The head-to-head

We replaced
all three.
Then beat them.

Mitchell 1. BOLT ON. SideKick360. Three subscriptions every shop pays for, three companies that don't talk to each other. We matched what each one does — feature for feature — then built past it, on one platform we own outright.

Live platform across 9 locations — match it against your own setup.
ALPHA vs MITCHELL 1
Matched & beat
ALPHA vs BOLT ON
Matched & beat
ALPHA vs SIDEKICK360
Matched & beat
The matchups

Same job. Done better. One platform.

For each product you pay for today: what we match, and what we do that it can't.

Shop management + repair information Alpha Auto Tech replaces Mitchell 1 — Manager SE + ProDemand
Matched & Beat
What we match
  • Live workshop board — every RO by stage, technician & promised time
  • Estimate → repair order → invoice as one document; job containers & revisions
  • Estimate Guide: labor times + OEM parts + diagrams, dropped onto the ticket
  • Wiring diagrams, trouble codes, TSBs, fluids & specs, verified real fixes
  • Canned jobs, markup matrices, tech clocked-vs-billed time
  • A/R, statements, aging, cores, warranty & comeback tracking
What we do better
  • Cloud-native — runs anywhere, no back-office PC to babysit, no nightly backup ritual
  • One product, not two — shop management and repair data in the same system, not separate subscriptions
  • AI Estimate Writer — a complaint or a code becomes a drafted, real-priced estimate Mitchell can't generate
  • AI Diagnostic Assistant ranks likely causes, citing the real fixes and procedures
Customer engagement Alpha Auto Tech replaces BOLT ON Technology
Matched & Beat
What we match
  • Digital vehicle inspections — photos, video, annotation, red/yellow/green
  • Customer-facing report with per-line approve/decline and e-signature
  • Two-way texting & email; text-to-pay and financing
  • Review manager; reminders; customer portal & online booking
  • Marketing — text, email, postcards & intelligent coupons
  • Call tracking with caller-ID screen-pop (name, vehicle, history)
What we do better
  • Native, not bolted on — inspection finding → priced job → invoice → analytics with zero re-entry
  • 24/7 AI virtual advisor answers calls and texts and books appointments in plain language
  • AI Inspection Narrator writes the customer-friendly version of the findings for you
  • One login with the rest of the shop — not a separate add-on layer to maintain
Multi-location intelligence Alpha Auto Tech replaces SideKick360
Matched & Beat
What we match
  • Nightly operations report & 6am package — no login, by text/email
  • Per-advisor scorecards across 30+ service categories
  • Invoice-detail export, line-item level, analytics-ready
  • Customer health — active / high-risk / lapsed / lost
  • Maintenance Hunter — due/overdue services, in dollars, at write-up
  • Enterprise rollup — rank stores, advisors & techs; drill anywhere
What we do better
  • It acts, not just reports — one click on a missed service drafts the quote + the customer text + booking link
  • No export/sync layer — the data already lives in the same system the work happens in
  • AI Copilot — ask the business a question in plain English, get cited numbers and charts
  • Real-time, not a nightly batch you wait on
Watch

Stop renting. Start owning.

Two minutes on why shops are walking away from three rented systems — and what one platform you own changes.

The walkthrough

The blueprint, in twelve slides.

The full story — three legacy systems, one native platform, built by operators. Auto-advancing; tap to take control.

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The 5-minute rundown

Listen: why shops are ditching legacy software

A short audio deep-dive on the three systems, what replaces them, and the case for one native, owned platform.

The part none of them can match

It's all native — and it's ours.

Three vendors rent you three systems that don't connect. We built one, we own the code, and the same platform that runs our shops is built to run yours.

01

One system

No sync, no triple entry. A finding becomes a job, an invoice, and a number — untouched by hand.

02

One bill

The ~$144k/yr split across three vendors collapses into one platform you own, not rent.

03

Our roadmap

Every gap you find is a feature we can ship — not a ticket to a vendor who never builds it.

04

An asset

Multi-tenant by design — the platform that runs our shops can be sold to every shop like ours.

The unfair advantage

The AI layer none of the three have.

Every output is drafted for a human to approve — never auto-published, never an invented price.

AI

Estimate Writer

A complaint or trouble code becomes a drafted, real-priced estimate from the repair-data engine.

AI

Diagnostic Assistant

Ranks the likely causes of a symptom or code, citing verified fixes and procedures.

AI

Virtual Advisor

Answers calls and texts 24/7 and books appointments in natural language.

AI

Shop Copilot

Ask the business anything in plain English — get cited numbers and charts back.

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Three systems, one platform
~$144k
Per year, across three vendors
250+
Automated tests passing
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Locations running live
Early access

Bring your last three invoices.
Watch them become one.

We're inviting a small group of owners to review the live platform, become early testers, and shape what gets built next.

"If you're paying three vendors to do what one system should — let's talk."