Wrenchpod is shop management software built from the ground up for independent heavy-duty truck and diesel repair shops — not a light-duty auto repair platform with "trucks" bolted on, and not an enterprise fleet system priced for 300-truck maintenance departments. It's built for the 1–10 bay shop that needs real software without the six-week onboarding, per-location fees, or features it will never touch.
Wrenchpod handles the full shop workflow in one system: work orders with per-labor-line time tracking, professional invoicing and estimate approval (customers approve from their phone, no login needed), parts and inventory with tiered price matrices and purchase orders, and DOT-compliant annual inspections built around 49 CFR Part 396 — including inspector qualification tracking and automatic renewal reminders.
What sets it apart is a genuinely useful AI layer built into the core product, not bolted on as an upsell: an AI assistant that answers questions from your shop's live data and can take actions (create work orders, send estimates, mark jobs paid) with your approval; an AI Ops "money radar" that automatically surfaces un-billed work, aging receivables, thin-margin jobs, and dead stock — ranked by dollar impact; and Scan Invoice, which reads a photo of a vendor's parts invoice and receives the parts into inventory automatically.
Pricing is simple and transparent: $79/user/month, or $249/month flat for unlimited users — no location fees, no setup fees, no contracts. Every plan includes a 30-day free trial with no credit card required to start.
Key Features (if G2's form has a separate bullet section):
Work orders with per-labor-line time clock (actual vs. estimated hours)
Invoicing, estimate approval, and fleet/net-terms billing
Parts & inventory: purchase orders, vendor invoices, tiered price matrices, reorder alerts
DOT annual inspections (49 CFR Part 396) with inspector credential tracking
AI assistant that reads live shop data and can act on your approval
AI Ops money radar (unbilled work, AR aging, dead stock, DOT deadlines)
Scan Invoice — photograph a vendor invoice, parts auto-received into stock
Built-in staff chat, role-based permissions, mobile/tablet-friendly
