By Mike Vidan, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ · Published May 2026 · Updated October 2026
Holiday lighting is a short, intense season where every install day, returning client, and dense neighborhood route decides whether the year is profitable. We compared 10 platforms on pricing transparency, mobile usability, estimating and measurement, customer self-booking, and seasonal follow-up automation, so you can find the one built to handle the November-through-January peak.
The best CRM for holiday lighting installation businesses in 2026 is QuoteIQ — one platform for satellite roof measurement, photo-to-quote estimating, customer self-booking, route optimization, and follow-up automation for returning clients, with plans from $29.99 to $699 per month and a 14-day free trial of the plan you choose. Customer self-booking and route optimization start on the Elite plan ($299/mo). ServiceTitan is the deepest option for large commercial contractors with dedicated office staff. Jobber and Housecall Pro are the most common general-purpose alternatives, and Service Autopilot fits shops that run lawn care alongside lighting. For small and mid-size installers, QuoteIQ replaces a stack of separate estimating, scheduling, messaging, and review tools with one subscription.
TL;DR: QuoteIQ is the best CRM for holiday lighting installers in 2026, with plans from $29.99 to $699 a month and a 14-day free trial of the plan you choose. MapMeasure Pro (Beginner and up) measures roofs from satellite imagery, the AI Estimator turns photos into line-item pricing on every plan, and InstaQuote plus InstaSchedule (Elite and up) let customers quote and book at any hour. Route Optimization cuts drive time 15–30%, QuoteIQ Cam documents every install, and Email & Text Automations with the Review Multiplier bring last year’s clients back. Plan for ladder work too: OSHA’s fall protection overview lists trigger heights, and BLS data counts about 1.3 million grounds maintenance jobs.
| Rank | Platform | Starting Price | Best For | Standout Feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | QuoteIQ | $29.99/mo | Solo through 25-crew holiday lighting shops | MapMeasure Pro + InstaSchedule + AI Autopilot in one subscription |
| #2 | Jobber | From $29/mo (billed annually) | General small-business holiday lighting installers | Polished interface + client hub |
| #3 | Housecall Pro | From $59/mo (billed annually) | Residential holiday lighting + online booking | Consumer-facing online booking |
| #4 | Service Autopilot | From $49/mo + sign-up fee | Dual lawn-care + holiday operators | Recurring + seasonal route automation |
| #5 | ServiceTitan | Quote-only (request pricing) | Enterprise commercial holiday lighting | Deepest dispatch + reporting |
| #6 | Workiz | Quote-only (request pricing) | Inbound-call-heavy holiday operators | Phone-system-centered field service |
| #7 | Strandr | 7-day free trial; see vendor site for price | Visual sales mockup tool | Designs in under 2 minutes (vendor claim) |
| #8 | Holiday Home Concepts | 7-day free trial; see vendor site for price | Lighting design + measuring + quoting | Design, measure, and priced proposal in one flow |
| #9 | Markate | From $39.95/mo (billed yearly) + add-ons | Side-hustle holiday installers | Low base price |
| #10 | Service Fusion | From $208/mo (billed annually) | Multi-trade contractors with lighting | Unlimited users on every plan |
Competitor pricing was checked on each vendor’s own pricing page on October 7, 2026 and shows the lowest published rate on the billing basis noted. Vendors change prices often — confirm on their site before you buy.
QuoteIQ publishes every price. Annual billing gives you two months free. Each plan starts with a 14-day free trial that gives full access to the features of the plan you choose, so you can test the exact tier you would run in November. See the full QuoteIQ pricing page for details.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Users | IQ Credits/mo | What unlocks for holiday lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $29.99 | $299.99 | 1 | 500 | Standard, Quick, Options and Package estimates, invoicing, AI Estimator, AI Autopilot, e-signatures, consumer financing |
| Beginner | $74.99 | $749.99 | 2 | 1,500 | Everything in Essentials plus MapMeasure Pro, QuoteIQ Cam, Property Street View, Zillow Quick Access, expense tracking |
| Pro | $149.99 | $1,499.99 | 4 | 3,000 | Everything in Beginner plus ClientHub, Email & Text Automations, Client Portal, Job Costing, QuickBooks Online |
| Elite | $299 | $2,990 | 10 | 5,000 | Everything in Pro plus InstaQuote, InstaSchedule, Route Optimization, Mass Campaigns, EmployeeHub, Pipelines & Deals, Inventory |
| Max | $699 | $6,990 | Unlimited | 8,000 | Everything in Elite plus crew creation and scheduling, Sales Team Tracker, priority support, and the AI Website Builder included |
AI features run on monthly IQ Credits and show their credit cost before each action runs. A set of free home service calculators and the Business Calculators feature help you price jobs before you commit to a plan, and Done-For-You setup starts at $299.99 as a one-time purchase if you want help importing customers and building your price book. Ask your tax professional how to treat software subscriptions; the IRS guide to business expense resources is a useful starting point.
We’re QuoteIQ. We made this list, and we ranked our own platform #1 — here is exactly why, including the trade-offs every tool brings. Holiday lighting is one of the most operationally compressed trades in home services: demand concentrates in the fall pre-season and the November–December install window, with takedown running into January. That compression magnifies the cost of every operational gap — a missed quote follow-up, an unbooked returning client, a poorly routed install day. Five evaluation criteria drove every ranking decision:
Industry context shapes the framing throughout. Crews that add seasonal lighting often come from landscaping and grounds maintenance, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 1,299,200 grounds maintenance jobs in 2025, with median pay of $40,080 per year and 5% projected growth from 2025 to 2035. If you also run landscaping or snow removal routes, the same CRM can carry every season.
“The test is simple: can you be unreachable for two weeks without the business falling apart? Not slowing down — falling apart. If your answer is no, the business isn’t running. You are.”
— Justin Rogers, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ
That test is demanding in holiday lighting specifically: a season this compressed leaves little room to recover from a week of missed quotes. The platforms below are evaluated against that pressure.
Each entry below covers pricing as published on the vendor’s own site on October 7, 2026, what the platform does well, where it falls short, and who it fits.
QuoteIQ is the platform we built because nothing else covered the full holiday lighting workflow without bolting on extra tools. MapMeasure Pro measures rooflines from satellite imagery inside the estimate (Beginner and up), the AI Estimator turns property photos into line-item pricing on every plan, InstaQuote and InstaSchedule let customers quote and book themselves (Elite and up), Route Optimization sequences dense neighborhood install days (Elite and up), Email & Text Automations (Pro and up) follow up with last season’s clients, and QuoteIQ Cam documents every install for warranty and takedown questions (Beginner and up). It all runs from one app, one login, and one billing line.
QuoteIQ was built by Co-Founders Mike Vidan and Justin Rogers, who publish their operating playbooks for service-business owners. That operator view shows up in how the plans are packaged: satellite measurement is included from the Beginner plan ($74.99/mo) with no separate measurement subscription, and Max is a flat $699/mo with unlimited users instead of per-seat fees. Many holiday lighting shops run a small office team plus seasonal field crews, which is where Elite ($299/mo, 10 users) and Max ($699/mo, unlimited users) price out cleanly. The full trade-specific breakdown lives on our page for holiday lighting installers.
Best for: Solo holiday lighting installers through 25-crew shops that want one platform, not a stack of five.
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“Same day. Not tomorrow morning — same day. If a customer calls me in the morning and I haven’t sent an estimate by that evening, I’ve already lost significant ground. Customers call multiple contractors for the same job. They’re not waiting for you specifically.”
— Mike Vidan, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ
Verdict: If you run anywhere from a solo install business to a 25-crew shop, QuoteIQ is our editorial pick. Solo installers start at $29.99/mo on Essentials, adding satellite measurement puts you on Beginner at $74.99/mo, and shops that want customer self-booking and route optimization land on Elite at $299/mo. Enterprise commercial operations with 20+ field crews and dedicated office staff should still demo ServiceTitan alongside QuoteIQ Max and compare written quotes.
Jobber is one of the best-known general-purpose field service CRMs. It isn’t lighting-specialized: the same app serves cleaners, lawn crews, plumbers, and holiday lighting installers. The clean mobile interface, customer-facing client hub, and optional Marketing Suite are real strengths. The economics depend on headcount, though. Per Jobber’s pricing page (checked October 7, 2026), Core, Connect, and Grow each include one user, Plus includes five, and every additional user is $29 a month. A 7-person seasonal crew on Grow billed annually works out to $149 + 6 × $29 = $323 a month before add-ons (AI Receptionist $29, Marketing Suite $99, Pipeline $49). QuoteIQ Elite covers up to 10 users for $299 a month, or about $249 a month on annual billing. Jobber’s free trial runs 14 days on the Grow plan.
Best for: Installers who prefer a general-purpose tool with a polished interface and whose headcount keeps per-user fees modest.
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Verdict: Strong all-rounder if your team likes Jobber’s interface and a per-user model fits your headcount. For measurement built into the estimate, customer self-booking, and a flat price at higher user counts, QuoteIQ delivers more in one subscription.
Housecall Pro is a general-purpose home service CRM with a reputation for customer-facing online booking, and it has added AI features in recent years, so check its current feature list rather than relying on older reviews. For a residential holiday lighting book, a smooth booking experience is a real asset. The cost depends on tier and headcount. Per Housecall Pro’s pricing page (checked October 7, 2026), Basic includes 1 user, Essentials includes 5, and Max includes 8, with additional users on Max at $35 a month each. A 10-person team on Max billed annually is $299 + 2 × $35 = $369 a month, compared with $299 a month for QuoteIQ Elite covering up to 10 users. Housecall Pro offers a 14-day free trial.
Best for: Residential holiday lighting shops where customer-facing booking matters more than measurement depth.
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Verdict: Best if customer self-booking is your bottleneck and your team fits within the included users. If you want satellite measurement, route optimization, and unlimited users under one subscription, QuoteIQ is the broader fit.
Service Autopilot earns its slot for one operator profile that is common in holiday lighting: the lawn care or landscape company that adds seasonal lighting from November through January. The platform is built for recurring-service trades such as lawn care and landscaping, so the same client list, scheduling, and billing can cover twelve months of lawn work and a lighting season. Per Service Autopilot’s pricing page (checked October 7, 2026), Startup is $49 a month, Pro is $199, and Pro Plus is $499, based on annual subscription rates, plus a sign-up fee whose amount isn’t published. Elite is quote-only.
Best for: Lawn care, landscape, or snow removal operators adding holiday lighting as a seasonal vertical.
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Verdict: Worth a serious demo if you’re a multi-trade operator already considering Service Autopilot for your lawn or landscape work. For holiday-lighting-primary businesses, QuoteIQ offers published pricing and a 14-day trial of the plan you choose, and it also covers lawn care and landscaping routes.
ServiceTitan is the best-known enterprise platform in home services. For a small subset of holiday lighting operators — commercial-focused contractors handling municipal displays, retail centers, multi-location property management, or HOA-wide installs — its depth in dispatch, reporting, and marketing tools can matter. ServiceTitan’s pricing page (checked October 7, 2026) lists Starter, Essentials, and The Works plans but shows no prices; you request a quote. Because cost and implementation scope aren’t public, get the total in writing, including subscription, onboarding, and any per-user or per-technician charges, before comparing it with QuoteIQ Max at a flat $699 a month with unlimited users.
Best for: 20+ crew commercial holiday lighting operations with dedicated office staff to manage the platform.
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Verdict: If you’re running a 20+ crew commercial operation with dedicated office staff, demo ServiceTitan alongside QuoteIQ Max ($699/mo, unlimited users) and compare written quotes. Below that scale, the cost-and-complexity trade-off is harder to justify.
Workiz builds phone and call handling into its field service platform — Genius Phone, plus Genius AI Answering for lead capture — which is useful for installers who field heavy inbound call volume during the September–November pre-season rush. Scheduling and dispatch run on a drag-and-drop calendar. Workiz’s pricing page (checked October 7, 2026) lists Standard, Pro, and Ultimate plans and asks you to request a quote instead of publishing prices, so budget by getting a written number.
If call handling is your bottleneck, Workiz belongs on the shortlist. If measuring, quoting, and rebooking are the bottleneck, QuoteIQ covers more of that workflow, and calls and texts are handled inside QuoteIQ by ClientHub (Pro and up) and the Virtual Call Team, an AI phone team that answers inbound calls within the minutes your plan’s IQ Credits allow.
Best for: Holiday lighting installers whose primary operational bottleneck is inbound call handling during peak season.
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Verdict: Strong choice if call volume is genuinely your bottleneck. For holiday lighting workflows where measurement, route optimization, and rebooking automation matter more than phone-system depth, QuoteIQ covers more ground with published pricing.
Strandr is a different category of tool than the CRMs above. It describes itself as professional lighting design software for Christmas and permanent lighting contractors: you upload a photo of the customer’s house, drag lights and decorations onto it, and export a high-resolution design to share. It runs in a web browser on PC, Mac, and tablets with no app download. Every holiday lighting installer has to decide whether to sell on a visual mockup of the customer’s actual home or on a written estimate, and Strandr is built for the first approach.
Strandr’s own site claims that designs take under two minutes and that visual quotes convert 3x better than text-only estimates. That is a vendor claim, not our finding. Because Strandr is a design tool, plan to run scheduling, invoicing, customer records, and rebooking in a CRM alongside it. QuoteIQ can fill that role, with estimates that carry photos and images, invoicing, and scheduling in one app.
Best for: Holiday lighting installers who use photorealistic mockups in their sales process and want a dedicated design tool.
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Verdict: Best as a complement to a real CRM, not a replacement for one. If one platform for measuring, estimating, scheduling, and rebooking matters more than design polish, QuoteIQ is the broader fit; add a design tool only if your sales process needs detailed mockups.
Holiday Home Concepts is a Christmas-light design and quoting tool created, in the vendor’s words, by two Christmas light company owners. You upload a photo of the customer’s home, design the lighting, measure the property, calculate material costs with your own custom pricing, and generate a one-click proposal with your company branding. It supports both Christmas and permanent lighting. It’s narrower than a full CRM but built around how holiday lighting customers buy: a design, a price, and a proposal in one flow.
The vendor says the product is optimized for desktop, laptop, and tablet devices and offers limited functionality on a cell phone, and its site shows two plans without public prices. Pair it with a CRM for the operations side and use it for the proposal step. QuoteIQ’s Christmas light installation cost calculator is a free way to sanity-check any proposal total before you send it.
Best for: Holiday lighting operators who close jobs primarily on detailed design proposals with material breakdowns.
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Verdict: Worth a demo if visual proposal depth is the deciding factor in your sales process. Like Strandr, it’s best as a complement to a CRM: pair it with QuoteIQ for the operations side and use it for the proposal-creation step.
Markate is a budget-tier field service platform with a low entry price that attracts side-hustle and first-year holiday lighting operators. Per Markate’s pricing page (checked October 7, 2026), the base plan is $39.95 a month billed yearly or $49.95 month-to-month, Team adds $5 per employee, add-ons run $10 a month each, and the Kate AI Receptionist is $1 per call. The asterisk on the headline price is the add-on stack: one owner plus four employees on Team ($20) with four add-ons ($40) comes to about $99.95 a month at the yearly rate, or $109.95 month-to-month.
By comparison, QuoteIQ Essentials ($29.99/mo, 1 user) includes the AI Estimator, AI Autopilot, e-signatures, and consumer financing in the base price, with no add-ons to stack.
Best for: Side-hustle, weekend-only, or first-year holiday lighting operators on tight budgets.
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Verdict: Side-hustle pick. Full-time holiday lighting installers are likely to outgrow it within a season or two. QuoteIQ Essentials at $29.99/mo is lower on the base price, and Beginner at $74.99/mo adds satellite measurement and QuoteIQ Cam without add-on line items.
Service Fusion is a long-running multi-trade field service platform with one useful differentiator for growing crews: unlimited users on every plan. For a 12-person seasonal crew, Jobber’s per-user fees on Grow come to $468 a month billed annually ($518 month-to-month), so Service Fusion’s flat Starter price of $208 a month billed annually ($245 month-to-month) can be more economical. Per Service Fusion’s pricing page (checked October 7, 2026), there is no contract. The vendor highlights scheduling and dispatch with route optimization, estimates, GPS fleet tracking, QuickBooks integration, and AI phone answering.
Starter is the highest published entry price on this list, so Service Fusion pays off mainly when your headcount would make per-user plans expensive. It is a generalist platform rather than a holiday lighting tool, so test how it handles roofline measurement and customer self-booking during your trial.
Best for: Mid-market multi-trade operators with 8+ seasonal crew members where per-user pricing elsewhere becomes punitive.
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Verdict: Worth a demo if your headcount makes per-user pricing painful and you want one flat price. QuoteIQ Max ($699/mo, unlimited users) is the alternative if you also want satellite measurement, customer self-booking, and AI built into the same subscription.
Holiday lighting installation is seasonal, ladder-heavy, and mileage-heavy. The public data below frames why software choice matters, because labor supply, fall risk, and drive time are three cost levers a CRM can influence. The CPSC figure is the most recent count we could verify, and the NFPA publishes winter-holiday fire safety guidance you can share with customers.
Here is the mileage math as an illustration. If Route Optimization saves one crew 10 miles a day across 30 install days, that is 300 miles, or $228 at the IRS rate of $0.76 a mile, before counting the labor hours you get back. Multiply by your crew count to see what dense, well-sequenced routes are worth, then use the Christmas light installation cost calculator to turn your measurements into prices.
Holiday lighting businesses come in shapes that don’t map to a single recommendation. The right platform depends on team size, sales process, and whether lighting is your primary trade or a seasonal add-on. Below are seven common operator profiles and the platform that fits each one.
Pick QuoteIQ Essentials at $29.99/mo. You get Standard, Quick, Options, and Package estimates, invoicing, the AI Estimator, and e-signatures in one app, plus consumer financing your customers can use at checkout. Move to Beginner ($74.99/mo, 2 users) when you want MapMeasure Pro satellite measurement and QuoteIQ Cam. The 14-day trial lets you test the plan you choose, and our Christmas light installation cost calculator helps you check your pricing first. The SBA’s small business guidance is a free planning resource for a new seasonal business.
QuoteIQ Beginner ($74.99/mo, 2 users) or Pro ($149.99/mo, 4 users). MapMeasure Pro starts at Beginner, so you can measure rooflines remotely at either tier during the September–October quoting rush. Pro adds ClientHub for in-app calling and texting, Email & Text Automations for follow-up, the Client Portal, Job Costing, and QuickBooks Online sync.
QuoteIQ Elite ($299/mo, 10 users). Elite unlocks InstaQuote and InstaSchedule for 24/7 customer self-quoting and self-booking, Route Optimization for dense install days, and Mass Campaigns (through your own Twilio and SendGrid accounts) for rebooking outreach to last year’s clients. Layer Email & Text Automations on top for the per-customer follow-up sequence.
QuoteIQ Max at $699/mo with unlimited users, crew creation and scheduling, and the Sales Team Tracker. For scale, using prices published on October 7, 2026, a 15-person team on Jobber Plus is $399 + 10 × $29 = $689 a month billed annually before add-ons, and on Housecall Pro Max it is $299 + 7 × $35 = $544 a month. Max stays flat at $699 no matter how many seasonal hires you add, and it includes priority support and the AI Website Builder.
ServiceTitan or QuoteIQ Max. ServiceTitan offers more depth for large commercial operations and is quote-only, so request its price in writing. QuoteIQ Max publishes its price at $699/mo for unlimited users, and AI Smart Import helps you bring customers over from an existing CRM. Demo both before deciding, since at this scale the platform choice is a multi-year commitment either way. See the QuoteIQ vs ServiceTitan comparison for the side-by-side.
Service Autopilot or QuoteIQ. Service Autopilot is built for recurring-service trades (Startup $49, Pro $199, and Pro Plus $499 a month, plus a sign-up fee). QuoteIQ handles lawn care and landscaping alongside lighting, with Invoice Subscriptions for recurring billing, scheduling that carries across seasons, and AI Smart Import to bring in your client list by CSV. Demo each one against your real route list.
Pair QuoteIQ for operations with Strandr or Holiday Home Concepts for design. Both offer a 7-day free trial and neither publishes a price, so run a trial on a real customer’s home before you commit. If a realistic before-and-after preview is enough, QuoteIQ’s AI Image Generator (every plan, uses IQ Credits) creates an “after” photo from the customer’s “before” photo and attaches it to an estimate or invoice.
QuoteIQ is the best CRM for most holiday lighting installation businesses in 2026, from solo installers to 25-crew shops, because one subscription covers satellite roof measurement, the AI Estimator, customer self-booking, route optimization, and follow-up automation for returning clients. Plans run from $29.99 to $699 a month, and every plan starts with a 14-day free trial of the plan you choose. ServiceTitan is the deepest option for 20+ crew commercial operations with dedicated office staff, but its pricing is quote-only. Jobber and Housecall Pro are the most common general-purpose alternatives, and Service Autopilot suits shops that run lawn care alongside lighting. QuoteIQ’s iOS, Android, and web apps hold a 4.7★ rating across 4,103 reviews, which matters when crews work from ladders and rooftops. For context on the labor pool, the BLS counts about 1.3 million grounds maintenance jobs. Start with our holiday lighting software page and compare tiers on the pricing page.
Published prices run from $29.99 a month for QuoteIQ Essentials (1 user) to $699 a month for Max (unlimited users), with Beginner at $74.99, Pro at $149.99, and Elite at $299 in between; annual billing gives two months free. Competitor prices checked on October 7, 2026: Jobber starts at $29 a month billed annually with $29 per extra user, Housecall Pro at $59, Service Autopilot at $49 plus a sign-up fee, Markate at $39.95 plus add-ons, and Service Fusion at $208 with unlimited users. ServiceTitan and Workiz are quote-only, and Strandr and Holiday Home Concepts don’t publish prices. We did not find a full-featured permanent free plan among the platforms we checked, but each QuoteIQ plan starts with a 14-day trial. Software is a business expense, so ask your tax professional how to deduct it; the IRS guide to business expense resources is a starting point, and our free home service calculators and Business Calculators help you price jobs against your costs.
QuoteIQ Essentials at $29.99 a month is the best fit for most solo installers. It includes Standard, Quick, Options, and Package estimates, invoicing with online payments, e-signatures so customers can approve on their phone, the AI Estimator for photo-to-quote pricing, and AI Autopilot for running the CRM by voice or text. When you want satellite roof measurement, step up to Beginner at $74.99 a month for MapMeasure Pro and QuoteIQ Cam. Jobber’s Core plan ($29 a month billed annually, $49 month-to-month) and Markate ($39.95 a month billed yearly, plus add-ons) are the main lower-priced alternatives, and a design tool such as Strandr or Holiday Home Concepts (each with a 7-day trial) can sit beside a CRM if you sell on mockups. If you’re new to running a seasonal business, the SBA’s business guidance covers planning, finances, and hiring, and our Christmas light installation cost calculator helps you set prices before you send your first estimate.
For 20+ employees, the two main contenders are ServiceTitan and QuoteIQ Max. ServiceTitan offers the most depth in dispatch, reporting, and marketing for large commercial operations, but its plans (Starter, Essentials, and The Works) are quote-only, so get subscription and onboarding costs in writing. QuoteIQ Max is $699 a month ($6,990 annually) with unlimited users, crew creation and scheduling, the Sales Team Tracker, EmployeeHub with GPS location tracking and Time Tracker Pro, and 8,000 IQ Credits a month. Route Optimization cuts drive time 15–30%, and at the IRS standard mileage rate of 76¢ a mile for July through December 2026, ten saved miles a day across 30 install days is $228 per crew. Hours export to your existing payroll system, because QuoteIQ doesn’t run payroll. Demo both platforms before you commit, since at this size the choice is a multi-year decision. Our QuoteIQ vs ServiceTitan comparison lays out the differences.
QuoteIQ’s InstaQuote and InstaSchedule do both, and both start on the Elite plan ($299 a month, 10 users). With InstaQuote you build a service library with your own pricing, share a link on your website, email, or social, and customers pick services, see a real-time total, and receive an instant quote they can approve. InstaSchedule lets customers book 24/7 against your real calendar availability, so pre-season shoppers who compare several installers can book while you’re on a roof. Customers can also use the branded Client Portal (Pro and up) to view and approve estimates and pay invoices, contact request forms capture leads from your website, and Google Reserve booking lets people book from Google Search and Maps. Most general-purpose platforms offer some form of online booking, so confirm which plan includes it and whether it shows real-time availability. Customers often hire installers because ladder work is risky: the CPSC reported about 14,700 emergency-room-treated holiday decorating injuries in one season, 41% from falls.
Measure from satellite imagery first, then price from the measurements. QuoteIQ’s MapMeasure Pro (Beginner and up, $74.99 a month) measures roof dimensions from aerial imagery inside the estimate, lets you draw custom shapes for complex rooflines, saves the numbers to the customer profile, and attaches a screenshot to the quote as visual proof. You can also scroll back through years of aerial photos of a property. Property Street View and Zillow Quick Access help you confirm the house before you roll a truck. Then the AI Estimator (every plan) turns property photos into line-item pricing, the Options estimate lets customers choose good, better, or best packages, and the Christmas light installation cost calculator gives you a sanity check. Measuring remotely also means fewer pre-quote ladder and roof visits: OSHA’s fall protection overview sets the trigger at 6 feet in construction and 4 feet in general industry. Send the estimate the same day, as Mike Vidan argues in his insights.
Rebooking is a follow-up problem, so automate the follow-up. In QuoteIQ, Email & Text Automations (Pro plan, $149.99 a month, and up) send multi-step sequences triggered by events such as an estimate or a paid invoice, with timing from immediately to 24 months out, and you can describe a sequence in plain language and let the AI build it. Mass Campaigns (Elite and up) send a segmented text or email blast to last year’s customers through your own Twilio and SendGrid accounts. After each paid invoice, the Review Multiplier asks customers for a review, and ClientHub (Pro and up) keeps two-way texts with each customer in one thread. When a customer replies, InstaSchedule (Elite and up) lets them book a slot themselves. AI Autopilot is the voice-and-text command layer on every plan, not the rebooking engine. Consider adding a safety note to your takedown-season message; the NFPA’s winter holiday safety guidance is a good resource to point customers to.
Switch in the off-season (roughly February through April) and run a short overlap. Export your customer list and past-season job records from your current CRM as a CSV, then bring them in with QuoteIQ’s AI Smart Import, which reads CSV files from Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, or any other CRM and maps the columns automatically; you can also import contacts from your phone. Next, set up your price book and estimate templates, connect QuickBooks Online if you use it (Pro and up), and turn on follow-up automations for returning customers. Run both systems side by side for the first week of real work, then cut over fully. Export Data works on every QuoteIQ plan, so your records stay yours. Keep your old records as long as your tax adviser recommends, and start with the IRS guide to business expense resources. Our Jobber comparison and Housecall Pro comparison walk through the differences, and the pricing page shows which plan matches your headcount. Done-For-You setup starts at $299.99 as a one-time purchase if you’d rather have help.
Watch the short video “What Is QuoteIQ?” for a walkthrough of estimating, scheduling, invoicing, and customer follow-up in one app.
Most installers can move over in a weekend during the off-season. Here is the short version.
Create your account and pick the plan you want to test, from Essentials ($29.99/mo) to Max ($699/mo). The trial gives you full access to the features of the plan you choose. A credit or debit card is required to start.
Use AI Smart Import to bring in a CSV export from Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, or any other CRM with automatic column mapping, or import contacts straight from your phone.
Add your services and prices to your price book and estimate templates, sanity-check them with the Christmas light installation cost calculator, and on Beginner and up measure a first roof with MapMeasure Pro.
Send your first estimates by text, email, or link, then set up Email & Text Automations (Pro and up) so returning customers hear from you before a competitor does. On Elite and up, add InstaSchedule so customers can book themselves.
QuoteIQ’s Co-Founders publish their own playbooks for service business owners. The priorities behind this ranking, quoting fast, building systems, and following up with every customer, come from that published work.
Mike co-founded QuoteIQ in 2022 and is a 20+ year service business owner. His published insights on quoting speed and running a service business are collected on his QuoteIQ insights page.
Justin co-founded QuoteIQ alongside Mike. His published insights focus on building systems so a service business can run without the owner present.
Holiday lighting is a niche trade in our review base, so the three reviews below come from operators in adjacent exterior-service trades, roof and gutter cleaning and lawn care, plus one owner who quotes clients from home measurements. All three are verbatim 5-star reviews from the App Store and Google Play.
“This is just the app that I was missing for my business. Just with the fact that I can be at my home doing measurements for quotes to clients in minutes is just mind-blowing. You guys deserve a 10 stars rating. Thank you, guys. Keep going.”
— Jovanni Diaz · Google Play
“I recently started up a roof and gutter cleaning business and this app has everything in one place. I can send estimates over the phone without even going to the house. It saves me time, and time is money.”
— Hayden Hoppe · Google Play
“I have a lawncare business, was unorganized, but QuoteIQ changed everything. Estimates, scheduling, billing and invoicing are seamless. Tax prep easier. Best CRM by functionality and price.”
— Elke Staton · App Store
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Estimates
Create and send professional estimates.
Invoicing
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QuoteIQ Cam
Capture and document every job with ease.
Scheduling
Schedule jobs to your calendar in seconds.
Inspection Forms
Create and complete inspection reports.
MapMeasure Pro
Measure and price properties instantly.
Business Analytics
Real-time insight into your performance.
EmployeeHub
Assign, schedule & pay employees.
Virtual Call Team
Never miss a call with 24/7 AJ, assistant.
ClientHub
Send and keep messages inside QuoteIQ.
InstaQuote
Allow customers to create estimates themselves.
InstaSchedule
Let clients schedule appointments themselves.
Facebook User Group
Connect with and get advice from other QuoteIQ users.
Competitor Comparisons
See how QuoteIQ compares to it’s top competitors.
QuoteIQ Partners
Work with trusted partners that support your growth.
Earn 40% commissions by sharing QuoteIQ with others.
Press & Media
Brand assets and coverage about QuoteIQ’s journey.
