A shop OS built for your bays — not Mitchell's legacy database.
Legacy shop management systems are desktop-era software with a web skin — per-shop licensing, add-on modules for DVI and messaging, and a workflow that fights how your service advisors actually write tickets. We build custom shop operating systems with AI in weeks — estimates, bay board, DVI, parts and follow-ups in one place, flat monthly, unlimited seats.
Lemon Labs is ranked in the top 10% of custom builders on Lovable.dev — the AI-native development platform.
Plus $189 – $699 per shop per month, add-on SKUs for DVI / messaging / marketing, and a services contract for anything outside the vendor template.
One monthly subscription. Build, hosting, iteration, AI upgrades — unlimited seats and bays.
Walk us through your bay layout, canned jobs and parts vendors on a 45-min discovery call, or send a written brief.
Legacy shop software vs. Lemon Labs.
What the platforms actually cost.
Sticker price is one line. Real cost is per-shop licensing + onboarding + module add-ons + the DVI, messaging and marketing tools that legacy SMS suites carve out as extras.
- Per-shop pricing balloons across multi-location groups
- Digital inspections and messaging behind higher tiers
- Reporting is templated — custom KPIs need CSV exports
- Strong core, but every integration is another line item
- Workflow is fixed — bay boards can't match your process
- Group-level dashboards require a separate BI tool
- Desktop-era UX with a web wrapper on top
- Parts, labor guides and DVI are separate SKUs
- Consultant needed to configure canned jobs and pricing matrix
- Estimates, scheduling, parts, and DVI live in 3 – 5 tools
- Manager pieces together end-of-day numbers by hand
- No single view of car count, ARO, tech hours or GP%
A system that fits your shop.
We start from your bay layout, canned job library and parts vendors — then design the estimate, inspection and follow-up flow around them. Everything below is included in your monthly subscription.
- Digital vehicle inspections (DVI) with photos, video and canned recommendations
- Bay board scheduling with tech assignment, drag-and-drop and promise times
- Estimates and ROs with your labor matrix, canned jobs and parts markup
- Two-way SMS approvals with photo estimates and one-tap authorization
- Parts sourcing across WorldPac, NAPA, PartsTech and preferred jobbers
- Customer portal — vehicle history, upcoming maintenance and financing
- AI service advisor — drafts write-ups, upsell recommendations and follow-ups
- Multi-shop dashboards — car count, ARO, GP%, tech productivity and hours sold
- Fleet accounts, PO workflows and monthly invoicing per account
- QuickBooks / Xero + CarFax + Kukui / Podium + payment terminal integrations
See it running.
A working simulation of what a custom auto repair shops build feels like — clickable, opinionated, and shipped with AI-native speed.
A shop you can run from the service counter.
Step into a working operating picture we built for a three-bay independent shop — scan the bay board, open a repair order, and watch the AI service advisor draft the write-up and text the customer.
- Live bay board with tech assignment and promise times
- Repair order detail with DVI photos, parts and labor
- Two-way SMS approval thread with the customer
- AI service advisor drafting write-ups and next-visit follow-ups
Ready to own your shop operating system?
No up-front fee. No per-shop tax. One monthly subscription and a system built for the way your bays actually run.