While you teach, DriveDesk is answering calls, booking lessons and filling gaps.
Website, AI receptionist, CRM, pupil portal and marketing — the whole business in one login. Try every bit of it free for 14 days.
No credit card · Cancel anytime · PDIs free until qualified
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The whole thing, in 75 seconds
Prefer watching to reading? Here's everything DriveDesk does — the real product, no staging.
Why DriveDesk
One subscription vs the stack you're juggling
A diary app plus a website builder plus a chatbot still can't answer your phone or fill a cancelled slot. DriveDesk does the lot — for less than the parts.
| You get | DriveDesk | Diary apps | Chat widgets | Website builders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI receptionist — calls, WhatsApp & SMS, 24/7 | text only | |||
| Full CRM — diary, pupils, payments & vehicles | diary only | |||
| Professional instructor website | ||||
| Books enquiries straight into your live diary | ||||
| Pupil portal with DVSA progress | basic notes | |||
| Smart Gaps — auto-fills cancelled slots | ||||
| Test-ready forecast & Road Passport | ||||
| Mock tests on the DL25 + fault heat-map | ||||
| Instructor cover network for sick days | ||||
| Voice debrief & Standards Check coach | ||||
| Social posting to 6 networks + ads + reviews | ||||
| Monthly cost | £50–500 all-in | £10–21 | £30–60 | £15–30 + plugins |
| Your realistic stack | £50–500 — the lot | £55–110 combined — still no phone answering, no gap-filling, no pupil portal | ||
Headline features nobody else bundles · Diary apps = Total Drive, MyDriveTime, GoRoadie · Chat widgets = Tidio/Chatbase-style bots
DriveDesk — wins
£50–500/mo
Every single row ticked. Phone answering included.
Diary app alone
~£15/mo
You still need a site, receptionist, portal and marketing.
Add a chatbot
+£30–60/mo
Can't answer your phone or book into a live diary.
Add a website
+£15–30/mo
Still no diary, pupils, payments or progress tracking.
Stacked together: £60–111/mo — and it still can't answer your phone.
Everything in that table is live today — 14 days free, no card.
The road between you
Watch every pupil go from red to green
The same colour coding your pupils see in their portal — and you see on every record. Nobody wonders “are they ready?” ever again.
Just started
“Where do I even begin?”
- Skills at “introduced” — moving off, junctions, mirrors
- Receptionist already answered their first call and booked lesson one
- Theory-test progress tracked in the portal from day one
Getting there
“Nearly independent — roundabouts still wobbly.”
- You see exactly which skills lag — mock faults heat-mapped
- AI homework drills match the weak spots you flagged
- Parents log private practice that counts toward coverage
Test-ready
“Forecast says ready — book it.”
- Test-ready forecast confirms all 27 skills + conditions covered
- Warns when a booked test is too early — before it costs a fee
- Pass triggers the alumni journey: review, Pass Plus, motorway
Who it's for
Two wins in one product
The instructor gets a business that runs itself. The pupil gets the clearest path to a pass on the market — with a car and the road between you.
For you, the instructor
Your business, running itself
- Never miss an enquiry — calls, WhatsApp and SMS answered 24/7
- Cancelled slots refill themselves while you're still teaching
- Voice debrief — dictate 30 seconds, the lesson note's written
- Sick day? A verified nearby instructor can cover it
- Money chased for you — blocks, instalments, deposits, reminders
For your pupils
The clearest path to a pass
- Their own portal — progress, your notes, homework, booking, pay
- Test-ready forecast — they see the date they'll be ready
- Road Passport — night, rain, motorway and rush-hour coverage
- Mock tests scored on the real DL25, faults heat-mapped
- Parents log private practice that lands on your record
Everything in one login
Five tools, one monthly price
Pick one — every screenshot below is the real product, not a mockup.
Your website
A mobile-first instructor site live in minutes — prices, areas, reviews and online booking. Edit it by chatting to the AI.
Open Sam's demo site
Only on DriveDesk
Ten things nobody else does.
We checked every UK competitor — Total Drive, MyDriveTime, GoRoadie, the lot. These ten are industry-firsts, built for how ADIs actually work.
Smart Gaps
FirstA pupil cancels at 9pm — DriveDesk offers the slot to the best-matched pupils on your waitlist automatically and rebooks the first to claim.
Cover network
FirstIll on a Tuesday? Verified nearby DriveDesk instructors can cover your lesson with the pupil's consent — split payment handled.
Voice lesson debrief
FirstDictate 30 seconds in the car — AI writes the structured lesson note and updates the pupil's DVSA record. No typing between lessons.
Road Passport
FirstTracks every pupil's real-world coverage — night driving, rain, motorway, rush hour — from your outcomes plus parent-supervised practice.
Standards Check coach
FirstRecord a lesson and get scored against the three DVSA competencies — the prep tool every ADI wishes existed. Doubles as Part 3 training.
Alumni engine
FirstAfter the pass it doesn't stop — automatic review requests, then motorway, Pass Plus and refresher offers on a timed journey.
Practice partner
FirstPupils link mum or dad as a supervisor — guided checklists for private practice that log straight back to your record.
AI homework coach
FirstBetween lessons, pupils get drills matched to the skills you flagged — "here's a 3-step junction routine" — not just theory questions.
Mock tests on the DL25
FirstMark faults on the real DVSA sheet one-handed in the car; pupils get an official-style scorecard plus a fault heat-map across all their mocks.
Test-ready forecast
FirstThe progress matrix predicts when each pupil will be ready — and warns them when a booked test is too early, upselling extra hours for you.
No credit card · Every one of these is live today
Word of mouth
Instructors who never look back
“I used to come home to four missed calls and two texts I'd forget. Now the receptionist books them before I've parked. My Saturday hasn't had a gap in months.”
“Free until I qualified, and the Standards Check coach scored my recorded lessons — my Part 3 felt like a formality. Stayed on after.”
“I can see exactly what my son's practising and log our private drives so his instructor sees them too. We knew he was ready before he booked.”
Pricing
Simple, honest pricing
14-day free trial on every plan. No card to start. PDIs free until qualified. VAT included — the price you see is the price you pay.
Solo Lite
£50/month
- Your own instructor website
- Your own domain name
- Find-an-instructor directory listing
- Diary, pupils, payments and vehicles
- Pupil progress portal
- AI chat and voice receptionist on your site
- Phone answering on your own number
- Social posting to 6 networks
- Meta and Google ads
- School-wide dashboard
- Multiple instructor seats
Solo
£100/month
- Your own instructor website
- Your own domain name
- Find-an-instructor directory listing
- Diary, pupils, payments and vehicles
- Pupil progress portal
- AI chat and voice receptionist on your site
- Phone answering on your own number
- Social posting to 6 networks
- Meta and Google ads
- School-wide dashboard
- Multiple instructor seats
School
£500/month
- Your own instructor website
- Your own domain name
- Find-an-instructor directory listing
- Diary, pupils, payments and vehicles
- Pupil progress portal
- AI chat and voice receptionist on your site
- Phone answering on your own number
- Social posting to 6 networks
- Meta and Google ads
- School-wide dashboard
- Multiple instructor seats
Lite keeps the website, diary and portal — Solo adds phone answering and the ads manager. Schools add a school-wide dashboard and per-instructor seats.
FAQ
Questions instructors ask
How long does it take to set up?+
Most instructors are live inside an hour: pick a site theme, enter your prices and areas, connect your diary, done. Your data imports from a CSV if you're moving off a spreadsheet or another app.
Does the AI receptionist really book into my diary?+
Yes — it reads your real availability, offers slots, and confirms into the diary with the pupil's name, number and pickup notes. You see it like any other booking. Phone answering on your own number needs a Telnyx-connected line, which we set up for you on Solo and School.
I'm a PDI — is it really free?+
Free until you pass your Part 3. You get the website, diary, pupil portal and the Standards Check coach — which is genuinely the best Part 3 prep you can buy, except it costs nothing.
What happens to my data if I leave?+
It's yours — pupils, payments, lesson history and the DVSA records export to CSV in one click. No lock-in, no ransom.
Do I need to replace my phone number?+
No. Keep your number — calls forward to the DriveDesk receptionist when you can't answer, or full-time if you prefer. We supply a UK number if you'd rather separate work and home.
How is this different from Total Drive or MyDriveTime?+
Those are diary-and-payments apps. DriveDesk adds the things they don't do: the AI receptionist answering calls and WhatsApp, a pupil portal with test-ready forecasting, automatic gap-filling when lessons cancel, the instructor cover network, and a marketing engine with ads and reviews — all in one subscription.
Is my pupils' data safe?+
UK-hosted, every school isolated, GDPR-compliant exports and deletion. We're ICO-registered and you get a ready-made data processing agreement for your records.
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Start the free month — site, receptionist, CRM and portal. Set up in an afternoon; keep it only if it earns.
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