A friend is trying to become more businesslike in the way he conducts auto service. He wants to buy software to help with estimating and invoicing, but the programs that do an adequate job seem all to be extremely expensive. What do you use? Do you like it? What does it cost? Have you heard about other programs that do more?

Thanks for your help.

Jim

Yes, software can be very expensive.

There are programs that you can purchase outright but then you don't get upgrades or you can go to companies like Mitchell or Alldata and you pay a monthly fee for their program and it works together with their parts and labor guide to automatically bring parts and labor to the invoice. I have used both of those and I like Alldata better because of their repair guides but the Mitchell invoicing is easier to use and learn.




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I agree with Hammer. Alldata is the best for technical data. Once you learn to navigate their system. Mitchell is better for invoicing and building estimates.

Jeff

Alldata Manager is a little harder to learn but once learned, it's actually a better system with more abilities. It's just not as simple to operate and learn as Mitchell.




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