Six problems your shop has today. Six things Helios does about them.
Not a feature list — a walk through the day of a collision shop and where the hours leak out.
Stop chasing technicians for status
A customer calls, and finding the answer takes a walk to the back, a conversation, and a look at a whiteboard that was last accurate this morning. Helios gives every vehicle a live position — stage, bay, technician, hours — visible from any device.
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02071140290040414Plan your week — and the five after it
The planning board shows six weeks of capacity at once. Drag a job onto a week and the hour totals recalculate before you commit to a delivery date.
6-week production view
See booked hours vs. capacity across a rolling six weeks — the horizon most shops never had.
Drag-and-drop scheduling
Move a job to a new week and totals update live. No re-keying, no second spreadsheet.
Instant vehicle check-in
A car arrives, it’s on the board in seconds — with hours and production value attached.
The production board that runs your entire shop
Left-to-right workflow that matches how work actually moves. Custom status colors you define, so a glance tells you what’s on hold. Live hour and production-value totals sit on every column.
Custom status colors
Define the statuses your shop actually uses — parts hold, waiting on approval, sublet out — and color them so problems surface without anyone reporting them.
Live hour & value totals
Booked hours and production value per column and shop-wide. The number at the bottom of the board is always current.
Every photo and document stays with the job
Techs upload from their phone straight to the RO. Estimates, supplements and reports live on the same job card. When an insurer wants the file, you download every photo as a ZIP.
Mobile photo upload
From the tech’s phone to the job card in one tap. No email, no AirDrop, no lost images.
Download all as ZIP
One click hands the insurer or customer the complete photo set for a repair order.
Docs in one place
PDFs, estimates, supplements and reports centralized on the job — not in someone’s inbox.
Everyone sees the same shop — instantly
Phones, tablets, office desktops and the shop-floor TV all show the same board with no manual refresh. Helios syncs with CCC ONE, so new jobs and status changes flow in automatically.
Go live in under 24 hours. Cloud-based, nothing to install, free onboarding, and we migrate your current whiteboard or spreadsheet for you.
Helios vs. Tekmetric vs. AutoLeap
Both are solid tools built for mechanical service writing. If your problem is that you can’t see your floor, that’s the gap Helios was built to close.
| Capability | Helios Pro | Tekmetric | AutoLeap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live visual production board | ✓ Core product | — | — |
| Six-week capacity planning | ✓ | — | Limited |
| Purpose-built for collision | ✓ | Mechanical-first | Mechanical-first |
| CCC ONE estimate sync | ✓ Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Live hour + production-value totals | ✓ | Reports only | Reports only |
| Photos & docs attached to RO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mechanical labor guides | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Typical time to go live | Under 24 hours | 2–6 weeks | 2–4 weeks |
| Starting price (10 users) | $199/mo | $399+/mo | $349+/mo |