Scarab OS and Shop Boss, side by side.
Both run an independent repair shop. They are priced on different ideas and put different things in the entry plan. Everything about Shop Boss here was read on its own pages on 19 October 2026.
- Entry priceProductNote
- Solo$109Shop$189Group$159Scarab OSSolo / Shop / Group; Group is per location. Solo is one person; Shop and Group have no user limit.
- $199/monthShop Boss Gold($179 paid yearly) · unlimited users
Checked 19 October 2026.
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What a month costs
- Scarab OSShop Boss
- Entry planSolo $109 for one person, or Shop $189 for any number of people with your old records importedGold $199
- Paid yearly$157.50 a month for Shop, billed yearly as $1,890, ten months' price$179 a month, billed annually
Monthly prices in US dollars. Shop Boss's plans all include unlimited users. Source: shopboss.net/pricing/, 19 October 2026.
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What the entry plan includes
- Scarab OSShop Boss
- PeopleSolo is one person; Shop and Group have no limitUnlimited, on every plan
- Time clockEvery planTime clocks and job clocks, included on Gold
- InventoryEvery planInventory and vendor management, included on Gold
- Digital inspectionsEvery plan, in three tiersFrom Platinum, $349 a month
- Labor guideNot sold: name your guide and type its hours onto the lineParts and labor guide integrations on Gold; full labor repair guides with diagrams from Platinum, $349 a month
- Two-way textingEvery planUnlimited two-way text and email, on every plan
- Parts orderingNo live catalog: use your own vendor account or type parts off the receiptIntegrated parts ordering, on every plan
- Integrated card paymentsYes. Link your own Stripe account. A customer pays from a link or a code. We add no fee; Stripe's fees apply.Embedded payment processing on Gold; transaction fees apply
- Bringing your history acrossYou import it yourself from CSV files, included on Shop and GroupData transfer is listed as a separate option: $399 for customers and vehicles, $899 with repair history and inventory
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Who should stay with Shop Boss
- Your counter orders parts through a catalog inside the software.
- You quote from full labor repair guides with diagrams inside the software.
- You send a great many customer texts and want no allowance.
If none of those describes your shop, the difference is what you pay for the rest, and whether a finished job is kept as a sealed record.
Moving across
Customers, vehicles and your past repairs import from CSV files on Shop and Group; photographs, open jobs and payments stay behind. Each past repair needs the customer's name and a date written one clear way, such as 2024-03-12, and you see a preview before anything is saved.