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AI CoPilot: Edit Estimates Through Conversation

AI CoPilot is a chat-based AI assistant built directly into QuoteIQ estimate and invoice editors. Type or speak prompts to add services, apply discounts, change tax rates, draft client messages, set deposits, and flag optional line items — all through natural conversation without leaving the edit screen. Included on every QuoteIQ plan (powered by IQ Credits). Cuts estimate revision time from 5–10 minutes of menu navigation down to roughly 30 seconds of conversation.

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QuoteIQ AI CoPilot is a chat-based AI assistant that lives inside the estimate and invoice editors and lets contractors modify documents through natural conversation — add services, set discounts, change tax, draft client messages, add deposits, and mark line items as optional. It is included on every QuoteIQ plan starting at $29.99/month and is powered by IQ Credits. Unlike Jobber Copilot (which provides advisory insights and recommendations) and Housecall Pro AI Team (specialized assistants for analytics, coaching, marketing and support questions), QuoteIQ CoPilot executes edits directly on the quote you are working on.

The Short Version

TL;DR: AI CoPilot lives inside the QuoteIQ estimate and invoice editors. Instead of clicking through menus to add a service, apply a discount, or change tax, you type or speak a prompt and CoPilot executes the edit in real time. Six quick-action cards cover the most common requests: Add a Service, Set Discount, Change Tax, Client Message, Add Deposit, and Mark as Additional. Beyond the cards, the chat box accepts free-form prompts. An Auto Accept / Review toggle lets you decide whether edits apply instantly or wait for your approval. CoPilot is available on every QuoteIQ plan (Essentials $29.99 through Max $699) and uses IQ Credits per action. It complements AI Autopilot (the whole-CRM conversation surface) and AI Estimator (photo-to-estimate). Typical estimate revisions that take 5–10 minutes of menu navigation take about 30 seconds through CoPilot — the time saved compounds over every quote you revise.

What CoPilot Actually Does

When you open an estimate or invoice in QuoteIQ, the CoPilot sidebar is right there — type or tap the microphone and it interprets your request in the context of the document you are editing. Six quick-action cards cover the most common estimate edits.

Add a Service

Drop new service lines into the estimate from a short description. “Add lawn care, $150.” CoPilot creates the line item with the price, description, and tax settings applied.

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Set Discount

Apply a percentage or flat-dollar discount without leaving the edit screen. “Take $50 off” or “apply a 10% loyalty discount” — CoPilot runs the math and updates the total.

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Change Tax

Update the tax percentage on the fly. Useful for jobs crossing tax jurisdictions, applying exemptions, or correcting rate changes without digging through settings.

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Client Message

Draft a professional note to attach to the estimate. CoPilot writes it based on the context of what you are quoting — warranty details, scope clarifications, thank-you messages, scheduling notes.

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Add Deposit

Require an upfront payment and set the deposit amount directly from the sidebar. “50% deposit” or “$500 deposit upfront” — applied to the estimate and reflected in the client-facing total.

Mark as Additional

Flag a service as optional so the customer can choose whether to add it when they accept the estimate. Great for upsell add-ons: “mark gutter cleaning as optional add-on.”

Free-form prompts too: Beyond the six quick actions, the CoPilot chat box accepts any prompt. “Move the pressure-washing line above the painting line.” “Change the job description to mention soft-wash instead of power-wash.” “Bump the price on the windows line by 15%.” If it is a valid edit to the estimate, CoPilot executes it.

Auto Accept / Review toggle: Decide whether CoPilot writes changes to the estimate immediately or stages them for your approval first. Auto Accept is faster for field use — Review mode is safer when a new hire is generating client-facing quotes.

AI CoPilot · Editing Estimate #4821
⚡ 2,847 IQC
Add pressure washing, $350. House wash.
Added. Pressure Washing – House Wash · $350.00 · Taxable. Estimate total updated to $1,290.
Apply a 10% discount and require a 25% deposit.
Done. 10% discount applied (–$129). Deposit set to $290.25. New client-facing total: $1,161.
Write a friendly note about weather reschedule policy.
Drafted. “If weather prevents service on your scheduled date, we’ll reach out the morning of to reschedule at no charge. Your deposit holds your spot.” Attached to estimate.

CoPilot reads the full context of the estimate before executing a prompt. If you have already applied a customer-specific ClientHub discount, asking CoPilot to “add the usual spring bundle” will respect that discount. If the estimate is linked to a deal in your pipeline, CoPilot uses the deal’s notes and custom fields when drafting client messages. If the job site has been measured via MapMeasure Pro, prompts like “add mulch for all the beds” can reference the actual square footage rather than guessing.

CoPilot vs. Autopilot vs. Estimator

QuoteIQ ships three AI tools that get confused with each other. They solve different problems. All three are included on every plan and share the same IQ Credit pool.

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AI CoPilot

Scope: The estimate or invoice you are editing.

Chat-based assistant that lives in the document editor. Executes edits on the specific estimate or invoice in front of you — adds services, sets discounts, drafts client messages.

  • Best for: Last-minute edits in the truck, mid-call revisions, mobile voice edits
  • Analogy: A smart cursor that listens
Different Tool

AI Autopilot

Scope: The entire CRM.

Standalone chat surface that can do anything across QuoteIQ — create estimates from scratch, schedule jobs, send text blasts, pull dashboard data, summarize your week, book follow-ups.

  • Best for: Running your business end-to-end through conversation
  • Analogy: Swiss army knife for the CRM
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AI Estimator

Scope: Generate a brand-new estimate from a photo.

Photo-to-quote generator. Upload a picture of a driveway, window, roof, or lawn — AI Estimator identifies the surface, measures it, and returns a line-itemed estimate you can send.

  • Best for: First draft of an estimate from a single photo
  • Analogy: Camera that writes quotes

The typical workflow: Use AI Estimator to generate a rough first draft from a site photo, use AI CoPilot to refine the line items through conversation, then use AI Autopilot to schedule the job, text the client, and add the follow-up to your pipeline. All three tools draw from the same IQ Credit pool.

The three-tool split matters because it matches how contractors actually work. You are rarely sitting at a desk planning an estimate from scratch — you are in a truck, at a property, between jobs, talking to customers. AI Estimator does the heavy lifting when you are standing in front of a property with a phone camera. CoPilot takes over once an estimate exists and needs revision. And AI Autopilot is the command line for everything else — scheduling, texting, running reports, checking cash flow. The three share a credit pool rather than forcing you to pick one.

None of the three replaces the others. Most heavy QuoteIQ users run all three in a typical week. A roofer will use Estimator to pull shingle dimensions from an aerial, CoPilot to apply the insurance deductible as a discount line, and Autopilot to send the follow-up text to the adjuster. A lawn-care operator will use Estimator for the mowing square-footage, CoPilot to add recurring-frequency discounts, and Autopilot to run the Monday route dispatch. The tool is the one that fits the job at hand.

How Much Time CoPilot Actually Saves

Editing an estimate through menus — click the line, change the price, recalculate tax, open the notes panel, type a message, save — typically runs 5–10 minutes per meaningful revision. A CoPilot prompt like “add a $50 tip line and write a thank-you note” executes the same edits in roughly 30 seconds. For a contractor running 30–50 estimates per month with multiple revisions per quote, the math adds up fast.

Example math: 40 estimates per month × 2.5 revisions average = 100 revisions. At a conservative 7 minutes per manual revision: roughly 11.5 hours per month on estimate editing alone. With CoPilot at ~30 seconds per revision: about 50 minutes per month. Net savings: 10+ hours monthly returned to the field.

The bigger win is speed-to-send: Across home-service industries, the contractor who sends the estimate first wins disproportionately often. CoPilot lets you voice-edit an estimate from the truck between jobs, send it while still on-site, and beat competitors who are waiting until they are back at the office to revise quotes by hand.

Voice mode matters: CoPilot accepts voice prompts, not just typed. For contractors doing job walkthroughs, that means editing the estimate without stopping to type on a phone screen. Walk the property, dictate edits, hit send before you pull out of the driveway.

Faster quoting compounds through the funnel. Estimates sent same-day get signed sooner, and signed estimates become invoices sooner — which means cash flow moves faster across the whole operation. The hours you save on estimate editing do not just buy you free time; they buy you more closed jobs and shorter payment cycles. That is why most QuoteIQ customers who adopt CoPilot keep it on Auto Accept mode after the first week.

Plan Availability

AI CoPilot is included on every QuoteIQ plan — including Essentials at $29.99. Each plan comes with a pool of IQ Credits shared across CoPilot, Autopilot, Estimator, and the rest of the AI stack. Each CoPilot prompt consumes a small number of credits depending on complexity.

QuoteIQ PlanPrice / MonthAI CoPilotIQ Credits IncludedBest For
Essentials$29.99✓ Included500 IQCSolo operators
Beginner$74.99✓ Included1,500 IQC1–2 user teams
Pro$149.99✓ Included3,000 IQC3–4 user teams
Elite$299✓ Included5,000 IQCGrowth-stage teams (5–7 users)
Max$699✓ Included8,000 IQCEstablished multi-crew operations (unlimited users)

Annual billing saves two months (pay for 10, get 12). IQ Credits reset monthly. Top-up packs are available if you exceed your plan’s monthly pool. A credit or debit card is required to start any plan or trial.

Use Cases by Industry

CoPilot works across every trade QuoteIQ supports because it operates on whatever estimate or invoice you have open. A few field-tested examples:

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HVAC

Mid-diagnostic on a residential AC job: “Add capacitor replacement, $180, and a refrigerant recharge line at $220. Draft a note explaining why the system is undersized.”

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Plumbing

After walking a burst-pipe job: “Add emergency call-out fee $150, shutoff valve replacement $95, drywall repair as an optional add-on. 25% deposit. Tax-exempt since customer is on municipal job.”

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Lawn Care

Finalizing a recurring mowing contract: “Add spring aeration as optional, bump the fertilization line by 15%, write a note confirming the bi-weekly schedule starts April 5.”

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Pressure Washing

Two-story house wash with add-on upsells: “Add house wash $450, driveway cleaning $175, mark roof soft-wash as optional at $380. Draft a friendly note about the chemical we use being pet-safe.”

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Roofing

Insurance-claim roof replacement: “Add tear-off, underlayment, drip edge, architectural shingles, ridge cap. Apply the deductible as a discount line. 50% deposit required after mortgage endorsement.”

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Pest Control

Initial + quarterly recurring plan: “Add one-time initial treatment $225, recurring quarterly at $95, mark termite inspection as optional. Tax rate for residential service.”

CoPilot vs. Competitor AI Assistants

The other major FSM platforms ship AI tools, but none of them ship a chat-based editor that executes edits on the estimate you are working on. Most competitor AI tools are advisory (they tell you what to do) rather than executive (they do it for you).

CapabilityQuoteIQ AI CoPilotJobber CopilotHousecall Pro AI Team
Chat interface inside estimate editor✓ Native sidebar
Edits the document via chat prompts✓ Executes editsAdvisory only (suggestions)Advisory only (answers questions)
Voice prompts
Quick-action cards (add service, discount, tax, deposit, etc.)✓ 6 cards
Auto Accept / Review toggle
Draft client-facing messages from contextMarketing Suite only ($79/mo add-on)Marketing AI (separate tool)
Included on starter plan✓ Essentials $29.99✓ Core $39Marketing & Help AI on Basic $59; CSR AI is paid add-on
Available on all plans✓ (CSR AI call answering is paid add-on)

Honest read: Jobber Copilot is marketed as a built-in advisor that analyzes business activity and surfaces recommendations and insights — it provides suggestions, spots opportunities, and helps contractors make informed decisions. It does not execute edits inside an estimate. Housecall Pro AI Team consists of five specialized assistants: CSR AI (24/7 call answering — paid add-on), Marketing AI (drafts emails, service descriptions, invoice and estimate messaging), Analyst AI (data-driven business reports), Coach AI (business guidance), and Help AI (Housecall Pro support questions). Marketing AI can draft text for estimates via their “Write it for me” feature, but it does not operate as a conversational sidebar that restructures line items, applies discounts, or changes tax rates on the estimate you have open.

The naming overlap (“Copilot” and “Copilot”) makes these products look like competitors on a spec sheet when they are solving different problems entirely. The question to ask is not “whose AI is smarter” but “what does the AI actually do.” For Jobber and Housecall Pro, the AI sits outside the document and tells you things. For QuoteIQ, the AI sits inside the document and does things. If your bottleneck is not information (knowing what to do) but execution time (doing it fast enough), a chat-based editor like CoPilot is the architecture that moves the needle. See the full breakdowns on the Jobber comparison, Housecall Pro comparison, and ServiceTitan comparison pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

AI CoPilot is a chat-based AI assistant built into the QuoteIQ estimate and invoice editors. You type or speak a prompt and CoPilot executes edits on the document you are working on — adding services, applying discounts, changing tax rates, drafting client messages, setting deposits, or flagging line items as optional. Six quick-action cards cover the most common edits, and free-form prompts handle everything else. CoPilot is included on every QuoteIQ plan, from Essentials at $29.99/month through Max at $699/month, and uses IQ Credits per prompt. It complements but is different from AI Autopilot (the whole-CRM chat surface) and AI Estimator (photo-to-quote generator). Typical estimate revisions that take 5–10 minutes of menu navigation take about 30 seconds through CoPilot — the time saved compounds over every quote you revise, and shows up directly in faster sends and shorter payment cycles.
QuoteIQ includes AI CoPilot, AI Autopilot, and AI Estimator on every plan, starting at Essentials ($29.99/month with 500 IQ Credits). Other platforms charge separately: Jobber includes Jobber Copilot (advisory AI) on Core ($39/month) but charges for Marketing Suite ($79/month add-on) and AI Receptionist ($99/month add-on). Housecall Pro starts at Basic ($59/month) with Marketing AI, Analyst AI, Coach AI, and Help AI included free, but CSR AI (call answering) is a paid add-on, and advanced features like QuickBooks sync and the Sales Proposal tool require the Essentials plan ($149/month annual / $189 monthly) plus add-ons. ServiceTitan does not publish pricing — user reports indicate roughly $125–$398 per technician per month plus one-time implementation fees of $5,000–$50,000 — a different market tier entirely. For QuoteIQ, the effective per-prompt cost depends on your plan’s credit pool — most contractors on Pro or Elite never hit their monthly limit, and annual billing saves two months. Keep in mind CoPilot is only one component of the QuoteIQ AI stack: the same Credit pool also powers Virtual Call Team on Elite and Max, AI Estimator, and Before/After AI. A credit or debit card is required to start any plan or the 14-day free trial.
For a pressure washing contractor, CoPilot typically gets used for mid-walkthrough edits and upsells. Example: you are standing in the driveway with your phone open to a draft estimate generated by AI Estimator from satellite imagery via MapMeasure Pro. You notice the homeowner has mildew on the roof you did not see in the photo. Tap the CoPilot sidebar and say: “Add roof soft-wash, $380, as an optional add-on. Write a note mentioning the mildew we spotted during the walkthrough.” CoPilot drops the line in, flags it optional, and drafts the explanation. You approve, hit send, and the homeowner gets the estimate before you pull out of the driveway. For soft-washing specialists or window cleaners, the same workflow applies: photo in, voice-dictate the edits on-site, send the quote while you are still on the property. In exterior cleaning specifically, the contractor who sends the estimate first is consistently the one who wins the job — CoPilot exists to make sending-first possible even on a busy route day.
Every QuoteIQ plan includes AI CoPilot — Essentials ($29.99, 500 IQC), Beginner ($74.99, 1,500 IQC), Pro ($149.99, 3,000 IQC), Elite ($299, 5,000 IQC), and Max ($699, 8,000 IQC). There are no tier restrictions on CoPilot itself; the only difference between tiers is the monthly pool of IQ Credits available for CoPilot prompts and the other AI tools. Credits reset monthly. Annual billing saves two months (pay for 10, get 12). Top-up credit packs are available if you exceed your plan’s pool — useful for contractors who do heavy estimate volume on a lower-tier plan. CoPilot shares the same credit pool as AI Autopilot, AI Estimator, and the other AI features — including Before/After AI on Pro and above, and Virtual Call Team included on Elite and Max. If you are unsure which plan fits, most contractors starting out land on Beginner or Pro for the credit headroom, while established multi-crew businesses choose Elite for the unbundled AI stack. A credit or debit card is required to start the 14-day free trial on any plan.
Both products are called “Copilot” but they solve different problems. Jobber Copilot is an advisory AI that analyzes historical business data and surfaces recommendations — scheduling suggestions, routing tips, opportunity alerts, report summaries. Per Jobber’s own documentation, it provides “recommendations and insights” and helps teams “spot opportunities” — it does not execute edits on the document you are working on. QuoteIQ AI CoPilot is an executive AI scoped to the estimate or invoice editor — you say what you want changed and it performs the change. Different purposes, different architectures. Jobber also charges extra for the AI Receptionist ($99/month add-on) and Marketing Suite ($79/month add-on) that do client-facing work; QuoteIQ bundles its full AI stack (Autopilot, CoPilot, Estimator, Virtual Call Team on Elite, Review Multiplier) into each plan with no separate add-on charges. See the full QuoteIQ vs. Jobber comparison for pricing side by side.
Yes. When you start your 14-day free trial on any QuoteIQ plan at admin-quoteiq.web.app/register, AI CoPilot is active from day one with your plan’s full IQ Credit pool available. Most contractors spend the first few days creating test estimates and voice-editing them with CoPilot to get a feel for how prompts should be phrased. The credit usage per prompt is low enough that even a Essentials trial (500 IQC) comfortably supports several hundred CoPilot edits during the trial window. During the same trial you can also test AI Estimator to generate estimates from a property photo, AI Autopilot for the full-CRM chat surface, and — if you are trialing Elite or MaxVirtual Call Team 24/7 AI receptionist. A credit or debit card is required to start the trial — no charge until day 15, and you can cancel anytime from your account dashboard. For a guided walkthrough of CoPilot configured for your specific trade before starting the trial, book a free live demo at bit.ly/QIQDemo.
AI CoPilot is trade-agnostic because it operates on whatever estimate or invoice you have open — but the industries with the highest adoption tend to be the ones where on-site estimate revisions are most frequent. That maps to pressure washing, roofing, HVAC, plumbing, landscaping, and electrical. Each of these trades typically involves walking a property, identifying add-on opportunities not visible in the original photo or sales call, and needing to update the estimate in real time before the customer loses interest. Recurring-service businesses (lawn care, pest control, window cleaning) also get heavy value because CoPilot makes contract adjustments (seasonal price changes, service-frequency swaps, add-on enrollments) a 30-second chat prompt instead of a menu dive. The common thread is on-site estimate editing — every trade where the contractor has to revise the quote while still talking to the customer is a trade where CoPilot pays for itself in the first week.
AI CoPilot operates inside the QuoteIQ estimate and invoice editors — so anything those editors connect to is automatically in scope. That includes your ClientHub customer records (names, addresses, service history), MapMeasure Pro property measurements, inventory and price books, job costing data, and the materials library. CoPilot pulls from all of this when you ask it to “add the usual spring bundle” or “apply our contractor-discount pricing.” For accounting, QuoteIQ syncs with QuickBooks Online on Pro plans and above — changes CoPilot makes to invoices flow through to your books like any other invoice edit. For payment processing, Stripe and QuoteIQ Payments are supported. CoPilot itself is a feature of QuoteIQ and is not a standalone API — it does not connect to external CRMs. If you want to move from Jobber, Housecall Pro, or ServiceTitan, QuoteIQ offers guided migration — see our Jobber comparison, Housecall Pro comparison, and ServiceTitan comparison pages for side-by-side feature and pricing breakdowns.

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4 steps. Most contractors are voice-editing estimates within 10 minutes of signup.

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Start Your Trial

Sign up at admin-quoteiq.web.app/register. A credit or debit card is required to start. No charge for 14 days.

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Open an Estimate

Create or open any estimate or invoice in QuoteIQ. The AI CoPilot sidebar is on the right side of the editor.

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Type or Speak a Prompt

Tap a quick-action card or tap the microphone. Tell CoPilot what to add, discount, or draft. It executes in seconds.

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Review & Send

Toggle Auto Accept for speed or Review for approval before writes. Hit send when the estimate is ready.

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