LANEBOOK PRICING
Pay once, or pay monthly. Your desk, your data, your computer.
No account, no per-user charge, no contract. Garage software usually costs £30 to £145 every month. Lanebook does the desk work most small MOT and repair garages actually need, and you can own it outright.
In your browser or the Windows app
- Everything below, no time limit
- Printed bills carry a small "Trial copy" line
- Data stays in the browser or app on that computer
Unzip, then double-click Lanebook. No installer. Windows may show an "unrecognised app" notice the first time; choose More info, Run anyway.
Per garage. Cancel any time. Updates and email support included while you subscribe.
- Removes the trial line from your bills
- Licence file emailed each month, loads in one click
- Works offline. Nothing is sent anywhere.
- Extra computer in the same garage £4 a month
- Stop paying and the desk keeps working; bills just get the trial line back
Card payment through Stripe. First licence file sent the same working day. Already subscribed? Manage or cancel.
Per garage. Yours for good. 12 months of updates and email support.
- Removes the trial line from your bills
- One licence file, loads in one click, never expires
- Works offline. Nothing is sent anywhere.
- Extra computer in the same garage £49
- Updates after the first year £49 a year, optional
Card payment through Stripe. Cheaper than ten months of the monthly plan.
Essex and East London. Pay-once licence included.
- We come to the garage and set it up on your desk PC
- Your name, address and VAT number on bills, hours, lanes
- Backup to a USB stick set up and shown to staff
- 20 minute walk-through for whoever answers the phone
WHAT YOU GET
- Live lane with 45 minute slots, one to three lanes, week strip
- Phone bookings with a chosen time, car, mileage and work type
- Job cards, extra work with a yes or no from the customer
- Numbered bills: MOT £54.85 no VAT, extras with VAT, printable
- Cash, card or transfer marked per bill; CSV for your accountant
- MOT reminders set automatically a year on, with copy-and-paste text
- DVSA slot count with a warning before you run out
- Customer screen for a tablet on the counter
- Backup and restore to a file you keep
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
- It does not record the MOT test. You still use the DVSA MOT testing service.
- It does not send texts. It gives you the message to send from your phone.
- It does not take card payments from customers.
- It does not share between computers. One desk, one PC, plus backups.
Need texts that send themselves, DVSA history on the job card, two computers in sync, or anything else? Pythonic builds software to order. Ask for a quote.
Prices in pounds sterling. Lanebook is made by Pythonic Industrial Systems. The trial and the Windows app store everything on the computer they run on; we never see your bookings or customers.