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Auto Repair

Get the repair paid before the keys change hands.

From estimate approval to final invoice, Pulse lets auto shops collect by text-to-pay, over the phone, or on a branded portal — so cars get picked up faster and card data never touches your service drive.

The challenge

What’s slowing collection down.

Chasing payment at pickup ties up the front counter and slows the whole drive.

Approving estimates and upsells over the phone means reading card numbers aloud — a PCI and fraud risk.

Fleet and warranty accounts need recurring, account-based billing your terminal can’t do.

How Pulse helps

Built for auto repair, on one secure platform.

Text-to-pay on completion

Text a secure pay link the moment the repair’s done; customers tap to pay before they arrive, so pickup is just handing over keys.

Approve estimates by phone

Take deposit or approval payments over the phone by keypad — service writers never see or key the card.

Fleet & account billing

Set up recurring and consolidated accounts for fleets and commercial customers on the same platform.

AI voice follow-up

An AI agent calls to confirm approvals, remind about ready vehicles, and collect balances automatically.

No card on the drive

PCI DSS Level 1 and tokenized — card data never lands in your shop-management system or on the counter.

Works with your systems

Layer Pulse onto the phones and shop tools you already run; no rip-and-replace.

See pay-by-phone & text-to-pay, the payments product, or the PCI DSS Level 1 security model.

FAQ

Auto Repair payments, answered.

How can an auto repair shop take payment by text?

Pulse sends the customer a secure text-to-pay link when the repair is complete. They tap it, pay on a tokenized checkout page, and the payment reconciles to the invoice — so the car is paid for before pickup.

Can we take deposits or estimate approvals over the phone securely?

Yes. Customers enter card details by keypad directly into the gateway; your service writers never see or handle the number, which keeps card data off your drive and out of PCI scope.

Does it handle fleet or commercial accounts?

Yes. You can set up recurring and account-based billing for fleets and commercial customers alongside one-time repair payments.

Will it work with our shop-management software and phones?

Pulse is vendor-agnostic and layers onto the systems you already use rather than replacing them.

Get started

See it on your auto repair workflow.

Book a walkthrough and we’ll show text, phone, and portal payments on your setup.