AIWheelTech vs TechMan.
TechMan is garage management software for independent garages, covering bookings, estimates, parts ordering, technical data, job cards, technician efficiency and exports to accounting software. It states that it is trusted by more than 17,000 automotive professionals. AIWheelTech is the customer-facing side: the website, online booking, an AI assistant and wheel and tyre fitment, with a lighter back office. A garage that needs to run technicians, parts and job costing should choose TechMan. A tyre, wheel or MOT business that needs more enquiries and bookings from its website should choose AIWheelTech, and its tools can sit on the website of a garage that already uses TechMan.
What each one does.
The TechMan column repeats what TechMan says on its own website, read on 12 October 2026. Where we have nothing sourced to say, we point you to them.
| AIWheelTech | TechMan | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Wheel and tyre retailers, tyre shops, garages, refurbishers and wholesalers | Independent garages and workshops |
| Pricing | Published. API from free, single tools from £15 a month, websites from £99 a month | See their website |
| Customer-facing website | Yes. The website is part of the product, built, hosted and maintained for you | A web booking tool that adds to the garage’s existing website |
| Online booking | Yes, into the bay diary | Yes, for fixed-price jobs |
| 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 MOT, service and custom reminders |
| Supplier connections | Daily price and stock files from tyre wholesalers, plus wheel supplier price lists | Parts ordering with Euro Car Parts, GSF, NAPA and Dingbro; Autodata and HaynesPro technical data |
| Accounting | Own invoicing and an accounts module. No connector to Xero, Sage or QuickBooks | Exports to Sage, Xero, QuickBooks and KashFlow |
| MOT | DVSA MOT history lookup on the site and through the API | MOT lookup from DVSA records; MOT and service reminders |
| Multi-site | Several sites and stores run from one console | See their website |
| 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 | States it is trusted by more than 17,000 automotive professionals |
- You need estimates built with live parts prices from your motor factors.
- You need technical data, digital check sheets and paperless job cards for technicians.
- You want to measure technician efficiency.
- You need to export to your accounting software.
- You need a website, not a booking widget for a website you do not have.
- Tyres and wheels are a large part of what you sell, and fitment has to be right.
- You want an AI assistant that quotes from your price list and books the job.
- Your customers speak many languages.
- You want to start with one tool at £25 a month.
The short version.
Is AIWheelTech an alternative to TechMan?
Can AIWheelTech be used alongside TechMan?
How much does AIWheelTech cost compared with TechMan?
Sources for the TechMan column, read on 12 October 2026:
TechMan is a trade mark of its owner. AIWheelTech is not affiliated with TechMan. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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