Send the estimate, bill the dent, and see what you actually made — not just what you charged — on every vehicle.
SideWRK starts every dent repair tech at these prices and does this math on every job you write up. Change any number.
The paintless dent repair job as the app lays it out — your own cost sitting on it, and the estimate your customer approves from their phone.
Small, medium, large against the coin scale — each dent is a tap with your price on it. A crease is its own tier, extra dents on the same panel ride at about half, and hail panels bill light, moderate, or heavy off the menu.
Year, make, model, panel, VIN. The VIN decode tells you whether that F-150 hood or EV door is aluminum before you quote the pull — a +25% conversation to have up front, not after.
Photos of pre-existing damage before a tool touches the car are the number-one dispute-killer in dent work. Snap them on the job and they live on the record — estimate, invoice, and after.
California's BAR requires a written, authorized estimate before dent work starts — and it's good practice everywhere. Your customer taps Approve from their phone; the name, time, and amount are logged.
Glue sticks, tabs, trim clips, release spray — logged once, decremented as you use them, with a per-item "warn me when down to" so the last trim clip never surprises you mid-R&I.
PDR consumables are glue and tabs — pennies on the ticket. The Money tab shows what the visit actually netted after fuel and supplies, month by month, ready for tax time.
The work this app was built around.
SideWRK runs the business side from your phone, on the job.
Send the estimate, bill the dent, and watch the real profit — not just what you charged — on every vehicle.
Add the customer and the vehicle, tap the dent sizes off the menu, and snap the pre-work photos. The estimate builds itself while you walk the panel.
Text or email the estimate. The customer sees the photos and taps Approve — a written authorization, logged before the light board comes off the truck.
It becomes a numbered invoice with your registration number on it. Card money lands in your own Stripe account and pays out on its normal schedule.
Paintless dent repair prices per dent, sized against coins, with adders for creases, aluminum, and access. Here's what the work runs in 2026, plus a free calculator to price a job.
A small dime-to-quarter dent runs $75–$150, and most mobile techs floor the visit at $125–$150. Golf-ball dents run $150–$400. A typical mobile door-ding ticket lands between $150 and $350.
A crease locks tension along the whole line and runs $300–$800. Aluminum panels quote about +25% over steel. A dime-size dent on a bodyline can out-price a bigger one in open metal.
Extra dents on the same panel ride at about half — you're already set up. Hail bills per panel off a matrix (dent count × size); light hail totals $250–$750, whole-car claims run $2,500–$10,000.
Count the dents against a coin, tap the sizes — a PDR number before the light board comes out.
The paintless dent repair rate behind SideWRK's estimating defaults is $150/dent (nickel), with 95% 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 →
There is one plan and this is it. The Paintless Dent Repair 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.
Nothing above is behind a higher tier. There is no higher tier.
The scraped fender is the next ticket — same driveway.
Every trade — all 42 on one $19/mo plan.
Every dent tech walks away from cracked paint, scuffed bumpers, and stretched metal — damage that needs refinishing, not a rod. Mobile SMART repair picks up exactly there: dents without paint, paint without a booth — same driveway, same customer. A bumper scuff respray runs $375 flat, and the customer who just watched a ding vanish already trusts you with the paint. 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 Auto Body & Paint →You're already at the car with their trust and the panel looking new again. A lot of dent techs add detailing because the customer who just watched a ding disappear is the easiest detail 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. Plans are month-to-month; add or drop a trade right from Billing.
SideWRK for Auto Detailing →PDR for pay is auto body repair under California law — mobile operators register with the BAR (mobile-repair registration took effect October 2025) and need a written, authorized estimate before work begins. SideWRK's estimate → approval flow is that record: the customer approves from their phone, logged with their name, the time, and the amount, and the notice rides on the document. SideWRK documents the work; registering is on you.
PDR prices per dent, sized against coins. In 2026 a small dime-to-quarter dent runs $75 to $150 — most mobile techs floor the visit at $125 to $150 — a golf-ball dent runs $150 to $400, and a large or creased dent runs $300 to $800. Additional dents on the same panel usually ride at about half, because you're already set up. Use the free PDR cost calculator to build a number.
About 25% over steel is the standard quote — aluminum has no memory and works harder. F-150 hoods and doors and a lot of EV panels are aluminum, and the VIN decode in SideWRK tells you what the panel is made of before you commit to a number.
Yes — every trade is unlocked and you switch in a tap, sharing one customer list. PDR pairs naturally with auto detailing — same driveway, same customer, and the car already looks better than it did an hour ago.
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 Paintless Dent Repair jobs — with real numbers →
Mobile in California? BAR registration and the estimate rules →
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