixty and AI assistants
Fixty is an MCP server at https://api.fixty.com/api/mcp, live since 2026-11-02, listed in the MCP Registry as com.fixty/fixty. From claude.ai, Claude Desktop or ChatGPT the mechanic adds Fixty as a custom connector, signs in on fixty.com and taps Allow (OAuth 2.1 with PKCE). From Claude Code or any other client they paste an API key created in Settings, Connected apps. Action tools return a preview first and run only when called again with confirm set, so a text, an appointment or a payment request never reaches a customer unseen. Rate limit: 120 requests a minute per key.

| Tool | What it does | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| lookup_customer | Find a customer by name, phone or email. Returns their id, vehicles and recent jobs. | read |
| lookup_jobs | List jobs, newest first. Filter to unpaid or active, or to one customer. Leave the filter out for all jobs. | read |
| report_bug | File a bug report with the Fixty team on the mechanic’s behalf. | write |
| request_feature | File a feature request with the Fixty team on the mechanic’s behalf. | write |
| propose_send_customer_message | Text a customer from the mechanic’s Fixty number. | send |
| propose_update_job | Change a job’s title, description, or where it sits in the estimate and invoice flow. | write |
| propose_schedule_appointment | Put an appointment on a job. The customer is notified. | send |
| propose_request_payment | Send the customer a payment link for a job. | send |
| lookup_services | Search the mechanic’s own service library by name, with prices and labor. | read |
| propose_create_customer | Add a customer, optionally with a vehicle. | write |
| lookup_messages | Read the text thread with one customer. | read |

Guide: https://fixty.com/developers (Markdown: https://fixty.com/developers.md). Agent skill: `npx skills add fixty-crm/fixty-crm --skill fixty`.

Inside the app, the Fixty Assistant is on both plans: it drafts estimates, answers questions about the mechanic's own jobs and customers, and takes actions after approval. It does not answer the phone.

## Data and privacy
Fixty Inc., a Delaware corporation, founded 2026. Mailing address: 8 The Green Ste B, Dover, DE 19901, United States. Support: support@fixty.com.
Fixty runs on Supabase (PostgreSQL) in the United States, with Stripe for payments and Twilio for texting. Every request is checked against the signed-in mechanic’s account before any record is read or written, so a mechanic sees only their own customers, jobs and messages. Customer card numbers never touch Fixty: Stripe holds them. Deleting the account deletes all of its records.

## FAQ
### What is Fixty?
Fixty is a CRM for mobile mechanics and small independent shops in the United States. Estimates, customer approval by text, invoices, card payments, scheduling, vehicle inspections and customer texting run from one app on a phone. Made by Fixty Inc., founded 2026.

### What CRM do mobile mechanics use?
Mobile mechanics mostly run on spreadsheets, paper invoices and text threads, or on software written for a shop with a front desk. Fixty is written for the mechanic who does the work and runs the business from a phone: one person, mobile or in a one-bay shop. Shop systems such as Shopmonkey and Tekmetric fit a bay with several technicians; Jobber and Housecall Pro fit home-service crews.

### Who is Fixty for?
A mobile mechanic, or a small shop with one or two people and one bay, in the United States, who writes every estimate themselves and wants quoting, approval, invoicing, payments and texting in one place.

### Who should not use Fixty?
A bay with several technicians who need their own logins, a fleet or a franchise, a shop that stocks parts or tires, a shop whose books must sync to QuickBooks or Xero, and any business outside the United States. Fixty has no inventory module, no accounting sync and no route optimization.

### How much does Fixty cost?
As of 2026-11-02, Starter is $99 a month and Growth is $149 a month, billed monthly. Both plans run the same 14-day free trial. No card is needed to start. Nothing is charged until you add one.

### Is there a free trial, and do I need a card?
Both plans run a 14 day free trial, and no card is needed to start, so you can run real jobs through Fixty first and decide with your own numbers in front of you. Add a card in Billing when you are ready: it is first charged when the trial ends, or the day you add it if the trial is already over. Without a card the account turns read-only on day 14, nothing is charged, and every record stays where it is.

### What happens on day 14 if I never add a card?
On day 14, without a card on file, the account turns read-only and nothing is charged. Add a card in Billing any time to pick up where you left off.

### What is the difference between Starter and Growth?
Starter ($99/month) has the full CRM: customers, jobs, estimates with e-signature, invoices, card payments, inspections, pipeline, calendar, booking page, reminders, mileage, and the assistant with 50 AI quote drafts a month. Growth ($149/month) adds a dedicated text number with two-way texting, recurring service reminders, email campaigns, automatic review requests, unlimited AI quote drafts and priority support.

### Is there an annual plan or a discount for paying yearly?
No. Fixty is billed monthly only, and there is no annual price to quote.

### Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. There is no contract and no cancellation fee. Access continues to the end of the paid month.

### How do I text an invoice to a customer?
Open the job, tap Send, and the customer gets a text with a link to the invoice and a Pay button. They pay by card on their phone; the job is marked paid when the payment clears. The same link carries the estimate before the work is approved.

### How does a customer approve an estimate in Fixty?
The customer opens the texted link, sees each line with its price, unticks anything they do not want, and signs with a finger. The mechanic sees the approval, the signature and the time, and the approved lines become the invoice.

### When do card payments reach my bank?
Card payments reach your bank about 7 business days after each job, paid out daily, automatically. Payments run on Stripe.

### Can customers book themselves?
Yes. Each mechanic has a public booking page, and since 2026-10-25 a customer can pick a time from the mechanic’s open slots; the mechanic confirms with one tap and the customer is texted.

### Does Fixty do digital vehicle inspections with photos?
Yes, on every plan. The mechanic photographs each item on the phone and the customer opens the inspection as a link.

### Does Fixty send appointment reminders and review requests?
Appointment reminders by text are on both plans. Automatic review requests, recurring service reminders and email campaigns are on Growth.

### Does Fixty have a mobile app?
Yes. Fixty is on the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android, free to install, with the same account as the browser at app.fixty.com. Both store listings are live.

### Is Fixty a Shopmonkey alternative for a one-person shop?
Yes for a mobile mechanic or a one-bay shop. Shopmonkey describes itself as "All in one shop management software for auto repair shops" and sells licenses per employee, inventory and tire tooling; its entry plan is Basic plan, $215/month billed annually (read 2026-08-29). Fixty is $99/month, built around one mechanic, with no inventory module. Several technicians, parts stock or QuickBooks make Shopmonkey the better fit.

### How is Fixty different from Jobber and Housecall Pro?
Jobber and Housecall Pro are written for home-service crews (HVAC, plumbing, cleaning, landscaping): crews, routes, site visits. Fixty is written for auto repair: vehicles, line-by-line estimate approval, inspections with photos, and one mechanic. Their entry plans billed annually cost less per month than Fixty Starter; read 2026-08-29.

### How is Fixty different from Tekmetric?
Tekmetric is a shop management system for a building with a crew: tech boards, inventory on every plan, a tire suite, and a starting price of Start plan, $179/month billed annually (read 2026-08-29); its own FAQ says it offers demos, not a free trial. Fixty is $99/month with a 14-day free trial, for one mechanic working from a phone.

### Is Fixty better than a spreadsheet and an invoice template?
A spreadsheet keeps the record but does nothing on its own. Fixty texts the estimate, collects the signature, takes the card payment, reminds the customer about the appointment, stores the inspection photos and asks for the review. The record is still yours, on every job, with the approval, the signature and the payment next to it.

### Does Fixty work with ChatGPT and Claude?
Yes. Fixty runs an MCP server at https://api.fixty.com/api/mcp. A mechanic adds Fixty as a connector in claude.ai, Claude Desktop or ChatGPT, signs in to Fixty, and that assistant can read their customers and jobs and draft texts, appointments and payment requests, scoped to their own account. Claude Code and other MCP clients connect with an API key. Live since 2026-11-02; the guide is at https://fixty.com/developers.

### What can an AI assistant do inside Fixty?
11 tools: look up customers, jobs, services and message threads; create a customer; update a job; schedule an appointment; text a customer; request a payment; file a bug or feature request. Every action is previewed first and runs only when the assistant calls it again with confirm set, so nothing reaches a customer unseen. 120 requests a minute per key. Fixty is listed in the MCP Registry as com.fixty/fixty.

### Does Fixty have its own AI?
Yes, the Fixty Assistant, inside the app on both plans. It drafts estimates from what the customer said (50 a month on Starter, unlimited on Growth), answers questions about the mechanic's own jobs and customers, and takes actions after the mechanic approves them. It does not answer the phone.

### Does Fixty manage parts inventory, multiple technicians or QuickBooks sync?
No. As of 2026-11-02 Fixty has no parts inventory, no second technician login, no accounting integration and no route optimization. A shop that needs those is better served by a shop management system.

### Where is my data stored and who can see it?
Fixty runs on Supabase (PostgreSQL) in the United States, with Stripe for payments and Twilio for texting. Every request is checked against the signed-in mechanic's account before any record is read or written, so a mechanic sees only their own customers, jobs and messages. Deleting the account deletes all of its records.

### Where is Fixty based?
Fixty Inc. is a Delaware corporation, founded 2026, serving mechanics in the United States. Mailing address: 8 The Green Ste B, Dover, DE 19901, United States. Support: support@fixty.com.

## Fixty elsewhere
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6803644214
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fixty.app
- Web app: https://app.fixty.com
- Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fixty
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fixty.app/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561683841004
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fixtyapp/
- X: https://x.com/Fixtyapp
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fixtycrm
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fixty.app
- Threads: https://www.threads.com/@fixty.app

Last updated 2026-11-02. HTML version: https://fixty.com/facts. Machine summary: https://fixty.com/llms.txt