Software comparison
Best auto detailing estimate apps in 2026
Most of the tools below are full field-service CRMs — scheduling, routing, marketing, inventory — with entry plans from about $30 to $100 a month billed monthly, and top tiers around $700 a month. That's a lot of calendar for a solo detailer whose real daily pain is the quote. Here's what each one says it does, and which kind of business it seems built for.
How we checked. On October 24, 2026 we read each company's own pricing and feature pages, linked under its entry. Everything about another company here is as advertised by that company; we haven't used these products hands-on, so we can't tell you how well any of them works. “Who it seems built for” is our reading of what each company advertises. Prices are in US dollars, as those pages show them, before tax. They change, so check before you buy, and tell us if we have one wrong.
The options
Fourth Bucket(this site)
- Price
- $14.99–$29.99/mo on the website, for US businesses (10 AI photo estimates free; quotes you price yourself and invoices stay free)
- What it does
- AI photo/video → condition report and services from your menu → a range priced from your own menu prices → invoice.
- Built for
- Solo mobile detailers who quote from customer photos
Our own product: the prices are the website's plans on our homepage, and what it does is what the app does today.
Urable
- Price, as advertised
- $70–$183/mo billed monthly, or $840–$2,200/yr billed yearly; unlimited users on every plan
- What it says it does
- CRM for detailing, tint and PPF shops: VIN scanning, Carfax service history, photo inspections, and video inspections on its top plan. No AI is described on its pricing or home page.
- Who it seems built for
- Shops wanting a full CRM
Checked October 24, 2026 on Urable's pricing page and home page.
Mobile Tech RX
- Price, as advertised
- $39–$199/mo per admin, plus $15–$29/mo per extra user, billed monthly
- What it says it does
- Software for auto reconditioning (PDR, detailing, tint, wheels, glass and more): estimates, invoices and timestamped before/after photos from its entry plan up. No AI is described on its plans or detailing page.
- Who it seems built for
- PDR and larger reconditioning operations
Checked October 24, 2026 on Mobile Tech RX's plans page and detailing page.
OrbisX
- Price, as advertised
- $100/mo billed monthly, a limited-time promotional price (the regular price isn't stated)
- What it says it does
- All-in-one CRM with booking, estimates, invoices and marketing. It describes AI for follow-ups, bookings and inventory; no photo estimating is described.
- Who it seems built for
- Established shops wanting everything bundled
Checked October 24, 2026 on OrbisX's pricing page.
DetailProof
- Price, as advertised
- $14.99/mo or $129.99/yr (iPhone and iPad, iOS 17 or later)
- What it says it does
- Photo documentation for detailers: guided before/after photos, AI that flags possible damage for the detailer to confirm, customer signatures and PDF condition reports. No pricing or estimating is described.
- Who it seems built for
- Documenting vehicle condition to avoid disputes
Checked October 24, 2026 on DetailProof's home page.
QuoteIQ
- Price, as advertised
- $29.99–$699.99/mo billed monthly; yearly billing saves two months
- What it says it does
- Multi-trade field-service CRM. Its AI Estimator is on every plan and spends the plan's IQ Credits. QuoteIQ's detailing buyer's guide (updated July 2026) says it reads up to 5 vehicle photos and builds the quote from the detailer's own service catalog; its AI Estimator page (updated September 2026) describes property photos and local market pricing.
- Who it seems built for
- Detailers who want photo AI inside a full CRM; multi-service field businesses
Checked October 24, 2026 on QuoteIQ's pricing page, AI Estimator page and detailing buyer's guide.
Jobber
- Price, as advertised
- $49–$699/mo billed monthly; billed yearly from $21/mo for the first 12 months (Core, 1 user; then $29/mo)
- What it says it does
- General field-service management with an auto detailing page: scheduling, dispatch, quotes and invoices. It describes auto-drafted quotes from new requests and an AI Receptionist add-on ($29/mo); no photo-to-quote is described.
- Who it seems built for
- Teams needing scheduling + dispatch
Checked October 24, 2026 on Jobber's pricing page and auto detailing page.
Who else does photo-to-estimate
Not nobody, and it would be easy to pretend otherwise. DetailProof is detailing-native, and its home page says its AI flags possible damage in photos for the detailer to confirm; it describes no pricing or estimating, because it exists to document condition. QuoteIQ, a field-service CRM used across many trades, says in its detailing buyer's guide (updated July 2026) that its AI Estimator reads up to five vehicle photos, asks follow-up questions and builds a line-item quote from the detailer's own service catalog, informed by local market pricing; its AI Estimator page (updated September 2026) describes the same tool working from property photos. General field-service apps are adding the same idea: Markate's Kate AI Estimator page says Kate prices a job from uploaded job-site photos and your pricing catalog. Urable, Mobile Tech RX, OrbisX and Jobber don't describe photo-to-quote AI on the pages we read (Jobber describes auto-drafted quotes from new requests, not from photos).
So photo-to-estimate is not unique to us. What differs is how the price gets made and what the tool is for. In Fourth Bucket the AI reports each area's condition and recommends services from your menu, but it never produces a price: the app works out a range from your own menu prices, scaled for the vehicle's size and condition. The report lists things to verify on-site, and you approve every number before the customer sees it. You send it as a link the customer accepts; then you turn it into an invoice with one tap, at the final amount you confirm, and they can pay by card or with Venmo, Cash App, PayPal or Zelle (whichever you set up; Venmo, Cash App and Zelle on US-dollar invoices, PayPal in US or Canadian dollars). It is built only for detailing, it covers the quote and the invoice rather than the calendar, and quotes you price yourself and invoices stay free.
Which should you pick?
Our suggestions, from what each company advertises, not from testing them.
- Solo / mobile detailer who quotes from photos: Fourth Bucket — built around the photo-to-estimate step rather than a calendar, and free to start — 10 AI estimates, no card, then $14.99–$29.99/mo for more of them.
- Established shop wanting scheduling + CRM: Urable or OrbisX.
- PDR plus detailing: Mobile Tech RX.
- Want photo AI inside a full CRM with scheduling and routing: QuoteIQ.
- Team with dispatch/routing needs: Jobber or QuoteIQ.
Other companies' prices and features are as each one advertised them on October 24, 2026, on the pages linked above. They change often, so check each company's own site before you buy.
Keep reading: How to price a detailing job · Detailing price calculator · Detailing invoice template · How to quote a detail from photos