Everybooking vs. Tekmetric
Tekmetric is shop management software for auto repair: repair orders, digital inspections, estimates built from labor guides, parts and inventory, payments and reporting. Everybooking does not run the shop floor. It works in front of it, on your website and ads, where a driver picks the service they need and gets an exact, itemized price in seconds, then books the visit or pays a deposit right there. For menu-priced work that can change how many calls turn into cars in the bay. Here is the honest split, including where Tekmetric is clearly the better tool.
What Tekmetric does well.
- Estimates built from real vehicle data: its Smart Jobs and up to three integrated labor guides pull labor times and parts into the estimate (the labor guide comes with the Grow plan and up), with parts and labor matrices doing the pricing math. Everybooking has no labor guide and no vehicle lookup.
- Digital vehicle inspections sent by text or email, so the customer can see the findings and approve work while the car is still on the lift, with a digital record of every authorization.
- The shop floor itself: repair orders, technician board, time and job clocks, inventory and parts ordering from the repair order, and real-time reports like average repair order and car count.
- Published pricing, unlimited users on every plan, no long-term contract, and online scheduling, part of its Marketing add-on, that can sit on your Google Business Profile, your website, or a shareable link.
If your hard part is running bays, techs, parts and repair orders, Tekmetric is built for exactly that, and nothing on this page replaces it.
Where the two products differ.
- 01.The estimate starts after the car arrives. Tekmetric's estimate flow is strong once someone has the vehicle and builds the repair order. A driver shopping at 10pm for brakes, tires or a maintenance package usually just wants to know what it will cost. Everybooking lets them pick the service and options on your site and see the exact, itemized price before they ever call.
- 02.Booking a time is not the same as seeing a price. Tekmetric's online scheduler, part of its Marketing add-on, lets customers book appointments around the clock and blocks your calendar to prevent overbooking. Its page does not describe showing customers a price while they book. Everybooking is built around the price: the customer sees the total, then books, calls, or pays a deposit in the same flow.
- 03.Every link and ad gets its own tracked quote. With Everybooking, the same instant quote can run from your website, a Google ad, a mailer QR code or a text, and every lead lands in the dashboard with what they picked and which ad or link it came from. That shows you which spend brings in priced, ready-to-book customers.
- 04.Inquiries answered between visits. With the Full Setup, Everybooking's AI drafts replies to email and text inquiries for your staff to approve, and AI phone answering can answer questions, check availability, prepare a quote, or take a message. These are tools for the front desk, not the bay.
Should you even switch?
For almost every Tekmetric shop, the honest answer is don't switch. Tekmetric runs repair orders, inspections, labor-guide estimates, parts and payments, and Everybooking does none of the shop-floor work. Diagnosis-based repairs still need a technician and a labor guide, and that is Tekmetric's territory.
Where Everybooking earns a place is in front of it: the services you already price from a menu, like oil changes, brake packages, tire installs, inspections, detailing or fleet packages. Put an instant quote on your website and ads for those, let customers book or put down a deposit, and keep Tekmetric for everything that happens once the car is in the bay. It is an add-on, not an alternative, for most shops.
Everybooking vs. Tekmetric, line by line.
- Everybooking
- Yes, in seconds
- Tekmetric
- Not described on its scheduling page
- Everybooking
- Yes, from the quote
- Tekmetric
- Yes, 24/7, on Google, your website, or a link (Marketing add-on, +$345/mo)
- Everybooking
- —
- Tekmetric
- Yes, Smart Jobs on every plan; labor guide on Grow and up
- Everybooking
- —
- Tekmetric
- Yes, on every plan
- Everybooking
- —
- Tekmetric
- Yes, core strength
- Everybooking
- E-signature on the quote
- Tekmetric
- Click or digital signature, with a record kept
- Everybooking
- Yes, through Stripe or Square
- Tekmetric
- Tekmetric Payments (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, text-to-pay)
- Everybooking
- AI drafts text and email replies for staff to approve
- Tekmetric
- Yes, on the Scale plan and up
- Everybooking
- 30-day money-back guarantee on the funnel
- Tekmetric
- No long-term contract; monthly or annual billing
- Everybooking
- $97/mo plus $297 setup, or $970/yr with setup included; Full Setup priced on a call
- Tekmetric
- Yes: Start from $199/mo, Grow $349/mo, Scale $439/mo, Enterprise custom
- Everybooking
- Showing prices and booking menu-priced services up front
- Tekmetric
- Running the whole repair shop
| Capability | Everybooking | Tekmetric |
|---|---|---|
| Exact, itemized price shown to the customer online, before they call | Yes, in seconds | Not described on its scheduling page |
| Online appointment booking | Yes, from the quote | Yes, 24/7, on Google, your website, or a link (Marketing add-on, +$345/mo) |
| Estimates from labor guides and vehicle data | — | Yes, Smart Jobs on every plan; labor guide on Grow and up |
| Digital vehicle inspections | — | Yes, on every plan |
| Repair orders, technician board, parts and inventory | — | Yes, core strength |
| Customer approval of work | E-signature on the quote | Click or digital signature, with a record kept |
| Deposits and payment schedules | Yes, through Stripe or Square | Tekmetric Payments (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, text-to-pay) |
| Two-way texting with customers | AI drafts text and email replies for staff to approve | Yes, on the Scale plan and up |
| Contract terms | 30-day money-back guarantee on the funnel | No long-term contract; monthly or annual billing |
| Published pricing | $97/mo plus $297 setup, or $970/yr with setup included; Full Setup priced on a call | Yes: Start from $199/mo, Grow $349/mo, Scale $439/mo, Enterprise custom |
| Best for | Showing prices and booking menu-priced services up front | Running the whole repair shop |
Tekmetric prices are as published on tekmetric.com/pricing on October 19, 2026: Start $199/month, Grow $349/month, Scale $439/month and Enterprise by quote, with lower rates shown for annual billing (for example $179/month for Start). Add-ons listed per shop include Multi-Shop (+$70/month), Tire Suite (+$39/month) and Marketing (+$345/month); payments pricing is not listed. Plans change, so check their page before deciding. Correct us if a row is out of date.
Keep Tekmetric for the bay. Put an instant quote for your menu-priced services on your website and ads, and see how many shoppers book once they can see the price.
More on how the pricing engine builds the number: estimating software, or the shortlist of estimating tools for contractors.
Tekmetric FAQ.
- How much does Tekmetric cost?
- Per Tekmetric's pricing page, checked October 19, 2026: Start is $199 a month, Grow is $349 a month, Scale is $439 a month, and Enterprise is custom-priced. Lower rates are shown for annual billing, such as $179 a month for Start. Every plan includes unlimited users, and there is no long-term contract. Add-ons are priced per shop, including Multi-Shop at $70 a month, Tire Suite at $39 a month and Marketing at $345 a month. Prices change, so confirm on their site.
- Is Everybooking a Tekmetric alternative?
- Not for running the shop. Tekmetric handles repair orders, digital inspections, labor-guide estimates, parts, inventory and technician tracking, and Everybooking does none of those. Everybooking covers the step before the car arrives: a customer picks a service on your website or from an ad and gets an exact, itemized price in seconds, then books or pays a deposit. Most shops would run both.
- Can Everybooking quote a repair that needs a diagnosis?
- Not honestly, and it shouldn't try. A repair that depends on what the technician finds needs an inspection and a labor guide, which is what Tekmetric is for. Everybooking works best for services you already price from a menu, and it can also take bookings or deposits for a diagnostic visit at a set price.
- Can I run Tekmetric and Everybooking together?
- Yes. Everybooking captures the priced request, the booking and any deposit, and you open the repair order in Tekmetric when the car comes in. We have not built a direct connection to Tekmetric, so plan on moving the job across by hand.
- What does Everybooking cost?
- The Instant Quote Funnel is $97 a month plus $297 one-time setup, or $970 a year with setup included, and it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. A Full Setup of the whole system, including the AI replies and phone answering, is priced on a short call.
Tekmetric Runs The Shop.
Everybooking Shows The Price First.
We build your instant quote from your service menu and your site, then put it on your website, ads and links. Customers see an exact price and book or pay a deposit on the spot. 30-day money-back guarantee on the funnel.