Comparison
ShopJig vs Tekmetric
Tekmetric is all-in-one software for independent auto repair shops. ShopJig runs shops that repair, fabricate and sell parts. Here's an honest side-by-side, with a source for every Tekmetric fact.
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Who each is best for
Tekmetric
Independent auto repair shops and multi-location operators that want inspections, a labor guide, integrated parts ordering, customer texting and marketing in one repair-focused system.
In their words: “All-in-one Auto Repair Shop Software.”
ShopJig
Repair and performance shops that also build parts or sell them online, and want fab orders, travelers, costed stock, a day clock with job time, an online store with fitment and QuickBooks Online together.
Side by side
Tekmetric facts come from Tekmetric's own website, checked on October 10, 2026; numbers in brackets link to the source. Products change, so check their site for the latest. ShopJig facts describe ShopJig today.
| Topic | Tekmetric | ShopJig |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | Independent auto repair shops and multi-location operators. [1] | Auto repair and performance, off-road and fabrication, machine and job shops, laser and CNC cutting. |
| Platforms | Web, plus Tekmetric Mobile on the App Store and Google Play. [1] | Web admin, plus an iPhone and iPad app with the same features as the web admin. |
| Inspections and approvals | Digital vehicle inspections shared with customers, with approvals collected. [1] | Check-in with VIN decode, walk-around photos and a signature; estimates approved from a link or the customer portal. No inspection texting. |
| Labor guide | Labor Guide listed on the Grow plan. [2] | None. Standard job packages you build yourself. |
| Parts ordering | Integrated parts ordering; PartsTech, Worldpac and Advance Professional appear among their integration partners. [2] | Purchase orders to your suppliers, receiving and supplier price lists. No parts-catalog ordering integrations. |
| Inventory | Inventory & vendor management on the Start plan. [2] | Costed stock ledger, stock by location, counts, reorder points, purchase orders and drop ship. |
| Time tracking | Time & job clocks on the Grow plan; technician board on Scale. [2] | Day clock with job and operation time inside it, shared iPad kiosk with PINs, time-change and time-off requests, payroll export with PTO. |
| Customer texting and marketing | Two-way texting, online scheduling and websites; a Marketing add-on. [1] [2] | Team chat and job threads inside the shop. No customer texting or marketing campaigns. |
| Accounting | Their pricing page lists "The Back Office Integration" as an add-on and doesn't name QuickBooks; ask Tekmetric about your accounting setup. [2] | QuickBooks Online, as daily summary journal entries with classes and locations. No QuickBooks Desktop. |
| Fabrication (BOMs, routings, travelers) | Not listed on their site. | BOMs and routings, work orders, printable travelers with QR codes, operation timing, actual vs standard cost. |
| Online store with fitment | Websites with online scheduling; an online parts store isn't listed. [1] | The shop's own website and store on the same catalog and stock, with fitment, "my truck" and VIN lookup. |
| Pricing | Published. When checked, Start, Grow and Scale were listed from $199 to $439 a month, with unlimited users and repair orders; Enterprise is custom. [2] | Not public yet. Early access for founding shops. |
In more detail
Where each one fits
Tekmetric describes itself as all-in-one software for auto repair, and its feature list follows the repair order: inspections you share with the customer, a labor guide, integrated parts ordering, payments, texting, online scheduling and marketing. For an independent repair shop whose day is diagnosis, estimates and parts calls, that’s a focused set.
ShopJig covers the counter and the bays too (check-in with photos and signature, the job board, estimates approved by link, invoices and pay links), but it was built in a shop that also fabricates and sells parts. So it adds what repair-only systems don’t list: fab orders with BOMs, routings and travelers, operation time on the floor, a costed stock ledger shared with an online store that has vehicle fitment, and a day clock that feeds both payroll export and job costing.
What ShopJig doesn’t do
No third-party labor guide, no parts-catalog ordering integrations, no customer texting or marketing campaigns, and no QuickBooks Desktop. If your shop’s workflow depends on those, weigh them first.
Switching
ShopJig imports from Shopify (catalog, orders, customers) and QuickBooks (items, invoice history, estimates); see imports. Founding shops get hands-on help moving over.
Questions
Is ShopJig a Tekmetric alternative?
For a repair shop that also fabricates or sells parts online, it can be. For a shop that relies on a built-in labor guide, inspection texting, parts-catalog ordering and marketing, Tekmetric is built for that and ShopJig isn't.
Does ShopJig have a labor guide?
No. You can save standard job packages with their labor and parts and drop them onto an estimate, but there's no third-party labor guide.
How does ShopJig handle QuickBooks?
ShopJig keeps a costed ledger and posts each day's activity to QuickBooks Online as summary journal entries, with classes and locations, so receivables tie out. It doesn't connect to QuickBooks Desktop.
Sources
Tekmetric pages, last checked October 10, 2026.
- [1]Tekmetric home page (positioning, features, mobile app): https://www.tekmetric.com/
- [2]Tekmetric pricing (plans, features by plan, add-ons, integrations): https://www.tekmetric.com/pricing
Tekmetric is a trademark of its owner, used here only to identify the product. ShopJig is not affiliated with or endorsed by Tekmetric. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@shopjig.com and we'll fix it.
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Solutions
- Performance & build shopsLong builds on one job, custom fab work with real cost, deposits and add-on approvals, parts sold in the shop and online.
- QuickBooks Online shopsA costed ledger in the shop; sales, bills and daily summary entries in QuickBooks Online; classes and locations; and a daily tie-out.
- Shop time clockOne clock for attendance and job time, a shared iPad kiosk with PINs, approvals for changes and time off, and payroll export with PTO.
Early access
See it on your own jobs
Book a walkthrough and we'll run a typical job from your shop through ShopJig, so you can compare on your own work rather than on a feature list.