DriveOps is all-in-one driving school management software. It handles lesson scheduling, online bookings, students, instructors and payments — so you can spend less time on admin and more time on the road.
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Features
One platform for lesson scheduling, learner drivers, instructors, K53 tests and payments. No spreadsheets required.
Book lessons in seconds. Manage instructor availability by the day and time, eliminate double-bookings, and let learners book, move or cancel their own lessons within your rules.
Import your learners from a spreadsheet, manage packages and balances, track K53 skills from your phone, record every test attempt, and share progress with parents.
Record cash and EFT, or let learners pay online straight into your own PayFast account. Numbered PDF receipts and statements, and deposits at booking if you want them.
Each instructor has their own dashboard, schedule view, and student roster. Set availability per day of the week.
Learners get email reminders 24 hours and 2 hours before each lesson and confirm with one tap. Learners without email get a ready-to-send WhatsApp message. Track no-shows and revenue lost.
Your school gets its own online booking page. Students pick a package, date, time and pickup area, you get the booking — no phone calls, no back-and-forth.
Pricing
Three plans to match your school size. Pay monthly or save with annual billing.
Just you. Full DriveOps features for one-person driving schools.
Up to 5 instructors. Everything you need to get started.
Up to 15 instructors. Built for growing schools.
How It Works
No training required. Three steps and you're live.
Create your school profile, add instructors, and configure their availability slots. The whole setup takes under 10 minutes.
Each student gets a login and their own dashboard to track their lesson package, upcoming bookings, and completed lesson history.
Watch your calendar fill up. Track revenue and outstanding payments. Focus on teaching — DriveOps handles the paperwork.
FAQ
What South African driving school owners ask us most.
DriveOps is online driving school management software made in South Africa. It brings lesson scheduling, online student bookings, instructor calendars, K53 test dates, vehicles and payment tracking into one web app, so you can stop juggling spreadsheets, paper diaries and WhatsApp groups.
Plans start at R97 per month for a one-instructor school (Solo). Starter is R197 per month for up to 5 instructors and Pro is R397 per month for up to 15 instructors. Every plan includes unlimited students, and paying annually saves about 17%.
Yes. Every school gets its own online booking page. Students choose a lesson package, an instructor, a date, an open time slot and their pickup area, and the booking lands straight in your calendar. You can approve bookings manually or let them confirm automatically.
Yes. DriveOps only offers time slots inside an instructor's working hours, skips leave and blocked-off time, and refuses to book two lessons for the same instructor at the same time.
Yes. Each instructor has a personal portal with their schedule, their students, upcoming K53 tests, and their weekly availability and leave, which they can manage themselves.
Yes. Instructors tick each K53 skill (Not started, Practising, Test ready) from their phone after a lesson, you see which learners are ready to book a test, and every test attempt — date, testing centre and result — is recorded. Learners and parents can see progress too.
Yes. Learners get email reminders 24 hours and 2 hours before each lesson, with a link to confirm or ask to reschedule. For learners without email, DriveOps prepares a WhatsApp message you send with one tap.
Yes, if you have a PayFast account: learners pay straight into your own PayFast account, never through DriveOps. You can also ask for a deposit when they book, and every payment gets a numbered PDF receipt.
DriveOps supports Code A (motorcycle), Code B and EB (light motor vehicle) and Code C and EC (heavy motor vehicles), in manual or automatic. You can price lesson packages per code and transmission.
No. DriveOps runs in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer, so there is nothing to download or update.
Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually in Rand through PayFast. You can upgrade, downgrade or cancel your plan from your account settings at any time.
Yes. Request a demo on this page or message us on WhatsApp, and we'll walk you through DriveOps with your own school's setup in mind — we can even import your learners for you on the call.