Free online booking for mobile mechanics
What you see. A sample dashboard, shown with a cleaning business's bookings.
What your clients see. The mobile mechanics starter page, before you change anything.
Parts and prices depend on the car. 1MinuteBooking gets the vehicle, the problem, whether it drives and where it's parked before you quote.
Customers type the year, make and model and pick what they need help with - won't start, a warning light, brakes, the battery, an oil change or a pre-purchase inspection. How quote requests work
Optional questions cover whether it can be driven, where it's parked - driveway, street, lot or at work - the fuel type, the mileage and whether they already have the parts. See the quote form
Send your price in a ready-made email with a link to the quote. The customer can save it as a PDF and pay a deposit or the full amount by card. How payment links work
No add-ons to buy and no per-feature upgrades. Pro, at $10 a month, only adds your branding, your own domain, Excel export and analytics.
Price a request and email a link to pay a deposit or the full amount by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, straight into your own Stripe account. How it works
Once you set the date, clients get the date, time and address by email 24 hours before, or when you choose. How it works
Every job you schedule shows up in Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar, and moves and cancellations update by themselves. How it works
A captcha, connection checks and your own filters send fake requests to a Spam folder, away from your real ones. How it works
Turn a regular customer into a schedule: repeat a job every 1-4 weeks, up to 26 visits, each with its own reminder. How it works
Percent or flat-amount codes for referrals, slow seasons or returning customers, with an optional expiry. How it works
Paste one line of code, and clients request a quote right on your site.
Square, Calendly and BookingKoala, side by side, for one person running their own business.
| 1MinuteBooking | Square Appointments | Calendly | BookingKoala | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost for one person | $0, with no time limit. Pro is an optional $10 a month | Free for one location. Plus is $49 a month per location (Oct 2026) | Free for one event type. $10 to $12 a month for more (Oct 2026) | From $27 a month, after a 14-day trial (Oct 2026) |
| Prices built from the job | Hours, quantities, sizes, add-ons and travel fees | Service variations | One event, one length | Pricing parameters for cleaning-style forms |
| Card deposits as they book | On the free plan, into your own Stripe account. 2% plus Stripe's fee | Through Square payments | On paid plans | Through its payment gateway |
| Quote requests with photos | Yes, with your own questions and up to 5 photos | Estimates in Square Invoices, not on the booking page | No | A lead form |
| Travel fees and drive time | A fee and drive time for each distance | Not a built-in setting | No | Pricing by location |
| Setup | Minutes. Your trade's services, prices and questions start filled in | Build your services in the Square dashboard | Build your event types | Pick an industry, then set up forms and providers |
Last updated . From each company's pricing page and help center. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide. Full comparisons: Square Appointments · Calendly · BookingKoala
Repair shops use garage software built for staff and parts ordering. A mobile mechanic working alone needs the vehicle and the fault first, and where the car is parked.
If you run a garage with staff, garage software fits better. For one mechanic and a van, 1MinuteBooking takes the request with photos, and you reply with a price. It's free, with no time limit.
Your booking page with 5 photos of your work, client reviews, bookings and quote requests.
Your logo, your own photos and colors, your own domain, Excel export and analytics, and no "Made with 1MinuteBooking" line.
Garages use software built for repair shops with staff. A mobile mechanic mostly needs the year, make and model, the problem and where the car is - 1MinuteBooking does that for free.
Yes - up to 5 photos per request, like the dashboard light, a leak under the car or a code from a code reader.
Yes - the address is required on every request, and an optional question asks where the car is parked, since some apartment complexes don't allow repairs on site.
Yes. Add a question in Settings > Quote requests - there's room for up to 25.
Yes. Add services like an oil change or a battery swap in Settings > Service types and switch to Set prices and quotes. Clients then pick a time and see the price, and the quote form stays on the page for everything else.
When you send your price, the email can include a link to pay a deposit or the full amount by card, straight into your own Stripe account (2% plus Stripe's fee). Cash, e-transfer and anything else you take still work.
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