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For a garage, begin with customers, vehicles, quotes and jobs. A device repair shop needs device and repair-ticket records, while maintenance administration centres on assets, due dates and history.
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The right tool depends on how you manage customers, vehicles, jobs, parts and invoices. Start with the workflow closest to the way your business works.
Run customers, vehicles, jobs, parts, purchasing and invoices from one connected Excel workflow.
Manage quotes, jobs and invoices without the larger stock and purchasing workflow.
Keep customers, repair tickets, parts and invoices together in a structured Microsoft Access database.
Create workshop jobs through a Google Sheets-connected web app for linked customer, vehicle, stock and payment records.
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Run a complete workshop workflow from one Excel dashboard, including jobs, vehicle records, stock, purchasing and invoicing.
Best for: Independent garages
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Create customer quotes, progress approved work into workshop jobs and produce invoices from one focused Excel tool.
Best for: Independent mechanics
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Manage customers, devices, repair tickets, technicians, inventory, purchasing, sales and printable paperwork from one Access database.
Best for: Phone repair shops
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Create workshop jobs through a modern web interface connected to Google Sheets, with linked customer, vehicle, stock and payment records.
Best for: Independent garages
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Follow vehicles from purchase through dismantling, stock allocation and parts sales while monitoring vehicle-level profitability.
Best for: Vehicle breakers
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Maintain vehicle details, service history, MOT dates, repair costs, expenses and supporting documents with useful due-date reports.
Best for: Small business fleets
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Manage HVAC assets, preventive maintenance, work orders, labour, parts, stock, costs, documents, condition and replacement planning in one connected Microsoft Excel desktop system.
Best for: Small and growing HVAC contractors
View product details →Plan the workflow
My experience building workshop software in Excel, from linking customers and jobs to managing parts, invoices and testing the completed workbook.
Read Build Story →Set up a workshop parts inventory with item codes, units, locations, suppliers and stock movements. Follow an illustrative receipt, issue and return.
Read article →Choose a workshop management spreadsheet around customers, vehicles, quotes, jobs and invoices. Decide when parts stock and purchasing are also needed.
Read article →Choose the right approach
Garage jobs and invoices
Compare a focused quote/job/invoice tracker with the wider Excel workshop system and the Google workshop web app.
Device repairs
Review the Access repair-shop database for customer devices, fault notes, technicians, parts and repair tickets.
Vehicle maintenance
Use the vehicle maintenance database when the main need is MOTs, servicing, repairs and running-cost records.
HVAC maintenance planning
The HVAC manager is a separate maintenance-planning product, not an interchangeable garage invoicing tool.
Compare these options and practical guides:
Compare workshop tools using a sample job, the parts record and the document you need to produce. Microsoft Excel help and Google Apps Script web-app documentation explain different software environments. The individual product page remains the source for included functions and setup requirements.
Compare products by platform and workflow, then check the compatibility information before purchasing.
