OneBookPlus vs iBodyshop
The complete smash repair platform
iBodyshop runs the claim workflow well and even builds its own bodyshop accounting. What its pages don't cover is BAS-ready figures, a tap-to-approve supplementary thread, or the marketing that brings the next car in. OneBookPlus covers the whole business from one app.
Key takeaways
5- iBodyshop publishes four plans on its own pricing page, priced per subscription by how many office logins you need and quoted excluding GST, with the Audatex module charged on top. The current figures are in the pricing row of the cited comparison table below.
- OneBookPlus is the all-in-one alternative: insurance claim workflow + supplementary thread + courtesy cars + accounting + reviews + marketing bundled from $0/month (Free), $29/month (Starter), $49/month (Plus), or $69/month (Growth). AUD billing, per business, with GST included in the figure.
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- Both handle the smash-repair fundamentals: IAG / Suncorp / AAMI / Allianz / RACV claim templates, per-insurer SLA timers, photo evidence packs, parts catalogue, labour-unit vs actual-hours profitability reporting, loan-car management and a customer-vehicle directory. Both also ship their own accounting rather than leaning on Xero.
- iBodyshop wins on: native Audatex / Mitchell estimating, online assessing through IAG O.R.M. and Suncorp P-Net, and accounting written specifically for a bodyshop with drill-down to the scanned source document.
- OneBookPlus wins on: quarterly BAS-ready figures its accounting pages don't document, a tap-to-approve SMS supplementary thread, excess-KM billing that lands on the linked invoice, Google review requests and email campaigns, and a free plan.
Estimating for the panel shop, or the panel shop’s ledger
OneBookPlus
From $0/mo. Bookings, invoicing, CRM and accounting on one plan; AI and payroll are add-ons
- IAG / Suncorp / AAMI / Allianz claim templates
- SMS supplementary thread (assessor approves on phone)
- Photo evidence pack export
- Courtesy car manager with damage capture
- Customer-vehicle directory + VIN scan
- Labour-unit vs actual-hours reporting
- Built-in accounting & BAS
- Google review automation
- Email marketing & campaigns
- Mobile-first PWA
iBodyshop
Published plans, ex GST. The smash-repair specialist
- IAG / Suncorp / AAMI claim templates
- Insurer-portal & online assessing
- Tap-to-approve SMS supplementaries
- Photo evidence packs
- Loan car manager (Professional plan up)
- Excess-KM billing on the invoice
- Bodyshop-specific accounting
- Bank feeds & BAS-ready figures
- Google review automation
- Email marketing & booking page
OneBookPlus vs iBodyshop: detailed comparison
See exactly what's included in each platform. Both cover the claim; the difference is what happens either side of it, from the tax invoice to the next customer.
| Feature | OneBookPlus | iBodyshop |
|---|---|---|
| IAG / Suncorp / AAMI / Allianz claim workflow | Yes | Yes |
| Per-insurer SLA timers | Yes | Yes |
| Supplementary-quote thread (assessor approves on phone) | Yes | No |
| Photo evidence pack export | Yes | Yes |
| Customer-vehicle directory + VIN scan | Yes | Yes |
| Labour-unit vs actual-hours profitability | Yes | Yes |
| Courtesy car / loaner fleet manager | Yes | Yes |
| Excess-KM auto-billing on the linked invoice | Yes | No |
| SMS approval for variations (one-tap) | Yes | No |
| Digital body-diagram inspection | Yes | Yes |
| Parts catalogue with supplier reorder | Yes | Yes |
| GST-compliant invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in accounting | Yes | Yes |
| Quarterly BAS-ready reports | Yes | No |
| Bank feed reconciliation | No | No |
| Google review automation | Yes | No |
| Email marketing & campaigns | Yes | No |
| Online booking page for customers | Yes | No |
| Free plan available | Yes | No |
| Longer smash-repair industry track record | No | Yes |
| Established estimating-platform integrations | No | Yes |
| Price (AUD) | From $0/mo | Published per-site plans |
| All included | Ex GST · Audatex module extra |
The 16 dimensions an Australian smash shop checks first
Where the difference between a dedicated smash-repair claim tool and an all-in-one AU-tax-native platform actually shows up, from Audatex / Mitchell estimating depth (iBodyshop’s home turf) to bundled accounting and review automation. Cited against iBodyshop’s public pages.
Where iBodyshop wins
Audatex and Mitchell, integrated natively
iBodyshop is a long-established platform focused on one problem: running an Australian smash-repair business. That focus is real. Its native Audatex and Mitchell estimating integration pulls quote line items straight off the assessor’s estimate with no re-keying, whereas OneBookPlus accepts that output as a PDF or CSV import today but doesn’t yet integrate at that depth. The claim-handling conventions, parts-ordering flows, and reporting are mature, and most insurance assessors already recognise an iBodyshop-formatted claim. If you run a 5+ bay multi-site group with SOPs and staff training built around iBodyshop, and estimating integration is a day-one requirement, that depth is genuine and the switch isn’t urgent.
Where OneBookPlus wins
BAS figures, an SMS supplementary, and the next car in
BAS figures, not just a ledger. iBodyshop ships its own bodyshop-specific accounting with drill-down to the scanned source document and a free accountant login. What that page doesn’t document is automated Australian bank feeds or BAS. OneBookPlus produces the quarterly G1, 1A and 1B figures directly from the invoices and expenses in your ledger, so the lodgement isn’t assembled by hand or exported out to another ledger first.
SMS supplementary thread, not a queued portal loop. iBodyshop’s documented workflow submits supplementaries through the insurer channels it integrates with, so the assessor sees your extra panels and photos when they next check their queue. OneBookPlus sends a single tap-to-approve SMS straight to the assessor’s phone, so a variation found mid-strip can be signed off from the road instead of waiting on a queue.
Excess-KM billing, reviews, and the next car in. iBodyshop includes a loan-car module on its higher plans, but the billing tail isn’t documented, and neither is review or campaign automation. OneBookPlus captures handover damage, bills excess KMs to customer or insurer on the linked invoice, fires a Google review request after every paid job, and keeps past customers reachable by email campaign.
Who moves off iBodyshop, and who should stay
Supplementaries the assessor can approve on their phone
iBodyshop submits supplementaries through the insurer channels it integrates with, so approval waits on the assessor's next queue check. OneBookPlus runs them on an SMS thread with a tap-to-view link, so the extra panels and photos land on the assessor's phone while the car is still on the hoist.
BAS figures, not a hand-built lodgement
iBodyshop has its own bodyshop accounting, but its pages document no automated Australian bank feeds and no BAS reporting. OneBookPlus produces quarterly G1, 1A and 1B figures directly from the invoices and expenses in your ledger, and reads the supplier, date, GST and total off a photographed receipt or a PDF bill.
One published price, GST included
iBodyshop's plans are per subscription, quoted excluding GST, stepped by how many office logins you need, with the Audatex module on top. OneBookPlus publishes $0 to $69 a month including GST, per business, with no module fees to add up.
Excess-KM billing built in
iBodyshop includes a Loan Cars Manager from the Professional plan up; what isn't documented is what happens to the money. OneBookPlus's Courtesy Car Manager captures fuel, KMs and damage at handover and return, with excess KMs billing back to the customer or insurer on the linked invoice automatically.
Google review requests after every paid invoice
iBodyshop includes customer satisfaction surveys, which stay inside the shop. OneBookPlus sends a public Google review request after every paid invoice, straight to Google with nothing filtered on the way, which is the side of reputation smash repairers are actually found on.
The marketing that brings the next car in
iBodyshop's pages document no email campaigns and no customer-facing booking page. OneBookPlus keeps past customers reachable by email or SMS campaign and gives private-work customers a booking page, so the shop isn't wholly dependent on insurer allocation.
OneBookPlus vs iBodyshop: your questions answered
How does OneBookPlus compare to iBodyshop for an Australian panel beater?
iBodyshop is the deeper smash-repair specialist and it is honest to say so. It has native Audatex and Mitchell estimating, online assessing through IAG O.R.M. and Suncorp P-Net, a loan-car module on its higher plans, and its own bodyshop-specific accounting, which is a genuinely unusual thing for a trade platform to build. OneBookPlus matches it on the core claim workflow (IAG, Suncorp, AAMI, Allianz, RACV templates), then goes wider rather than deeper: a tap-to-approve SMS supplementary thread, quarterly BAS-ready figures, a customer booking page, email campaigns and Google review requests. A high-volume multi-site group with staff trained on iBodyshop should stay. An independent or 1-3 bay shop that wants one lighter subscription across the whole business is the profile that moves.
Does iBodyshop include accounting, or do I need Xero as well?
iBodyshop includes its own accounting module, built specifically for bodyshops, on every plan, with a free login for your accountant and optional export interfaces to Xero, MYOB or MoneyWorks. So the honest difference isn't whether accounting exists, it's what shape it takes. OneBookPlus reads the supplier, date, GST and total off a photographed receipt or a PDF bill and produces quarterly BAS-ready figures (G1, 1A, 1B) directly; iBodyshop's accounting pages document neither automated bank feeds nor BAS reporting. If your bookkeeper already works inside iBodyshop, that is a real reason to stay.
How much does iBodyshop cost compared to OneBookPlus?
iBodyshop publishes its plans on its own pricing page, and the current figures are in the pricing row of the comparison table above. They are billed per subscription rather than per seat, stepped by how many office logins you need, and quoted excluding GST, with the Audatex module charged on top. OneBookPlus is $0 (Free), $29 (Starter), $49 (Plus) or $69 (Growth) per month including GST, per business rather than per site. The two are not like-for-like: iBodyshop's higher plans buy smash-repair depth OneBookPlus doesn't have, and OneBookPlus's plans buy breadth across the rest of the business.
Does OneBookPlus integrate with Audatex / Mitchell estimating?
Direct Audatex and Mitchell integration is on the roadmap for the Insurance Repair Portal app and is the single most-requested integration from panel-beater customers. Today, OneBookPlus accepts the standard estimating output (PDF / image attachment per panel + line-item import via CSV) and handles the supplementary-quote workflow downstream. If deep estimating integration is a day-one requirement, iBodyshop is the established choice.
What's different about the supplementary workflow?
iBodyshop submits supplementaries through the online assessing channels it integrates with, IAG O.R.M. and Suncorp P-Net, plus its integrated two-way SMS and job email. The tech adds line items to the existing claim, the supplementary goes up the insurer channel, and the assessor reviews it when they next check their queue; a dedicated tap-to-approve link is not documented on its pages. OneBookPlus runs the supplementary as a single SMS thread with a tap-to-view link, so the assessor can open the photos and the added lines on their phone and approve without going back to a desk.
Does it handle courtesy / loaner vehicles?
Both do. iBodyshop's pricing page includes a Loan Cars Manager from the Professional plan up. The OneBookPlus Courtesy Car Manager app maintains your loaner fleet with rego, model, and condition photos, assigns to a job in two taps, and captures fuel, KMs and damage at handover and return. The part that isn't documented on iBodyshop's pages is the billing tail: excess KMs or late returns flowing back onto the linked invoice to the customer or insurer automatically.
How does OneBookPlus compare to iBodyshop for a smash shop that also needs its books done?
Both do books, differently. iBodyshop built its own accounting module specifically for bodyshops, with drill-down to the scanned source document and a free accountant login, which is genuinely more bodyshop-shaped than a generic ledger. What its pages don't document is automated Australian bank feeds or BAS reporting, so the quarterly lodgement still gets assembled by hand or exported to Xero, MYOB or MoneyWorks. OneBookPlus produces BAS-ready figures directly from the invoices and expenses in its ledger, alongside the claim workflow, supplementary thread, photo evidence, courtesy cars, reviews and marketing. iBodyshop is still deeper in one place that matters: its native Audatex and Mitchell estimating pulls quote line items straight off the assessor's estimate, where OneBookPlus accepts that output today only as a PDF or CSV import.
How OneBookPlus runs your smash shop, and your books too
iBodyshop is the established choice for Australian smash-repair management: claim workflow, photo evidence, supplementary tracking, parts ordering, and its own accounting module written for bodyshops. Where that page stops is the automated end of the books: no bank feeds, no BAS reporting, and export interfaces to Xero, MYOB or MoneyWorks if you want them. OneBookPlus produces the BAS figures itself. The claim file, the photo pack, the supplementary thread, the parts invoices and the BAS figures all live in one platform.
A job starts when the vehicle arrives: open a claim against the customer-vehicle record, pick the insurer template (IAG, Suncorp, AAMI, Allianz, RACV, Youi, Budget Direct), and the per-insurer SLA timer starts running. Drop the Audatex or Mitchell estimate in as a PDF or CSV import, photograph the damage on the digital body diagram, and assign a courtesy car in two taps with handover fuel, KMs and condition photos captured up front. Everything attaches to the one claim file.
When a hidden repair surfaces mid-strip, you don't wait on the insurer-portal queue that iBodyshop's supplementary workflow runs on. OneBookPlus fires a supplementary as a single tap-to-approve SMS straight to the assessor's phone, so they review on the road and approve in minutes. The approved variation flows onto the GST-compliant invoice with your ABN and labour-unit lines, alongside any excess-KM charge from the loaner at return.
Where OneBookPlus really diverges from iBodyshop is what happens after the car leaves. Every claim, supplementary, part and excess-KM charge feeds the same built-in accounting: P&L updates in real time, payments reconcile against the invoices they settle, and BAS is one click showing GST collected, GST paid and net obligation. Then a Google review request goes out after payment, and the customer can be added to an email list for next-service reminders, review and email-marketing automation that iBodyshop's feature set does not document.
Three features where OneBookPlus pulls ahead for smash repairers
SMS supplementary thread
iBodyshop's documented workflow runs supplementaries through the insurer channels it integrates with, so the assessor sees your photos and quote on their next queue check rather than via a dedicated tap-to-approve channel. OneBookPlus sends a single SMS with a tap-to-view link straight to the assessor's phone. They review on-site at another shop, on the road, anywhere, and tap approve, so a variation stops being a job that waits for someone to sit down at a desk.
Courtesy Car Manager with damage capture & excess-KM billing
iBodyshop includes a Loan Cars Manager on its Professional plan and up, but handover photo capture and excess-KM auto-billing are not documented there. The Courtesy Car Manager maintains your loaner fleet with rego, model, and condition photos. Assign in two taps, capture fuel + KMs + damage at handover and return, get an over-due alert if a loaner has been out more than 24 hours past the job's promised return, and bill excess KMs back to customer or insurer (depending on policy) on the linked invoice automatically, revenue that usually falls through the cracks with manual tracking.
Built-in BAS & per-insurer profitability
Photograph a supplier receipt or drag in a PDF bill and the supplier, date, GST and total are read off it, ready to code against the job (Capricorn, paint suppliers, parts, sublet repairs, courtesy-car fuel). BAS reporting is one click. Per-insurer profitability reports show actual margin per IAG, Suncorp, AAMI, Allianz and RACV stream, useful when renewing contracts or deciding which assignments to take. iBodyshop has its own accounting module, but automated bank feeds and BAS reporting are not documented on its accounting page.
Who should switch from iBodyshop to OneBookPlus
Independent smash repairers (1 to 4 bays) on a plan sized for a bigger shop.
iBodyshop’s plans step up by office-login count and add module fees for Audatex, which suits a shop with an office team and thins out for a one-or-two-person front desk. OneBookPlus is one published price per business with no module list to add up.
Shops waiting on the insurer queue for every variation.
If approved variations sit until the assessor next opens their queue, the SMS approval workflow puts the extra panels and photos on their phone instead, so the car isn’t held up waiting for a desk.
Shops writing off courtesy-car excess KMs because nobody bills them.
When excess KMs and late returns fall through the cracks because nobody chases them, the Courtesy Car Manager's auto-bill workflow captures that revenue on the linked invoice, and Google review automation lifts the local search reputation smash repairers live or die on.
When iBodyshop might still be the better fit:
If you run a 5+ bay multi-site smash group with deep iBodyshop investment, rely heavily on native Audatex / Mitchell estimating integration as a day-one requirement (today's OneBookPlus accepts the output as PDF/CSV but doesn't deeply integrate), or have workflow training and SOPs built around iBodyshop's established conventions, iBodyshop's smash-repair specialism is genuinely deeper.
How to switch from iBodyshop to OneBookPlus
Export your customers, vehicles and active claims from iBodyshop
Export your customer and active-claim list from iBodyshop via CSV: names, vehicle regos, VINs and contact details map across to the OneBookPlus customer-vehicle directory. Keep iBodyshop active as a read-only archive for historical claims you may need to look back on.
Set GST, ABN and per-insurer labour rates
Set your default GST treatment, ABN, and per-insurer labour-unit rates. The Insurance Repair Portal app activates the claim templates for IAG, Suncorp, AAMI, Allianz, RACV, Youi and Budget Direct. This takes about 15 minutes.
Run new claims in OneBookPlus, wind down iBodyshop and Xero
Start all new claims in OneBookPlus, where the SMS supplementary workflow fires from day one and every claim, part and invoice posts to your books without the second app. Most shops run both for a month, then cancel iBodyshop and the standalone Xero subscription once the new workflow is comfortable.
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About this comparison
How we compared OneBookPlus to iBodyshop
Feature claims about OneBookPlus reflect what is shipping today on onebookplus.com.au. iBodyshop pricing and feature claims were read off iBodyshop’s public Australian product pages on . Vendor pricing changes frequently, so check the iBodyshop website for your specific situation before making a decision.
Disclosure: OneBookPlus publishes this comparison and stands to benefit if you switch. We aim to compare like-for-like on capability and Australian tax compliance, if you spot something out of date, email hello@onebookplus.com.au and we’ll review it.
About the author
Bishal Shrestha
Founder & CEO, OneBookPlus
Bishal spent a decade running digital projects for Australian small businesses before founding OneBookPlus. He writes and maintains these pages, and publishes what OneBookPlus does not do alongside what it does.
Read the founder bioHow this page was researched
Every iBodyshop price and capability claim on this page was read off iBodyshop's own published Australian pages on the date printed above, and recorded in competitor-facts.ts with that date. Claims about OneBookPlus describe what ships today, and the page names what we do not do.
Last reviewed and updated: by Bishal Shrestha