For auto repair crews of 1–5

The estimate you wrote on a grease-stained pad, sent from the bay instead.

Shoot the worn pads, the leak, the codes on the scanner. QuoteProof scopes it, prices it against your real shop rate, and the customer approves it before you pull the wheel back on.

A shop estimate written after you found the fault treats diagnostic time as free. Photograph the worn pads, the leak and the scanner codes; put the hour on the scanner on the estimate; shoot the dent and the curbed wheel on intake so "it didn't look like that" ends before the car is in the bay.

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QuoteProof is estimating software for auto repair shops and mobile mechanics. Photograph the worn parts, the leak and the scanner codes, and it drafts a priced estimate using your shop rate, your parts markup and the drive. The customer approves on a link, and the repair closes with before-and-after photos.

Already documenting the job in photos? QuoteProof is a CompanyCam alternative that turns those shots into a priced quote and a customer approval link.

See how to write a contractor quote from photos and how to price a auto repair job.

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Hollis Ave — leak call

On site · today 8:42 AM

Shutoff valve

Ceiling stain

Riser

Meter

Access panel

Wall

6 photos · time + location stamped

Draft the quote

Three ways auto repair quotes lose money quietly

Diagnostic time you never charged for

Forty-five minutes on the scanner and under the hood before you knew what was wrong. It went on the ticket as free because the estimate started after you found it.

The part that came in wrong

Wrong caliper, second order, another day the lift is tied up. The re-order and the delay were never priced into the job.

"It didn't look like that when I dropped it off"

The dent, the curbed wheel, the cracked trim. A time-stamped intake photo ends that conversation before it starts.

An auto repair quote, priced honestly

Front brake service — pads, rotors and a caliper on a 2016 half-ton. Your customer sees the scope, the hours and the photos. The costs underneath are yours alone.

Parts pickup, mileage, estimate write-up and follow-up calls — $164.00 — counted before the price, never shown to the customer.

Worn pads and scored rotors before, new hardware on the hub after — one link, time-stamped, signed off by the customer.

9:41Your quote

Auto repair

Front brake service — pads, rotors and a caliper on a 2016 half-ton

Diagnostic and road test · 1 hr$115.00
Front pads and rotors replacement · 2 hrs$230.00
Caliper replacement and bleed · 1.5 hrs$172.50
Pads, rotors, caliper and fluid · parts$418.00

Total$1,099.50

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No account. No app. Opens on any phone.

9:41Proof of work

Bell Plumbing & Drain

Hose bib replacement · complete

Before

Before · Aug 14

After

After · Aug 14

Scope matched what was approved
New bib pressure tested
Drywall patched and painted

Verified by the customer · Aug 14, 4:12 PM

Proof beats a callback argument

Before and after photos with the time and place they were taken
The scope they approved, word for word, beside the work you did
Their own sign-off on the finished job, on the record
Every job exportable for your books, mileage log included

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Auto repair quoting questions, answered

Can I charge for diagnostic time?

Put it on the estimate as its own line before you start. The customer approves the hour on the scanner instead of assuming it was free.

How do I protect against damage claims?

Time-stamped intake photos of the dent, the curbed wheel and the trim end that conversation before it starts.

Does it work for mobile techs?

Yes. Drive time and mileage are part of the cost model, which matters more when the bay is the customer's driveway.

Can the customer approve from the waiting room or from work?

Either. It's a link on their phone — no account, no app.

Other trades

Same loop — photograph, price it at your rate, approve on a link, prove the work — written for how each trade actually quotes.