Tekmetric Pricing Explained (2026)

Tekmetric is the category leader for established independent shops chasing ARO and gross-profit metrics, known for strong DVIs and a real-time shop dashboard. Here's what its published pricing actually includes, based on its own site. Pricing changes, so check the vendor's site for current numbers before you decide.

The published tiers

Tekmetric lists three tiers, Start, Grow, and Scale, at $199, $349, and $439 a month. Unlike some competitors, these are flat per-shop prices with unlimited users on every tier, so a growing team doesn't add a per-seat fee on top. It's also month-to-month with no long-term contract required.

What's gated to higher tiers

Two-way texting, a feature most shops consider table stakes for customer communication, is only included on the top $439 Scale tier. The licensed MOTOR labor guide starts on the $349 Grow tier, so it isn't available on the entry Start plan at all. Both are worth checking against your own must-haves before assuming the $199 headline price covers what you need.

Add-ons on top of the base price

• Multi-Shop management: +$70 a month
• Tire Suite: +$39 a month
• Marketing CRM: +$345 a month

Payment processing rates are quote-only and not published, so you'll need to talk to sales to know your actual effective cost on card transactions.

What a real add-on stack costs

The headline tier price rarely tells the whole story once a shop's needs get specific. Say a growing two-location shop needs the Grow tier for the labor guide, plus Tire Suite because tires are a real part of the business, plus Multi-Shop to run both locations from one account. That's $349 plus $39 plus $70, which is $458 a month before tax or payment processing, before ever touching two-way texting, which would mean stepping up to Scale instead. It's worth building your own add-on stack against your actual needs before comparing the $199 headline number to anything else in the category.

Worth noting: the starter tier has moved

Tekmetric's starter tier was widely cited at $99 a month as recently as 2023. It's $199 now. That's not unusual for software pricing generally, but it's worth knowing that whatever number a review or forum post quotes could be a few years stale, always verify current pricing directly.

Who Tekmetric actually fits

Shops with four or more bays that live inside tech-efficiency reports and want a licensed labor guide built into the workflow are the clearest fit. Unlimited users at a flat price is genuinely a strong structure for a growing team, the tradeoff is that texting and the labor guide push you toward the middle or top tier to get the full package.

What that budget buys elsewhere

Shopmonkey sits in a similar or higher bracket with per-user fees layered on top of its tiers. ARI sits far below on price with tradeoffs reviewers describe around consistency and stability. Lugbird sits underneath both: a free tier that covers 25 repair orders a month with unlimited users, and a flat $49 a month Pro plan, no per-seat fees, no annual contract, cancel any time. We don't have a licensed labor guide like Tekmetric's MOTOR integration, that's a real, honest gap, shops that lean heavily on licensed labor-time data may prefer Tekmetric's Grow tier or above for that reason alone.

Where Lugbird pulls ahead is the entry point. There's no version of Tekmetric priced for a one or two bay shop still building its customer base, the $199 Start tier is the floor. A shop that isn't ready to commit $199 a month, or that just wants to see whether digital estimates and a photo DVI change how customers respond before spending anything, can run the same core workflow free.

Questions worth asking before you sign

• Does the Start tier actually cover what my shop needs today, or am I really pricing the Grow or Scale tier
• How much would the add-ons I actually want (Tire Suite, Multi-Shop, marketing CRM) bring my real monthly total to
• What are the actual payment processing rates, in writing, not a ballpark from a sales call
• Is the licensed MOTOR labor guide something my techs will use daily, or a checkbox feature I'd rarely open

Common questions

Does Tekmetric charge per user?

No. Unlimited users are included on every tier, from the $199 Start plan up through the $439 Scale plan. That's one of its stronger structural advantages over competitors that charge per seat.

Which Tekmetric tier includes two-way texting?

Only the top Scale tier at $439 a month includes two-way texting. It isn't available on Start or Grow as published.

Is Tekmetric month-to-month?

Yes, its published terms describe month-to-month billing with no long-term contract required, which is a meaningfully different commitment than annual-contract competitors in this category.

Is Tekmetric a good fit for a one or two bay shop?

It can work, but the $199 entry price and the features gated above it (texting, the labor guide) are built with a growing multi-tech shop in mind. A smaller shop still building its customer base may get more value starting on a free tier and stepping up once volume justifies the cost.