Verdict
If you want repair shop software without a monthly bill, OpenRepairPOS is the alternative to pick. You get the tools a repair shop uses every day for $0, with unlimited users, and your data stays in your own account.
Why repair shops look for a RepairDesk alternative
- The monthly bill. RepairDesk's Essential plan is $99 per store per month, or $79 a month billed annually (RepairDesk pricing page, checked November 5, 2026). That's $948 to $1,188 a year for one store.
- User limits. Essential allows 5 users per location and Growth allows 8. Every technician you add brings you closer to the next plan.
- Paid extras. On Essential, store credits, loyalty and gift cards are marked as paid, and so are email campaigns and Appointments Pro.
- Per-store pricing. A second store means a second subscription.
- Paid AI. ARIA, RepairDesk's AI phone receptionist, is sold as a standalone add-on priced from $79 to $199 per store per month depending on plan and billing (200–500 calls, $0.50 per extra call; RepairDesk ARIA page, checked November 5, 2026).
What OpenRepairPOS gives you, free
- Repair tickets with IMEI/serial, passcode, checklists, custom statuses, a drag-and-drop board, deposits, job timer and customer signature.
- Point of sale with barcode scanning, discounts, tax, store credit and one-click invoices from a repair.
- Inventory and purchasing: low-stock alerts, serial tracking, stock counts, CSV import, purchase orders and a built-in parts reorder list.
- Customer updates: a private tracking link for every repair, plus automatic text or email when it's ready.
- Profit reports by repair type and by technician, with commissions.
- Unlimited users with tech, manager and admin roles.
- Claude and ChatGPT built in: run the shop by chat through a free MCP connection (works with any Claude plan, or a paid ChatGPT plan in Developer mode).
Everything is included in the one free version. See the full feature list.
What you save
| 1 year | 3 years | |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRepairPOS | $0 | $0 |
| RepairDesk Essential (billed annually) | $948 | $2,844 |
| RepairDesk Essential (monthly) | $1,188 | $3,564 |
| RepairDesk Growth (billed annually) | $1,428 | $4,284 |
| RepairDesk Growth (monthly) | $1,788 | $5,364 |
OpenRepairPOS runs on Cloudflare's free plan for a typical shop (100,000 requests a day). The only other costs are optional ones you'd pay another company for anyway: text messages through Twilio, email sending, your own domain name, and your own Claude or ChatGPT plan if you use AI. How it stays free.
OpenRepairPOS vs. RepairDesk at a glance
| OpenRepairPOS | RepairDesk (Essential) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | From $79/store/month billed annually ($99 monthly) |
| Users | Unlimited | 5 per location |
| Store credit | Included | Marked as paid |
| AI | Free connection to your own Claude or ChatGPT (25 tools) | ARIA AI phone receptionist, a standalone add-on from $79–$199/store/month |
| Card payments | Your own terminal, your processor, your rates | From 2.6% + $0.10 per swiped payment through its payments product |
| Your data | In your own Cloudflare account | Hosted by the vendor (cloud-based) |
| Source code | Open (MIT): read it, change it, keep it | Proprietary (not open source) |
Want every row? Read the full OpenRepairPOS vs. RepairDesk comparison.
How to switch from RepairDesk
Deploy OpenRepairPOS (about 2 minutes)
Click Deploy to Cloudflare, sign in to free Cloudflare and GitHub accounts, click Deploy, then open your new address and create your owner account.
Set up your shop
Add your store details, tax rate, ticket statuses and repair price list in Settings. Add every technician as a user: there is no user limit.
Bring in your inventory
Export your parts and products to a CSV file (if your current system offers an export), rename the columns to match the import template (name, sku, cost, price, stock, barcode…), and import it in Inventory. Stock, cost, price, SKU and barcode come across in one step.
Run both for a week, then switch
Open new repairs in OpenRepairPOS while you finish open jobs in the old system. Customers are added as they come in.
Connect Claude or ChatGPT (optional)
Settings → AI & API → Create key, then paste the link into Claude or ChatGPT. Step-by-step guide.
Disclosure: OpenRepairPOS includes built-in reorder links to Parts4Cells, a parts supplier the maintainers work with. Buying through them is optional and any supplier works. Details.
Not in OpenRepairPOS yet: loyalty points, gift cards, multiple locations, online booking, a self check-in kiosk, buyback/trade-in, QuickBooks or Xero sync, marketing campaigns and a native offline app. What we're working on.
Questions
Is there a free alternative to RepairDesk?
Yes. OpenRepairPOS is free, open-source repair shop software with repair tickets, POS, inventory, purchase orders, customer tracking links and profit reports. There are no paid plans, add-ons or user limits.
How much does RepairDesk cost?
According to RepairDesk's pricing page on November 5, 2026: Essential is $99 per store per month ($79 billed annually) with 5 users per location, and Growth is $149 per store per month ($119 billed annually) with 8 users per location.
Can I move from RepairDesk to OpenRepairPOS?
Yes. Deploy OpenRepairPOS to your free Cloudflare account, import your inventory from a CSV file, add your team, and open new repairs in OpenRepairPOS while you finish open jobs in RepairDesk.
Does OpenRepairPOS take card payments?
Yes, on the card terminal you already have. You keep your processor and your rates, and card numbers never enter the POS.
Sources
- RepairDesk pricing page (checked November 5, 2026)
- RepairDesk ARIA page (checked November 5, 2026)
- OpenRepairPOS features and source code (version 0.5.0)
Prices change. If a figure here is out of date, tell us and we'll correct it. RepairDesk, RepairShopr, Orderry and CellSmart are trademarks of their owners; OpenRepairPOS isn't affiliated with them.