collision repair software your whole team can be in at once
PanelGear allows you to draft quotes using AI and lets every estimator, painter and admin in your collision repair centre work the same job simultaneously — live, with nothing locked and nothing to save.
Once an auto body shop is past a couple of bays, the constraint stops being how fast one person can write an estimate and becomes how well several people can work without tripping over each other. Most collision repair software was built on the assumption that a record belongs to one user at a time, and everything downstream of that — the locked jobs, the 'who has this open?' messages, the version that got overwritten — is a consequence of it.
PanelGear is built the other way around. Estimating, damage assessment and the quote are one live document. Two estimators can be in it at the same time and watch each other's line items appear. There are no save buttons anywhere, because every change is persisted the instant it's made. The practical effect is that a job can be picked up by whoever is free rather than whoever has it checked out.
The AI drafting sits on top of that. Damage photos produce a first-pass estimate — panels identified, repair or replace suggested, labour and paint hours estimated — which your estimators refine rather than author. Combined, the two mean a busy centre gets more estimates out per estimator per day without hiring.
We're deliberately narrow. Parts catalogues, insurer platform integrations and full accounting are things the big collision repair suites do properly, and we'd rather say so than pretend otherwise. PanelGear is designed to be added to that stack, not to displace it.
What breaks once you're past a couple of bays
- Estimators queueing for a record because the software only lets one person in.
- Work lost to an overwrite, or to someone forgetting to hit save before going home.
- The damage assessment and the estimate drifting apart because they're two documents.
- Estimate throughput capping out, so the only way to grow is another estimator.
- Being quoted a six-figure changeover to fix any of the above.
Powerful, without the clutter
Everything you need to quote faster and run a tidier shop — and nothing you don't.
AI-drafted quotes
Upload photos of the damage and get a first-pass quote in seconds. Identify panels, estimate panel beating and paint labour, and start from a draft instead of a blank page.
Real-time collaboration
Your whole team can work on the same job at once. Everyone sees changes instantly, with no locked records or 'who has this open?' guesswork.
No save buttons
Every change is saved the moment you make it. Nothing to lose, nothing to remember.
Collision repair software questions
What is collision repair software?
Collision repair software is the system an auto body shop uses to estimate damage, manage repairs through the workshop, and handle insurer and customer communication. Full suites cover all of it. PanelGear focuses on estimating — AI can draft quotes and the whole team can edit the same job live — and is built to run alongside an existing management suite.
Can multiple estimators work on the same estimate at once?
Yes, and it's the main reason larger shops adopt it. PanelGear has no record locking: several estimators can be in the same job simultaneously, each sees the others' changes as they happen, and every edit saves itself instantly. Nobody waits for a colleague to close a record, and nothing gets overwritten.
How does AI estimating work for collision damage?
You upload photos of the damaged vehicle. The AI identifies which panels are affected, suggests repair or replace for each with a confidence score, and estimates the associated labour and paint hours. That draft goes to an estimator, who reviews every line, corrects anything the photos didn't show, and sets the pricing. It removes the blank-page work, not the judgement.
Does it replace our existing bodyshop management system?
It doesn't have to, and for most collision centres it shouldn't. Insurer platform integrations, parts catalogues and full accounting are areas where the established suites are still stronger, and we say so on our comparison page. Most shops keep their management system and add PanelGear for estimating speed and collaboration.
Does it work across multiple sites?
Yes. It's browser-based with role-based permissions, so a team spread across several sites works from the same jobs with the access each role needs. There's nothing to install on individual machines.
Different word, same job
However your part of the trade describes itself, PanelGear works the same way.
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