AutoSoftWay vs Shop Commander

AutoSoftWay puts your whole shop in your pocket. Connected to your AutoSoftWay.com account, it lets technicians and service advisors run the day from the bay instead of the back office. DIGITAL VEHICLE INSPECTIONS • Build inspections from reusable templates and checklists • Capture photos of findings as you work • Mark items pass, attention or fail so customers see what you saw • Generate a suggested checklist with AI, then edit before you start WORK ORDERS AND INVOICING • Create and edit work orders, estimates and invoices on the spot • Add parts and labour from your catalogue • Look up standard times in the labour guide • Apply canned jobs for repeat work CUSTOMERS AND VEHICLES • Full client list with contact details and service history • Add vehicles by scanning the VIN • See every vehicle's inspection and repair record SCHEDULING AND SHOP FLOOR • View and manage bookings and appointments • Run Quick Lube jobs through a guided workflow • Clock in and out with built-in time tracking • Request and track leave AutoSoftWay requires an active AutoSoftWay.com account. Contact your shop administrator for sign-in details.

Shop Commander puts your entire auto repair shop in your pocket. Built for shop owners, service advisors, and technicians, the app gives you everything from the front counter on your phone: repair orders, the live job board, two-way customer texting, digital vehicle inspections with photos, appointments, and payments. REAL-TIME, EVERYWHERE — Every screen updates live. When a customer approves an estimate from their phone, your whole team knows the same second. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS THAT MATTER — Estimate approvals, incoming customer texts, new online bookings, job assignments, and customer arrivals — even when the app is closed. Choose exactly which alerts you get. DIGITAL INSPECTIONS — Document vehicles with your phone's camera. Customers get a link with photos, severity ratings, and one-tap estimate requests. YOUR WHOLE SHOP, ONE ACCOUNT — The app, tablet, and web are one system. Notifications, messages, and read-states sync across all of them. Shop Commander is 100% free — every feature, every user.