DAEDALUS
For independent shops & mobile mechanics

Describe the job. Daedalus writes it up.

Everything to run your shop — estimates, invoices, payments and scheduling on one record, and a customer portal under your shop’s own name.

14 days free · Founding rate from $49.99/mo for Solo, locked in
One record

The whole job, on one screen

Estimate it, invoice it and take payment without leaving the repair order. Parts, labor and tax carry through every step.

A Daedalus repair order with a priced estimate: labor and parts lines, shop supplies, tax and the total, beside the customer and the vehicle it is for.
What it does

Everything the shop runs on

The day-to-day work of a repair shop, in one place — from the first phone call to the paid invoice.

Customers & vehicles

Every customer, every vehicle they own, and service history kept by VIN. Type a VIN and the year, make, model and engine fill in.

Estimates & invoices

Send the estimate for approval, turn it into the repair order, and invoice when the work's done. Labor hours are suggested from jobs you've already done on that model.

Scheduling & dispatch

Book by bay or by day, with clashes flagged before they save. A dispatch board shows every open job by tech, and mobile mechanics get the day's stops as a route.

Parts & inventory

Paste a supplier's quote and the parts land on the estimate, priced with your markup. Invoicing a job takes them out of stock.

A portal under your name

Customers approve estimates, pay and see their history on a page with your shop's name and color.

Get paid without chasing

Take a deposit when the customer approves, and the rest by card from their phone — no reader needed. If the job doesn't go ahead, voiding it refunds a card deposit to the card. The money goes to your Stripe account, not ours; a per-transaction fee applies.

Inspections & photos

Multi-point inspections with annotated photos, so the customer sees what you see.

An AI assistant, available 24/7

Answers customers under your shop's name — where the job stands, what they owe — and hands off to your team when it shouldn't.

Reports & dashboards

Revenue, receivables, technician productivity and parts margins. Compare periods and export any of it.

Under your name

Your customers see your shop

The portal wears your shop's name and color. Customers follow the job, approve the estimate and pay you there, signed in from a one-time link with no password to forget.

A customer portal under the shop's own name: the customer's vehicle with the shop, the jobs in progress, and an assistant offering to answer questions.
How it works

From sign-up to first estimate

02

Bring your records

Import customers, vehicles and invoice history by CSV from whatever you're leaving. Preview it before anything is saved; open balances come across too.

03

Send the first estimate

Write it and send it. The customer approves from their phone.

Questions

What shops ask first

I'm on other software now. How hard is it to move?

Export your customers, vehicles and invoice history from it as CSV and import them here. You see a preview before anything is saved, and open balances come across with the customer. The trial needs no card, so you can run both side by side until you trust it.

Do I have to install anything or buy hardware?

No. It runs in the browser on the counter computer, a tablet in the bay or your phone, and you can add it to your home screen like an app. Nothing to install, nothing to buy.

Is there a contract?

No. It's month to month and you cancel from Settings whenever you like. After that the account turns read-only: your records are not deleted and you can still export all of them. If it isn't right for your shop, ask within 7 days of your first payment and it's refunded in full.

Who owns my data?

You do. Export everything, any time, including after you cancel.

Can my customers pay online?

Yes, once you connect your Stripe account under Settings → Online Payments. The customer pays from the estimate or invoice link on their phone, can put a deposit down the moment they approve, and the money goes to your account.

Does it work for mobile mechanics?

Yes. Jobs carry the customer's address, the day lays out as a route, and customers can request mobile service. Shops that do both run bays and vans on one board.

What does the price include?

Every plan has the same tools, AI included. Plans differ in how many people can log in — and Solo, being one login, has no team admin area to manage anyone else. Two optional services carry their own cost: card payments your customers make online have a per-payment fee, and texting runs on your own Twilio account. See the prices.

Get started

Now accepting founding shops. No credit card, nothing to install, and you can export everything, any time.