We read each vendor’s own Google Calendar documentation, checked the pricing pages, and ranked ten scheduling tools for roofing crews by what the sync really does: which direction it runs, who can connect, what reaches the crew’s phones, and how stale it can get on a rained-out morning.
The best scheduling software with Google Calendar sync for roofing contractors in 2026 is QuoteIQ, for crews of one to ten that want estimating, scheduling and a native sync in one app at a published price. Sync starts on Beginner at $99.99/mo. JobNimbus and Roofr document fuller two-way sync, AccuLynx is a roofing-specific CRM, and most other tools here push one way and can lag by hours.
| Rank | Platform | Sync direction | Who connects | Refresh | Starting price | Best for |
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| #1 | QuoteIQ | Two-way, asymmetric: jobs go to Google; Google events show as a private overlay | Account owner | Automatic after first “Sync all”; interval not published | $99.99/mo (Beginner). Essentials $29.99 has no sync | Crews of 1–10 wanting one app |
| #2 | JobNimbus | One-way or two-way, your choice | Each user (web) | Not stated | Custom — contact sales | Roofing sales teams working in a CRM |
| #3 | Roofr | Two-way | Each team member | “Real-time” (vendor wording) | Starter $0; Essentials $209/mo billed yearly ($249 monthly) | Roofers who want measurement and CRM from one vendor |
| #4 | AccuLynx | AccuLynx to Google and Outlook; Apple shown in both places | Not stated | Not stated | Custom — contact sales | Larger operations living in a roofing CRM |
| #5 | Buildertrend | One-way to Google or Outlook (vendor wording) | Not stated | Not stated | Custom — contact sales | Long, multi-phase roofing projects |
| #6 | Housecall Pro | One-way, Housecall Pro to Google | Users with web access | Not stated | Basic $59/mo billed annually ($79 monthly) | Residential repair and service roofing |
| #7 | Jobber | One-way feed, plus a one-time import from Google | Each user, via a calendar URL | About every 12 hours for Google | Core $29/mo billed annually ($49 monthly) | Solo roofers and small crews |
| #8 | FieldPulse | One-way, jobs to Google | Admin enables; each user connects | Not stated | Custom — contact sales | Crews that need assigned-job views |
| #9 | Workiz | One-way feed | Admin enables add-on; set up per user | Google typically about 24 hours | Custom — contact sales | Phone-heavy teams |
| #10 | ServiceM8 | One-way, view-only feed | One URL per staff member | Not real-time | Starter $29/mo (50 jobs a month) | Small shops that count jobs, not seats |
Pricing read from vendor pages on October 14, 2026. Where a vendor does not publish a price we print “Custom — contact sales” and do not estimate. “Not stated” means the vendor’s help article does not say, which is different from “no.”
We are QuoteIQ and we made this list, so here is exactly how it was built. For every tool we opened the vendor’s own help-center article or integrations page on Google Calendar, then its pricing page. We did not hands-on test the other nine products, so every competitor claim below is a documentation claim, not a lab result. Where documentation is silent we say “not stated” rather than guess. Five criteria drove the order:
Read this before you trust the ranking. It is an editorial judgment, not a pure sync-depth sort. On sync depth alone JobNimbus and Roofr sit at the top of this page. QuoteIQ is first because it combines a native two-way sync, published pricing, weather-aware scheduling and roof measurement for the one-to-ten person crews that make up most roofing companies. A large roofing operation that lives in a roofing-specific CRM may reasonably pick a different tool.
Checked but not ranked. ServiceTitan and FieldEdge: we found no documented native Google Calendar sync for either, only third-party Zapier listings for ServiceTitan, so we did not rank them for this specific job. Contractor+: its page describes “real-time” calendar updates but never states the direction. Tradify: its documented sync is one-way into Tradify (Google appointments appear in its scheduler), the reverse of what a crew needs on a phone. We may have missed a tool; vendors change their documentation often.
“Revenue per available hour. Not total revenue — revenue per hour the business was available to generate it.”
— Justin Rogers, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ
Justin’s metric is the reason sync freshness matters. A roofing crew that is rained out, rescheduled and not told is an available hour that earned nothing.
Vendors use the same two words for three very different mechanisms, and the difference decides whether your crew sees today’s change today.
Jobber, Workiz and ServiceM8 work this way. You copy a URL from the app and add it in Google Calendar. Google, not the vendor, decides when to re-read it. Jobber says its Google sync updates roughly every 12 hours and notes that Google offers no manual refresh. Workiz says Google typically refreshes about every 24 hours and recommends texting urgent schedule changes. ServiceM8’s help article says the feed is not updated in real time and is view-only.
Housecall Pro, Roofr, JobNimbus, FieldPulse and QuoteIQ ask you to sign in to Google and grant access. The app then writes events to your calendar. That is the model that can be fast and, in some products, two-way. Roofr describes real-time syncing in both directions. Housecall Pro and FieldPulse use the connected-account setup but only push outward.
Jobber can import upcoming jobs from Google Calendar one time. It is a one-time import, not a continuous sync, so events you add to Google afterward will not appear in Jobber. Roofr, by contrast, brings upcoming Google events into its calendar as General Events as part of the ongoing sync.
Two-way is the hard version. Google’s own Calendar API sync guide describes sync tokens that can expire and force a vendor to discard its local copy and run a full re-sync. Every vendor that goes two-way has to handle those edge cases, which is one reason many stop at one-way.
This is an illustration, not a test result. Picture a roofing company with three crews. At 6:15 on a Tuesday morning the radar shows storms arriving by nine, so the owner decides to move two tear-offs to Thursday and keep one interior flashing repair. Here is what happens next under each kind of sync.
The lesson is not that one type always wins. Weather-driven, same-day changes need a push. Sales calendars need a connection each estimator controls. Week-ahead planning can live with a slow feed. Match the sync to the job it has to do.
QuoteIQ is our product, so weigh this entry accordingly. We still put it first because, for a roofing company with one to ten people, it is the only tool on this list that combines a native Google Calendar sync, a weather-aware calendar, roof measurement and estimating behind one published price, with no Zapier step and no separate calendar add-on. The sync was rebuilt in September 2026.
Best for: owner-run roofing companies and small crews that schedule from one office and want jobs on the owner’s Google Calendar without double entry.
Weather is on every plan: the dashboard shows today’s conditions and the calendar’s Day view carries a forecast strip with the next 24 hours and 10 days. Day, Week and Month views all support drag-to-reschedule, Month view offers a five-second undo, and a schedule-conflict warning flags double-booked crews. QuoteIQ’s AI AutoPilot, which draws on the same IQ Credits, can take a plain-English instruction such as “Move all of today’s jobs to Friday and send each customer a text letting them know we’re rescheduling due to weather.” Once the jobs move, the sync updates your Google Calendar. We do not publish a refresh interval because QuoteIQ’s feature page does not give one.
Roof & Pitch Measurement lives inside MapMeasure Pro (Beginner and up, credit-metered), so the same app that measures the roof also quotes it and puts the install on the calendar. QuoteIQ Cam handles before-and-after photos and inspection forms on the same plans. For the wider picture of how QuoteIQ handles the trade, see the roofing software page.
| Direction | Two-way but asymmetric. Jobs push to Google; Google events return as a private overlay, not as jobs. |
|---|---|
| Who connects | The account owner only. |
| What syncs | Scheduled jobs with chosen fields, every recurring occurrence, reschedules, single-occurrence cancellations and assignment changes. |
| Refresh | Automatic after the first “Sync all.” No interval is published. |
| Plan and cost | Beginner and above; metered in IQ Credits per event added. |
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“Not showing up when they said they would — and not calling when they’re running late.”
— Mike Vidan, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ
That is how Mike answers the question of what damages a contractor’s reputation fastest on his insights page, and it is the exact failure a scheduler with a working calendar sync is meant to prevent.
Verdict: If you run a roofing company of one to ten people and want scheduling, measuring and a real Google Calendar connection in one place, QuoteIQ is the best fit on this list. Budget for Beginner at $99.99/mo, read the credit preflight before you turn the sync on, and look at JobNimbus or Roofr instead if your sales reps each need their own calendar connection.
JobNimbus is a roofing-focused CRM, and its Google Calendar sync is the most configurable we found. Each user chooses how deep the connection goes, which makes it a natural fit for sales teams that live on personal calendars.
Best for: roofing companies with several estimators or sales reps who each need appointments on their own Google Calendar.
| Direction | Your choice of three modes: two-way for JobNimbus Tasks only; two-way for Tasks and Google Calendar events; or one-way, Tasks from JobNimbus to Google. |
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| Who connects | Each user enables it in their own Settings under “Google Calendar Sync.” The help article says syncing is only available to users with web access. |
| What syncs | Tasks and, optionally, Google events. The article does not mention jobs or appointments. |
| Refresh | Not described. |
| Pricing | Custom — contact sales. Every plan shows “Request pricing.” Essentials covers up to 3 users, Pro 10, Premium 19 and Enterprise 20 or more. |
Two details are worth a question to sales. If you sync Google events, team members with access to your calendar can see them, and to put an event on a colleague’s JobNimbus calendar you add them as a guest, which also requires two-way sync on both accounts. And the pricing page caps integrations at 2 on Essentials and 5 on Pro without saying whether Google Calendar sync counts against that cap.
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Verdict: The deepest documented sync on this list and a strong choice for a roofing sales team. Ask for a price in writing, and ask whether the sync counts toward your integration cap.
Roofr started with roof measurement reports and now sells a CRM around them. Its help center describes a Google Calendar connection that syncs events in both directions in real time, and the pricing page lists the integration on every tier, including the free one.
Best for: roofers who want measurement and a CRM from one vendor and need every team member on Google Calendar.
| Direction | Two-way. Upcoming Google Calendar events import into Roofr as General Events, and Roofr events appear in Google Calendar. |
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| Who connects | Each team member connects their own Google Calendar to their own Roofr account and selects one calendar to sync. |
| What syncs | Events in both directions. The article does not say whether appointments, jobs or leads sync specifically. |
| Refresh | Described as real-time. |
| Pricing | Starter $0. Essentials $249/mo billed monthly or $209/mo billed yearly. Scale $349 monthly or $299 yearly. Unlimited users and no per-seat fee. Roofr’s own pages give Measure+ as $109 to $169, so we do not print a single figure for it. |
Roofr asks you to allow it to view and edit events on the calendar you pick, which is normal for a two-way connection but worth a conversation with whoever owns your Google Workspace account.
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Verdict: The strongest alternative if your whole team needs to see the schedule in Google Calendar and you already buy roof measurement reports. Confirm in a trial which Roofr records become Google events.
AccuLynx is a roofing-specific CRM, and its integrations page lists three calendar connections. The wording differs by calendar, so read it closely before assuming the Google connection is two-way.
Best for: larger roofing operations that already run production and sales inside a roofing-specific CRM and want appointments mirrored to Google or Outlook.
| Direction | Google: the page says syncing AccuLynx with Google Calendar means you “never miss a job, sales appointment or meeting,” and describes meetings set in AccuLynx appearing on Google. It does not state a direction in so many words. Apple Calendar is described as appearing in both places. Outlook shows AccuLynx appointments. |
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| Who connects | Not stated. |
| What syncs | Meetings, sales appointments and jobs as worded on the integrations page. |
| Refresh | Not stated. |
| Pricing | Custom — contact sales. No plan names or prices are printed; the page sends you to a pricing form. |
AccuLynx’s public pages describe the calendar connections in a sentence or two, so treat them as a checklist item to verify rather than a selling point to assume. On a demo, ask whether a Google appointment edited on a phone flows back into AccuLynx, which record types (sales appointments, production jobs, meetings) reach Google, and whether the integration is included on your plan. The reason to shortlist AccuLynx is its roofing-specific workflow; the calendar is a supporting feature.
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Verdict: A serious pick for an established roofing company that wants roofing-specific workflows first and calendar mirroring second. Ask which calendar integration your plan includes and whether Google events can flow back.
Buildertrend is construction project management software. Its schedule page says project schedules sync from Buildertrend to Google Calendar or Outlook, and its FAQ says the schedule integrates with both so you do not double-enter. That is the whole of the public documentation we found.
Best for: roofing and exterior companies that run long, multi-phase projects with subcontractors and need the project schedule in a personal calendar.
| Direction | One-way, Buildertrend to Google Calendar or Outlook, by the vendor’s wording. Two-way is not mentioned. |
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| Who connects | Not stated. |
| What syncs | “Project schedules.” |
| Refresh | Not stated. |
| Pricing | Custom — contact sales. Unlimited users; the page mentions 10% off when you pay annually upfront. |
A multi-day commercial re-roof is a chain of dependent steps, such as tear-off, dry-in, insulation, membrane, flashing and inspection, with subcontractors coming and going. That is the situation a project schedule is built for. Buildertrend’s documentation does not say how a change to one step is reflected in Google, so ask whether moving a phase updates the dependent events, and how long that takes, before you rely on it for subcontractor coordination.
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Verdict: Reasonable for long builds and commercial-style roofing projects. For fast residential re-roofs and repairs, a field-service scheduler is usually the lighter fit.
Housecall Pro is a field-service platform built around residential repair and service work, which suits roofing companies that spend most of the week on leak calls and small repairs. Its help center describes a Google Calendar integration that pushes your Housecall Pro schedule out to Google.
Best for: repair-heavy residential roofing companies that want a familiar field-service app and one-way visibility in Google Calendar.
| Direction | One-way, Housecall Pro to Google Calendar, by the vendor’s wording. |
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| Who connects | Users with web access connect their Google account. |
| What syncs | Scheduled work from the Housecall Pro calendar. |
| Refresh | Not stated. |
| Pricing | Basic $59/mo billed annually ($79 monthly). Higher tiers are quote-based on the pricing page. |
Because the connection is a signed-in Google account rather than a URL feed, it avoids the long Google polling delay that affects feed-based tools. The trade-off is that changes made in Google do not flow back into Housecall Pro, so the office should keep rescheduling inside the app and treat Google as a read-only view.
Three questions to settle in a trial: which plan includes the integration, how quickly a rescheduled job moves on Google, and whether a cancelled job disappears from Google or lingers there. The help article describes the connection but not those edge cases, and they decide whether crews trust the calendar on a rained-out morning.
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Verdict: A solid field-service pick for repair-focused roofers. Treat Google as a view of the schedule, and check which plan unlocks the integration before you buy.
Jobber is one of the most widely used small-crew field-service apps, and it documents its Google Calendar sync clearly, including the limits. That honesty is useful when you are deciding whether a delay is acceptable.
Best for: solo roofers and small crews who mainly need to see next week’s jobs on a personal calendar and can live with a delay.
| Direction | One-way feed from Jobber to Google, plus a separate one-time import of upcoming Google Calendar events into Jobber. |
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| Who connects | Each user copies their own calendar URL from Jobber and adds it in Google Calendar. |
| What syncs | Scheduled jobs and visits on that user’s calendar. |
| Refresh | Roughly every 12 hours for Google. Jobber notes that Google offers no manual refresh. |
| Pricing | Core $29/mo billed annually ($49 monthly). Higher tiers are listed on Jobber’s pricing page. |
A 12-hour lag is fine for a job booked next week. It is risky for a crew you moved this morning because of rain, since the Google copy can show yesterday’s plan until the next poll. If you choose Jobber, tell crews to trust the Jobber app for same-day changes and use Google only for planning ahead.
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Verdict: A good low-cost option when roofing jobs are scheduled days ahead. If you reschedule often because of weather, pick a connected-account tool instead.
FieldPulse is a field-service management platform with a documented Google Calendar integration that sends jobs to Google. Its setup splits responsibility between an administrator and each user.
Best for: roofing companies with a dispatcher or office manager who wants to control the rollout and give each crew member an assigned-job view in Google.
| Direction | One-way, FieldPulse jobs to Google Calendar. |
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| Who connects | An admin enables the integration; each user then connects their own Google account. |
| What syncs | Jobs, including those assigned to the connected user. |
| Refresh | Not stated. |
| Pricing | Custom — contact sales. |
The admin-first design suits a company with a dispatcher or office manager. That person decides when to enable the integration and can walk each crew member through connecting, so each person sees the jobs assigned to them rather than the whole board. The documentation does not say how quickly a change arrives or whether edits made in Google ever reach FieldPulse, so treat Google as a read-only mirror and make every change in FieldPulse.
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Verdict: A reasonable pick for a roofing company with a dedicated dispatcher. Ask sales for a price and for the refresh behaviour before you sign.
Workiz is a phone-and-dispatch-first field-service platform. Its Google Calendar connection is a feed that an administrator turns on, and Workiz is candid about how stale it can get.
Best for: phone-heavy teams that already run call tracking and dispatch in Workiz and want a planning view in Google.
| Direction | One-way feed from Workiz to Google Calendar. |
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| Who connects | An admin enables the add-on; setup is then done per user. |
| What syncs | Scheduled jobs on the user’s Workiz calendar. |
| Refresh | Workiz says Google typically refreshes about every 24 hours and suggests texting urgent schedule changes. |
| Pricing | Custom — contact sales. Workiz’s pricing page was not readable to us, and third-party listings conflict, so we do not print a number. |
A documented 24-hour refresh and a recommendation to text urgent changes make this the weakest fit on the list for a crew that reschedules around rain. It remains useful for owners who plan the following week and want those jobs on a personal calendar.
If you already use Workiz for phone and dispatch work, the feed is a convenience rather than the core of the product. The practical rule from Workiz’s own guidance is simple: when a job changes today, text the crew, and use Google for the week ahead. If same-day rescheduling is your normal rhythm, that rule will cost you more time than the subscription saves.
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Verdict: Fine for week-ahead planning in Workiz shops. A poor choice if you need same-day weather changes to reach crews through Google.
ServiceM8 prices by job volume rather than by seat, which suits very small roofing outfits. Its help center describes a Google Calendar feed for staff schedules and is clear that the feed is view-only.
Best for: small roofing shops that count jobs a month rather than users and only need a read-only view of the schedule.
| Direction | One-way, view-only feed from ServiceM8 to your calendar. |
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| Who connects | One calendar URL per staff member. |
| What syncs | That staff member’s scheduled jobs. |
| Refresh | The help article says the feed is not updated in real time. |
| Pricing | Starter $29/mo for 50 jobs a month. Higher tiers raise the job allowance. |
ServiceM8’s documentation also mentions calendar import and an External Calendars add-on. The wording is not specific enough for us to say which calendars they work with or whether they bring Google events into the ServiceM8 schedule, so confirm that with the vendor if two-way matters to you.
Job-based pricing changes the maths for a roofing company. A busy storm-season month can pass a 50-job allowance quickly, while a slow winter month leaves most of it unused. Count your jobs and repair visits across a typical year before choosing a tier, and ask ServiceM8 whether the allowance counts quotes and repeat visits or only completed jobs.
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Verdict: A budget option for tiny crews. Count your busiest month’s jobs against the allowance before you commit.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the roofing workforce at 166,900 people, and about one in five of them is self-employed. Many roofing owners are therefore their own dispatcher, and the calendar in their pocket is the only schedule the company has. That is why a Google Calendar connection matters more here than in a trade with a full-time office team.
The same BLS profile notes that roofers work outdoors in extreme temperatures but usually do not work during inclement weather. Read that as a scheduling fact: a roofing calendar is a forecast, not a promise. A plumber’s day rarely collapses at seven in the morning because a front moved in early. A roofer’s can, and when it does, several jobs move at once. BLS also notes that work may be limited in northern winters and that overtime is common in the busy summer months, so the crowded weeks are the weeks when rescheduling is most frequent.
Heat adds a second kind of pressure. OSHA’s heat exposure guidance lists roofing work among the outdoor industries where workers have suffered heat-related illness, and it advises employers to schedule work in the morning or use shorter shifts with frequent rest, particularly in the first few days of hot weather while workers build tolerance. Start times and shift length are safety variables as well as logistics. The National Roofing Contractors Association publishes safety training materials, webinars and toolbox talks for the same reason. No scheduling tool decides whether a roof is safe to work on; that stays with the contractor. What the tool can do is make it fast to move a start time and tell everyone.
Roofing revenue is also large and steady enough that these small failures add up. IBISWorld estimates U.S. roofing contractor revenue at $100.5 billion in 2026, which is spread across a lot of small companies, and a morning lost to a missed reschedule is a morning that does not come back.
If you want a native sync plus estimating and measurement in one app, QuoteIQ Beginner at $99.99/mo is the entry point. If you book jobs days ahead and a 12-hour delay does not hurt, Jobber Core at $29/mo billed annually or ServiceM8 Starter at $29/mo cost far less. Note that QuoteIQ Essentials at $29.99/mo has the calendar but not the Google sync.
QuoteIQ Beginner covers two users and Pro at $199.99/mo covers four with the ability to assign team members to jobs. Because the sync connects through the owner’s Google account, it fits a company where one person runs the calendar for everyone.
Choose JobNimbus or Roofr. Both let each user connect their own Google Calendar, and both document more than a one-way push. QuoteIQ’s sync is owner-only, which is the wrong shape for a sales team that books its own appointments.
AccuLynx or JobNimbus. Ask each vendor which direction the Google connection runs and which record types sync, because the public documentation for AccuLynx does not spell it out.
Favour a connected-account tool over a feed. QuoteIQ’s weather strip, drag-to-reschedule and AutoPilot make the move fast, and Roofr describes real-time syncing. Avoid relying on feeds that Google refreshes every 12 to 24 hours for anything that changes today.
Buildertrend is built around project schedules and syncs them to Google Calendar or Outlook. It is heavier than a repair-and-replace roofer needs, but it suits commercial-style jobs that run for weeks.
Roofr lists a $0 Starter tier, ServiceM8 prices by job volume from $29/mo, and Jobber Core is $29/mo billed annually. Check what each free or entry plan really includes, and remember that a cheap one-way feed can cost you a morning if a reschedule does not reach the crew.
Documentation is a starting point. Put these to every sales rep on your shortlist and get the answers in writing.
This takes about five minutes and has to be done by the account owner. The steps follow the one-screen setup dialog.
Run the same three tests on any other tool you are considering during its trial. A vendor’s help article tells you what is supposed to happen; a rescheduled recurring job tells you what does.
These are three five-star reviews from the App Store and Google Play, quoted verbatim. Two reviewers describe roofing work. The third, a 2022 Google Play review, does not name a trade; we included it because it is about keeping up with a schedule, which is the point of this page.
“QuoteIQ transformed how I run my roofing services, improving scheduling, quotes, and customer cọmmunication significantly.”
“QuoteIQ’s integrated invoicing and scheduling tools ensure seamless project management for roofing professionals.”
“Best app ever now I will be able to keep up with my schedule thanks guys”
Mike is a Co-Founder of QuoteIQ. His YouTube channel (580K+ subscribers) covers field service operations, pricing and contractor business strategy.
Justin is a Co-Founder of QuoteIQ and the operator behind the ForeverSelfEmployed YouTube channel (743K+ subscribers), where he covers building and scaling service businesses.
QuoteIQ is our top pick for roofing companies of one to ten people, because it pairs a native Google Calendar sync with a weather-aware calendar, roof measurement and published pricing. We build it, so weigh that. On sync depth alone, JobNimbus and Roofr document the fullest two-way options, and AccuLynx is a strong roofing-specific CRM. The right choice depends on who needs to see the schedule and how often you reschedule.
Yes. QuoteIQ’s native Google Calendar sync is available on Beginner and above. Scheduled jobs go to the Google Calendar you choose, including recurring occurrences, reschedules, single-occurrence cancellations and assignment changes, each user with their own colour. Events from your Google Calendar appear inside QuoteIQ as a private overlay that only you see, and they do not become jobs. Estimates, invoices, payments and photos stay inside QuoteIQ.
You do not need Zapier or any other connector. The account owner opens one setup screen, connects Google, chooses which job fields appear on the Google side and how far back to backfill, reviews the credit preflight, gives consent and runs “Sync all.” Plan on about five minutes. Only the account owner can connect the sync, so crew leads cannot link their own calendars.
The sync is available on Beginner ($99.99/mo), Pro ($199.99/mo), Elite ($299.99/mo) and Max ($699.99/mo). Essentials ($29.99/mo) does not include it. It is metered in IQ Credits for each event added to Google, and the preflight screen shows the cost before the first run. QuoteIQ’s public feature page does not give the per-event amount, so read the preflight number and multiply it by your monthly job count. The sync shuts off automatically if your credit balance runs out. Annual billing is two months free.
Partly. Jobs flow from QuoteIQ to Google, and your Google events flow back as a private overlay that you can edit or delete from its event on the QuoteIQ calendar. Google events never turn into QuoteIQ jobs, so they carry no customer, estimate or invoice. If you need Google-originated events to become full records, JobNimbus and Roofr document fuller two-way behaviour.
By vendor documentation, JobNimbus offers two-way modes (tasks only, or tasks plus Google events) and Roofr describes real-time two-way syncing. QuoteIQ is two-way in a limited sense: jobs go out and Google events return as an overlay. AccuLynx lists Google, Apple and Outlook calendar integrations but does not state a direction for Google. Housecall Pro, Jobber, FieldPulse, Workiz and ServiceM8 are one-way as documented. These are documentation claims, so test the sync in a trial.
If your tool uses a calendar feed URL, Google decides when to re-read it, not the vendor. Jobber says its Google sync updates roughly every 12 hours and that Google offers no manual refresh. Workiz says Google typically refreshes about every 24 hours. ServiceM8 says its feed is not real-time. Tools that connect to your Google account push changes directly, which suits weather-driven rescheduling better. Until a feed catches up, trust the app rather than Google.
It depends on the tool. JobNimbus and Roofr let each user connect their own calendar, Housecall Pro lets users with web access connect, and FieldPulse has each user connect after an admin enables the integration. Jobber, Workiz and ServiceM8 use per-user feed URLs. QuoteIQ is owner-only: the account owner connects one Google account, and each user’s jobs carry their own colour. If every estimator needs a personal calendar connection, JobNimbus or Roofr fits better.
In QuoteIQ you drag jobs to a new day on the Day, Week or Month calendar, a conflict warning flags double-booked crews, and Month view gives a five-second undo. The sync then updates the Google events, including reschedules and single-occurrence cancellations on recurring jobs. QuoteIQ does not publish a refresh interval, so for same-day changes also call or text the crew. AutoPilot can move jobs and text customers from one plain-English instruction, and it draws on the same IQ Credits.
No. The sync writes to your own Google Calendar and customers receive no Google invites. Customers hear about their jobs through QuoteIQ’s own messages. Estimates, invoices, payment status and photos stay inside QuoteIQ rather than moving to Google.
By published price, Roofr lists a $0 Starter tier with Google Calendar integration, ServiceM8 starts at $29/mo for 50 jobs a month, and Jobber Core is $29/mo billed annually. The ServiceM8 and Jobber options are one-way feeds that do not refresh in real time. QuoteIQ’s sync starts on Beginner at $99.99/mo, so it is not the cheapest. Its case is one app for estimating, measurement and scheduling.
A solo roofer can, and many start there. It breaks down when you need jobs tied to customers, estimates, invoices and photos, when a second person edits the same day, or when weather forces you to move several jobs at once. Google Calendar has no customer records or job status. A scheduling app that syncs to Google gives you the personal-calendar view without making Google the system of record.
Usually not. In QuoteIQ, Google events appear as a private overlay and never become jobs. Jobber offers a one-time import of upcoming Google events and then stops. Roofr brings upcoming Google events in as General Events, and JobNimbus can sync Google events in its two-way event mode. If you want an appointment to be a real job with a customer attached, create it in the app.
Check five things: direction (one-way or two-way), who can connect (owner only, admin plus users, or every user), freshness (a direct push or a feed that Google polls every 12 to 24 hours), what actually syncs (jobs, tasks or only events), and whether the feature is gated by plan or metered. Then use the trial to test one recurring job, one rescheduled job and one cancelled occurrence before you commit.
Beginner at $99.99/mo is the lowest plan with the sync. It includes two users, MapMeasure Pro with Roof & Pitch Measurement, and QuoteIQ Cam. Pro at $199.99/mo adds four users and the ability to assign team members to jobs. Elite at $299.99/mo adds ten users, Route Optimization and InstaSchedule. Max at $699.99/mo covers twenty users and crew assignment. Extra users are $25 a month on any paid plan, and every plan has a 14-day trial.
Roof & Pitch Measurement lives inside MapMeasure Pro, available on Beginner and above and metered in IQ Credits. You measure the roof, build the estimate and schedule the install in the same app, and with the sync on, the scheduled job then appears on your Google Calendar.
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For a roofing company of one to ten people that schedules from one office, QuoteIQ is the best fit on this list. It combines a native Google Calendar sync, a weather strip and drag-to-reschedule calendar, roof and pitch measurement and published pricing, and it needs no connector to work. The honest caveats are that the sync starts on Beginner at $99.99/mo, draws IQ Credits for each event it adds, can only be connected by the account owner, and does not turn Google events into jobs.
If every estimator needs a personal calendar connection, look hard at JobNimbus and Roofr, which document the fuller two-way syncs. If you live inside a roofing-specific CRM, AccuLynx belongs on your list. If your jobs are booked days ahead and budget comes first, Jobber and ServiceM8 are inexpensive, as long as you accept a feed that Google refreshes on its own schedule.
Whatever you choose, run the three-job test from the setup section during the trial: a recurring job, a reschedule and a cancelled occurrence. Every QuoteIQ plan has a 14-day trial, so you can test the sync with real jobs on a Beginner plan before you decide.
14-day free trial on every plan. Plans start at $29.99/mo, and Google Calendar sync starts on Beginner at $99.99/mo.
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