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AIWheelTech vs Garage Hive.

Garage Hive is a cloud garage management system with workshop management, technical data, Microsoft Dynamics 365 accounting or integrations with Sage, Xero and QuickBooks, and multi-location support, starting from £145 a month. AIWheelTech is the customer-facing side: the website, online booking, an AI assistant and wheel and tyre fitment, with a lighter back office. A mechanical workshop that needs job costing, technical data and accounting integration should choose Garage Hive. A tyre, wheel or MOT business that needs its website to win and book more work should choose AIWheelTech. The two also work together, because AIWheelTech tools can be added to any website.

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What each one does.

The Garage Hive column repeats what Garage Hive says on its own website, read on 12 October 2026. Where we have nothing sourced to say, we point you to them.

	AIWheelTech	Garage Hive
Built for	Wheel and tyre retailers, tyre shops, garages, refurbishers and wholesalers	Garages and workshops, in the UK, Ireland and South Africa
Pricing	Published. API from free, single tools from £15 a month, websites from £99 a month	Published. From £145 a month on a one-month rolling contract
Customer-facing website	Yes. The website is part of the product, built, hosted and maintained for you	Online booking that plugs into the garage’s existing website
Online booking	Yes, into the bay diary	Yes. Bookings create job sheets
Alloy wheel fitment checking	Yes. PCD, centre bore, offset and width checked against each vehicle before a wheel is shown	See their website
AI sales assistant	Yes. Ally sells and books, Whell answers technical questions	See their website
Customer languages	Yes. The site and the assistant switch to the customer’s language	See their website
Automated marketing content	Yes. Blog, local pages and social posts written from completed jobs	Automated reminders, follow-ups and customer surveys
Supplier connections	Daily price and stock files from tyre wholesalers, plus wheel supplier price lists	Parts and tyre supplier integrations, including NAPA, Euro Car Parts, GSF and Micheldever
Accounting	Own invoicing and an accounts module. No connector to Xero, Sage or QuickBooks	Microsoft Dynamics 365, or integrations with Sage, Xero and QuickBooks
MOT	DVSA MOT history lookup on the site and through the API	MOT history lookup and MOT and service reminders
Multi-site	Several sites and stores run from one console	Yes. Built for multi-location workshops
Tools sold on their own	Yes. Each tool and the API are sold on their own	See their website
Track record	New. The company was incorporated in 2026	See their website

Choose Garage Hive if

You run a mechanical workshop and need paperless job cards and vehicle health checks.
You need Autodata technical data inside your management system.
Your accountant works in Xero, Sage or QuickBooks and you need the integration.
You run several branches and need profit and loss by branch.

Choose AIWheelTech if

Tyres, wheels and MOTs are most of your work, and the website is where you win it.
You do not have a website that takes bookings, or the one you have does not rank.
You want an AI assistant answering customers out of hours.
You sell wheels and need fitment checked against the car.
You want to start at £25 a month with one tool on your current site.

Straight answers

The short version.

Is AIWheelTech an alternative to Garage Hive?

Can AIWheelTech be used alongside Garage Hive?

Yes. Registration lookup, MOT History, the vehicle and wheel selector and Ally are snippets that run on any website, and the fitment API can be called from any system. A business can keep Garage Hive for its back office and add AIWheelTech to the website in front of it.

How much does AIWheelTech cost compared with Garage Hive?

AIWheelTech publishes its prices: the API is free for 1,000 calls a month, single tools start at £15 a month and websites start at £99 a month plus a build fee from £495. Garage Hive publishes a starting price of £145 a month.

Sources for the Garage Hive column, read on 12 October 2026:

Garage Hive is a trade mark of its owner. AIWheelTech is not affiliated with Garage Hive. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

Pricing

Websites from £99 a month, single tools from £15, the API from free.

The back office

Diary, jobs, invoicing, stock, supplier feeds and reviews.

Who it’s for

Tyre shops, wheel retailers, garages, fitters, refurbishers and wholesalers.

Let's talk

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