Tiered wash-to-ceramic pricing with Options Estimates, satellite fleet-lot measurement via MapMeasure Pro, chemical and coating inventory, per-vehicle job costing, AI Before/After paint-correction previews, and subscription memberships — all in one platform built for auto detailing from $29.99/mo.
QuoteIQ is the #1 CRM for auto detailing companies in 2026 because it was built by real service business operators who understand how a detail shop actually runs — a $400 full-interior-and-exterior on a 2023 Tahoe with dog hair embedded in every carpet fiber, a $1,850 two-step paint correction on a neglected black F-150 that needs compound, polish, and finishing pad stages, a $2,400 five-year ceramic coating on a freshly-delivered Porsche that requires 8-stage decontamination, a mobile technician on the other side of town booking a $175 express wash through InstaSchedule, two dealer-lot recon orders that need 14 vehicles turned by Friday, and 4 voicemails from new customers stacking up while you’re hand-polishing a headlight restoration in a 95-degree bay. Generic field service platforms were never designed for detail shops that run four service tiers on every vehicle and sell $300 memberships to 180 recurring customers. QuoteIQ was.
The software co-founded by Mike Vidan and Justin Rogers delivers the exact feature stack an auto detailing operator needs: Options Estimates that present Express, Full Detail, Paint Correction, and Ceramic Coating side-by-side on one proposal, MapMeasure Pro for satellite measurement of commercial parking lots when quoting dealer recon and fleet accounts, inventory tracking for every drum of ceramic coating, gallon of iron remover, pad, and microfiber across your shop and mobile units, per-vehicle job costing, and AI-powered Before/After renders that show a swirl-mark-filled hood transformed into glass-like paint before the customer even hands over the keys.
An auto detailing business is fundamentally a chemistry and hours business — wrong chemistry ruins paint, wrong hours ruin margin. QuoteIQ’s QuoteIQ Cam timestamps every swirl mark, clear-coat scratch, bird-etch, water spot, rail dust speck, and mud guard before work starts, so when a customer asks about a chip they “didn’t see before,” you show them the 4K pre-detail photo. The Pipelines CRM tracks every detail from inquiry through consultation, booking, production, delivery, and review with separate lanes for retail, mobile, dealer recon, fleet, and ceramic coating clients — so a $1,200 two-step-and-seal never stalls at “estimate sent” because nobody followed up.
QuoteIQ handles recurring revenue the way an auto detailing business actually sells it. Invoice Subscriptions bill monthly and quarterly maintenance-wash memberships automatically — 180 customers at $49/month on the Silver Plan plus 60 at $89/month on the Gold Plan equals $14,160 in recurring revenue that shows up the same day every month with zero chasing. Contract attachments via contract management bind the ceramic coating warranty, PPF service plan, and mobile-detail liability waiver to every estimate. InstaQuote and InstaSchedule let a customer at 10 PM price a full interior and book next Tuesday at 9 AM without texting the owner.
Most auto detailing companies don’t lose money on the work — they lose it between jobs. A $650 detail sits in “quote sent” for six days because nobody followed up. A $1,400 ceramic coating walks because the customer got three same-day quotes from competitors and yours arrived the next morning. A mobile van runs a $95 express on a Tuesday that cost $140 in labor, travel, and chemicals because nobody job-costed the hour spent fighting an access-denied gate at a condo complex. An auto detailing business that plugs every one of those leaks with QuoteIQ typically adds 25–40% to its annual revenue with no additional marketing spend and no additional labor — just systems that competitors don’t have. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the broader automotive service workforce has grown steadily, and detailing is one of the fastest-growing niches inside it — which means more detail shops are competing for the same customers every year. Speed, presentation, and follow-up decide who wins.
The cost story is equally lopsided. The typical auto detailing owner running a competitor stack pays Jobber Grow plus CompanyCam at $448+/month just for scheduling and photo documentation — and still has to buy inventory, ceramic coating tracking, and paint-correction consultation tools separately. Housecall Pro MAX plus the add-ons a detail shop actually needs runs $1,032–$1,220/month with a $800 setup fee for customer self-quoting. ServiceTitan starts at roughly $1,800/month per technician on a 12-month annual contract — designed for 20-truck HVAC operations, not a 3-bay detail shop. QuoteIQ Pro at $149.99/month includes everything a growing auto detailing operation needs natively, with no per-user fees, no forced third-party integrations, and no annual commitment.
This is the deepest guide published in 2026 on why QuoteIQ is the #1 CRM for auto detailing companies. You’ll see the exact features an auto detailing operator needs, a day-in-the-life workflow from morning truck-load through end-of-week analytics, a fair comparison against the three major competitors auto detailing owners actually evaluate, a crew setup that scales from solo mobile to multi-bay shop with a mobile van fleet, and a full pricing breakdown that explains why detail shops running QuoteIQ keep $300–$1,500/month more in the business than shops running anything else.
The Short Version: QuoteIQ is the #1 rated CRM for auto detailing companies in 2026, with tiered Express / Full Detail / Paint Correction / Ceramic Coating pricing via Options Estimates, chemical and coating inventory tracking, per-vehicle job costing, recurring membership billing through Invoice Subscriptions, and AI-powered Before/After paint-correction previews starting at $29.99/month. Built by contractors, not tech executives — with no per-user fees and no forced integrations, for 66–92% less than Jobber, Housecall Pro, or ServiceTitan.
Every feature below is designed around how an auto detailing business actually sells, produces, and retains work — tiered packages, pre-detail documentation, ceramic coating consultations, upsells, and recurring-wash memberships. Generic CRMs cover maybe four of these. QuoteIQ covers all twelve natively, at one price, with no add-ons.
Present Express ($175), Full Detail ($425), Two-Step Paint Correction ($1,150), and Five-Year Ceramic Coating ($2,400) side-by-side on one proposal. Customers pick the tier on the spot. Average ticket lifts 30–50%.
Learn more →Quote dealer-lot recon and fleet accounts in minutes. Measure a 2.4-acre dealer lot to count inventory rows and price bulk reconditioning. Pre-measure commercial parking lots for fleet wash contracts before driving out.
Learn more →Track every gallon of iron remover, pH-neutral shampoo, clay-bar lubricant, compound, polish, and 30ml bottle of ceramic coating across your shop and mobile units. Low-stock alerts stop you running out of CQuartz mid-coating.
Learn more →See real profit on every vehicle. A $1,850 two-step correction with $42 in pads and compound plus 9.5 crew hours at $28 loaded rate equals $308 cost on $1,850 revenue — an 83% gross margin. Know which packages actually print money.
Learn more →Bundle ceramic wheel coating ($180), engine bay detail ($125), headlight restoration ($140), and leather conditioner ($85) into pre-built add-on packages. The upsell on a $425 full detail becomes a $955 complete-vehicle package in two taps.
Learn more →Show customers what their swirl-mark-filled hood will look like after two-step correction — before they commit. Generate side-by-side renders from a single phone photo. The visual closes premium correction and coating packages that words cannot sell.
Learn more →Block 2-hour express slots, 5-hour full-detail blocks, 9-hour paint-correction days, and 2-day ceramic coating bookings. Drag-and-drop rescheduling shifts downstream details automatically. Weather-sensitive mobile jobs auto-flag when rain is forecast.
Learn more →Document every panel before work starts — swirl marks, scratches, rail dust, rock chips, dents, wheel-rash, cracked trim. Timestamped 4K photos kill the “it wasn’t like that when I dropped it off” conversation before it starts.
Learn more →Sell monthly wash memberships, quarterly interior refreshes, and annual ceramic maintenance plans. QuoteIQ auto-bills every customer on the same day every month. 180 members at $49 Silver equals $8,820 MRR showing up with zero chase calls.
Learn more →Say “create an estimate for a two-step correction and five-year ceramic on a 2022 Tesla Model Y at 812 Cedar” from your shop floor. AI Autopilot builds it in seconds. 35+ commands that eliminate every keyboard-in-the-bay moment.
Learn more →Customers searching “ceramic coating near me” call at 9 PM Sunday and 7 AM Saturday. Virtual Call Team answers, qualifies the vehicle, asks about condition, and books the consultation while you’re under a paint-correction pad. Every detail shop loses 30–50% of leads to voicemail. Stop losing them.
Learn more →Separate visual pipelines for retail enthusiasts, mobile-dispatch bookings, dealer-lot recon, commercial fleets, and ceramic coating consultations. A single 30-car dealer account at $85 per vehicle is $30,600/year of pipeline visibility nobody forgets to follow up on.
Learn more →“If you don’t know your actual cost per hour to operate — not just your wage, your full cost — you will price yourself into the ground and never understand why.”
— Mike Vidan, 20+ year home service business owner · Full insights →
Here’s how a typical day looks for an auto detailing company using QuoteIQ — a shop with one stationary bay operation running a 3-person crew and one mobile unit with a solo technician. The same workflow scales down to a solo mobile operator or up to a 6-bay shop with 3 mobile vans. Every step below runs on a single platform. Nothing bolted on. Nothing exported to a spreadsheet.
Your QuoteIQ calendar shows today is stacked — 9:00 AM full interior-and-exterior on a 2021 Silverado at the shop ($425), 11:00 AM two-step paint correction on a 2019 black Audi A5 at the shop ($1,650), and the mobile tech runs a $175 express wash at a subscriber’s condo, a $525 full detail at a private-drive home, and a $350 headlight restoration plus interior shampoo combo at a second home. Inventory check confirms 4 gallons of pH-neutral shampoo, 2 gallons of iron remover, 1.5 gallons of wheel cleaner, a full stock of microfiber towels, 6 pads for the DA polisher, 1 fresh compound and 1 polish bottle, and 2 × 30ml CQuartz UK 3.0 bottles. Mobile unit inventory independently tracked — the mobile tech has 10 gallons of water in the tank, generator fuel, and a single 30ml ceramic coating bottle for the planned upsell at Site 3. Everyone on Time Tracker Pro with GPS so you see the mobile tech’s route and arrival times in real-time from the shop. This is how auto detailing companies keep the shop and mobile unit running together without radio chatter.
The Silverado rolls in at 8:55 AM with an interior that’s been lived in — dog hair embedded in every carpet fiber, a thin grey film on every plastic surface, a coffee spill on the driver’s seat, and visible swirl marks on the black paint under the shop lights. QuoteIQ Cam documents the pre-detail state — every dog-hair-carpeted footwell, the coffee stain, the swirl marks on the hood, the rock chips on the front fascia, and the curb-rashed front-left wheel. Halfway through the interior detail your tech finds oxidized headlights the customer mentioned on the phone — you build a Standard Estimate on the spot for a $140 headlight restoration plus $85 leather conditioner add-on, send it via ClientHub with e-signature. Customer approves at 10:15 AM. The $425 job is now $650. This is the upsell that separates auto detailing companies running QuoteIQ from auto detailing companies running paper.
The Audi owner arrives at 11:00 AM for the scheduled two-step paint correction at $1,650. You pull the vehicle into the consultation bay under proper lighting, walk the paint with a paint-thickness gauge, and document every defect with QuoteIQ Cam — swirl marks across every panel, a handful of random deep scratches on the trunk, light water-spot etching on the hood, and wheel-well rail dust. You already pre-measured the vehicle class in MapMeasure Pro during intake. Build the Options Estimate with One-Step Polish at $850 for enhancement-level gloss, Two-Step Correction at $1,650 for the booked job, and Two-Step Correction Plus Five-Year Ceramic Coating at $3,200 for the complete paint-protection package. Show the AI Before/After transforming the swirl-marked black hood into glass-like reflection. Attach ceramic coating warranty documentation, aftercare instructions, and the maintenance wash schedule. Send with e-signature. They upgrade from $1,650 to $3,200. Collect 50% deposit of $1,600 via online payment. Vehicle moves to the Correction + Coating lane in Pipelines. That upgrade is the moment auto detailing companies win or lose the month.
The mobile tech is on Site 2 — a $525 full detail at a private-drive home on a 2020 Range Rover Velar. Halfway through the exterior wash he notices the wheels are heavily iron-contaminated and the brake dust has etched the clear coat on the faces. He builds an on-site Package Estimate add-on with Ceramic Wheel Coating at $240, Engine Bay Detail at $125, and Trim Restoration at $95 — a $460 Complete Protection Package add-on. This is the kind of upsell that smart auto detailing companies make on every mobile booking because the vehicle is already washed, the tech is already on-site, and the incremental labor is 90 minutes versus a return visit. Signed via ClientHub e-signature at 1:52 PM. Project jumps from $525 to $765 (he passes on the full package — ceramic wheels only at $240). Job costing recalculates showing $28 ceramic wheel coating cost plus 45 additional minutes at $28 loaded hourly equals $49 total added cost on $240 of added revenue — an 80% incremental margin on the wheel upsell alone.
Job costing runs on the Audi correction-plus-coating at $3,200. Materials include $38 in compound, polish, and finishing pads, $42 in microfiber and buckets, $85 for the 30ml CQuartz UK 3.0 ceramic bottle plus panel wipe, and $24 in tape and panel-prep supplies — $189 total in materials. Labor is 14 hours across two days of correction-and-coating work at a $28 loaded hourly rate — $392. Equipment depreciation on the DA polisher, rotary, and lighting amortizes to $18 per multi-day correction job. Total cost $599 on $3,200 revenue — an 81% gross margin. The $425 Silverado interior-and-exterior that became a $650 detail after headlight and leather upsells runs 63% gross margin. The mobile $525-turned-$765 Range Rover runs 57% after travel time and water. Expense tracking captures every chemical, pad, and hour so auto detailing companies know exactly which service tiers are actually printing money and which ones are eating labor. Most detail shops discover that their $175 express wash is their worst-margin service and their $2,400 ceramic coating is their best — the opposite of what intuition suggests.
Friday afternoon the Audi rolls out perfect — hologram-free paint, coating flashed and wiped, every panel reading 9H hardness. Final photos of the glass-like black hood and the protected paint are the kind of content that sells the next $3,200 coating for auto detailing companies. Before/After Photo Editor creates the side-by-side. Send final invoice. Customer pays the $1,600 balance via ACH. Review Multiplier fires automatically and earns a 5-star Google review mentioning “gone forever” swirl marks and visible gloss — exactly the review that sells premium coatings for auto detailing companies. The weekend Invoice Subscriptions run fires Saturday morning — 180 Silver members at $49 billed, 60 Gold members at $89 billed, 12 Platinum members at $149 billed — $15,888 in MRR hits the account with zero manual work. And the big win — a local dealership that moves 120 used vehicles per month wants a recon partner for full details at $185 per vehicle and exterior-only wash-and-waxes at $65. Build the bid — 120 details per month at the combined tier is roughly $18,000/month of contracted recon revenue. Pipeline deal created. Business analytics show retail revenue at $28,400 this week, mobile at $9,200, MRR from memberships at $15,888, dealer pipeline at $216,000 annualized, average ticket up 28% year over year. That is how auto detailing companies build serious revenue with QuoteIQ.
That entire workflow from morning truck-load to mid-job upsells to a $3,200 ceramic coating close to $15,888 in recurring membership billing to a $216,000-annualized dealer contract all runs on one platform that auto detailing companies rely on every day. QuoteIQ. No detail shop spreadsheet. No CompanyCam subscription. No second phone line. One CRM built for auto detailing companies, by operators who understand the business.
Auto detailing companies need specialized tools that generic CRMs do not offer. Tiered wash-to-ceramic pricing, per-vehicle job costing on correction and coating services, chemical and coating inventory, and recurring membership billing are essential for detail shops — and most CRMs lack all of them. Here is an honest comparison based on verified competitor pricing and published features as of April 2026. Partial or add-on features are marked ⚠️ with context; only features verified unavailable (native and via integration) are marked ❌.
| Feature For Auto Detailing | QuoteIQ Pro | Jobber | Housecall Pro | ServiceTitan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiered Wash/Detail/Correction/Coating Pricing | ✅ Options Estimates — all plans | ⚠️ Quote Options (Beta, desktop only, Grow+) | ⚠️ Sales Proposal Tool (MAX or add-on) | ⚠️ Pricebook Pro add-on |
| Satellite Lot Measurement (Dealer/Fleet) | ✅ MapMeasure Pro | ❌ Not available | ⚠️ GoiLawn integration ($67–$255/mo) | ❌ Not available |
| Chemical & Coating Inventory | ✅ Elite and above | ⚠️ Ply integration ($13.49/user/mo) | ⚠️ Ply integration ($13.49/user/mo) | ✅ Included |
| Per-Vehicle Job Costing | ✅ Pro and above | ⚠️ Higher tier only | ⚠️ Higher tier only | ✅ Included |
| Membership / Subscription Billing | ✅ Invoice Subscriptions | ✅ Available | ⚠️ Recurring Service Plans (MAX or add-on) | ✅ Available |
| AI Before/After Paint-Correction Preview | ✅ All plans — IQ Credits | ❌ Not available | ❌ Not available | ❌ Not available |
| 4K Pre-Detail Documentation | ✅ QuoteIQ Cam | ⚠️ CompanyCam integration required (~$249/mo for team) | ⚠️ Basic photo attachment | ⚠️ Limited native docs |
| Customer Self-Quoting (After-Hours Coating Inquiries) | ✅ InstaQuote — Elite and above | ❌ Not available | ⚠️ ResponsiBid integration ($225/mo + $800 setup) | ❌ Not available |
| 24/7 AI Call Answering | ✅ Virtual Call Team | ⚠️ AI Receptionist (inbound only) | ⚠️ HCP Assist (custom pricing) | ⚠️ Phones Pro (~$300–$800/mo) |
| AI Voice Control (From The Bay) | ✅ AI Autopilot — all plans | ❌ Not available | ❌ Not available | ❌ Not available |
| Mobile Unit Route Optimization | ✅ Included | ✅ Grow and above | ⚠️ Beeline Routes integration ($65+/mo) | ✅ Included |
| Automated Review Collection | ✅ Review Multiplier — included | ✅ Available | ✅ Available | ✅ Available |
| Per-User Fees | ✅ Zero per-user fees | ❌ $29/user/mo beyond plan limits | ❌ $35/user/mo on MAX beyond 8 users | ❌ Per-technician licensing |
| Contract Required | ✅ Month-to-month | ✅ Month-to-month | ✅ Month-to-month | ❌ 12-month contract required |
| Starting Monthly Price | $29.99 / $149.99 (Pro) | $448+/mo (Grow + CompanyCam) | $750+/mo (MAX + required integrations) | $1,800+/mo per technician |
The math an auto detailing owner cares about: QuoteIQ Pro at $149.99/month replaces Jobber plus CompanyCam at $448+/mo (66% cheaper), Housecall Pro MAX plus required detailing integrations at $1,030–$1,220/mo (80–88% cheaper), and ServiceTitan at $1,800+/mo per technician (92% cheaper). That’s $300–$1,650/month back in the business every month — $3,600–$19,800/year — with more native functionality than any of those stacks offer out of the box. Every feature an auto detailing company actually uses is built in, not bolted on.
Every auto detailing company eventually hits the same crew-structure decision: solo technician scales to a 2-bay shop, then a mobile van gets added, then a second van, then a commercial-fleet crew. QuoteIQ’s EmployeeHub handles each role with permissions that make sense for a detail shop — your paint-correction specialist sees job costs and chemistry specs, your express-wash tech sees the schedule and QuoteIQ Cam only, your mobile tech sees routes plus their own inventory, and your sales-estimator has full access to pipelines, quoting, and analytics. Here’s how auto detailing companies typically structure crews as they grow.
Lead paint-correction specialist Marcus (Technician role with elevated access) and helper Diego (Technician role). Marcus runs two-step corrections, three-step corrections, ceramic coating prep and application, and headlight restoration. Diego handles decontamination wash stages, iron remover, clay-bar, wheel-well agitation, and post-coating inspection lighting. They run one to two correction-and-coating jobs per day averaging $1,850 per vehicle. Marcus has access to inventory, QuoteIQ Cam, scheduling, and paint-thickness gauge data. Diego has time tracking and chemical inventory access. Neither can see job financials or modify pricing.
Express wash and interior detailer Rashad (Technician role — shop bay) runs $175 express packages and $425 full interior-and-exteriors averaging 3–4 vehicles per day. Mobile tech Antonio (Technician role with route permissions) runs the mobile unit on 4–6 bookings per day mixing $175 express, $525 full mobile details, and periodic $350 headlight and interior combos. Both have their own separated inventory pools (shop chemicals vs. mobile-van chemicals), their own GPS-tracked schedules, and route optimization for Antonio’s mobile run. Neither sees commercial-contract pricing or membership-billing setup. ClientHub routes customer texts to the correct technician automatically.
Owner-operator David (Manager role) handles all sales, consultations, ceramic coating walk-arounds, dealer-account management, fleet bids, and business analytics. He uses Options Estimates, MapMeasure Pro for commercial lot measurement, Pipelines CRM, job costing, analytics, and all admin features. Office coordinator Elena (Limited role) handles invoicing, payment processing, subscription billing, scheduling coordination, and ClientHub customer communication but cannot see job financials or modify pricing. This role separation is what lets an auto detailing business scale without the owner being the bottleneck on every question. Membership with the International Detailing Association provides continuing education and industry certification that pairs naturally with this crew structure as technicians grow into senior correction and coating roles.
Auto detailing companies that break $500,000 in annual revenue share the same structural truth — they don’t grow by doing more washes. They grow by stacking three independent revenue channels so slow days in one channel are covered by the other two. QuoteIQ’s Pipelines CRM runs each channel as a separate pipeline with separate forecast numbers and separate follow-up cadences. Here’s how detail operators structure the three channels.
The baseline retail channel runs $175 express washes, $425 full interior-and-exteriors, $1,150 two-step corrections, and $2,400 five-year ceramic coatings. A shop with one correction-and-coating specialist and one express-detail tech delivering 6 detail jobs per day at a $540 blended average ticket six days per week equals approximately $16,200 per week, or $842,000 per year retail. The Options Estimates feature alone typically lifts average ticket 30–50% over single-price quoting, so the same shop quoting single prices would land closer to $560,000 — the tiered presentation adds $280,000 annually with zero additional labor. The critical systems for this channel are Options Estimates, QuoteIQ Cam documentation, Review Multiplier for 5-star Google reviews, and InstaSchedule for after-hours booking.
A wash maintenance program sold on three tiers — Silver at $49/month for one monthly express wash, Gold at $89/month for monthly full detail, Platinum at $149/month for monthly premium plus quarterly ceramic maintenance — is where auto detailing companies turn variable revenue into predictable MRR. A detail shop with 180 Silver, 60 Gold, and 12 Platinum members is billing $15,888 every single month on autopilot through Invoice Subscriptions. That’s $190,656 annually in revenue that hits the account the same day every month with zero chasing. Membership also fills the slow days that retail walk-ins don’t fill — Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, January and February weeks. Detail shops without a membership program are leaving the single most valuable revenue pattern on the table. The U.S. Small Business Administration consistently ranks recurring-revenue business models among the most financially stable structures for service businesses.
The highest-leverage channel for any auto detailing business is commercial volume. One dealer account moving 120 used vehicles per month at $85 per vehicle recon wash-and-wax plus $185 per vehicle full recon on premium pre-owned inventory runs approximately $18,000 per month or $216,000 annually from a single relationship. Fleet accounts — rental car branches, corporate executive fleets, delivery van operators, and small commercial trucking fleets — add another channel where a single account at $8–$12,000 monthly is common. Pipelines CRM tracks every commercial prospect from cold intro through contract signed with deal value visible at each stage. The detail shops that land two or three commercial accounts have annual revenue floors that retail-only shops never match. Use Package Estimates to create dealer-specific bundles with consistent per-vehicle pricing that makes the dealer’s monthly reconciliation easier — which is what makes you the obvious repeat choice.
Every auto detailing company also gets Standard Estimates, Package Estimates, Quick Estimates, scheduling, invoicing, online payments (ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay, card), e-signatures, contract attachments, expense tracking, Time Tracker Pro, GPS tracking, team communication, ClientHub, Review Multiplier, AI Estimator, AI Text Generator, AI Image Generator, sales tracker, business analytics, email and text automation, mass SMS/email campaigns, route optimization, route density, inspection forms, contact forms, property street view, Zillow quick access, business calculators, data export, Google Calendar sync, Before/After Photo Editor, AI Website Builder, and QuickBooks integration. Every tool an auto detailing business needs — in one place, at one price.
“The feature with the clearest revenue impact is follow-up automation. These are conversations that never happen because the contractor doesn’t have time to initiate them manually. Every one of those touchpoints is a revenue opportunity.”
— Justin Rogers, serial entrepreneur & co-founder of QuoteIQ · Full insights →
Five plans. Transparent monthly pricing. Zero per-user fees. Zero contracts. Every auto detailing company gets a 14-day free trial on any plan. Most growing detail shops land on Pro at $149.99/month — the plan that unlocks Pipelines CRM, per-vehicle job costing, ClientHub, automation, and QuickBooks integration.
Solo mobile detailer starting out. Estimates, scheduling, invoicing, payments, QuoteIQ Cam, Review Multiplier, Options pricing. The cheapest way to run a real detail business.
Two-person detail shop or owner-plus-helper mobile unit. Adds team communication, time tracking, and GPS for the partner or helper tech.
Growing auto detailing shop with bay crew plus mobile unit. Adds Pipelines CRM, per-vehicle job costing, ClientHub, automation, and QuickBooks. Where most detail shops land.
Multi-bay shop with mobile fleet. Adds inventory tracking for chemicals and coatings, InstaQuote, InstaSchedule, mass campaigns, and dealer-account portals.
Regional detail operator, multi-location, or fleet-reconditioning contractor. Virtual Call Team, unlimited users, full analytics, dedicated onboarding. Enterprise capability at small-business pricing.
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Stack this against the competition an auto detailing company actually evaluates. Jobber Grow plus CompanyCam for photo documentation runs $448+/month — and still has no chemical inventory, no tiered pricing on mobile, and no AI paint-correction previews. Housecall Pro MAX plus the third-party integrations a detail shop needs runs $1,030–$1,220/month plus a $800 setup fee just to enable customer self-quoting. ServiceTitan starts at approximately $1,800/month per technician on a 12-month contract — and that’s the published starting point, not the real monthly bill.
QuoteIQ Pro at $149.99/month is 66% cheaper than Jobber plus CompanyCam. 80–88% cheaper than a Housecall Pro MAX detailing stack. 92% cheaper than ServiceTitan. That’s $300–$1,650 back in the business every single month — with more native auto detailing functionality than any of those competitors. The math is not close.
QuoteIQ is the best-rated CRM for auto detailing companies in 2026, with 4.7 stars across 4,100+ reviews on the App Store, Google Play, and Google. Detail shops choose QuoteIQ for its tiered Express-to-Ceramic-Coating Options Estimates, satellite lot measurement for commercial accounts, chemical and coating inventory tracking, per-vehicle job costing, and recurring membership billing through Invoice Subscriptions — all starting at $29.99/month.
Yes. QuoteIQ offers a 14-day free trial on all plans. No contracts. Cancel anytime. Every auto detailing company gets full access to Options Estimates, MapMeasure Pro, QuoteIQ Cam, job costing, Pipelines CRM, and AI tools during the trial.
Yes. QuoteIQ’s Options Estimates present Express, Full Detail, Two-Step Paint Correction, and Ceramic Coating side-by-side on a single proposal. Auto detailing companies using tiered Options Estimates typically see average ticket values increase 30–50% compared with single-price quoting.
Yes. QuoteIQ’s Invoice Subscriptions feature auto-bills wash memberships on any cadence — monthly, quarterly, or annually. Auto detailing companies with 180 Silver members at $49, 60 Gold at $89, and 12 Platinum at $149 generate $15,888 in monthly recurring revenue that hits the account the same day every month.
Yes. On the Elite plan and above, QuoteIQ tracks every gallon of iron remover, pH-neutral shampoo, clay-bar lubricant, compound, polish, pad, microfiber, and 30ml ceramic coating bottle across the shop and every mobile unit. Low-stock alerts prevent the “we’re out of CQuartz mid-coating” disaster that ruins margin on a $2,400 booking.
QuoteIQ Pro at $149.99/month is 66–92% cheaper than competitor alternatives. Jobber Grow plus CompanyCam runs $448+/mo. Housecall Pro MAX plus required detailing integrations runs $1,030–$1,220/mo with a $800 setup fee. ServiceTitan starts at $1,800+/mo per technician on a 12-month contract. QuoteIQ delivers more native detailing functionality with no per-user fees and no forced integrations.
Yes. QuoteIQ integrates with QuickBooks Online on the Pro plan and above. Auto detailing companies sync invoices, payments, and customer data automatically — no manual entry, no double-keying, no month-end reconciliation nightmares.
Yes. QuoteIQ handles hybrid shop-and-mobile auto detailing businesses natively. The shop crew uses bay-block scheduling and shop inventory, while mobile technicians get route optimization, GPS tracking, separate mobile-unit inventory pools, and ClientHub customer texting — all from the same QuoteIQ account with no add-on costs.
Yes. QuoteIQ Cam captures timestamped 4K photos of every panel before work starts — swirl marks, scratches, rock chips, dents, curb-rashed wheels, and existing paint defects. When a customer says a chip “wasn’t there before,” the auto detailing company pulls up the pre-detail photo and ends the conversation. This is the feature detail-shop owners call their favorite QuoteIQ tool.
Yes. QuoteIQ’s MapMeasure Pro measures dealer lots and fleet parking lots from satellite imagery so auto detailing companies can bid on commercial recon contracts without driving to every location. Pipelines CRM tracks dealer and fleet prospects through separate visual pipelines from cold intro to signed contract, and Package Estimates build repeatable per-vehicle bundles that make dealer reconciliation painless.
Tiered Express-to-Ceramic pricing on one proposal via Options Estimates — average ticket lifts 30–50%.
Satellite dealer-lot and fleet measurement through MapMeasure Pro — quote commercial accounts without driving out.
Chemical, pad, and ceramic coating inventory tracking across shop and every mobile unit.
Recurring membership billing via Invoice Subscriptions — turn variable revenue into predictable MRR.
Per-vehicle job costing shows exact margin on every wash, detail, correction, and coating.
Pre-detail 4K documentation through QuoteIQ Cam kills customer disputes before they start.
24/7 after-hours inquiry capture via Virtual Call Team — ceramic-coating leads book themselves at 10 PM Sunday.
66–92% cheaper than Jobber, Housecall Pro, and ServiceTitan — more native detailing functionality at a fraction of the cost.
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Estimates
Create and send professional estimates.
Invoicing
Send, track and collect invoices.
QuoteIQ Cam
Capture and document every job with ease.
Scheduling
Schedule jobs to your calendar in seconds.
Inspection Forms
Create and complete inspection reports.
MapMeasure Pro
Measure and price properties instantly.
Business Analytics
Real-time insight into your performance.
EmployeeHub
Assign, schedule & pay employees.
Virtual Call Team
Never miss a call with 24/7 AJ, assistant.
ClientHub
Send and keep messages inside QuoteIQ.
InstaQuote
Allow customers to create estimates themselves.
InstaSchedule
Let clients schedule appointments themselves.
Facebook User Group
Connect with and get advice from other QuoteIQ users.
Competitor Comparisons
See how QuoteIQ compares to it’s top competitors.
QuoteIQ Partners
Work with trusted partners that support your growth.
Earn 40% commissions by sharing QuoteIQ with others.
Press & Media
Brand assets and coverage about QuoteIQ’s journey.
