About Real-Time Labor Guide
Real-time Labor Guide is an auto repair software designed to help businesses calculate labor costs and create job estimates. Mechanics can utilize the platform to quickly access labor charges for domestic and foreign cars, SUVs, and heavy-duty trucks according to the condition of vehicles and availability of specialty tools.
Using Real-time Labor Guide, auto repair businesses can create customizable estimates and invoices with details including ticket type, issue date, payment method, rate type, contact information, and other additional notes. Managers can create repair orders for various categories such as basic maintenance, heating and air conditioners, exhaust and emissions, gasket and seals, transmission and trans-axle, vehicle diagnosis, and more. Users can access the built-in vehicle database to determine the manufacturing year, make type, model, and engine details of clients’ cars.
Mechanics can use Real-time Labor Guide to access ticket summaries and sort jobs based on parts, labor, and miscellaneous charges. The platform also helps administrators create and add custom working hours to calculate labor charges accordingly.
Pricing starting from:
US$12.50/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Real-Time Labor Guide
• Access information on labor times for both domestic and foreign vehicles, as well as historical data on each vehicle. This data is collected from real repair artists working in the field, in order to ensure it's accurate in real-life conditions.
• Provide customers with branded documents such as invoices and estimates and print them from within the Real-Time Labor Guide platform.
• Gain full control over all labor costs by configuring multiple custom labor rates. Real-Time Labor Guide allows users to input custom prices for individual jobs or complete packages.
• Access Real-Time Labor Guide from anywhere using a Windows, Mac, or Linux device, as well as any browser type.
• Create custom manufacturer lists within Real-Time Labor Guide. Mechanics can define which types of vehicle they work with and hide all others from the system.
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Markets
United States
Supported Languages
English
Pricing starting from:
US$12.50/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Top 5 alternatives to Real-Time Labor Guide
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Total features of Real-Time Labor Guide: 13
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- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great program
Reviewed on 6/1/2020
It's been a great tool for my company.
It's been a great tool for my company.
Pros
If I can't find a job customer service always helps me price it out!
Cons
Everything works greatfor me. Never had a problem with anything.
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PriceResponse from Real-Time Labor Guide
Dale - Thank you for the great review! We're glad to have you as a customer!
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Easy to navigate
Reviewed on 2/12/2019
Pros
Easy to navigate. Very functional, its great that I can add parts and specific labor to our shop and store for quick reference.
Cons
Customer Service has not been the easiest to get ahold of the few times I've needed too.
Response from Real-Time Labor Guide
Elisabeth - Thank you for your great review! We work very hard and reach out for tons of feedback in order to make the system as easy to use as possible. I'm sorry you've had a hard time reaching us lately - the beginning of the year is always very busy with annual updates but if you leave a message we won't leave the office until our voicemail box is clear, and usually we get back to you a lot sooner then that. Thanks for being our customer for the last several years - we look forward to many more!
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Are you kidding me ? Haters are just going to be Haters
Reviewed on 6/12/2016
What do you expect for $10.00 a month .... The program does what they claim it to do quite well....
What do you expect for $10.00 a month .... The program does what they claim it to do quite well. Sure some of the labor times are wrong just like every other labor "GUIDE" out there. At least they are attempting to create a "Real Time" program to be fair to the techs and customers. If you have a problem with the labor time let them know. I think with enough constructive criticism and truthful testimonies from real techs. The labor times will be changed accordingly until the times are correct. They also give you 3 labor options to choose from which the low one is close to Mitchell on several vehicles I have compared. We all do not have access to factory tools, equipment and data therefore the labor guide should reflect that as well, Hence a little more labor time. Getting the job done right or getting the job done in the allotted time of what a guide says are usually two different times anyhow. These are guides not mandatory labor times, should be used and modified as needed. Rust - Corrosion - Owner Repair - Oil/Grease Soaked Engine - Electrical Parts that have been upgraded with a new harness or pig tails.... Etc. Labor should be fair but not a race to meet the book time. Times are changing and labor guides should as well.
Pros
Affordable, Easy and quick to get an estimate now with invoicing options .
A good second opinion for $10.00 a month if you have a system.
Do not have to be at the shop computer to get an estimate for a repair. You can use your cell phone if needed.
Cons
Still working to get real time labor correct on all makes and models. Which would seem to be a ongoing process for the life of the program.
Response from Real-Time Labor Guide
Thank you for the review Ray. You are right - we will continually review and ask for feedback to get our labor guide as close to perfect as possible.
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Real-Time labor guide helps with estimating
Reviewed on 3/25/2020
Overall, Real-Time Labor Guide has gotten us out of some jams for sure. Had we used the traditional...
Overall, Real-Time Labor Guide has gotten us out of some jams for sure. Had we used the traditional labor times we would have short changed ourselves.
Pros
I like the low,avg,high industry labor times and the notes on certain jobs indicating errors with traditional labor guides.
Cons
I have to buy separate licenses for each copy. Also, navigating the menu is a bit dated. I'd like to see more effort put into integration so advisors can build a labor estimate quickly.
Response from Real-Time Labor Guide
Nick - Thank you for your awesome and honest review. We're so happy to have you as a customer, and glad we could get you out of some jams and save you from short changing yourselves!
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Best way to invoice my jobs
Reviewed on 6/4/2020
Makes keeping track of customers and their vehicles so easy I can do it.
Makes keeping track of customers and their vehicles so easy I can do it.
Pros
Very easy to use and configure the coverage is great and can even use custom types of vehicles overall the best software for shop invoicing.
Cons
There is nothing I don’t like about the software.
Response from Real-Time Labor Guide
John - It's feedback like this: "Did my homework and was the best price for the best product" that makes our day. We're so happy we can provide the shop management service that you need to help you run your shop. Thanks for being our customer for all these years!
Real-Time Labor Guide FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Real-Time Labor Guide.Q. What type of pricing plans does Real-Time Labor Guide offer?
Real-Time Labor Guide offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$12.50/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Real-time Labor Guide offers a free trial of 21 days, after which the software is available for $12.50/month per user.
Q. Who are the typical users of Real-Time Labor Guide?
Real-Time Labor Guide has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001-5,000
Q. What languages does Real-Time Labor Guide support?
Real-Time Labor Guide supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Real-Time Labor Guide support mobile devices?
Real-Time Labor Guide supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Real-Time Labor Guide integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations Real-Time Labor Guide has
Q. What level of support does Real-Time Labor Guide offer?
Real-Time Labor Guide offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, Chat
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