SideWRK is a cheap invoicing app for auto detailers who work on the side.
Estimate the detail, invoice it when it's done, and see what you actually made after parts and time.
What an Auto Detailing job looks like in SideWRK.
The auto detailing job as the app lays it out — your own cost sitting on it, and the estimate your customer approves from their phone.
Built for auto detailing side work — in one app
Branded estimates & invoices
Send clean, itemized estimates and numbered invoices with your business name, logo, and license number on them — text or email, straight from your phone. You look like a real shop because you are one.
Customers approve from their phone
Send a branded approval link. Your customer reviews the estimate, sees the photos, and taps Approve — logged with their name, the time, and the amount, with re-authorization if the job grows.
Real profit, not just revenue
Every material carries a private "your cost" the customer never sees — so the Money tab shows what you actually made on each job, not just what you charged.
Before/after photos that sell
Your best closer is the transformation. Snap the before, the problem spots, and the finished car — attach them to the estimate so the customer approves on the spot, and keep the after as proof and marketing.
Your detail menu, priced by size
Tap to drop Express wash, Full interior, Clay & polish, Paint correction, or Ceramic coating onto a job — then price by vehicle size, sedan to lifted truck to RV. Decode the VIN to fill the year/make/model in a second.
Recurring wash & maintenance plans
Put your regulars on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly plan and rebill in a tap. The same car, the same customer, steady money — that's the detailing dream.
Document your wash-water handling
Detailing wash water can't just run to the storm drain. SideWRK keeps a clean record of each job and notes where the water went — the documentation tools, with the rules flagged, never legal advice.
Auto Detailing
The work this app was built around.
Estimate. Invoice. Get paid.
SideWRK runs the business side from your phone, on the job.
Estimate the detail, invoice it when it's done, and see what it actually cleared — with every vehicle and customer on file.
From first call to "paid" in three steps
Write it up
Add the customer and the job, then the work — labor, materials, a photo. Send a branded estimate in a tap.
Send it
Text or email the estimate. The customer reviews the photos and taps Approve — authorization logged automatically.
Get paid
It becomes a numbered invoice with your details on it. Record payment, and your real profit lands in Money.
What should a mobile detailer charge?
Detailing is sold as packages, priced by vehicle size, with a mobile premium for coming to the customer. The package defaults SideWRK loads run from $90 for an express wash and wax up to $650 for a ceramic coating. Here's how it's priced, plus a free detailing price calculator to price it.
Package pricing
A basic wash, a full interior-and-exterior detail, and a premium or ceramic package each carry a set price the customer picks from. Open an estimate in SideWRK and those three sit at $90, $220, and $650 until you change them.
Vehicle size
Trucks, SUVs, and vans price higher than cars — more surface, more seats, more time.
Add-ons and mobile fee
Pet hair, heavy stains, engine bays, and ceramic coatings are add-ons, and coming to the customer justifies a mobile or travel fee. Each carries its own default rather than vanishing into the package price: $75 for pet hair, $90 for an ozone treatment, $80 for headlight restoration, $60 for the engine bay.
Detailing price calculator
Package, vehicle size, condition. A detail price you won't talk yourself down from.
The auto detailing rate behind SideWRK's estimating defaults is $65/hr, with 100% of a typical ticket paying for time rather than materials. Both numbers come from our 2026 Side-Work Rate Report, which publishes the same figures for all 42 trades.
These tools run free right here — inside SideWRK they fill your estimate for you →
Auto Detailing guides from the field
Written for the business side of the work — pricing, getting customers, and keeping them. Free to read, no signup.
One plan. Every trade. $19.
There is one plan and this is it. The Auto Detailing build you are looking at is one of 42, and every one of them is already switched on — no upgrade, no add-on. Pick up a different trade next month and the app switches with you. Your customers come with you — one book of people, every job you have ever done for them, whichever trade you had your hat on for that day. $190 a year if you pay yearly, which is two months free.
- Branded estimates & invoices
- License # on every invoice
- Customer approvals + photos
- Real profit tracking
- All 42 trades, switched on — not a bundle, not an add-on
- One customer list across every trade — the same person, every job you ever did for them
- Unlimited customers and jobs — no caps
- Real profit on every Auto Detailing job, from your own private cost
- Auto Detailing expenses, mileage and a year-end tax packet
- Your own Auto Detailing page, work gallery and booking requests
- Card, Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App — Zelle if your bank offers it — or cash
Nothing above is behind a higher tier. There is no higher tier.
The detail’s done.
Same driveway, same customer — the tint job is sitting right there.
One app, every trade.
Every trade — all 42 on one $19/mo plan.
Add window tinting — the highest-ticket hour in the driveway.
You're already at the car with the glass spotless — that's the moment tint sells itself. Detailers add tinting because a full ceramic sedan bills $400–$800 for an afternoon's work, the film costs a fraction of the ticket, and the customer who trusts you with their paint trusts you with their glass. Both trades are already in your plan — one login, one client list, nothing more to pay. Month-to-month — add or drop a trade right from Billing.
SideWRK for Window Tinting →Add auto glass — same driveway, same customers.
The customer who books a detail is the same one with a rock chip spreading across their windshield. Plenty of detailers add auto glass work — chip repairs are quick, high-margin, and often covered by insurance with no deductible, so it's an easy yes while you're already at the car. Both trades are already in your plan — one login, one client list, nothing more to pay. Plans are month-to-month; add or drop a trade right from Billing.
SideWRK for Auto Glass →Or add dent repair — the ding you're already polishing around.
Half the cars you detail have a door ding the owner winces at every time they walk up. Paintless dent repair prices per dent — small ones start around $150 — and the customer whose car you just made spotless is the easiest dent booking there is, while the car's in your driveway anyway. Both trades are already in your plan — one login, one client list, nothing more to pay. Month-to-month — add or drop a trade right from Billing.
SideWRK for Paintless Dent Repair →Auto Detailing FAQ
Does SideWRK handle recurring detail plans?
Yes — set a customer on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly plan and rebill them fast. One customer list, every car.
Can I price big jobs like ceramic coating and paint correction?
Yes. Pick from a detail menu — express wash, full interior, clay & polish, paint correction, ceramic coating — price by vehicle size, and add materials with a private cost so you see real profit on the high-ticket work.
Do I need to install anything?
No — SideWRK runs in any phone browser, nothing to download. Everything syncs to the cloud, so your phone on the job and your laptop at night see the same data.
Can I run more than one trade?
Yes — every trade is unlocked and you switch between them in a tap, sharing one customer list.
What should a mobile detailer charge?
Detailing is sold as packages priced by vehicle size — a basic wash, a full detail, and a premium or ceramic package — with trucks and SUVs costing more, add-ons for pet hair or stains, and a mobile fee for coming to the customer. In SideWRK the package defaults are $90 for an express wash and wax, $220 for a complete detail, and $650 for a ceramic coating. Use the free detailing price calculator to find your number.
How much does it cost?
SideWRK is $19/month — every trade, everything included. You start on the free plan: five jobs a rolling year, no card, and no expiry. Paying lifts every limit — $19 a month, or $190 a year.
Wondering what to charge? How to price Auto Detailing jobs — with real numbers →
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