The home service software directory

202 tools for contractors and home-service businesses, sorted by the problem they solve and the trades they fit. Every description is written by us, from vendor documentation and what operators actually report.

202tools listed
17problem categories
44trades covered
48with AI built in
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Most contractors lose money on software by buying overlapping tools. Work down this list and stop as soon as the next line is not a real pain yet.

  1. One place to quote, schedule, and invoice Your system of record. Service work wants job management; jobs that run for weeks want project management.
  2. A ledger your accountant will work in Accounting and payroll, synced from the field so nothing is typed twice.
  3. Answer every call A missed call is a lost job. Fix it with people, with an AI phone agent, or with both.
  4. Ask for a review on every job Review automation is the cheapest lever on local lead flow there is.
  5. Document the work Job photos and documentation settle disputes and sell the next job.
  6. Then, and only then, specialise Estimating depth, routing, inventory, or consumer financing — bought against a pain you can name.
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1build

$$

Live localised construction cost data via API or spreadsheet

📐 Estimating Any size with an estimating process

Best for: Contractors and software teams who need current localised cost data in an existing workflow

ADP RUN

Quote only

Established payroll with deep compliance support

📊 Accounting 1–1,000 employees

Best for: Contractors wanting established payroll with HR and compliance support

Trade-focused answering service with field software integrations

📞 AI phone Solo to ~200 staff

Best for: Service contractors wanting 24/7 live answering that lands in their scheduling software

Aspire

Quote only

Business operating system for larger landscape companies

🗂️ Job management $2M+ revenue, 20+ staff

Best for: Landscape and snow companies above roughly $2M revenue with commercial contracts

Aurora Solar

Quote only

Remote solar design, shading analysis, and production modelling

📐 Estimating 1–500 users AI

Best for: Solar installers and sales organisations designing systems before a site visit

Avoca AI

Quote only

AI call agent plus coaching for home-service call centres

📞 AI phone 10+ technicians with office call handling AI

Best for: Mechanical trades with meaningful inbound call volume and a call-handling team to coach

Billd

Pay per use

Material financing to bridge the pay-when-paid gap

💳 Payments Commercial subs, $500K+ revenue

Best for: Subcontractors whose growth is limited by material cash flow, not sales

Birdeye

Quote only

Reputation and listings management across many locations

⭐ Reviews 1–500 locations AI

Best for: Multi-location or multi-market service businesses managing reputation at scale

Bland AI

Pay per use

Developer platform for building your own voice agent

📞 AI phone Teams with developers AI

Best for: Companies with development resources building a custom call workflow

Home-services marketing agency focused on measurable lead cost

📣 Marketing $1M+ revenue

Best for: HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies wanting accountable, metrics-led marketing

Bluon

Free / freemium

Equipment data and live expert support for HVAC technicians

🤖 Tech AI 1–500 HVAC technicians

Best for: HVAC companies developing less experienced technicians

BuildOps

Quote only

Commercial specialty contracting platform

🗂️ Job management 25+ staff, commercial focus AI

Best for: Commercial mechanical, electrical, and fire protection contractors with significant service and project revenue

busybusy

Free / freemium

Construction time tracking with equipment hours and production units

⏱️ Time & crew 2–500 field staff

Best for: Production-based contractors who want labour productivity data, not just hours

Call tracking that tells you which marketing produced the phone call

💬 Phones Any size with marketing spend AI

Best for: Any contractor spending money on marketing and guessing at the results

Chiirp

$

Text and voicemail automation for service businesses

📣 Marketing Solo to ~100 staff

Best for: Service businesses that want text automation tied to job events without building it themselves

Dataforma

Quote only

Service-and-maintenance CRM for commercial roofing

🤝 Sales 5–200 staff

Best for: Commercial roofing contractors with service and maintenance portfolios

Business phone with real-time transcription and coaching

💬 Phones 3–500 staff AI

Best for: Dispatch offices that want searchable call transcripts and coaching built in

EagleView

Pay per use

Aerial roof measurement reports without climbing

Best for: Roofers and solar installers needing defensible measurements, especially on insurance claims

Enzy

Quote only

Canvassing, recruiting, and sales gamification in one app

🤝 Sales 5–300 reps

Best for: Exterior and solar companies scaling canvassing teams and recruiting constantly

Construction accounting with strong union and certified payroll

📊 Accounting $3M+ revenue, 20+ staff

Best for: Contractors with union agreements, prevailing wage work, or multi-state payroll

Review and customer feedback management built for agencies

⭐ Reviews 1–500 locations

Best for: Agencies managing reviews for contractor clients, and multi-location operators

All-in-one marketing automation, widely white-labelled by agencies

📣 Marketing Any size with marketing capability AI

Best for: Contractors with an in-house marketer, or agencies serving trade clients

Configurable AI phone agent for small businesses

📞 AI phone Solo to ~20 staff AI

Best for: Small businesses that want a configurable AI answering agent without development work

Review funnel builder with strong agency white-labelling

⭐ Reviews 1–500 locations

Best for: Agencies and operators who want control over the review request funnel

GreenSky

Pay per use

Established home improvement financing with promotional plans

💳 Payments Established contractors

Best for: Established contractors selling high-ticket replacements who can absorb dealer fees

Gusto

$

Payroll and benefits that a small contractor can run alone

📊 Accounting 1–150 employees

Best for: Small and mid-size contractors who want payroll handled without a specialist

AI-drafted remodeling estimates from a scope description

📐 Estimating Solo to ~20 staff AI

Best for: Remodelers and handyman businesses who lose evenings writing estimates

Hatch

$$

Automated multi-channel follow-up on leads and aged quotes

📣 Marketing 5–200 staff AI

Best for: Companies with a backlog of unsold estimates and no follow-up discipline

Hearth

$$

Financing options plus quoting and payments for remodelers

💳 Payments Solo to ~100 staff

Best for: Remodeling and replacement contractors selling five-figure projects

Hiscox

Quote only

Small business insurance from an established specialty insurer

🛡️ Insurance Solo to ~50 staff

Best for: Small contractors wanting a traditional carrier with online convenience

Hourly

$

Time tracking, payroll, and workers comp priced on real wages

📊 Accounting 3–100 employees

Best for: Contractors with hourly field crews who want comp premiums to track reality

Proposals, project management, and a lead source in one

📐 Estimating Solo to ~25 staff AI

Best for: Design-led remodelers and specialty trades already getting leads from Houzz

Hover

Pay per use

Photos of a house become a measured 3D model

📐 Estimating Solo to ~200 staff AI

Best for: Exterior contractors who sell in the home and want measurements plus visualisation

Ingage

$$

Interactive sales presentations with engagement analytics

🤝 Sales 5–500 reps

Best for: In-home sales organisations standardising their presentation

Jobber

$

The default first platform for small home-service businesses

🗂️ Job management Solo to ~10 field staff AI

Best for: Solo operators through roughly ten-person service teams who want one system that just works

Kojo

Quote only

Materials procurement that matches quotes, orders, and invoices

🧰 Inventory $2M+ revenue, material-heavy trades

Best for: Specialty trade contractors with significant, repeated material purchasing

Leap

$$

Digital in-home sales presentation, pricing, and contract

🤝 Sales 5–300 staff

Best for: Replacement contractors running an in-home, one-visit close process

Preliminary notices, lien waivers, and payment rights

💳 Payments Any contractor on commercial work

Best for: Contractors and subs on commercial or new construction work where payment risk is real

Listen360

Quote only

Net Promoter surveys for recurring-service franchises

⭐ Reviews Multi-location and franchise

Best for: Franchise networks and recurring-service companies managing churn

LMN

$$

Budget-driven estimating and crew time for landscapers

🗂️ Job management Solo to ~50 staff

Best for: Landscape contractors who suspect their pricing is guesswork and want the maths fixed

Reads your instruments and tells you how the system is performing

🤖 Tech AI 1–200 HVAC technicians AI

Best for: HVAC companies serious about verified system performance and commissioning

Melio

Free / freemium

Free bill payment with card-funded options

Best for: Contractors managing supplier and subcontractor payments who want cash timing flexibility

Modernize

Pay per use

High-ticket home improvement leads and appointments

📣 Marketing 10+ staff with sales reps

Best for: Replacement contractors with sales reps and the capacity to run appointments

Networx

Pay per use

Home improvement lead generation with flexible volume

📣 Marketing Solo to ~50 staff

Best for: Improvement contractors who want a secondary lead source with volume controls

Nexa

$$

Answering service that also sells and schedules

📞 AI phone 5–200 staff

Best for: Contractors who want outbound follow-up as well as inbound answering

Affordable review automation with social proof widgets

⭐ Reviews Solo to ~50 staff

Best for: Small contractors who want consistent review growth without a large platform bill

OpenSolar

Free / freemium

Free solar design and proposal platform

📐 Estimating Solo to ~200 staff

Best for: Small and mid-size solar installers who want capable design tools at no subscription cost

Payzer

$$

Field payments and financing with light job management

💳 Payments 3–100 technicians

Best for: Service contractors who want payment and financing presented together in the field

Straightforward general-purpose sales pipeline CRM

🤝 Sales 1–100 sales users AI

Best for: Commercial and design-build contractors with a longer, relationship-driven sales cycle

Podium

Quote only

Review generation and customer messaging in one inbox

⭐ Reviews 3–200 staff AI

Best for: Established local businesses treating reviews and response speed as a growth strategy

Porch Pro

Pay per use

Home services leads with moving and inspection triggers

📣 Marketing Solo to ~50 staff

Best for: Contractors who benefit from new-homeowner and move-related demand

Procore

Quote only

Commercial construction management standard

🏗️ Project mgmt Commercial contractors, 10+ staff AI

Best for: Commercial general contractors, and trades working on Procore-managed projects

Raken

Quote only

Daily reports, toolbox talks, and field time in minutes

📸 Photos & docs 5–500 staff

Best for: Contractors who need reliable daily reporting and safety records from the field

Work-order-centric field service for mixed commercial and residential work

🗂️ Job management 2–50 field staff

Best for: Contractors with commercial accounts, multiple sites per customer, and recurring maintenance

Retell AI

Pay per use

Voice agent building blocks with low latency

📞 AI phone Technical teams and agencies AI

Best for: Technical teams or agencies building voice agents for trade businesses

Review generation that recognises individual technicians

⭐ Reviews 3–100 technicians

Best for: Service companies with multiple technicians who want reviews driven by team competition

Rilla

Quote only

Records and analyses in-home sales conversations for coaching

🤝 Sales 5+ sales reps or selling techs AI

Best for: Companies with multiple in-home sales reps or selling technicians to coach

Roofr

$

Fast roof measurements and good-better-best proposals

📐 Estimating Solo to ~30 staff

Best for: Small and mid-size roofers who want same-day measured proposals without enterprise pricing

Rosie

$

Simple, cheap AI answering aimed at small trade businesses

📞 AI phone Solo to ~10 staff AI

Best for: Solo operators and small crews who are currently missing calls outright

Ruby

$$$

Premium human virtual receptionists with chat

📞 AI phone Solo to ~100 staff

Best for: High-ticket contractors where a human voice is part of the value proposition

Scorpion

$$$

Full-service marketing agency with its own technology platform

📣 Marketing $1M+ revenue AI

Best for: Established contractors who want marketing handled and have budget for a managed service

ServiceTitan

Quote only

The enterprise platform for established mechanical trades

🗂️ Job management 10+ technicians, roughly $2M revenue and up AI

Best for: HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies with office staff and roughly ten or more technicians

Slang.ai

$$$

Polished AI voice answering with a visual call designer

📞 AI phone Solo to ~50 staff AI

Best for: Small businesses that mainly need calls answered, questions handled, and messages captured accurately

Smith.ai

$$$

AI plus North American human receptionists on the same service

📞 AI phone Solo to ~100 staff AI

Best for: Businesses that want a safety net of real people behind the automation

SPOTIO

$$

Field sales activity tracking and pipeline management

🤝 Sales 3–300 reps

Best for: Outside sales teams needing activity accountability and pipeline visibility

Square

Pay per use

Simple card acceptance with free hardware to start

💳 Payments Solo to ~20 staff

Best for: New and small contractors who need to accept payment immediately

STACK

$$

Cloud takeoff and estimating for commercial and residential trades

📐 Estimating 1–100 estimators

Best for: Contractors bidding plan-based work who need defensible quantities

Stripe

Pay per use

The processing engine behind most contractor software

Best for: Businesses wanting transparent rates, recurring billing, or a custom payment flow

Sunbit

Pay per use

High-approval financing for mid-ticket repairs

💳 Payments 3–200 technicians

Best for: Service contractors with repair tickets too large for a card and too small for a loan application

Swept

Quote only

Workforce management for commercial janitorial contractors

⏱️ Time & crew 10–500 cleaners

Best for: Janitorial contractors with night crews across multiple buildings

Tenna

Quote only

Mixed fleet and equipment tracking on one platform

🧰 Inventory 20+ assets

Best for: Contractors with heavy equipment and mixed assets across multiple sites

Thimble

Pay per use

On-demand liability insurance by the job, day, or month

🛡️ Insurance Solo and part-time

Best for: Part-time and occasional contractors, or one-off jobs requiring proof of coverage

Togal.AI

Quote only

Automated plan takeoff using machine learning

📐 Estimating Estimating teams, 1–50 users AI

Best for: Estimators doing high volumes of plan-based takeoff who want a faster first pass

ToolWatch

Quote only

Enterprise tool, equipment, and consumable management

🧰 Inventory 50+ field staff with a warehouse

Best for: Larger contractors with a warehouse and significant equipment inventory

Trade Hounds

Free / freemium

Professional network and job board for tradespeople

Best for: Contractors recruiting skilled trade workers, and tradespeople building a profile

Trusso

$

One flat-priced app for jobs, AI, leads, reviews, and your website

🗂️ Job management Solo to ~10 crew, unlimited logins on the top plan AI

Best for: Contractors who want AI, lead capture, review automation, and a website included at a flat price rather than bought as four separate add-ons

Wave

Free / freemium

Free accounting and invoicing for the smallest businesses

📊 Accounting Solo to 3 staff

Best for: Brand-new and part-time contractors with simple finances

Wisetack

Pay per use

Transparent consumer financing embedded in contractor software

Best for: Service contractors who want to raise average ticket without a financing department

Workiz

Quote only

Dispatch-heavy job management with the phone system built in

🗂️ Job management Solo to ~30 field staff AI

Best for: Same-day dispatch businesses where inbound calls and lead attribution drive everything

Xero

$

Cloud accounting with unlimited users

📊 Accounting Any size up to mid-market

Best for: Contractors who want modern cloud accounting and multiple people in the books

XOi

Quote only

Guided job documentation with equipment recognition

🤖 Tech AI 5–500 technicians AI

Best for: Mechanical service companies wanting consistent documentation and remote expert support

How this directory works

Our method, and what we are not telling you

We research each product from vendor documentation, trials where we can get them, and what operators report, then write the description ourselves. Three rules keep it useful:

  • Nothing is ranked. Listings sort alphabetically. The right tool depends on your trade, your headcount, and what you already run, so a league table would be a worse answer than a fit description.
  • We say who a tool is wrong for. Fit is the useful part of a software recommendation, so listings lead with the buyer each tool suits and flag the mismatches worth knowing about.
  • No scores or star ratings. A single number across businesses of wildly different size is noise dressed as advice. We tell you the fit instead.

The honest caveats: pricing in this market changes constantly and much of it is quote-only, so we publish bands and rough starting points rather than numbers we cannot keep current — always confirm with the vendor. Feature sets move monthly, so a listing describes the product as we last researched it. And the directory is not exhaustive: there are hundreds of niche tools, and we add the ones contractors actually ask about.

Pricing on the most-read listings was last checked against vendor pricing pages in October 2026. Where a vendor has stopped publishing prices, we say so rather than quoting a number we cannot stand behind.

Found something wrong, or running a tool we have missed? Tell us — corrections get made, and pitches do not get you listed.

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