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Free Auto Detailing Software,
Forever.

Sell tier-priced packages from express wash to full ceramic coating, lock in monthly maintenance on Teslas and fleet accounts with a card on file, snap before/after photos that close the next sale, and let Menutize text every customer a one-tap Google review the second the detail's done. $0/month. Forever.

Free CRM, invoicing & payments — forever. Save $300–$1,000/yr vs the $49/mo platforms.

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What's Free, Forever

Everything you need to run an auto detailing business — mobile or shop-based, solo or with a helper — and not a feature gated behind an upgrade. No credit card to start. No "trial expired" emails in 14 days.

Customer & Vehicle CRM

Every customer, vehicle (year/make/model/VIN), photo, and detail history in one place. Searchable. No per-seat fees.

Tier-Priced Estimates

Send branded Good/Better/Best estimates with vehicle-size pricing from your phone. Customer approves with one tap.

Invoicing

Auto-generate clean invoices the moment a detail wraps. No QuickBooks license required.

Card & ACH Payments

Customers pay online or via card on file. Money lands in your account in 1-2 business days. Standard processing rate, no monthly fee.

Google Review Requests

Auto-text every happy customer a one-tap review link the moment you mark the detail done.

Tip Collection

Built-in 15/20/25% tip prompts at checkout. Detailers average 10-18% — tips route straight to the operator.

Built for the way auto detailing actually works.

Auto detailing isn't a quick wash. You're juggling 30-minute express jobs alongside half-day ceramic coatings, every customer wants to know if you also do pet hair and engine bay, and a single no-show in the residential driveway torches half your billing day. The free plan is built around the four facts below, not generic shop-management software with a "mobile" sticker on it.

Most "free" software is a generic invoice template with a Stripe button bolted on. It works fine for a freelance designer and falls apart the second you've got a Sequoia in the driveway when the customer told you "midsize SUV," a fresh ceramic coating that needs 12 hours of cure time, and a fleet manager texting you for last month's batch invoice. Menutize was built around the four workflows below — the ones that actually decide whether a one-truck or one-bay detailing operation makes money this month or just runs hoses.

Tier Pricing: Express Wash → Full Detail → Ceramic Coating

Build your service menu once with side-by-side tiers — Express Wash ($75), Full Interior + Exterior ($195), Premium Detail with paint correction ($395), Ceramic Coating ($1,200-$1,800) — and a vehicle-size modifier that auto-adjusts every line (Sedan base, SUV/Truck +$20-30, Lifted/Oversize +$50). Add-ons live as checkboxes the customer ticks themselves on the booking page or estimate: Pet Hair Removal (+$30), Headlight Restoration (+$50), Engine Bay Clean (+$40), Heavy Cleanup. Operators report ~25% of customers self-select up to the higher tier when the options are visual side-by-side, vs. picking the cheapest when you read them out loud over the phone. Stop talking customers into upsells — let the menu do it.

Pre-Pay or Card-on-File for Every Driveway Job

A no-show on a solo half-day is a $200-$400 hit you can't get back — you've already loaded the truck, driven across town with your own water and power, and lost the slot to whatever else you could have booked. Require pre-pay or a card on file before any new residential or driveway customer is confirmed. The card sits securely with Stripe and you charge it when the detail's done, or take a partial deposit at booking if you've been burned. Most mobile detailers stop losing slots to last-minute "actually we're not home" cancellations the same week they switch this on, because the customer knows there's real money on the line. The card on file is the cheapest insurance you'll ever buy against a wasted half-day.

Recurring Monthly Maintenance & Fleet Contracts

The Tesla owner who wants a maintenance wash every 4 weeks, the dealership that wants 12 lot vehicles done every Friday, the rental account that wants a turn-clean on every return — these are the customers worth locking in. Set the recurring cadence on each customer record, save the right tier and add-ons as the standing order, and Menutize charges the card on file the day of each detail and rebooks the next slot. Fleet B2B clients pay by ACH (0.8%, capped at $5) so a $4,000 monthly contract doesn't cost you $116 in card processing. Most detailers on Menutize have 25-35% of revenue locked into recurring agreements within a year — predictable cash flow that survives the cold-weather window in northern climates and the slow stretches in summer.

Estimate & Invoice Open-Tracking + Photo Log

Detailing customers shop hard on ceramic coating quotes — they're getting four estimates and picking the one whose photos look best. Menutize logs every estimate email open, estimate page view, invoice email open, and invoice view, and notifies you the moment it happens. If they opened the $1,400 ceramic quote three times and didn't book, that's the right moment to call. Pair it with the before/after photo log on every vehicle: matted interior, pet hair pile, finished mirror gloss — photos go on the invoice automatically (customers post them on Instagram, which closes the next two referral sales for free). A year later when the owner asks "do you remember the coating you put on the M3," you have the receipt. Most field-service tools either don't ship open-tracking or gate it behind a higher tier; we ship both free.

Three Things Every Auto Detailing Pro Wishes They Had

Most "free" software either nags you to upgrade or leaves out the features that actually move the needle. We made the three biggest ones core to the free plan.

Auto Google Reviews

The moment you mark a detail complete, the customer gets a one-tap review link by text. No copy-paste. No awkward ask in the driveway when they're already late for work. Detailers see one of the biggest review-volume jumps of any trade we onboard — a freshly detailed car is the most photogenic moment in the customer's week, and they want to talk about it. Most operators see their Google rating climb half a star and review count 3-5x in the first 60 days, and that's where the next month's new clients come from.

Included free, forever.

Tip Requests at Checkout

Customers see a 15/20/25% tip prompt right at payment — same flow they're used to from Square or DoorDash. Detailers average 10-18% tips, especially after a heavy-interior or paint-correction job that obviously took half a day. On a $295 ceramic detail that's $30-50 a car, easily $100-200 a day on a 3-4 vehicle route.

Included free, forever.

Google Calendar Two-Way Sync

Every booking lands in your real Google Calendar. Block ceramic-coating cure time, the supply run, or the cold-weather window — Menutize sees it and won't let customers book over you. The free plans on most detailing CRMs don't include calendar sync. Ours does.

Included free, forever.

Why Auto Detailing Businesses Pick Menutize Over the $49/mo Platforms

The legacy field-service tools were built for 20-truck shops. You're a one-to-three-truck mobile operator or a single-bay shop. You don't need a dispatch board with seven-figure routing — you need invoicing that doesn't cost $588/year.

Feature $49/mo platform Menutize Free
CRM, booking & invoicing Included Included — $0
Online card & ACH payments Standard processing Standard processing — no platform markup
Google review automation Often $20+/mo add-on Included free
Estimate & invoice open-tracking Higher tier only Included free
Tip collection Rarely supported Included free
Google Calendar two-way sync Higher tier only Included free
Recurring billing on card on file Higher tier only Included free
Per-seat fees $29-49 / user / mo $0
First-year cost (1 owner, 1 helper) ~$1,176 $0

Comparison reflects published pricing from common field-service platforms as of June 2026. Card-processing fees still apply on both sides; Menutize uses standard Stripe rates with no platform markup.

“I was paying $69/mo for detailing software that still let people no-show me on residential driveway jobs — that's a $300 half-day gone. Switched to Menutize free, turned on card-on-file for new customers, and the no-shows just stopped. The Good/Better/Best tier menu pushes about a quarter of bookings up from Full Detail to Premium without me saying a word, and the auto Google review request took us from 4.5 to 4.8 in two months. The ceramic coating leads have tripled.”

TB
Tyler Brennan
Apex Auto Detail · Austin, TX

Auto Detailing Software Questions, Answered

The ones detailers actually ask before they sign up.

Is Menutize really free for auto detailers? What's the catch?
Yes, free forever. CRM with vehicle records and photo log, branded estimates with tier pricing, invoicing, online card and ACH payments, card-on-file recurring billing for monthly maintenance plans, automated Google review requests, tip collection, estimate and invoice open-tracking, and two-way Google Calendar sync are all included on the free plan. The only thing you ever pay is standard payment processing on cards (~2.9% + 30¢, same as Stripe direct) and ACH (0.8%, capped at $5). No monthly fee, no per-seat fee, no credit card required to sign up.
Can I require a card on file or pre-pay before I roll out to a residential driveway?
Yes. You can require every new client to save a card or pre-pay a deposit before their first appointment is confirmed. The card sits on file securely with Stripe, and you charge it when the detail's done — or take a partial deposit at booking if you've been burned by no-shows. A no-show on a solo half-day is a $200-$400 hit; the card on file is the cheapest insurance you'll buy. Most mobile detailers stop losing slots to last-minute cancellations the same week they switch this on, because the customer knows there's real money on the line.
Can I sell Good/Better/Best detail packages with tier pricing?
Yes. Build your service menu once with tiered packages — Express Wash, Full Interior + Exterior, Premium Detail with paint correction, Ceramic Coating — and add a vehicle-size modifier (Sedan, SUV/Truck, Lifted/Oversize) that auto-adjusts the price. Customers see the side-by-side options on the booking page or estimate, pick the tier they want, and tap to approve and pay the deposit. Operators report ~25% of customers self-select up to the higher tier when the options are visual, vs. picking the cheapest when you read them out loud over the phone.
Can I bill recurring monthly maintenance details automatically (Tesla / luxury / fleet)?
Yes — set the recurring cadence on the customer record (every 2 weeks for a fleet vehicle, every 4 weeks for a Tesla maintenance wash, every 8 weeks for a wax top-up) and Menutize charges the card on file the day of each detail and rebooks the next slot. Recurring billing on card on file is included free; the legacy field-service tools usually gate it behind a $49/mo upgrade. For automated SMS reminder drips ("your monthly detail is in 2 weeks"), pair the free plan with the optional $19/mo Automations add-on. The recurring cadence and card-on-file billing themselves are 100% free.
Can I see when a customer opens an estimate or invoice?
Yes — Menutize logs every estimate email open, estimate page view, invoice email open, and invoice view, and notifies you the moment it happens. You stop guessing whether the customer actually saw the $1,400 ceramic coating quote before you call to follow up. If they opened it three times and didn't book, that's a different conversation than if they never opened it at all. Most field-service tools either don’t ship invoice open-tracking or gate it behind a higher tier; we ship it on the free plan because for detailers chasing ceramic-coating leads it's a flagship, not a nice-to-have.
Does Menutize handle vehicle-size pricing (sedan vs SUV vs truck)?
Yes. Each service tier supports a vehicle-size modifier — Sedan (base price), SUV/Truck (+$20-30), Lifted/Oversize (+$50). Customers pick their vehicle size at booking, and the estimate auto-adjusts. You stop quoting one number on the phone and arriving to find a Sequoia in the driveway. Same logic handles add-ons: Pet Hair Removal (+$30), Headlight Restoration (+$50), Engine Bay Clean (+$40), Heavy Cleanup, Excessive Pet Hair — checkboxes the customer ticks on the booking page, with each surcharge baked into the final invoice.
Can I attach before/after photos to the customer record?
Yes — unlimited photos per detail, attached to that vehicle's history. Snap a "before" shot of the matted interior, a "during" shot of the paint correction, and a "glamour" shot of the finished mirror gloss, and they're all saved to the customer's record forever. Photos go on the invoice automatically (customers post them on Instagram, which closes the next two referral sales for free), and a year later when the owner asks "do you remember the coating you put on the Tesla," you have the receipt.
How does the tip prompt work, and do detail customers really tip?
Customers see a 15/20/25% tip prompt right at the payment screen, same flow they're used to from Square or DoorDash. Average tip in mobile and full-detail work runs 10-18% of the ticket — on a $295 ceramic detail that's $30-50 per car, easily $100-200 a day on a 3-4 car route. The tip routes straight to whichever account the operator picks, no platform skim. Most detailers we onboard tell us they had no idea customers were ready to tip them this much until the prompt was there — especially after a heavy interior or a paint-correction job that obviously took half a day.
Does Menutize sync with my Google Calendar?
Yes — two-way sync, included in the free plan. Every booked detail shows up on your Google Calendar instantly, color-coded by tier if you want. Block out the supply run, the cure time on a fresh ceramic coating, your kid's recital, or the cold-weather window in northern climates — Menutize sees the block on your phone and won't let a customer book over you. Move a job on Google Calendar and Menutize updates the customer's confirmation. Most free detailing CRMs lock calendar sync behind a $29/mo upgrade because they know it's the feature operators won't quit over. We don't.
How does the automated Google review request work?
The moment you mark a detail complete in Menutize, the customer gets a text message with a one-tap link straight to your Google Business Profile review screen — no copy-paste, no "search for our business name," no awkward ask in the driveway. Connect your Google Business Profile once during onboarding (about 2 minutes). Detailers see one of the biggest review-volume jumps of any trade we onboard — a freshly detailed car is the most photogenic moment in the customer's week, and they want to talk about it. Most operators see their Google rating climb half a star and review count 3-5x within 60 days, and that's where the next month's new clients come from.
Mobile or shop-based — does Menutize work for both?
Both. Mobile detailers run a route schedule on Google Calendar with driveway-by-driveway bookings; shop-based detailers run bay-by-bay scheduling with customer drop-off windows. Same Menutize, same free plan. You can also publish multiple booking pages — one for residential mobile work, one for the shop, one for B2B fleet contracts — each with its own service menu and pricing. The customer never sees the back-end split; they just see the service that fits them.
Can I run a B2B fleet wash or commercial maintenance contract through this?
Yes. For fleet B2B clients (dealerships, rental lots, commercial accounts) you can set custom contract pricing per customer, save line items for the standard package they buy every visit, send monthly invoice batches, and get paid by ACH (0.8%, capped at $5 — much cheaper than card on a $4,000 monthly contract). Card-on-file recurring billing handles the auto-pay piece. The before/after photo log on every vehicle gives you proof-of-work the fleet manager actually wants to share with corporate.
Does Menutize replace QuickBooks?
No, and we don't try to. Menutize handles the front-of-house: customers, vehicles, estimates, invoices, payments, scheduling, reviews, tips. Your bookkeeper still wants QuickBooks (or whatever they like) for the back-of-house: payroll, sales tax, profit and loss. Export your Menutize invoice and payment data to CSV at any time and hand it off — most detailing shops do a weekly or monthly drop. We make the export clean so the handoff is five minutes, not five hours.
Can my helper get a separate seat?
Yes — unlimited users on the free plan. The legacy field-service tools charge per seat ($29-$49 per user per month), so a two-person mobile crew ends up at $58-$98/mo just to let the helper see the route. Menutize Free doesn't charge per seat, ever. You can give different roles different permissions — the helper can mark jobs complete, upload before/after photos, and trigger the auto review request, but only the owner sees the bank deposit data. Most paid detailing CRMs charge extra for that role separation; we ship it on the free plan.
What happens to my customer data if I leave Menutize?
You own your data. Export your customer list, vehicle records, detail history, before/after photos, and payment records to CSV at any time, no upgrade required, no waiting period, no support ticket. We've never built clunky exports on purpose to lock people in — that's the kind of thing we built Menutize to get away from. Cancel any time and walk out with everything. The customer phone numbers and email addresses you imported are still yours; the vehicle history is still yours; the photos you uploaded are still yours.
How long does setup take for an auto detailing operator?
About 15 minutes to be ready to book your first car: sign up (no credit card), connect Stripe for payments, connect your Google Business Profile so the auto review request can fire, hook up your Google Calendar for two-way sync, and add your service menu. Most detailers start with four tiers — Express Wash, Full Interior + Exterior, Premium Detail, Ceramic Coating — plus add-ons for pet hair removal, headlight restoration, engine bay clean, and heavy interior cleanup. Vehicle-size modifiers (Sedan / SUV / Lifted) add the right surcharge automatically. Import your existing client list later, or just let it build naturally as bookings come in.

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Tier pricing, card-on-file, recurring monthly maintenance, before/after photos, tip prompts, Google reviews, calendar sync — all on the free plan, all the time. Set up takes 15 minutes. No credit card.

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