Now in beta — limited shops accepted

Your best advisor.
Every write-up.

Your veteran advisor catches what's due on every car. Your new hire just does what's asked. RO Engine closes that gap — automatically, on every repair order, for every advisor on your team.

30 minutes, no sales pressure. We're a shop too.

AI Service Advisor Working
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2019 Honda Accord EX-L
VIN ····8821 · last visit 11 months ago
87,432
miles
⟳ Checking the maintenance schedule and this car's history…
Transmission Fluid
27,432 miles overdue. Old fluid causes shift hesitation and early clutch wear.
$189
Brake Fluid Flush
Hit the 3-year mark. Moisture in the fluid lowers the boiling point — safety item.
$95
Spark Plugs
Iridium plugs due at 90K. She's 2,568 miles out — worth doing while it's here.
$145
Cabin Air Filter
8,000 miles since the last one.
$38
Recommended total$556
$99
per month, flat
50%
average ARO increase
40+
AI features
$0
setup fee
The advisor knowledge gap

Same car. Two advisors.
Huge difference.

A vehicle comes in for a routine oil change. Here's what happens depending on who writes it up.

MV
Your veteran advisor
8+ years on the counter
Oil & filter$89
Transmission fluid — overdue$189
Brake fluid flush — 3 yr$95
Spark plugs — due at 90K$145
Rear diff service$120
Cabin + engine filters$72
Deferred from last visit$137
Ticket written$847
NH
Your new hire
4 months on the counter
Oil & filter$89
Wiper blades$36
Transmission fluidmissed
Brake fluid flushmissed
Spark plugsmissed
Rear diff servicemissed
Deferred servicesnever surfaced
Ticket written$125
$722

missed on a single vehicle. Not because your new advisor isn't trying — because nobody handed him twelve years of pattern recognition on his first day. RO Engine does, on every RO.

How it works

See it in action

The moment a vehicle is written up, RO Engine cross-references the manufacturer maintenance schedule, vehicle history, and known failure patterns for that model.

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AI Advisor

Every vehicle gets veteran-level recommendations. Consistent, every time, on every car.

  • Overdue services surfaced automatically
  • Deferred services remembered from prior visits
  • Customer explanation written in plain language
  • Parts and pricing populated instantly
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Photo Intake

Your tech photographs the car. RO Engine reads it and builds the record.

  • VIN extracted from door jamb sticker
  • Mileage read from dashboard photo
  • License plate captured for state lookup
  • Timestamped pre-service damage documentation
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MPI Inspection

Structured multi-point inspection with AI note translation for customers.

  • Green / yellow / red condition ratings
  • Photo evidence attached to every finding
  • Tech shorthand rewritten for customers automatically
  • Red findings auto-create repair recommendations
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Oil Change Decal

The right sticker prints itself, with the right spec, every single time.

  • Next mileage from the actual oil spec
  • Service date calculated from OEM time interval
  • Oil viscosity and approval spec printed on decal
  • Triggers automatically when the RO is closed
Pricing

Half the price.
Actual AI.

Legacy shop software was built for 2005. You're paying 2025 prices for it.

RO Engine
Everything, one price
$99
per month · no per-seat charges · no tier levels
  • Work order management
  • Invoice system
  • Customer database
  • AI service recommendations
  • 80K+ maintenance schedule entries
  • Deferred service memory
  • AI photo intake / VIN OCR
  • Voice commands & AI search
ShopWare / Tekmetric / Mitchell1
$450
per month, up to · plus per-seat · plus tiers · plus add-ons
  • Work order management
  • Invoice system
  • Customer database
  • AI service recommendations
  • 80K+ maintenance schedule entries
  • Deferred service memory
  • AI photo intake / VIN OCR
  • Voice commands & AI search
$50K+

additional monthly revenue potential — based on 120 ROs/month at a 50% ARO increase.

Source: PartsTech 2025 Industry Report — digital estimates increase ARO 50%

Built different

By a shop owner.
For shop owners.

RO Engine wasn't built by a software company that read about the auto repair industry. It was built by a working shop owner who ran a custom management system for over a decade before building this one.

  • 🔧 Active shop owner, 13+ years on the floor
  • 💻 Built a custom shop management system in 2013
  • Every feature production-tested in a live shop
  • 📍 Midwest beta launching Q2 2026
Request a demo

See what your shop is leaving on the table

  • 30 minutes, no sales pressure
  • Live AI recommendations on your actual vehicles
  • A custom ROI estimate for your shop
  • Beta pricing locked in for early adopters
  • Data migration from your current SMS