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Free garage management software
Free garage management software — genuinely free, production-grade.
Auto Basic is free with no card. Workboard, estimates, invoices, customers, parts, marketplace listing — everything an independent garage needs to run end-to-end. No degraded version, no time limit.
Garages worldwide on Auto Basic inIndiaUSAUKUAEAustraliaSaudi ArabiaSingapore+ 60 more
Genuinely free
No card. No time limit. No paywalled workflow.
Auto Basic is free indefinitely. Not a 14-day trial, not a feature-crippled teaser. The free tier covers the workflow an independent garage actually uses day-to-day. Only multi-location and advanced reporting sit in paid tiers.
- Workboard, estimates, invoices, payments
- Customer + vehicle records with service history
- Basic parts inventory + suppliers
- Marketplace listing on autodots.io
Genuinely free
Today↑ 12%
This week↑ 18%
This month↑ 24%
Production-grade
Same architecture, same uptime, same security as paid
Free doesn't mean degraded. Auto Basic runs on the same cloud-native architecture as Auto Plus — 99.9% uptime SLA, daily backups, the same security posture, the same 24/7 support.
- Same 99.9% uptime SLA
- Daily backups, never lost data
- 24/7 production support
- Same security audits as paid tiers
Production-grade
Today↑ 12%
This week↑ 18%
This month↑ 24%
$0
Auto Basic
No card
To sign up
∞
Time limit
99.9%
Uptime SLA
Why free?
Free Auto Basic is part of the platform — not a teaser.
We make money when shops grow into multi-location and advanced features. Until then, you run free.
No card, ever
Sign up at admin.autodots.io. Skip the credit card screen.
Production-grade
Same uptime SLA and security as paid tiers.
Upgrade only when you need to
Most independents never hit the ceiling.
30-min onboarding
First estimate written within the hour.
Mechanic app
Power your team on the go
Mechanics work from a phone — start & stop time, upload inspection photos, mark jobs ready. Front desk sees it instantly on the workboard.
- One-tap time tracking
- Photo inspections attached to jobs
- Customer auto-notified at each stage
- Works offline — syncs on reconnect
Auto Basic vs alternatives
How a free production-grade tier compares to trials and open-source projects.
| Feature | Autodots | Trials & open-source |
|---|---|---|
| Free indefinitely | Yes | 14-30 day trials |
| No credit card to start | Yes | Often required |
| Production-grade architecture | Yes | Open-source: usually no |
| 24/7 support | Yes | Open-source: none |
| Daily backups + 99.9% uptime | Yes | Open-source: self-managed |
| Marketplace listing included | autodots.io | No |
| Workflow you can actually use | Yes | Trials: yes; teasers: no |
BayOne Auto · single bay
“I sign up for free, write my first estimate in 20 minutes. Two years later I'm still on Auto Basic. Nothing about it feels like a free tier.”
— Sami P., Owner
CityCar Repairs · 3 bays
“We piloted on Auto Basic, scaled to Auto Standard when we hit our reporting ceiling. Free was never a trick — just a starting point.”
— Ramesh N., Manager
Free garage management software — production-grade, no card.
Auto Basic. Cloud-native. Marketplace listing included. Sign up at admin.autodots.io.
Free garage management software — FAQ
Auto Basic is genuinely free. No credit card to sign up. No time limit. The catch (and there's an honest one): if you exceed Auto Basic's monthly job count or need multi-location / advanced reporting, you upgrade. Most independent garages never hit that ceiling.