Strata vs Shopmonkey
Strata vs Shopmonkey: $89 month to month, or $588 plus a $500 migration fee
Shopmonkey Basic is $239 month to month for three users, and online booking with review requests lives in the $349 CRM Essentials add-on. There is no free trial, a $500 data migration fee, and agreements that renew for a year unless you give 30 days' notice. Strata Pro is $89 list with booking, texting, reviews and memberships, no term, and a 30-day trial.
30-day free trial · Cancel anytime · Plans from $39/month
Shopmonkey is mechanical-repair software, and a serious one: digital inspections on Solo, Pro and Premier, labor guides, parts ordering, fleet billing. For a detailing, tint, PPF or mobile business it is a lot of system and a lot of bill for the four things you use every day. Every line below was read from Shopmonkey's own pages and Terms on one day; where Shopmonkey has more, it says so.
What you would pay
The month's bill, with texting and the add-ons counted
Strata Pro, month to month
$89/month
Shopmonkey Basic plus CRM Essentials, month to month
$588/month
- Strata:
- Online booking, two-way texting, review requests, memberships, estimates with customer-picked options, the AI assistant. 5 logins. No term, no migration fee. Cancel any time.
- Shopmonkey:
- Basic $239 ($215 annual) for 3 users, $20 a month per extra user. Online booking and automated review requests are in CRM Essentials, $349 ($314 annual). A one-time $500 data migration fee. Card rates on request.
Side by side
How Strata compares, line by line
| Capability | Strata | Shopmonkey |
|---|---|---|
| Trying it | Strata 30 days of the full product; a card added on web and iPhone before the trial starts, nothing charged until it ends. | Shopmonkey No free trial. The "free trial" page books a live demo. |
| Online booking | Strata Solo, Pro and Premier: a booking page with deposits, vehicle-size pricing and add-ons. | Shopmonkey Only inside the CRM Essentials add-on, $349 a month. Every plan has a work request form. |
| Review requests | Strata Solo, Pro and Premier, after each completed job, with your Google or Yelp link. | Shopmonkey Automated review requests are in CRM Essentials; the Google Reviews Manager is Genius ($499) and up. |
| Memberships | Strata Solo, Pro and Premier, charged on your own Stripe. | Shopmonkey Recurring appointments, yes. A membership plan a customer buys: not found on the site. |
| Where Shopmonkey has more | Strata No digital inspections, no labor guides, no parts ordering, no fleet billing, no time clock, no plate scanning. | Shopmonkey Digital vehicle inspections on Solo, Pro and Premier, MOTOR labor guides, parts procurement, fleet accounts, a time clock, plate scanning, an API, QuickBooks Desktop. If you run mechanical repair, these matter. |
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| Capability | Strata | Shopmonkey |
|---|---|---|
| Term | Strata Month to month, cancel from Settings. | Shopmonkey Terms 7.2: agreements renew for one year unless 30 days' written notice; fees non-refundable; user counts cannot be reduced mid-term. |
| Getting your data in | Strata Import customers, vehicles, invoices and appointments by CSV, previewed first, included. | Shopmonkey A one-time $500 data migration fee. |
| The phone app | Strata iPhone and Android apps carry the entire product. | Shopmonkey Shopmonkey for Techs, a technician app: 3.3 from 85 ratings on iOS, 3.2 from 63 on Android. |
Shopmonkey’s prices and terms were read from its own pages on 29 October 2026. If something here has changed since, tell us and we will correct it.
See Shopmonkey and Strata side by sideOn the record
What Shopmonkey charges, gates and leaves out
- 1
Basic $239 month to month ($215 annual) with 3 users, Clever $399 ($359) with 4, Genius $499 ($449) with 5; $20 a month per additional user.
Source: Shopmonkey pricing - 2
CRM Essentials, the add-on with online booking, reviews and campaigns, is $349 a month ($314 annual).
Source: Shopmonkey pricing - 3
A one-time $500 data migration fee applies.
Source: Shopmonkey pricing
3 more, each with its source
- 4
There is no free trial; the free-trial page books a live demo.
Source: Shopmonkey: book a free live demo - 5
Terms of Service (June 5, 2026), section 7.2: agreements renew for one year unless 30 days' written notice; section 3.2: fees are non-refundable; 3.4: license quantities cannot be decreased mid-term.
Source: Shopmonkey Terms of Service - 6
On Trustpilot, a one-star review this April reports "A huge 40% price increase", and one this October reports undisclosed per-employee fees.
Source: Trustpilot: Shopmonkey
Why businesses choose Strata
The four daily things on one plan
Booking, texting, reviews and memberships are on Strata Pro at $89. At Shopmonkey, booking and reviews are a $349 add-on on top of a $239 plan.
Try it, then decide
30 days of the real product on your real jobs, no demo call, no migration fee, no annual renewal clause.
2 more reasons
Built for the truck and the garage
Most businesses on Strata are mobile. The apps carry the entire product; Shopmonkey's app is for technicians.
Plain about the mechanical-repair tools
Digital inspections, labor guides, parts ordering and fleet billing are real and Strata does not have them. A mechanical repair business should weigh them.
Bring your data with you
Moving from Shopmonkey
Export customers, vehicles and invoices and import them by CSV, included. Strata previews the file first, and the trial runs long enough to keep both open.
See how import worksCommon questions
Is Shopmonkey cheaper than Strata?
No. Shopmonkey Basic is $239 month to month for three users without online booking; booking and reviews add $349. Strata Pro is $89 list with both.
Does Shopmonkey have a free trial?
No; its free-trial page books a demo. Strata's trial is 30 days of the full product.
What does Shopmonkey do that Strata doesn't?
Digital vehicle inspections, MOTOR labor guides, parts procurement, fleet accounts, a time clock, plate scanning, an API and QuickBooks Desktop.
Is there a contract?
Shopmonkey's Terms renew agreements for one year unless you give 30 days' written notice, and fees are non-refundable. Strata is month to month.
Get started
Try Strata instead of booking a demo
30-day free trial, the full product, month to month after. Import your customers and take a booking with a deposit the same day.
