Best overall

Jobber8.8 · from $49/mo

Cheapest published entry

OctopusPro7.0 · from $36.25/mo

Best call handling, no price

Workiz6.8 · quote only

Why locksmiths have no software of their own

Search any other trade we cover and vertical specialists dominate the results. Search locksmith software and you get Workiz, OctopusPro, FieldPulse, Housecall Pro and a Jobber advert. There is no locksmith equivalent of Skimmer or AccuLynx. The reason is structural, and it is worth understanding before you buy.

The work does not repeat

Pool routes and pest contracts are recurring: the same properties on a schedule, which is what a vertical product optimises. Locksmith work is overwhelmingly one-off and unplanned — a lockout at 11pm, a rekey after a tenant leaves. There is no route to optimise, so the specialist advantage never materialised and the generalists were good enough.

What a locksmith actually needs that a plumber does not

Three things. Inbound call handling, because the job starts with a phone ringing and the nearest van wins. Dispatch by proximity rather than by schedule. And parts inventory in the van — cylinders, blanks, transponders — which most general platforms treat as an afterthought.

A warning about what else ranks for this term

Some results for “locksmith software” are not business software at all. CLK Supplies sells automotive key and transponder programming tools, and “master keying software” is a distinct product for designing keying schedules on a commercial building. Neither manages a business. If you came looking for key-code or master-keying software, nothing on this page will help you.

Locksmith software compared

Six platforms, all of them general field service systems. Jobber leads at 8.8 from $49 a month and Housecall Pro follows at 8.0. OctopusPro at 7.0 is the cheapest published entry. Workiz and ServiceTitan tie at 6.8 and FieldPulse takes 6.0 — all three because they publish no pricing.

Scores are issued once per product and reused across this site, not re-scored per industry. The fit column is what changes. Prices verified against each vendor’s own pricing page on 23 August 2026, in USD.

Workiz: the right features, no price

Workiz scores 6.8 out of 10. It is the first organic result for this term and the only platform here whose feature set was clearly shaped by trades that live on the phone — locksmiths, garage doors, junk removal. What it will not do is tell you what any of it costs.

Why it fits locksmith work

The phone system is inside the product rather than bolted on. Calls are tracked, recorded and attached to jobs, so the lockout that came in at 11pm has its own record and the dispatcher can see which van is nearest. For a business where the job begins with a ringing phone and ends ninety minutes later, that is the workflow, not a feature.

Three tiers, three “Request pricing” buttons

Standard, Pro and Ultimate. Every one of them replaces the price with a “Request pricing” button. There is no starting figure, no per-user rate and no range anywhere on the page — a page whose own headline reads “Finally, a field service software that’s easy, powerful & fairly priced”.

We take four out of ten on price for that, the same as FieldPulse, PestPac and AccuLynx, and for the same reason set out on our scoring page. A buyer comparing options on a Sunday evening cannot compare a product that requires a sales call to produce a number. Workiz would likely score around 8 if it published; the gap between 6.8 and that is entirely self-inflicted.

OctopusPro: the opposite approach

OctopusPro scores 7.0 out of 10 and publishes more pricing detail than anything else in this comparison — three tiers, monthly and annual rates, per-seat costs and the usage fees on top. At $36.25 a month it is also the cheapest entry point on this page.

What each tier costs

Starter is $36.25 a month, or $348 a year for a 20% saving, and includes one admin plus one fieldworker. Established is $60 per admin seat per month plus $6 per fieldworker seat, dropping 17% on annual terms. Unlimited Users is a $99 monthly platform fee, or $999 a year.

The line to read twice

On the Unlimited Users tier the platform fee is not the whole bill. You choose between $1 per booked job or 2% of monthly invoiced revenue. On a locksmith business turning over $30,000 a month, that second option is $600 on top of the $99 — and it scales with your success rather than your usage. Pick option A unless your average job value is under $50.

Two more numbers worth knowing: the top tier requires you to supply your own Google Maps API key rather than using the shared one, and a branded mobile app is a one-time $2,500 per platform, so $5,000 for iOS and Android together.

Jobber and Housecall Pro for a locksmith shop

These two score highest on this site — 8.8 and 8.0 — and neither has a locksmith feature to its name. What they have is everything else done well, published pricing, and a mobile app your technician will actually open. For most one-to-three van shops that is the trade worth making.

Jobber, 8.8

Core is $49 a month month-to-month for one user, or $21 a month prepaid annually — that annual rate holds for twelve months and then rises to $29 a month, which is printed on Jobber’s pricing page and easy to miss. Additional users are $29 a month each. A two-van shop on Core is $78 a month month-to-month. Quoting, on-site invoicing and card payment are the strengths, and they matter here: a lockout is a job you want paid before you drive away.

What you do not get is call handling. Jobber will not answer the phone, route the call or record it against the job. If your dispatch problem is the phone rather than the calendar, that gap is the reason to look at Workiz despite the pricing.

Housecall Pro, 8.0

Basic is $79 a month month-to-month or $59 annually for one user. The step up is where locksmiths should look carefully: Essentials is $189 a month month-to-month for five users, and each user beyond that is $100 a month — more than an entire Basic subscription. Max is $329 a month for eight users with extras at $75. If you are growing past five people, price both tiers at your headcount before you commit.

Scoring breakdown

Four criteria, each scored 1-10, averaged with no weighting. Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan and FieldPulse carry the scores already published elsewhere on this site. Workiz and OctopusPro are scored here for the first time and will keep these numbers on every page they appear on.

Workiz and ServiceTitan land on the same 6.8 from opposite directions. ServiceTitan takes a perfect 10 on field features and loses it on ease and price; Workiz is easy and reasonably capable and loses four points for silence. Same number, entirely different product. This is why the fit column exists.

How to choose

Answer one question first: does your dispatch problem start with the phone or with the calendar? If it is the phone, Workiz is built for you and you will have to ask what it costs. If it is the calendar, Jobber is cheaper, published and scores higher.

• One to three vans, calendar-driven — Jobber, $49 a month month-to-month. Highest score on this site and a number you can check before you call anyone.
• Emergency call volume is your business — Workiz. The phone system inside the dispatch board is the reason, and the quote request is the price of admission.
• One van, watching every pound — OctopusPro at $36.25 a month. Cheapest published entry here.
• Growing past five people — price Housecall Pro Essentials against Jobber Grow at your headcount. Housecall Pro’s $100 extra seat changes the answer fast.
• You wanted key-code or master-keying software — none of these. That is a different product category entirely.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed 23 August 2026. Every price on this page was checked against the vendor’s own pricing page on that date.

Next steps

Ask Workiz for a written price at your exact number of users before you fall for the demo, and ask OctopusPro which usage model applies at your revenue. Those two answers will tell you more than any feature list.

Compare against every trade in our ranking of the 7 best field service management platforms, or browse the rest in all categories.

Best for most route businesses

Skimmer8.3 · from $49/mo

Deepest chemistry and equipment

Pool Brain7.3 · $50/mo + $65/tech

Only real free tier

Pool Service Software7.3 · free to 10 pools

Why pool software is its own category

Pool service software is built around the body of water, not the job. It carries chemical readings and dosing, equipment history per pool, and dense weekly routes — three things general field service platforms have no model for. That is the whole reason a separate category exists and why its pricing is counted per pool rather than per user.

1 · The billing unit is a pool, not a user

Every platform here except Pool Brain charges by how many bodies of water you service, not how many people log in. That inverts the usual maths: adding an office admin is free, and growing your route is what costs money. It also means the unit definition matters. Pool Service Software counts “any body of water to track”, so a house with a pool and a spa is two. Skimmer counts a “serviced location” — “any location where you perform service or repairs” — so the same house is one. Same round, different bill.

2 · Chemistry is a record, not a checkbox

A reading taken at the pool is the evidence that the visit happened and the defence when the water turns. Dosage calculators, LSI balance and photo-stamped readings are standard in this category and absent from every general platform we score.

3 · The repair pipeline runs alongside the route

Cleaning is recurring and predictable; the pump that failed on Tuesday is neither. The products that handle both well track equipment against the pool, so the technician arrives knowing which filter is fitted. This is where Pool Brain pulls ahead and where the cheaper options thin out.

If you install pools rather than maintain them, you are a construction business and none of this applies — our general comparison is the better page.

Pool service software compared

Skimmer scores 8.3 out of 10 from $49 a month and is the easiest to adopt. Pool Brain and Pool Service Software both score 7.3, one on depth and one on price. FieldPulse scores 6.0, held back entirely by publishing no pricing at all.

Same four criteria as everything on this site. Prices verified against each vendor’s own pricing page on 23 August 2026, in USD. Three of the four publish real numbers, which makes this the most transparent category we have covered.

ServiceTitan also markets to pool companies. It scores 6.8 on this site and we have not re-scored it here, because a score is issued once per product and not once per industry. The fit note is simple: it is built for forty trucks and priced for them, and it publishes no pricing either. A two-van route business is not its customer.

Skimmer

Skimmer scores 8.3 out of 10 and starts at $49 a month for up to 49 serviced locations. It is the simplest system here and the one technicians actually open. The catch is a price cliff at 50 pools, where the per-location rate doubles.

What $49 actually covers

The Getting Started plan is $1.00 per serviced location per month with a $49 monthly minimum, and that minimum already includes 49 locations. So a one-van round servicing forty pools pays $49 — not $40, because of the minimum, and not more, because you are under the cap. For a business that size this is the cheapest serious option in the category.

The cliff at fifty pools

Cross into the Scaling Up plan and the rate becomes $2.00 per serviced location with a $98 minimum. At 49 pools you pay $49. At 50 you pay $100. The bill roughly doubles for one extra customer, and it keeps doubling relative to the old rate all the way to 1,000 pools. That is not hidden — both figures are published plainly — but it is the single most important number to model before you sign, and no other vendor in this category has a step like it.

Two costs sit outside the plan on the cheaper tier: service texts are $0.029 a message on Getting Started and included above it, and the AI Phone add-on is $99 a month on any plan.

Pool Brain

Pool Brain scores 7.3 out of 10 at $50 a month plus $65 per active field technician. It is the deepest system here on chemistry, equipment and job verification, and the only one that charges by technician rather than by pool — which makes it expensive small and reasonable large.

Where the depth is

Pool Brain models cost, equipment and workflow against each body of water rather than against the visit, and validates that a job was actually completed properly rather than just marked done. If your problem is that readings get invented in the van and repairs get missed, this is the product built for that problem.

The pricing page that shows nothing until you touch it

Pool Brain’s pricing page is headed “ALL FEATURES + FREE SETUP — No hidden costs.” Underneath it, the calculator loads with empty dollar signs: “$ /Month”, “$ /Month”, “$/Month”. Only the small print “($65 per tech)” carries a number. Drag the technician slider and the figures appear — $50 a month for unlimited office users, plus $65 per technician, so $375 at five techs and $1,350 at twenty.

The pricing is real and it is fair. It just does not render until you interact with it, which means a buyer who lands on that page and scrolls sees a promise of no hidden costs above three blank prices. We score it as published, because it is, but it costs Pool Brain the point it would otherwise take from every vendor here that publishes nothing at all.

Run the maths at your size. Two technicians is $180 a month against Skimmer’s $49. Ten technicians is $700 against Skimmer’s $2 a pool. Somewhere around a large route with few techs, Skimmer wins; with many techs on few pools, Pool Brain does.

Pool Service Software

Pool Service Software scores 7.3 out of 10 and is the only platform in this category with a free plan that is not a trial. Up to 10 properties costs nothing, with all features included. It is thinner than Skimmer and Pool Brain on equipment and repairs, and that is the trade.

The free tier is real

PSS publishes four tiers: free up to 10 properties, $49.99 a month for 11 to 50, $99 a month for 51 to 100, and $0.95 per property per month above that. Each one says “All Features Included”. Annual plans take 15% off, and the site states “No Contract. No Commitments. Cancel Anytime.”

Read the footnote before you compare it with Skimmer: “A property is any body of water to track.” A client with a pool and a hot tub consumes two of your ten. Skimmer would bill that same address as one serviced location. On a round of mixed properties the two pricing models can differ by a third in either direction.

Where it thins out

The strength is invoicing that links to QuickBooks Online, routes and chemical readings — the core of a cleaning round, done cheaply. What you do not get is the equipment-level history and job validation Pool Brain builds its product around. For a round of forty pools with occasional repairs that is a fair trade. For a business where repairs are half the revenue it is not.

FieldPulse

FieldPulse scores 6.0 out of 10. It is a competent general field service platform with a pool page, and it publishes no pricing whatsoever — three tiers, two seat types, and “Pricing is customized to your team size and setup. Contact us for a quote.”

That costs it four of the ten points on our price criterion, the same way it costs FieldEdge and PestPac theirs. The reasoning is on our scoring page and it does not bend per category: a vendor that will not tell you what it costs without a sales call is imposing a real cost on a small buyer comparing options on a Sunday evening.

On features it is a seat-based platform with add-ons sold separately — VoIP, fleet tracking, custom forms, payments, financing. There is no body-of-water model and no chemistry. If you run pools alongside two other trades it is a reasonable single system. If you run pools only, the three above are built for you and two of them will quote you a price today.

Scoring breakdown

Four criteria, each scored 1-10, averaged with no weighting. Published pricing counts toward price/value, which is the whole reason FieldPulse finishes last despite being a capable platform.

The tie is real and we are leaving it. Pool Brain and Pool Service Software both average 7.3 and they get there from opposite ends — 9 on field features against 6, and 6 on price against 9. Nudging one of them to break the tie would be inventing a distinction the criteria do not support. Pick the column that describes your problem.

How to choose

Count your bodies of water and your technicians, in that order. Under fifty pools with one or two vans, Skimmer is cheapest and easiest. Over fifty, model the doubling. If repairs are a real revenue line rather than an occasional callout, pay for Pool Brain’s depth instead.

• Fewer than 50 pools, one or two vans — Skimmer at $49 a month. Nothing else here is both this cheap and this easy.
• You are starting out or running a side round — Pool Service Software, free to 10 properties with all features. Count spas separately.
• Repairs are half your revenue — Pool Brain. Equipment history per body of water is what you are buying, and $50 plus $65 a tech is what it costs.
• Pools are one of three trades you run — FieldPulse, or the platforms in our general comparison. Ask for the quote in writing.
• You build pools rather than clean them — none of these. That is construction, not route service.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed 23 August 2026. Every price on this page was checked against the vendor’s own pricing page on that date.

Next steps

Before any demo, count two numbers and send them to every vendor: how many bodies of water you service, and how many technicians drive. Those two figures move the price by a factor of four across this category, and the vendor that answers plainly at your size is usually the one to buy.

Compare against the platforms that serve every trade in our comparison of the 7 best field service management platforms, or browse the other trades we cover in all categories.

Only published price

Floorzap6.8 · from $399/mo

Broadest platform

QFloors6.3 · quote only

Measure and takeoff only

MeasureSquare6.0 · price not published

Why flooring software is its own category

Flooring businesses sell a product and install it, which means the software has to do two jobs at once: retail inventory down to remnants and cuts, and crew scheduling for measures, deliveries and installs. Field service platforms do the second and have no concept of the first, which is why none of them rank for this term.

1 · Inventory is rolls, cuts and allocations

A carpet roll is not a stock item you decrement by one. It is a length that gets cut, partially allocated to a job, and leaves a remnant that is either sellable or waste. Any system that treats flooring stock like widgets will lose money quietly.

2 · The measure is a separate appointment

Sale, measure, order, delivery, install: five events, three of them requiring someone to be somewhere. Floorzap describes this directly as assigning “measures, delivery, and installs” as distinct scheduling types.

3 · The accounting is heavier than a service business

Vendor invoices, purchase orders, sales tax on materials, commissions on sales staff. QFloors goes as far as including its own general ledger and checkbook rather than integrating with an accounting package — which is a real differentiator and a real commitment.

If you install flooring as a subcontractor without holding stock or running a showroom, your business looks much more like field service, and our general comparison is the better page.

Flooring software compared

Floorzap scores 6.8 out of 10 and is the only platform here publishing a starting price, at $399 a month plus an undisclosed setup fee. QFloors scores 6.3 with the broadest feature set including its own accounting. MeasureSquare at 6.0 is a takeoff tool rather than a business system.

Same four criteria as everything on this site. Prices verified against each vendor’s own pricing page on 22 August 2026, in USD. This is the least transparent category we have covered: three of the four vendors publish no usable pricing.

Scoring breakdown

No platform here scores above 6.8, and the reason is the same across all three: price transparency. Floorzap publishes a floor price and takes a 6; QFloors and MeasureSquare publish nothing usable and take a 4 and a 5. On field features QFloors and Floorzap are genuinely strong at 8.

Each average is the plain mean of that row’s four criteria, rounded to one decimal place. What each criterion measures.

How to choose

Start with whether you hold stock and run a showroom. If you do, this is a retail problem and you need one of these. If you subcontract installs without inventory, you are a field service business and the general platforms are cheaper and easier. Then decide whether you are replacing your accounting.

• You want a price before a sales call — Floorzap. $399 a month is the only published floor in the category, though ask for the setup fee in writing.
• You are willing to replace QuickBooks — QFloors. The general ledger and checkbook are built in, which is either the reason to buy it or the reason not to.
• You only need takeoff and estimating — MeasureSquare, paired with whatever you already run. Free trial, no card.
• You subcontract installs and hold no stock — none of these. Read the general comparison instead.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed 22 August 2026. Every price on this page was checked against the vendor’s own pricing page on that date.

Next steps

Ask all of them the same two questions in writing before any demo: what does it cost at my number of users, and what happens to a remnant when a roll is partly allocated. The first will tell you who is straight with you. The second will tell you who actually understands flooring.

If it turns out you hold no stock, the cheaper and simpler answer is in our comparison of the 7 best field service management platforms. You can also browse every trade we cover in all categories.

Best published pricing

Projul7.0 · $4,788/yr, unlimited users

Deepest platform

Buildertrend6.8 · quote only

Cheapest if you only do small jobs

Jobber8.8 · from $49/mo

What this page is not about

Half the results for “remodeling software” are 3D design and visualisation tools, not business software. Planner5D, Chief Architect, HomeStyler and Home Designer all rank for the same phrase and all do the same thing: draw the space. They do not schedule a crew, track a change order or bill a draw.

We checked the search results for this term on 22 August 2026 and the split is close to even. It is the same trap as “HVAC software”, where duct design tools sit alongside dispatch platforms, and the same trap as “landscaping software”, where garden design dominates a phrase that sounds like it means crew management.

Everything below is business software: leads, estimates, contracts, selections, change orders, scheduling, draw schedules and job costing. If you want to model the kitchen before you sell it, none of it will help.

What a remodeler needs that a service contractor does not

Remodeling breaks field service software on four things: projects that run for months rather than hours, change orders that alter a signed contract mid-job, client selections that have to be chosen and priced before the trade arrives, and payment released against draw milestones rather than on completion.

1 · The job does not end the same day

A plumber’s job is a visit. A kitchen is fourteen weeks, six trades and a schedule where one slipped delivery moves everything behind it. Field service platforms model a job as an appointment; construction platforms model it as a project with dependencies.

2 · Change orders are contract amendments

The client asks for a different tile on week five. That is not a new line on the invoice — it is a documented change to a signed contract, with a price, an approval and usually a schedule impact. A tool with no change-order object turns that conversation into an argument at the end of the job.

3 · Selections are a workflow, not a note

Fixtures, finishes, appliances: dozens of decisions, each with a deadline and a price allowance. Chasing them by text is how remodels go late.

4 · Money arrives in draws

Deposit, rough-in, completion. The software has to know what has been billed against which milestone and what is still held back.

Remodeling software compared

Projul is the only platform here that publishes its pricing: $4,788 a year for unlimited users, scoring 7.0 out of 10. Buildertrend is deeper at 6.8 but quotes per business. Jobber scores highest at 8.8 on our general comparison and handles none of the change-order and selections work a remodeler needs.

Same four criteria as everything on this site. Jobber’s score is carried over unchanged from our main comparison rather than re-issued here. Prices verified against each vendor’s own pricing page on 22 August 2026, in USD.

Scoring breakdown

Transparency is what separates the two construction platforms. Buildertrend scores 9 on field features against Projul’s 8, and 4 on price against Projul’s 5, because it publishes nothing at all. Jobber’s 8.8 comes from an entirely different job, which is why the fit column matters more than the average here.

Each average is the plain mean of that row’s four criteria, rounded to one decimal place. What each criterion measures.

How to choose

Two questions decide this. Do your jobs run longer than two weeks, and does the price change after the contract is signed? Two noes and Jobber is the cheaper right answer at $49 a month. Any yes and you need a construction platform, and then it is Projul against Buildertrend.

• Small jobs, fixed price, billed on completion — Jobber. Do not spend $4,788 to manage a bathroom refresh.
• Multi-month projects, want a price before a phone call — Projul. $4,788 a year, unlimited users, and you know it today.
• Five or more projects a year, growing past seven figures — Buildertrend, and accept the questionnaire. It is the deeper platform and it says out loud who it is for.
• You wanted to draw the kitchen — none of these. That is design software, and it is a different market entirely.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed 22 August 2026. Every price on this page was checked against the vendor’s own pricing page on that date.

Next steps

Take the last job that went wrong and walk it through both. Not a demo job — the one with the three change orders and the client who switched the worktop in week six. That is the test a construction platform exists to pass and a field service tool exists to fail.

If it turns out your work really is short and fixed-price, the cheaper answer is in our comparison of the 7 best field service management platforms. You can also browse every trade we cover in all categories.

Best overall

Spectora8.0 · $109/mo

Best for a solo inspector

Property Inspect7.3 · $49/mo

Cheapest for two inspectors

Property Inspect$97/mo for 2

Why none of the field service platforms are on this page

None of the fourteen field service platforms we score elsewhere appear on this page, and that is deliberate. Field service software is organised around a job a technician is dispatched to and invoices for. Inspection software is organised around a document. The feature lists barely overlap, so mixing them would help nobody.

The inspection itself is the easy part. What you actually sell is a photo-heavy, templated, legally consequential document that a buyer, a seller and two agents will all read within hours of you leaving the property.

What that means in practice is that the feature list barely overlaps:

• Template libraries and comment banks — the difference between a two-hour write-up and a twenty-minute one.
• Report delivery gated on payment — Spectora locks the report until it is paid and signed, which is a collections mechanism no dispatch tool has.
• Agent-facing output — the report is read by people who are not your customer, and it is your marketing.
• Agreements and e-signatures before the visit, not an invoice after it.

If you run a business that dispatches technicians rather than writes reports, the right page is our comparison of the best field service management software.

Home inspection software compared

Spectora is the best home inspection software at 8.0 out of 10, and the most expensive at $109 a month plus $99 for each additional inspector. Property Inspect is the value pick at 7.3 and $49 a month solo. HomeGauge and Home Inspector Pro both sit at $89 a month.

Same four criteria as everything on this site — ease of use, price/value for a small business, field-specific features, support and integrations. Prices verified against each vendor’s own pricing page on 22 August 2026, in USD.

Scoring breakdown

Spectora leads on features and loses on price, and that trade is the whole table. It scores 9 on field features against Property Inspect at 7, and 6 on price against Property Inspect at 8. The other two are unremarkable in both directions, which is why they land within 0.2 of each other.

Each average is the plain mean of that row’s four criteria, rounded to one decimal place. What each criterion measures.

How to choose

One question settles most of it: are you hiring in the next twelve months? If no, take the best tool you can afford, Spectora at $109 or Property Inspect at $49 if price rules. If yes, price the second seat now, because that is where these four separate by more than a hundred dollars a month.

• Solo inspector, price matters — Property Inspect at $49/mo.
• Solo inspector, want the best tool — Spectora at $109/mo. The locked-report-until-paid behaviour alone changes how you get paid.
• Planning to hire — Property Inspect. Two users for $97/mo against $208/mo is not a close call.
• You want a desktop application — Home Inspector Pro, the only one here shipping native Windows and Mac apps.
• You want to try before deciding — HomeGauge gives 30 days; Spectora gives two inspections with no time limit. Run the same real inspection through both.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed 22 August 2026. Every price on this page was checked against the vendor’s own pricing page on that date.

Next steps

Take Spectora’s free trial and HomeGauge’s 30 days in the same week and write the same real inspection in both. The variable that decides it is not the feature list — it is how long the write-up takes you on a Tuesday evening.

Then answer one question before you pay: are you hiring in the next twelve months? If yes, price the second seat now, because that is where these four separate by more than a hundred dollars a month. You can also browse every trade we cover in all categories.

Best value

ZenMaid7.3 · from $19/mo

Best all-rounder

GorillaDesk7.5 · from $49/mo

Best for payroll

The Cleaning Software6.3 · from $97/mo

Decide which cleaning business you are first

Residential maid services and commercial janitorial contractors need different software, and choosing the wrong category wastes more money than choosing the wrong product within it. Maid services run daytime recurring visits billed to a card on file. Janitorial runs nightly crews, timekeeping and monthly contract invoicing. This page scores the residential end.

Everything scored on this page serves the residential and light-commercial end. For nightly janitorial contracts at scale, the products that matter are WorkWave’s WinTeam and Timegate+ — enterprise workforce and ERP platforms that publish no pricing and are sold by consultation. We checked workwave.com/pricing on 22 August 2026: no figures on any product, only “Book Demo” and a sales phone number. We are not scoring what we cannot price or trial.

Cleaning software compared

GorillaDesk is the best all-round choice at 7.5 out of 10 and $49 a month per route, especially if you also do pressure washing or lawn care. ZenMaid is the cheapest credible option anywhere on this site at $19 a month. Housecall Pro scores highest at 8.0 but costs $79.

Same four criteria as everything on this site. Housecall Pro’s score is carried over unchanged from our main comparison rather than re-issued for this page. Prices verified against each vendor’s own pricing page on 22 August 2026, in USD.

Scoring breakdown

Price is what separates these four, not capability. ZenMaid scores 9 on price and 6 on features; The Cleaning Software scores 5 on price because $97 a month is five times ZenMaid for three users. Housecall Pro takes the highest overall at 8.0 on the strength of its booking flow.

Each average is the plain mean of that row’s four criteria, rounded to one decimal place. What each criterion measures.

How to choose

Appointment volume and whether you do exterior work decide this. Under forty appointments a month: ZenMaid Starter at $19. Cleaning plus pressure washing or lawns: GorillaDesk, one subscription instead of two. Payroll is the pain: The Cleaning Software, but only past five cleaners. Nightly janitorial: none of these.

• Solo cleaner or two people — ZenMaid Starter at $19/mo, moving to Pro at $39 when you pass 40 appointments a month.
• Cleaning plus pressure washing or lawns — GorillaDesk. One subscription instead of two.
• Payroll is the job you dread — The Cleaning Software, but only once you have five or more cleaners for the premium to make sense.
• Most of your leads come from your website — Housecall Pro, for the booking flow.
• Nightly commercial janitorial contracts — none of these. You need enterprise workforce software, and you will be getting a quote.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed 22 August 2026. Every price on this page was checked against the vendor’s own pricing page on that date.

Next steps

Count your appointments per month before anything else. Under forty, ZenMaid Starter costs less than a tank of fuel. Over forty and growing, the comparison is really GorillaDesk Pro against Housecall Pro Essentials, and the deciding factor is whether you do exterior work as well.

For the broader picture including Jobber, ServiceTitan and four others on the same four criteria, see 7 Best Field Service Management Software.

Best for most

GorillaDesk7.5 · from $49/mo

Cleanest pricing

Fieldwork7.0 · from $59/mo

Deepest compliance

PestPac6.5 · quote only

What pest control needs that general software skips

Pest control needs three things general field service software handles poorly: routing that sequences a dozen recurring stops rather than dispatching one job, chemical application records that survive a regulatory inspection, and recurring quarterly contracts that bill and renew themselves. Everything else a pest business needs, any decent platform already does.

1 · Routing, not dispatch

Most trades dispatch: decide who takes a job. Pest control routes: sequence a dozen recurring stops so the van drives the least. That is a different problem and a different feature. PestPac claims customers service “twenty one percent more jobs while cutting drive time by thirty percent” — the exact metric a pest operator cares about and one no plumbing-first product optimises for.

Watch the caps. GorillaDesk’s Basic plan at $49/mo limits routing to 25 stops. For a two-technician operation that is fine; at four technicians doing twelve stops each you are already over it and paying for Pro.

2 · Chemical records are a legal document

Every application needs the product, rate, target pest, applicator and site recorded, and it needs to survive an inspection. PestPac sells chemical tracking and termite inspection documentation as named features. General platforms give you a notes field, which is not the same thing when a regulator asks.

3 · Recurring contracts are the business

Quarterly and bi-monthly service agreements are most of the revenue. The software has to generate the visits, bill the plan and flag renewals — the same requirement HVAC has with maintenance plans, and the same place cheap tools fail.

If your work is one-off treatments billed on the day, a general platform is fine and our field service software comparison is the better page.

Pest control software compared

GorillaDesk is the best pest control software for most small operations at 7.5 out of 10 and $49 a month, charged per route so office staff cost nothing. Fieldwork scores 7.0 at $59 per field user. PestPac is the deepest on compliance at 6.5 and publishes no pricing at all.

Same four criteria as everything on this site. Prices verified against each vendor’s own pricing page on 22 August 2026, in USD.

Scoring breakdown

The gap here is about transparency, not capability. PestPac scores 9 on field features, the highest on this page, and 4 on price because it publishes nothing. GorillaDesk and Fieldwork both publish plain tiers and score 8 on ease of use. That difference is most of the ranking.

Each average is the plain mean of that row’s four criteria, rounded to one decimal place. What each criterion measures.

How to choose

Count your daily stops per technician first, because that single number decides the tier. One or two vans: GorillaDesk Basic at $49. Three to eight technicians: GorillaDesk Pro or Fieldwork Business, and the seat models differ enough to flip the answer. Heavy compliance: get the PestPac quote.

• One or two vans — GorillaDesk Basic at $49/mo. The 25-stop routing cap will not bite yet, and unlimited free admin users means the office costs nothing.
• Three to eight technicians — GorillaDesk Pro at $99 per route, or Fieldwork Business at $79 per field user. Run the numbers on your actual headcount; the seat models differ enough to flip the answer.
• Commercial accounts and heavy compliance — get the PestPac quote. Chemical tracking and termite documentation to that standard is not available elsewhere on this page.
• You also do lawn care or cleaning — GorillaDesk covers all three in one subscription, which usually beats two specialist products.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed 22 August 2026. Every price on this page was checked against the vendor’s own pricing page on that date.

Next steps

Count your actual daily stops per technician before you shortlist. That single number decides whether GorillaDesk Basic is enough or whether you are buying Pro on day one, and it is the fastest way to cut this decision in half.

For the broader comparison including Jobber, Housecall Pro and ServiceTitan on the same four criteria, see 7 Best Field Service Management Software.

Best for most roofers

Roofr7.8 · free tier, from $109/mo

Deepest roofing CRM

AccuLynx6.8 · quote only

Best general all-rounder

Jobber8.8 · from $49/mo

Why roofing needs its own software

Roofing is the one trade where general field service software genuinely falls short, and for three specific reasons: the measurement comes before the quote and cannot be taken from the ground, the customer is often an insurer rather than a homeowner, and material ordering against supplier catalogues is part of the job rather than an errand.

1 · The measurement comes before the quote

A plumber diagnoses on site and quotes on site. A roofer needs squares, pitch, ridge and valley lengths, and penetrations before writing a number — and increasingly gets them from satellite or drone imagery rather than a ladder. Roofr and RoofSnap both sell measurement reports as a core product: $13 to $19 each on Roofr depending on plan, $13 to $55 on RoofSnap depending on report type.

2 · The customer is often an insurer

Storm work runs through claims, supplements and mortgage checks, not through a homeowner’s card. AccuLynx builds this in explicitly — its own page lists “Permits, supplements, and mortgage check tracking” consolidated in the job file. No general field service platform has a concept of a supplement.

3 · Material ordering is part of the job, not an errand

AccuLynx connects to ABC Supply, SRS Distribution and QXO catalogues with contract pricing, so the order goes out from the estimate. That single integration is why established roofers tolerate its opacity on price.

If none of the three describe your business — you do repairs, not replacements, and you bill homeowners directly — a general platform is fine, and our field service software comparison is the better page for you.

Roofing software compared

Roofr is the best roofing-specific choice at 7.8 out of 10, with a free tier, unlimited users and measurement reports at $13 to $19 each. Jobber scores higher overall at 8.8 but has no aerial measurement. AccuLynx is the deepest roofing CRM at 6.8 and publishes no pricing.

Scores use the same four criteria as everything on this site — ease of use, price/value for a small crew, field features, support and integrations — and Jobber’s score is carried over unchanged from our main comparison rather than re-invented for this page. All prices verified against each vendor’s own pricing page on 22 August 2026, in USD.

Scoring breakdown

The four criteria pull these apart sharply. AccuLynx scores 9 on field features and 4 on price because it publishes nothing at all. RoofSnap scores 6 on features because it is a measuring tool rather than a business system. Roofr is the most balanced roofing-specific option at 7.8.

Each average is the plain mean of that row’s four criteria, rounded to one decimal place. What each criterion measures.

How to choose

Match the tool to the kind of roofing you sell. Repairs billed to homeowners: Jobber plus pay-as-you-go measurements. Replacements with published pricing: Roofr. Storm and insurance work with production crews: AccuLynx. Measurements only: RoofSnap pay-as-you-go, no subscription at all. The four cases are below.

• Repairs and service work, billed to homeowners — Jobber, and buy measurements pay-as-you-go from RoofSnap when you need them.
• Replacements, small crew, want published pricing — Roofr. Start on the free tier and pay per report until the volume justifies Measure+.
• Storm and insurance work with production crews — AccuLynx, and accept the sales call. The supplement tracking and supplier catalogue are worth it at that scale.
• You only need measurements — RoofSnap pay-as-you-go. No subscription at all.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed 22 August 2026. Every price on this page was checked against the vendor’s own pricing page on that date.

Next steps

Start on Roofr’s free tier this week and order one measurement report for a job you have already quoted by hand. Compare the number. That one test settles most of the decision.

If your work is mostly repairs rather than replacements, the better starting point is our comparison of the 7 best field service management platforms, where Jobber, Housecall Pro and four others are scored on the same four criteria.

Best for a small HVAC shop

Jobber8.8 · from $49/mo

Best for maintenance plans

Housecall Pro8.0 · from $79/mo

Best at 20+ technicians

ServiceTitan10/10 field features · quote only

What this page is not about

A large share of “HVAC software” searches are for engineering tools: hvac duct design software, hvac load calculation, ac duct design software. Those are drafting and sizing products — a different market, a different buyer, and usually a different person in the company.

Everything below is about running the business: getting the call, booking it, sending the right technician, quoting the replacement, billing the maintenance plan, and getting paid. If that is not what you came for, you are two clicks from the wrong page and we would rather say so now.

What an HVAC shop needs that a plumber does not

Four things separate HVAC from every other trade: maintenance agreements that bill and renew themselves, a flat-rate price book that presents good-better-best at the kitchen table, dispatch capacity that survives a July heatwave, and equipment history attached to the unit rather than the address. Most platforms handle everything else competently and these four badly.

1 · Maintenance agreements that bill themselves

Recurring maintenance plans are the financial spine of an HVAC business — predictable revenue between the two seasons that pay for the year. The software has to hold the agreement, generate the spring and autumn visits automatically, bill on schedule, and tell you when a plan is about to lapse. A platform that treats a maintenance plan as “a recurring job” is missing the billing and renewal half of it.

2 · A flat-rate price book with good-better-best

Replacement sales live or die on presenting three options at the kitchen table rather than one number. That needs a real price book on the technician’s device, not a notes field.

3 · Surviving July and January

HVAC demand is not flat, it spikes. What matters in a heatwave is capacity: how many calls you can honestly take today, and who is nearest. A dispatch board that is comfortable in April can be the constraint in July.

4 · Equipment history on the unit, not just the address

The technician needs to know what is installed, when it was fitted, what was done to it last time and whether it is under warranty — before they get out of the van. Systems that only remember the customer make your technicians rediscover the same equipment every visit.

The HVAC shortlist

Housecall Pro is the strongest all-round choice for a residential HVAC shop at 8.0 out of 10 and $79 a month, because service plans and a flat-rate price book are core features rather than workarounds. Jobber scores higher overall at 8.8 and suits shops under ten technicians. Kickserv has no agreement engine at all.

Scores are the same four-criteria scores from our main comparison — ease of use, price/value for a small crew, field features, support and integrations. We do not invent a second set of numbers per industry; what changes by industry is which criterion you should weight, and the HVAC fit column below.

The full four-criteria breakdown for all seven platforms, including the two CRMs, is in our guide to the best field service management software.

How to choose, by shop size

Shop size and whether you sell maintenance plans decide almost all of it. Under three technicians with no plans, Jobber. Three to ten selling plans, Housecall Pro. QuickBooks Desktop, FieldEdge. Twenty or more, get the ServiceTitan quote. Install-only on a tight budget, Kickserv. The five cases are below.

• One to three technicians, no maintenance plans yet — Jobber. Cheapest route to a working system, and you can add plans later.
• Three to ten, selling maintenance plans — Housecall Pro. The plan billing and the consumer-facing booking are worth the extra over Jobber.
• Books locked in QuickBooks Desktop — FieldEdge, and accept the sales call.
• Twenty or more technicians — get the ServiceTitan quote. Budget for a procurement process, not a signup form.
• Install work only, no recurring plans, tight budget — Kickserv.

Whatever you shortlist, run one real maintenance agreement through the trial end to end: create the plan, generate both seasonal visits, bill one, and check what the system does thirty days before it lapses. That single test tells you more about HVAC fit than any feature list.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed 22 August 2026. Every price on this page was checked against the vendor’s own pricing page on that date.

Next steps

Shortlist two, take both trials in the same week, and put one real maintenance agreement and one same-day emergency through each. The difference in how those two feel is the whole decision.

For the full four-criteria breakdown across all seven platforms we score — including Pipedrive and HubSpot, and why neither can run an HVAC business on its own — see 7 Best Field Service Management Software.