FieldEdge doesn’t publish pricing — expect roughly $825/month for a 7-person duct cleaning crew once office and field seats are added, plus a $500–$2,000 setup fee and a 5-week onboarding. Add the GPS tracking and review management it’s missing natively and you’re near $1,200/month. QuoteIQ Elite is $299/mo. Everything included.
FieldEdge has been serving HVAC, plumbing, and electrical trades since 1980, and that heritage shows in the product. For a duct cleaning business booking residential whole-home cleanings, dryer vent service, sanitizing add-ons, and commercial HVAC system cleanouts, the friction shows up fast: quoting a job before ever stepping inside the house, filling a route with same-day bookings instead of scattered single stops, letting a homeowner book their own appointment online at 9pm, and generating a clean before/after photo set the customer actually wants to see.
None of that is what FieldEdge was built around. Pricing isn’t published — it’s quote-based across Select, Premier, and Elite tiers, with office seats running roughly $100/user/month and field technician seats closer to $125/user/month. A 7-person crew (2 office, 5 techs) lands near $825/month before a single add-on, plus a $500–$2,000 setup fee and a mandatory 5-week onboarding before the system is fully live. Real-time GPS tracking isn’t native — FleetSharp runs roughly $25/vehicle/month on top. Review management isn’t native either — Podium runs $249+/month. Satellite measurement, true customer self-scheduling, and AI-assisted photo generation aren’t available at any price.
This guide doesn’t argue FieldEdge is a bad platform — it has genuine strengths for HVAC-heavy operations. It shows what a real duct cleaning business actually pays once the gaps are filled in, and what QuoteIQ Elite includes natively for less money on a single plan.
FieldEdge doesn’t publish pricing, so this uses researched per-seat rates for a 7-person crew (2 office, 5 field techs) — plus what it takes to match the features QuoteIQ Elite includes natively.
+ $500–$2,000 one-time setup, 5-week onboarding
The features FieldEdge can’t add at any price: Satellite property measurement, true 24/7 customer self-scheduling against a live calendar, and AI-generated before/after photos don’t exist in FieldEdge or its integration ecosystem. Even after paying for FleetSharp and Podium on top of the base subscription, a FieldEdge user still can’t offer what QuoteIQ Elite includes natively on any of those three fronts.
A 7-person duct cleaning crew on FieldEdge runs roughly $1,199+/month once GPS tracking and review management are added — plus a $500–$2,000 one-time setup fee and a 5-week onboarding before it’s fully live. QuoteIQ Elite is $299/month. Everything included. Live the same day.
Every feature that matters to a duct cleaning operation. FieldEdge add-on costs shown alongside plan costs. FieldEdge pricing is not publicly published — figures below are researched, standard monthly estimates.
| Feature | FieldEdge (~$825/mo, 7 users) | QuoteIQ Elite ($299/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| Satellite Property Measurement | ✗ Not native — no marketplace integration exists | ✓ MapMeasure Pro — built in natively, Beginner+ ($74.99/mo) |
| Route Optimization | ⚠ Basic map-based scheduling view — not an optimization engine | ✓ Included on Elite — auto-sequences daily jobs, no add-on |
| Route Density Zones | ✗ Not available — no geographic clustering visualization | ✓ Filter calendar by geographic service area — Elite and above |
| Live GPS Tracking (Crew) | ⚠ FleetSharp integration required for real-time tracking — ~$25/vehicle/mo | ✓ Real-time live GPS — entire crew, no per-vehicle fees — Elite and above |
| Customer Self-Quoting | ✗ Not available on any plan or via known integration | ✓ InstaQuote — built in natively, Elite and above |
| Customer Self-Scheduling (24/7) | ⚠ Customer portal exists but is limited — not true live-calendar self-booking | ✓ InstaSchedule — books to real-time calendar, Elite and above |
| Review Request Automation | ⚠ Podium integration required — $249+/mo | ✓ Review Multiplier — Beginner and above ($74.99/mo) |
| Before & After AI Photo Generator | ✗ No AI photo tool in FieldEdge or its integration marketplace | ✓ All plans via IQ Credits — no separate subscription |
| AI Natural Language CRM Control | ✗ Not available on any plan or via integration at any price | ✓ AI Autopilot — 35 natural language tools, all plans (IQ Credits) |
| Job Costing / Per-Job Profitability | ✗ Limited native reporting — not per-job profit tracking | ✓ Job Costing built in — Elite and above |
| Inventory Management | ✓ Native — warehouse-to-work-order material tracking | ✓ Products, truck stock, locations, purchase orders — Elite and above |
| Flat-Rate Price Book | ✓ Pre-built, 30,000+ repairs / 16,000+ parts — HVAC-focused | ✓ Contractor-built price book — set your own duct cleaning rates |
| QuickBooks Sync | ✓ Online, Desktop, and Sage Intacct | ✓ QuickBooks Online — Pro and above ($149.99/mo) |
| Setup / Onboarding | $500–$2,000 one-time fee, ~5-week mandatory onboarding | Self-serve setup — no mandatory onboarding period |
| Plan for 7 Users (Monthly) | FieldEdge — ~$825/mo base (researched, not published) | Elite — $299/mo all features included |
| ⚠ = Available via third-party integration at additional cost, or a limited native version. FieldEdge does not publish pricing publicly; figures above are researched estimates as of September 2026. Note: FieldEdge includes QuickBooks Desktop and Sage support; QuoteIQ syncs with QuickBooks Online only. | ||
QuoteIQ Elite wins on five features FieldEdge doesn’t offer at any price (satellite measurement, route density zones, AI Autopilot, true self-scheduling, and AI photo generation). FieldEdge holds a genuine native edge on inventory management, its pre-built HVAC price book, and QuickBooks Desktop/Sage support. Once GPS and review automation are added to FieldEdge, QuoteIQ Elite costs roughly $900/mo less while including more of what a duct cleaning business books daily.
Being transparent: here is the complete case for choosing FieldEdge over QuoteIQ. Three genuine points worth knowing before you decide.
A pre-built flat-rate price book with 30,000+ repairs and 16,000+ parts. FieldEdge’s Proposal Pro ships with AHRI equipment data baked in for HVAC replacement proposals. If a duct cleaning business also runs HVAC service and replacement work, that pre-built pricing library is a genuine time-saver — QuoteIQ’s price book is contractor-built from scratch.
QuickBooks Desktop and Sage Intacct support. FieldEdge syncs with QuickBooks Online, Desktop, and Sage. QuoteIQ currently supports QuickBooks Online only. If an accountant is locked into Desktop or Sage, that’s a legitimate reason to stay on FieldEdge.
45 years in the HVAC, plumbing, and electrical trades. FieldEdge has been building for these specific trades since 1980. That history means deep, trade-specific workflows for HVAC-heavy operations — even if duct cleaning specifically wasn’t the original focus. Longevity in the space is a real, if narrow, advantage.
A full walkthrough of the platform built for home service contractors — by contractors who ran businesses like yours.
No 5-week onboarding required. Most contractors complete the switch in an afternoon. Here’s the process from account creation to first estimate sent.
Go to admin-quoteiq.web.app/register and pick the plan that fits your crew size. All plans include 14 days of full access to every feature on that tier.
Request a customer and job history export from FieldEdge support or your account admin panel. You only need names, addresses, phones, and emails to get started.
Upload your CSV to QuoteIQ’s AI Smart Import. The AI reads your column headers and maps every customer field automatically — no manual matching. Done in seconds. A $299 Done-For-You migration is also available.
Add whole-home duct cleaning, dryer vent service, duct sanitizing, commercial HVAC system cleanouts, and UV light installs — with your flat-rate or per-vent pricing. The price book feeds directly into MapMeasure Pro estimates.
Open MapMeasure Pro, enter any property address, size up the home from the satellite image, and QuoteIQ builds the estimate from your price book automatically. Most operators complete their first remote estimate in under 3 minutes.
Verified feedback from independent review platforms — about the limitations that push growing contractors to look for alternatives.
“The desktop interface feels dated and could use modernization. It gets the job done, but it’s clearly an older system under the hood.”
Verified Reviewer · Field Service Business Pain point: Dated desktop interface“The mobile app occasionally has sync delays when techs are in areas with poor reception — it can slow down updating job status in the field.”
Verified Reviewer · Residential Service Trade Pain point: Mobile sync reliability“I chose it strictly for cost over ServiceTitan — it was clearly built for residential service trades and gets rigid fast if your workflows get more complex.”
Verified Reviewer · HVAC Contractor Pain point: Rigid for complex workflows4.7 stars across 4,100+ verified reviews on the App Store and Google Play.
“It’s super easy to use, has all the features I actually need, and the support team is quick to help.”
— Veronica Dz · App Store · Verified Review
“QuoteIQ helps small businesses track leads, quotes, and payments in one simple app.”
— Hardwick Audry · App Store · Verified Review
“This is a very simple and straightforward CRM that gets a job done efficiently.”
— Kahuluino · App Store · Verified Review
QuoteIQ was co-founded by Mike Vidan II and Justin Rogers — both of whom ran home service businesses before building software to solve the problems they faced firsthand.
Mike grew and sold a home service business before co-founding QuoteIQ. He knows firsthand the friction of quoting jobs remotely, managing crew routes, and chasing Google reviews on legacy platforms built for a different era of field service software. He now shares contractor growth strategies with 580,000+ YouTube subscribers.
Justin is a serial entrepreneur who has built, grown, and exited multiple service businesses. He co-founded QuoteIQ out of frustration with platforms that forced contractors to stitch together separate tools — and pay separate bills — just to run one business. His ForeverSelfEmployed YouTube channel covers business building for independent operators.
In the interest of full transparency — here is the complete case for staying. Three genuine reasons, worth weighing honestly.
You lean heavily on the pre-built HVAC price book. FieldEdge’s Proposal Pro ships with 30,000+ repairs and 16,000+ parts, plus AHRI equipment data baked in for replacement proposals. If HVAC replacement work is a major revenue line alongside duct cleaning, that pre-built library is a genuine time-saver.
Your accountant requires QuickBooks Desktop or Sage. FieldEdge supports both. QuoteIQ currently syncs with QuickBooks Online only. If your books are locked into Desktop or Sage Intacct and won’t move to Online, that’s a legitimate reason to stay on FieldEdge.
You value 45 years of trade-specific history. FieldEdge has served HVAC, plumbing, and electrical trades since 1980. That longevity built deep, trade-specific workflows for HVAC-heavy operations. It is a real advantage, even if duct cleaning specifically was never the primary focus.
The honest bottom line: If your business runs heavy HVAC replacement volume and needs the pre-built price book, or your accountant requires QuickBooks Desktop or Sage, FieldEdge has a real case. For a duct cleaning business evaluating on total monthly cost, remote quoting, route efficiency, and customer self-service — QuoteIQ Elite delivers more of what you book daily for roughly $900 less per month, with no setup fee and no 5-week onboarding.
For most duct cleaning operations, yes. QuoteIQ includes five capabilities FieldEdge doesn’t offer at any price: satellite property measurement (MapMeasure Pro), route density zones, AI natural language CRM control (AI Autopilot), true 24/7 customer self-scheduling (InstaSchedule), and before/after AI photo generation. FieldEdge does hold real advantages — a pre-built HVAC price book and QuickBooks Desktop/Sage support — so the right choice depends on how much your business leans on those specific features.
FieldEdge doesn’t publish pricing — it’s quote-based across Select, Premier, and Elite tiers. Researched rates put office seats around $100/user/month and field technician seats around $125/user/month. A 7-person crew (2 office, 5 techs) lands near $825/month, plus a $500–$2,000 one-time setup fee and a roughly 5-week onboarding period. Add FleetSharp for real-time GPS (~$125/mo for 5 vehicles) and Podium for review automation ($249+/mo), and the true monthly total runs close to $1,199+. QuoteIQ Elite is $299/month, all-in, with no setup fee.
Not a true optimization engine. FieldEdge offers map-based scheduling with drag-and-drop dispatching, which helps visualize the day but doesn’t algorithmically sequence stops to minimize drive time. QuoteIQ Elite includes route optimization and route density zones natively — no third-party account, no additional cost.
No. FieldEdge has no native satellite measurement tool and no known marketplace integration for it. QuoteIQ’s MapMeasure Pro provides satellite and street view measurement with Zillow property data and automatic estimate generation — built into Beginner plans and above at no additional cost.
FieldEdge has a customer portal, but it’s limited — it does not function as true 24/7 self-scheduling against a live technician calendar. QuoteIQ’s InstaSchedule lets homeowners see real-time availability and book directly to your calendar, day or night, with automatic confirmation. It’s built natively into Elite plans at no additional cost.
Not natively for real-time continuous tracking. Contractors typically add FleetSharp, a third-party integration running roughly $25/vehicle/month. QuoteIQ Elite includes real-time live GPS tracking for the entire crew with no per-vehicle fee.
Not natively. Review automation on FieldEdge typically requires a Podium subscription, which runs $249 or more per month. QuoteIQ’s Review Multiplier sends automated review requests to Google, Facebook, Yelp, and Angi the moment an invoice is paid — included from Beginner plans and above.
No. There’s no native AI photo generation tool in FieldEdge and no known marketplace integration for it — which matters for duct cleaning, where before/after visuals are one of the clearest ways to show a homeowner the value of the job. QuoteIQ’s Before & After AI Photo Generator is built into all plans via IQ Credits, no separate subscription required.
Three genuine advantages: a pre-built flat-rate price book with 30,000+ repairs and 16,000+ parts including AHRI equipment data for HVAC replacement proposals; QuickBooks Desktop and Sage Intacct support (QuoteIQ is QuickBooks Online only); and 45 years of trade-specific history serving HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors. If your business leans heavily on HVAC replacement work or requires Desktop/Sage accounting, these are real reasons to consider staying.
Yes. MapMeasure Pro measures home footprint and access points by satellite, and your price book can include separate line items for whole-home duct cleaning, dryer vent cleaning, duct sanitizing, UV light installation, and commercial system cleanouts — whatever service breakdown your business uses. The platform is contractor-configured, not locked to a fixed HVAC pricebook.
Request a customer and job history export from FieldEdge support or your account admin, then upload the CSV to QuoteIQ’s AI Smart Import. The AI reads your column headers and maps name, address, phone, and email fields automatically — no manual matching required. A Done-For-You migration service is also available for $299.
No. FieldEdge requires a roughly 5-week mandatory onboarding process before the system is fully live. QuoteIQ has no mandatory onboarding period — most contractors complete setup, import their customer list, build a price book, and send their first estimate in a single afternoon.
Satellite measurement, route optimization, live GPS, automated review requests, AI tools, customer self-scheduling, before/after AI photos — all in one platform, starting at $29.99/month.
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