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Field Service Software Comparison · 2026

ServiceTitan vs QuoteIQ: The Honest 2026 Comparison

Two platforms, two very different buyers. This guide lays out exactly what QuoteIQ costs, which plan unlocks which feature, and the questions to put to ServiceTitan before you sign anything — so you can decide with facts instead of a sales deck.

40,000+Contractors
4.7 ★Average Rating
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$29.99Starting Price / Mo

Quick answer: which one fits you?

ServiceTitan is an enterprise field service management platform sold through a sales process — pricing, contract length and plan contents are quoted to each company rather than published, so the only accurate figures are the ones on your own proposal. QuoteIQ publishes everything: five plans from Essentials at $29.99/month for 1 user to Max at $699/month with unlimited users, with a 14-day free trial on every tier. If you want to see the full price before you talk to anyone, and you run a crew rather than a call center, QuoteIQ is the platform built for you. Compare the tiers directly on the QuoteIQ pricing page.

TL;DR: QuoteIQ runs five published plans — Essentials $29.99, Beginner $74.99, Pro $149.99, Elite $299 and Max $699 per month — with annual billing charged at ten months. Estimating, invoicing, scheduling, e-signatures and the AI Estimator are on every plan; MapMeasure Pro starts at Beginner, Job Costing and ClientHub at Pro, and Route Optimization plus EmployeeHub at Elite. ServiceTitan quotes its own pricing privately, so verify every figure on your proposal. Software subscriptions are ordinary business expenses under IRS guidance, and the SBA’s finance guide is a sane place to start on budgeting for one.

Section 1

Who each platform is actually built for

ServiceTitan sells into the enterprise end of home services. Its go-to-market is a guided sales process: you book a call, describe your operation, and receive a proposal built around your headcount and the modules you need. That model works well for companies with a dedicated operations lead, an in-house dispatch desk and the appetite for a structured rollout. It works less well for a four-truck outfit that wants to see a number on a webpage and start on Tuesday.

QuoteIQ was built the other direction. It was founded on 21 September 2022 in Savannah, Georgia by two contractors, Mike Vidan and Justin Rogers, and every plan price, user cap and feature gate is published on the pricing page before you speak to a human. The platform now serves 40,000+ contractors across pressure washing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, lawn care and dozens of other trades, holding a 4.7-star average across 4,103 reviews.

The single question that settles most of this

Do you need software you can evaluate yourself, or software you need a project to implement? If it’s the first, a published price list and a self-serve trial matter more than any feature checklist. If it’s the second — multi-location rollups, a staffed dispatch floor, deep custom reporting — an enterprise platform with an implementation team is a legitimate answer, and you should get a written scope before signing.

Where the two overlap

Both platforms cover the same operational spine: a customer database, estimating, scheduling and calendaring, mobile field access, invoicing, and payment collection. If you are replacing a spreadsheet and a shoebox, either one is a large step up. The differences show up in three places — what the price is and whether you can see it, what happens on day one, and how much of the platform you actually use six months in.

That third one is worth dwelling on. A platform with 400 configurable screens that your crew uses eleven of is not better than a platform with sixty screens they use forty of. Adoption is the whole game. It is also the part no comparison table can measure for you, which is why the 14-day trial matters more than anything written on this page — build three real estimates in it, send two real invoices, and see whether your foreman opens it without being asked.

Company scale is the honest dividing line

Field service work is growing on both ends. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment of HVAC and refrigeration mechanics to grow 11 percent from 2025 to 2035, with about 40,600 openings a year, and electricians to grow 9 percent over the same decade from a base of roughly 821,000 jobs. Most of that growth lands in shops with one to twenty trucks — the exact band where a published, per-company price beats a per-technician quote. If you plan to be at fifty trucks in three years, price both models against that future headcount, not today’s.

Section 2

QuoteIQ pricing, in full

Five plans, one page, no quote required. Each tier raises the included user seats and the monthly IQ Credit allowance that powers the AI tools. Annual billing is charged at ten months, so a year on Elite is $2,990 instead of $3,588.

PlanMonthlyAnnualUsersIQ Credits / mo
Essentials$29.99$299.991500
Beginner$74.99$749.9921,500
Pro$149.99$1,499.9943,000
Elite$299$2,990105,000
Max$699$6,990Unlimited8,000

The number that surprises most people is Max. Unlimited seats at $699/month means a twelve-truck company and a forty-truck company pay the same for software. There is no per-seat meter running in the background, which removes the awkward incentive to keep a helper off the system to save money. Max also folds in the AI Website Builder that costs $34.99/month on other plans, four additional businesses, priority support, and the Sales Team Tracker with per-rep commission percentages and crew-level scheduling through Crews.

Callout · What IQ Credits actually are

IQ Credits are the metered currency behind the AI features, included monthly on every plan and reset each billing cycle — there is no separate AI subscription. Sending a Proposal costs 100 credits (free on trial, Elite and Max), an AI AutoMeasure costs 100, a property lookup costs 50, and a Virtual Call Team minute costs 125. Every AI action previews its credit cost and asks for confirmation before it runs, so nothing draws down silently. Credits are not money: they carry no cash value, are non-transferable and non-refundable, and expire on cancellation.

Add-ons and one-time costs

  • AI Website Builder — $34.99/month, included on Max
  • Additional businesses — paid add-on, four included on Max via Multi Business
  • Done-For-You setup — two tiers at $299.99 and $999.99, covering contact import, price book setup and a one-on-one onboarding session
  • IQ Credit top-up packs — 2,500 for $25, 5,000 for $50, 10,000 for $100, 25,000 for $250

Every plan carries a 14-day free trial that grants full access to the features of the plan you choose — not a blanket unlock of the top tier. One trial per person, per business, per payment method. If you upgrade mid-cycle you pay the prorated difference, credits jump immediately, and annual rates adjust proportionally. Before you pick a tier, it is worth running your own numbers through the home service business calculators and the ServiceTitan pricing calculator so you are comparing a real budget against a real quote.

Section 3

How ServiceTitan prices — and why we won’t quote a number

ServiceTitan does not publish a public rate card. Pricing is assembled per company through a sales conversation, which means any dollar figure you find in a blog post, an aggregator listing or a Reddit thread is somebody else’s quote from an unknown date under unknown terms. Repeating those figures here would be guessing with a confident face, so this page does not carry any ServiceTitan pricing at all.

That is not a knock on them — plenty of enterprise software prices this way, and a tailored quote can genuinely be cheaper than a rate card for the right buyer. It just changes what you have to do as a buyer. Instead of comparing two published numbers, you are comparing one published number against a proposal you have to extract, read carefully and price out over three years.

Get these six things in writing before you compare anything

  1. The all-in monthly or annual figure, and exactly what headcount it assumes
  2. What happens to that figure when you add a technician mid-term, and when you remove one
  3. Which modules are included versus quoted separately, listed by name
  4. Any one-time implementation, onboarding, training or data migration charge
  5. The initial term length, the renewal mechanism, and the notice window to stop renewal
  6. What it costs — in money and in time — to get your own data out at the end

Item six is the one contractors skip and regret. Your customer list, job history and photo archive are your asset. QuoteIQ’s position is that customers own their data and can export it on every plan, including Essentials. Whatever platform you choose, get the export answer in writing before you migrate anything into it.

Section 4

Comparing total cost honestly

Monthly subscription is the smallest part of what software costs you. Build a three-year picture with five lines and both options become comparable even when only one of them publishes a price.

Cost lineWhat to countQuoteIQ answer
SubscriptionMonthly or annual fee × 36 months, at the headcount you expect in year threePublished per plan; annual billed at ten months
Seat growthWhat each additional user adds per month$0 on Max — unlimited users at a flat price
SetupImplementation, configuration, data migration, trainingSelf-serve at $0; optional Done-For-You at $299.99 or $999.99
Add-on modulesAnything quoted separately from the base platformAI Website Builder $34.99/mo; additional businesses; IQ Credit packs
Internal timeOwner and staff hours spent configuring and learningTrial the platform first and measure it yourself

The last line is the one nobody budgets and everybody pays. If a rollout eats twenty owner-hours a week for two months, that is real money at your own billable rate — and the business calculators include an hourly rate tool precisely so you can put a number on it. The BLS puts the median wage across installation, maintenance and repair occupations at $59,620 as of May 2025 against $50,980 for all occupations; owner time is worth considerably more than either.

Callout · Software is an ordinary business expense

A subscription used in your trade or business is generally deductible as an ordinary and necessary expense under IRS guidance. Purchased off-the-shelf software is treated differently and may fall under the Section 179 rules described in IRS Publication 946, while Publication 334 covers the wider small-business picture. QuoteIQ is not a tax advisor — take the specifics to yours.

Pricing your own work is the other half of this

Software cost only matters relative to margin, and margin starts at the estimate. If you are still pricing from memory, the free calculators do more for your bottom line in a week than any CRM does in a quarter: the lawn care cost calculator, the pressure washing cost calculator, the HVAC cost calculator, the painting cost calculator and the concrete cost calculator all run free and need no account. On the paperwork side, the contractor invoice template and the HVAC invoice template give you a professional document today while you decide on a platform.

Section 5

Feature and tier map: exactly what unlocks where

A feature checklist that says “included” without saying “on which plan” is marketing, not information. Here is the QuoteIQ map, tier by tier. For ServiceTitan, ask your rep to mark the same rows on their proposal — that side-by-side is the comparison worth having, and it will be accurate for your quote rather than someone else’s.

CapabilityStarts onWhat it does
EstimatesEssentialsFour types — Quick, Standard, Options and Package — with photos, markup controls, draft autosave and one-tap conversion to invoice
Invoicing & paymentsEssentialsCards, ACH, Apple Pay and Google Pay online plus cash and check recorded in-app; recurring subscriptions, Net 15/30/60/90 terms, deposits and tips
Scheduling & calendarEssentialsDrag-and-drop across day, week, month and employee-timeline views, multi-day jobs, Schedule Later, automated appointment reminders
E-signaturesEssentialsCustomers sign estimates and proposals on their own phone; editing a sent estimate voids the outstanding signature request
Consumer financingEssentialsAffirm up to $30,000 a job over 3–36 months, Klarna and Afterpay; customer applies at checkout, you are paid in full upfront
Customer databaseEssentialsMass contact import, multiple contacts per job, full history on the profile, export on every plan
MapMeasure ProBeginnerSatellite measurement inside estimate creation — roofs, lawns, driveways, decks, fences — with historical aerial imagery and saved measurements
QuoteIQ CamBeginnerJob photo capture, before/after comparisons, inspection forms, unlimited 4K storage and a customer documentation archive
Expense trackingBeginnerCategorised expenses with receipts, job linking, search and CSV export; joined by Property Street View and Zillow Quick Access
ClientHubProA dedicated business number with two-way calling and texting in-app, every message saved to the customer profile, call routing and forwarding
Job costingProPrice minus labour minus expenses equals profit, per job, with labour pulled automatically from time tracking
Client PortalProBranded self-service portal on a secure per-customer link — approve estimates, pay invoices, submit requests, leave a review
QuickBooks OnlineProSyncs invoices, payments, customers and expense categories with duplicate-sync locks. QuickBooks Online only
InstaQuote & InstaScheduleEliteCustomers build their own quote from your service library and book themselves against your real calendar availability, 24/7
Route OptimizationEliteSequences the day’s stops for minimum drive time and recalculates on late additions — cuts drive time 15–30%. Paired with Route Density
EmployeeHubEliteGPS location tracking while clocked in, Time Tracker Pro, team communication and roles and permissions
Pipelines & DealsEliteKanban and list views, stage close-probabilities, weighted forecasting. Elite runs up to five pipelines; Max is unlimited
Inventory managementEliteProducts, locations, suppliers, orders and transactions; stock deducts when the invoice is paid
Mass campaignsEliteSegmented SMS and email blasts by tag. You connect your own Twilio and SendGrid gateways, so carrier fees are yours
Sales Team Tracker & CrewsMaxCommission percentage per rep, conversion and cycle metrics, plus crew creation, tracking and scheduling with crew-level analytics

Callout · A note on job assignment

QuoteIQ handles sending crews out through scheduling, job assignment and routing rather than a standalone module of its own. Assigning a person to a scheduled visit is available from Pro; assigning a whole crew is a Max capability. If a comparison chart anywhere lists a separate QuoteIQ module for this, it is describing marketing copy rather than the shipped app. See scheduling and route density for how those actually work together.

Reporting and analytics

Basic analytics ship on Essentials; advanced business analytics start at Beginner. The dashboard covers revenue by service, customer and employee, outstanding versus collected, quotes sent and conversion rate, average ticket, pipeline value, completion rate and customer lifetime value, all on a customisable widget layout. If enterprise-grade custom report building is a hard requirement for you, that is a legitimate reason to look at a heavier platform — ask specifically what report authoring looks like and who builds them.

Automations and reviews

From Pro, email and text automations run event-triggered multi-step sequences with personalisation tags, and you can describe the automation you want in plain language and have it built for you. The Review Multiplier ships two mechanics — an instant post-payment redirect to your review page, and a full email/SMS review-request automation with four event triggers — pointing at Google Business Profile, Facebook, Yelp or Angi. On-the-way texts and website contact request forms also start at Pro.

Section 6

The AI tools, explained without the fog

Most vendors now say “AI” and stop. QuoteIQ ships three distinct AI surfaces that do genuinely different jobs, and the distinction is worth learning before you evaluate anyone’s AI claims — including ours.

AI Autopilot — the general manager

Conversational control of the whole CRM by voice or text, spanning 55 integrated tools across 13 categories. Real commands: move all of today’s jobs to Friday and text every customer; invoice all of today’s completed jobs and send them. In-app it appears as “Ask AI” — same feature, different label. See AI Autopilot.

AI Estimator — the photo-to-quote specialist

Analyses property photos, asks targeted follow-up questions and generates market-accurate line-item pricing for your local area, once per new estimate. Available on every plan, not gated behind a top tier. See the AI Estimator.

AI CoPilot — the in-document editor

Lives inside estimate and invoice creation: add services, set discounts, change tax, draft client messages, add deposits. Quick-action cards plus free-form chat, in Auto Accept or Review mode. See AI CoPilot.

Around those three sit the supporting tools: AI text generation for professional messages anywhere in the app, before-and-after AI imagery that renders a realistic finished result from the actual job photo in about 15–20 seconds, AI auto-reply, and the AI Smart Import that maps CSV columns automatically when you bring a customer list across from another CRM. The whole set is bundled as the AI assistant package.

Callout · What the Virtual Call Team does and does not do

The Virtual Call Team is available on all plans through IQ Credits and metered at 125 credits per minute. It answers inbound calls around the clock, qualifies leads, filters spam, records and transcribes every call, and sends you summaries — with a knowledge base and agent voice you configure. It does not book appointments for you, and because it is credit-metered it is minute-limited at lower tiers. Anyone advertising limitless AI phone answering on an entry plan is not describing this product.

Section 7

Contracts, billing and the fine print

This is the section that decides how much regret is available to you later. Enterprise field service software is frequently sold on a term commitment; self-serve software usually is not. Neither model is wrong, but they carry very different exit costs, and the exit is the part you cannot renegotiate once you have signed.

How QuoteIQ bills

  • Subscriptions auto-renew each cycle at the then-current plan price, in US dollars, with sales tax where required
  • Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover accepted; mobile subscriptions can run as in-app purchases through the App Store or Google Play and are cancelled through the store
  • New accounts are processed by Whop. Accounts established on Stripe are legacy and may stay or migrate one way to Whop
  • Upgrades mid-cycle are prorated, credits jump immediately, and annual rates adjust proportionally
  • You can cancel at any time during the 14-day trial; after that the plan converts at the rate you selected

On the customer side, invoice payments run through the QuoteIQ Payments Service and accept cards, ACH bank transfer, Apple Pay and Google Pay online, with cash and check recorded manually in the app. Processing fees vary by method, configuration, risk profile, industry and volume, so no honest page can quote you a rate — including this one. Payout and bank details are configured in settings, and recurring auto-pay is supported. See online payments for the mechanics.

Read any auto-renewal clause before you sign it

Every subscription platform, this one included, renews unless you act. The FTC’s business guidance on recurring subscriptions and negative-option programs is a useful primer on what disclosure, consent and cancellation should look like — and it explicitly covers business-to-business deals, which means your shop gets the same protections as a consumer. Before signing anything with a multi-year term, know the notice window, the renewal price, and the cancellation route in writing.

Questions worth asking any vendor

  1. Is there a minimum term, and what is the total contract value across it?
  2. What is the documented process and deadline for preventing renewal?
  3. If we shrink from ten trucks to six, does the invoice shrink?
  4. What is the price at renewal, and is any increase capped?
  5. Who owns the data, in what format can we export it, and how long do we have?
Section 8

Onboarding, migration and how fast you actually go live

Enterprise platforms are typically implemented — a scoped project with a timeline, a configuration phase and a training phase. Self-serve platforms are adopted — you sign up, import a list, and send something real the same afternoon. The honest trade-off is that implementation buys you a configured system and adoption buys you speed.

QuoteIQ is built for the second path. You create an account at the registration page, import your customer list with AI Smart Import — which maps CSV columns automatically from a Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan or any other export, or pulls straight from your phone contacts — set up your price book, and start quoting. If you would rather hand that to someone, Done-For-You setup exists in two tiers at $299.99 and $999.99, covering contact import, price book configuration and a one-on-one onboarding session.

What you can do on day one

  • Import contacts and build a price book
  • Send a branded estimate with photos and terms
  • Take a signature and convert it to an invoice
  • Collect payment by card, ACH, Apple Pay or Google Pay
  • Book the visit on the calendar and text the customer

What is worth doing in week two

One vocabulary note that trips people up when they migrate: in August 2026 QuoteIQ renamed its records so that a “job” now means the scheduled visit, and the older job records are called job forms. If you are reading older documentation anywhere, that is the mapping.

Callout · Support that does not sit behind a tier

Help Center, video tutorials and live support are available on all plans, with priority support — faster response targets and a dedicated contact — reserved for Max. You can also text the team on (912) 913-7154. Contractors trade notes in the community group linked from the footer, which is frequently faster than any ticket queue for “how do you handle X” questions.

Section 9

Fit by trade

Field service software is not trade-neutral in practice. What a roofer needs from a measurement tool is not what a maid service needs from recurring billing. Here is where each trade tends to land, with the pricing tool that pairs with it.

Measurement-led trades

Roofing, lawn care, pressure washing, painting and fencing live or die on measuring accurately before quoting. MapMeasure Pro at Beginner is usually the deciding feature. Start at roofing, lawn care, pressure washing, painting or fencing, and price with the fence cost calculator or the deck cost calculator.

Service-call trades

HVAC, plumbing, electrical, appliance repair and garage doors run on dispatch density and same-day response, so Elite’s routing tends to pay for itself first. See HVAC, plumbing, electrical, appliance repair and garage doors, plus the electrical invoice template and the EV charger cost calculator.

Recurring-revenue trades

Pest control, house cleaning, pool service, window cleaning and irrigation depend on recurring invoices and route density. Start at pest control, house cleaning, pool service, window cleaning or irrigation, and price with the pest control and house cleaning calculators.

Project and remodel trades

General contracting, remodeling, concrete, flooring and tree care carry long quote cycles where Pipelines and Job Costing matter more than routing. See general contracting, remodeling, concrete, flooring and tree care, with the flooring and tree removal calculators.

Seasonal and specialty operators are covered too — snow removal, holiday lighting, gutter cleaning, sealcoating, line striping, mobile detailing, air duct cleaning and handyman work all have their own pages, and the matching tools include the holiday lighting calculator, the gutter cleaning calculator, the air duct calculator, the car detailing price list and the handyman invoice template. The full set sits on the industries hub.

Section 10

The 10-point buyer’s checklist

Run both platforms through these ten questions and write the answers down. If a vendor cannot answer one of them plainly, that is itself the answer.

  1. What is the all-in price at my year-three headcount? Not today’s headcount. Growth is the whole point.
  2. What does adding a user cost? Per-seat pricing and flat pricing diverge fast above six people.
  3. What is the minimum term and the exit route? Get the notice window and cancellation method in writing.
  4. Can I trial the real product? A guided demo is a sales asset; a trial is evidence.
  5. How long until my first real invoice goes out? Measure it in the trial, not from a slide.
  6. Which features are included and which are quoted separately? Ask by name, row by row.
  7. How does my existing data get in? CSV mapping, phone contacts, or a paid migration project.
  8. How does my data get out? Format, cost and time limit.
  9. Will my crew actually open it? Put it on a foreman’s phone during the trial and watch.
  10. What does support look like at 6pm on a Saturday? That is when a payment fails.

Callout · The one metric worth optimising

Time from site visit to a signed estimate. Everything else in a CRM is downstream of that. Measure it today with your current process, then measure it in a trial. On QuoteIQ that path runs measure with MapMeasure Pro, price with the AI Estimator, document with QuoteIQ Cam, and close with e-signatures on the customer’s own phone before you leave the driveway.

Four mistakes contractors make when comparing platforms

Comparing this month’s invoice instead of three years of it. A per-technician model and a flat-rate model cross over at some headcount. Find that crossover before you sign, because you will be living on the other side of it sooner than you think. If you are at six trucks today and hiring, model twelve.

Buying for the feature you will use in year three. Advanced inventory, weighted pipeline forecasting and crew-level analytics are genuinely valuable — to a company that has the volume to feed them. Buying a tier for a capability nobody touches for eighteen months is a subscription to an aspiration. Start where you are and upgrade mid-cycle when the need is real; the prorated difference is a far cheaper way to grow than an oversized commitment.

Skipping the field test. Owners evaluate software at a desk. Crews use it standing in a driveway with wet hands and one bar of signal. Whatever you shortlist, install it on a technician’s phone during the trial and give them three real jobs. Their verdict predicts your adoption rate better than any spec sheet, and adoption is what determines whether the money was well spent.

Not writing down the exit. Data ownership, export format and the window you have to retrieve everything should be in your notes before you migrate a single customer record. QuoteIQ’s position is plain — you own your data and can export it on every plan. Ask every other vendor the same question and write down the answer verbatim.

If you want to see how QuoteIQ lines up against other platforms in the same category, the comparison hub covers sixty-plus head-to-heads, and the features hub documents every capability listed above in detail. Longer-form strategy pieces live on Insights.

Answers

Frequently asked questions

Is QuoteIQ a good ServiceTitan alternative in 2026? ▾

For most small and mid-sized home service companies, yes. QuoteIQ publishes five plans running from $29.99 to $699 a month, serves 40,000+ contractors, and holds a 4.7-star average across 4,103 reviews, so you can evaluate the full cost before you speak to a salesperson. ServiceTitan quotes privately, which means a like-for-like comparison requires you to obtain their proposal first. The practical test is whether you need software you can assess yourself or a project you need to implement. QuoteIQ covers estimating, invoicing, scheduling, satellite measurement and job costing in one platform, with a 14-day trial on every tier. Field service demand keeps climbing — the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 9 percent growth for electricians from 2025 to 2035 — and most of that growth sits in exactly the one-to-twenty-truck band QuoteIQ was designed around.

How much does QuoteIQ cost per month in 2026? ▾

QuoteIQ runs five plans: Essentials at $29.99/month for one user, Beginner at $74.99 for two, Pro at $149.99 for four, Elite at $299 for ten and Max at $699 for unlimited users. Annual billing is charged at ten months, so Elite works out to $2,990 a year and Max to $6,990. Each tier also carries a monthly IQ Credit allowance — 500, 1,500, 3,000, 5,000 and 8,000 respectively — that powers the AI features, with top-up packs from 2,500 credits for $25 if you run out. Optional extras are the AI Website Builder at $34.99 a month, included on Max, and Done-For-You setup at $299.99 or $999.99 covering contact import, price book configuration and a one-on-one onboarding session. Every tier includes a 14-day free trial with full access to that plan’s features, and upgrading mid-cycle costs only the prorated difference. Software subscriptions used in your trade are generally deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses under IRS guidance; confirm the treatment with your accountant.

Does ServiceTitan publish its pricing? ▾

No public rate card is published, which is why this page carries no ServiceTitan dollar figures. Pricing is built per company through a sales process, so the only figure that describes your situation is the one on your own written proposal — third-party numbers circulating online belong to other companies under other terms on unknown dates. When you request that proposal, ask for the all-in annual figure at your expected year-three headcount, the per-user change in both directions, every module quoted separately by name, any one-time implementation charge, the initial term and renewal notice window, and the data export terms. Then set it beside the published QuoteIQ plan ladder and the full features list and run both through the pricing calculator and the wider business calculators. The SBA’s finance guide is a sensible framework for building that comparison, and the comparison hub covers other platforms in the same category.

What is the best field service software for a small contractor in 2026? ▾

The best platform for a one-to-ten-truck shop is the one your crew opens without being told to, at a price you can see before you commit. That usually means published pricing, a real self-serve trial, mobile parity with the desktop app, and estimating that finishes in the driveway rather than at the kitchen table that night. QuoteIQ starts at $29.99 a month and includes AI estimating and e-signatures on every tier, adds MapMeasure Pro and QuoteIQ Cam at Beginner, and reaches route optimization at Elite. Pro at $149.99 adds ClientHub with a dedicated business number and two-way texting, which is usually the point at which a growing shop stops losing messages on personal phones. Judge the platform on one number: time from site visit to signed estimate, measured during the trial rather than promised in a demo. Trade demand supports the investment — the BLS projects 11 percent growth for HVAC and refrigeration mechanics from 2025 to 2035, with roughly 40,600 openings a year.

Does QuoteIQ require a long-term contract to sign up? ▾

QuoteIQ is a subscription that renews each cycle at the then-current plan price, and you can cancel at any time during the 14-day free trial before it converts to paid. The trial grants full access to the features of the plan you choose, and there is one trial per person, per business, per payment method. A credit or debit card is required to start. Mobile subscriptions purchased through the App Store or Google Play are governed and cancelled through the store rather than in the app. Upgrades mid-cycle are prorated, IQ Credits increase immediately, and annual rates adjust proportionally, and the entry tier is Essentials at $29.99. Whatever platform you evaluate, read the renewal clause first — the FTC’s guidance on recurring subscriptions covers business-to-business deals too. Start on the pricing page, compare Pro against Elite, and check data export before you migrate anything.

How do I switch from ServiceTitan to QuoteIQ? ▾

Four steps. First, read your existing agreement and note the term end date, the renewal notice window and the data export terms — do this before anything else, because it sets your timeline. Second, export your customer list, job history and open invoices to CSV. Third, start a 14-day QuoteIQ trial and run the file through AI Smart Import, which maps columns automatically from any CRM export, then build your price book and rebuild your recurring work as invoice subscriptions. Fourth, run both systems in parallel for two weeks, quoting live jobs in QuoteIQ with MapMeasure Pro and closing them with e-signatures, before you cut over. Done-For-You setup at $299.99 or $999.99 handles the import and price book for you. Budget the switch properly using the SBA finance guide and the business calculators.

Which QuoteIQ plan includes route optimization and GPS time tracking? ▾

Both arrive at Elite, which is $299 a month for ten users. Route Optimization sequences the day’s stops for minimum drive time, accounts for appointment windows and duration, recalculates when a job is added late, and cuts drive time by 15 to 30 percent; Route Density shows where work clusters so you plan the zone first. GPS clock in and out, per-job hours and break reporting come through Time Tracker Pro inside EmployeeHub, alongside live location tracking that runs only while a team member is clocked in. Elite also unlocks InstaQuote, InstaSchedule, Pipelines and Deals and inventory management in the same $299 tier. There is no automatic overtime calculation and no native payroll — hours export to your existing payroll system, and the BLS wage data for the trades is a useful benchmark when you set hourly rates.

Does QuoteIQ integrate with QuickBooks? ▾

Yes — QuickBooks Online, starting on the Pro plan at $149.99 a month. The integration syncs invoices, payments, customers and expense categories, applies duplicate-sync locks so records are not written twice, and auto-syncs missing customers before an estimate syncs across. The integration covers QuickBooks Online only, so if your books currently sit in a locally installed edition, plan that conversion before you switch. Alongside it, Job Costing and expense tracking give you per-job profit inside QuoteIQ itself, business analytics covers revenue and conversion reporting, and data export is available on every plan if your bookkeeper prefers to work from a file. For how software and equipment costs are treated at tax time, IRS Publication 946 covers depreciation and the Section 179 election.

Summary

Key takeaways

  • QuoteIQ publishes five plans — $29.99, $74.99, $149.99, $299 and $699 a month — with annual billing charged at ten months.
  • ServiceTitan does not publish a rate card, so the only accurate figure is the one on your own written proposal.
  • Max is the outlier: unlimited users at a flat $699, which removes per-seat cost as a growth penalty.
  • Estimating, invoicing, scheduling, e-signatures, consumer financing and the AI Estimator are on every QuoteIQ plan.
  • MapMeasure Pro and QuoteIQ Cam start at Beginner; ClientHub, Job Costing and QuickBooks Online at Pro; routing, EmployeeHub, Pipelines and Inventory at Elite.
  • AI Autopilot spans 55 tools across 13 categories; the Virtual Call Team answers and qualifies calls but does not book appointments.
  • Every plan carries a 14-day free trial with full access to that plan’s features, one per person, business and payment method.
  • Compare on three-year total cost at your year-three headcount, not on this month’s invoice.
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QuoteIQ platform walkthrough video for home service contractors

A short walkthrough of the estimate-to-payment path, from measuring a property to collecting the invoice.

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Getting started

How to move to QuoteIQ in four steps

Step 1 · Read your current agreement first

Before you export anything, find your term end date, the renewal notice window and the data export terms in your existing contract. That single document sets your entire switching timeline, and it is far cheaper to read it in month nine than in month thirteen.

Step 2 · Export your data to CSV

Pull your customer list, job history and open invoices out as CSV files. Keep the raw exports somewhere safe and untouched — you will want the originals if a mapping needs redoing. Photos and documents are worth pulling at the same time.

Step 3 · Start a 14-day trial and import

Create your account, run the CSV through AI Smart Import so columns map automatically, then build your price book and rebuild recurring work as invoice subscriptions. Done-For-You setup can handle this step for you.

Step 4 · Run parallel for two weeks, then cut over

Quote live jobs in QuoteIQ with MapMeasure Pro, close them with e-signatures, and put the app on a foreman’s phone. If the crew adopts it inside two weeks, cut over. If not, you have lost nothing.

Expert authority

Who built this and why

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Mike Vidan — Co-Founder

Mike co-founded QuoteIQ in September 2022 after running service work himself, and has spent the years since arguing that contractors should be able to see a price before they see a salesperson. His writing on pricing, estimating and margin is collected on his Insights profile.

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Justin Rogers — Co-Founder

Justin co-founded QuoteIQ alongside Mike and focuses on the field side of the product — what a crew can realistically do on a phone in a driveway, in the rain, with a customer waiting. His operational write-ups are on his Insights profile.

QuoteIQ LLC was founded on 21 September 2022 and is based in Savannah, Georgia. Every QuoteIQ figure on this page comes from the live pricing page and product documentation; no ServiceTitan pricing figure appears because none is published.

What contractors say

Three reviews from the app stores

★★★★★

“I was nervous switching systems, but QuoteIQ made the move seamless. Everything from customer details to quote follow-ups is now automated and stress-free.”

Emilio Deonna · App Store
★★★★★

“I have been using quoteiq for a year and a half now and I can’t express enough how easy/User friendly it is to use. I have tried a couple other crm’s and though they also had a lot of features they were hard to navigate and had a poor layout. I get tons of compliments from customers on how professional my quotes look and how easy it is to make payments. Also the cost of quoteiq is second to none, by far most affordable. I highly recommend!!”

Josh Shaffer · Google Play
★★★★★

“We are in the pressure washing business and have used several different quoting systems that all required multiple programs to do the quoting, follow up, and billing. We are now changing to Quote IQ because it has everything in one app. It also makes it easier to complete quotes on the phone or even in person. We are an expanding company and it is making it easier for us to have everybody on the same system.”

Rick Abend · Google Play
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See the price, then see the product

Fourteen days, full access to the features of the plan you choose, and every number already published before you start. Join the 40,000+ contractors running their business on QuoteIQ.