Pricing

Simple, honest pricing.

Start free, pay only when you need more. Clear plans, no contracts, no setup fees.

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As an example, a 1 FOH + 3 technician shop can pay £350+/month on Garage Hive. The same setup on Autera Workshop is £79/month, covers 6 technicians, with unlimited free office/admin logins and no Microsoft 365 licence.

Your data is yours. Export everything, customers, vehicles, jobs, invoices, as a machine-readable file at any time. Even if you cancel. No exit fees, no data held hostage.

Generous Autera Assist allowances on every plan, with SMS reminders coming soon on paid plans. Need more? Top-ups are optional, never forced, and we never auto-charge you or lock your account. No surprise bills at the end of the month.

PLAN GUIDE

Which plan fits your garage?

We sized the plans around the four most common UK garage shapes. If your shop fits one of these descriptions, the matching plan is usually the right starting point.

We charge per mechanic, not per login. Invite your office staff, accountant, or receptionist free of charge on every paid plan.

Solo
Free forever
BEST FOR

Sole-trader mechanics and mobile technicians working alone

You handle 5-25 jobs a month, send the odd invoice, and want to stop chasing customers for car details over WhatsApp.

What you get: 1 mechanic (just you). 20 jobs, 20 invoices, 20 quotes, 20 new customers/month, unlimited MOT history lookups plus fair-use DVLA reg lookups. Full iOS & Android app included.

Starter
£29 / month
BEST FOR

Small workshops with up to 3 mechanics and a busy front desk

You run a single bay, do 50-100 jobs a month, and need branded invoices, unlimited reg lookups with full MOT history, and your accountant on Xero or QuickBooks.

What you get: Up to 3 mechanics + unlimited free admin users (manager, parts, finance, customer support, viewer, invite them at no extra cost). 100 jobs / month, plus unlimited DVLA & MOT history lookups, unlimited invoices and quotes, branded PDFs, analytics dashboard, document storage, photo job filing, and Xero/QuickBooks sync.

Workshop
£79 / month
BEST FOR

Established garages with up to 6 mechanics and an MOT bay

You have multiple ramps, run 200+ jobs a month, use MOT reminders powered by the official DVSA API, and want ADAS calibration certificates and digital vehicle health checks (VHC) filed against the job.

What you get: Up to 6 mechanics (+£12/month each beyond that, £10/month each on annual) + unlimited free admin users with role-based permissions (owner, manager, technician, parts, finance, customer support). Unlimited jobs, ADAS PAS 1880 certificates, digital vehicle health checks (VHC), online customer booking page, MOT reminder workflow, per-job time tracking, inventory management, and team performance reports. Running more than one site? Add extra locations for £49/month each.

Multi-Bay
£149 / month + £49 per additional site
BEST FOR

High-volume workshops and multi-site groups that want every limit lifted

You handle 200+ jobs a month, need unlimited mechanic seats across every role, and want priority support with hands-on migration when you switch.

What you get: Unlimited mechanics & admin users, priority email + WhatsApp support, and white-glove migration assistance. Multi-location management is included, at £49/month per extra site (the same add-on is available on Workshop). Public API access is on the roadmap; your pricing locks in at sign-up.

INCLUDED IN ALL PLANS

What every plan includes

We do not gate the basics behind a higher tier. The features below come with every Autera plan, including free Solo.

Powered by the official DVLA & DVSA APIs, not third-party data scrapers

  • ✓Official DVLA reg lookup + DVSA MOT History API (advisories, test dates, mileage)
  • ✓Free iOS & Android mobile apps: jobs, photos, time tracking, on the go
  • ✓Stripe online payments: customers pay invoices by card at checkout
  • ✓Customer portal for quote acceptance and pay-by-link
  • ✓Daily encrypted backups with 30-day recovery window
  • ✓UK-hosted, GDPR-compliant data storage
  • ✓No setup fees, no contracts, cancel any time
COMPARE

Still working it out?

If you are weighing Autera up against another tool, we have side-by-side comparisons for each of the main UK alternatives:

vs ServiceM8vs Garage Hivevs Garage Assistantvs MAM Autoworkvs LaunchControl

Already on ServiceM8 today? We will move your customers, vehicles and jobs across for free. Or, if you would rather see Autera in action first, book a 30-minute live demo on a real workshop account.

FAQ

Pricing questions, answered

More than this? Read the full FAQ or email hello@getautera.com.

Yes. You can change plans at any time from the billing page. Upgrades take effect immediately and we prorate the difference. Downgrades take effect at the end of your current billing period so you do not lose access mid-month.

You get a banner inside Autera when you are near or over a plan limit on jobs, invoices, quotes or customers. We never block or lock your account mid-month. Keep working, and upgrade whenever you are ready. No surprise charges, no locked accounts.

Autera Assist drafts a clear, professional job description from a few details, so you are not rewriting the same paragraph every time. Every plan includes a monthly allowance: 30 on Solo, 200 on Starter, 600 on Workshop and 2,000 on Multi-Bay. Need more in a busy month? Optional top-up packs are there if you want them, never forced and never auto-charged. SMS reminder texts will work the same way once that channel goes live.

Yes. Pay annually and save roughly 20% compared with monthly billing. The annual price equates to about 10 months of monthly fees on Starter, Workshop and Multi-Bay plans. Solo is free either way.

We charge per mechanic, never per login. Solo includes 1 mechanic, Starter 3, Workshop 6, and Multi-Bay is unlimited. Office staff (managers, parts desk, finance, customer support, viewers) are free and unlimited on every paid plan. If you outgrow Workshop's 6 mechanic seats but don't need Multi-Bay yet, you can add extra mechanics for £12 each per month (£10 on annual billing). There are no per-seat fees on admin users.

A mechanic is anyone who clocks on jobs and records time on the shop floor, the people turning wrenches. Each plan caps how many of these you can have because they typically run all day on the platform. An admin user is anyone else with a login: a manager, parts desk staff, accountant, receptionist or read-only viewer. We don't charge per admin user. Bring as many as your plan allows at no extra cost. If the same person does both (common for owner-operators who fix cars AND run the business), the owner slot covers them and they don't consume a mechanic seat or an admin slot.

Every paid plan starts with a 14 day free trial, no card required. You get the full feature set for two weeks. If you decide it is not for you, walk away. If you continue, we charge the plan rate from day 15 onward.

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