Garage software for small and one-person garages
Designed for owner-operated garages and smaller independent workshops that want a straightforward way to manage their business. From booking a vehicle to getting paid, TorqueOS Lite keeps your everyday workshop administration together in one easy-to-use system. Whether you're a sole trader, working with one other mechanic or running a team of 1–3 mechanics, start with the essentials and add more as your workshop grows.
A clear starting point for a smaller workshop. Start with what you need. TorqueOS grows with your workshop. Lite is £69/month + VAT. See how it fits your working day with a 14-day Lite trial; our team sets up access manually.
You need to manage customers, build quotes, turn them into jobs, and get paid. That is the Lite package. As your business grows, you can upgrade to Workshop or Complete without changing systems or remigrating TorqueOS data.
Assisted data migration from another provider into TorqueOS is assessed separately based on your existing system. See how MOT reminders help bring customers back.
What this part of the workshop needs
Workshop Diary & Booking
Take bookings and manage the workshop diary for your daily workload.
Estimates & Quotes
Build professional quotes for your customers and turn them into active jobs when approved.
Digital Job Cards
Follow each job through the workshop with job status, technician assignment and parts tracking.
Invoicing & Payments
Create invoices from completed work and track what has been paid and what remains outstanding.
See Lite in Action
Book a demo to see if TorqueOS Lite is the right fit for your workshop.
The essentials for your workshop day
Running a smaller workshop calls for a clear view of the day's work, without adding controls intended for a much larger team. TorqueOS Lite is the complete small-workshop level of our garage management software, focused on the work an owner-operator or 1–3 mechanic independent garage needs to move through each day.
The day starts with a phone call: add the booking to the workshop diary, then create a digital job card when the vehicle arrives. Once the work is done, send the invoice and take payment. Finally, customer reminders help bring your customers back.
What TorqueOS Lite does (and doesn't) mean
TorqueOS Lite gives you a commercial record and Essential Reporting for your business: sales, invoices, payments, debtors, VAT, estimates and quotes, jobs, customers and vehicles, basic parts and supplier purchase history, customer/job history, basic quote-to-job conversion, and CSV/accounting export. It is not full accounting or bookkeeping software. Workshop adds more team control and operational reporting when your garage needs it.
We discuss the exact boundaries and current capabilities of the package in your demo. If you grow into needing the Workshop package, you simply upgrade—no data migration required. Learn how Lite handles bookings and the workshop diary and invoicing and payments.
This page explains the small-garage product fit, rather than comparing every system or UK-specific requirements. For those questions, see the GMS buyer’s checklist, UK software considerations or software cost guide.
Switching to a modern setup
If you are moving away from older software or paper diaries, switching garage management software can seem daunting. We guide you through the process, and assisted data migration can be assessed separately. Compare our garage management software and package pricing to see what fits your business size.