DripJobs is a strong sales-follow-up tool — but its base plans include only one user, and two-way texting, production-rate estimating, job costing, and AI all cost extra. Add the pieces a cabinet painting shop actually runs on and you’re past $395/month with no native inventory and reviews living in a separate app. QuoteIQ Elite is $299/month with all of it, plus up to seven users, on one login.
DripJobs earns its reputation on one thing: automated follow-up. The pre-built drip sequences are genuinely good, and for a shop whose only bottleneck is chasing leads, it does that job well. The trouble starts when a cabinet painting business grows past pure sales and has to actually run production — quoting by door and drawer count, spec’ing primer and lacquer, pricing box fronts versus full refinish versus raw-wood conversions, scheduling spray days around cure times, tracking material cost per kitchen, and keeping a crew of finishers moving.
On DripJobs, almost every one of those production pieces is a paid add-on or simply absent. Two-way texting and a business phone number is the DripJobs Chat add-on ($25/mo). Production-rate estimating — the thing a cabinet shop quotes on — is a $99/mo add-on. Job costing to know your margin on a $9,000 kitchen is another $49/mo. The Jobi AI assistant and any user beyond the single admin are quote-on-request. Review collection lives in a separate NiceJob subscription. And inventory? There is no DripJobs path to it at any price.
This guide isn’t a hit piece on DripJobs. It’s an honest look at what a real cabinet painting operation pays once the add-ons are stacked — and what QuoteIQ Elite includes on one plan, for one price, for a whole crew.
DripJobs Advanced ($147/mo) is the top published plan. Here’s what it takes to match the features QuoteIQ Elite includes natively — using DripJobs’ own published add-on pricing and verified third-party rates as of June 2026.
+ $199 one-time setup (NiceJob) · + custom for AI & users
The feature DripJobs can’t add at any price: native inventory management. There is no DripJobs add-on and no integration that tracks primer, lacquer, hardware, and truck stock against jobs. Route optimization and live crew GPS are also absent. For a cabinet shop running material across multiple kitchens, that gap doesn’t close with money — it stays open.
Data provenance: DripJobs is not in our internal facts sheet. All DripJobs figures above are from DripJobs’ official pricing page (dripjobs.com/pricing) and NiceJob’s published rates, verified June 2026. Add-on and user pricing marked “custom” is quote-on-request and not publicly listed. Confirm current pricing with each vendor before relying on it.
| Feature | DripJobs (Advanced $147/mo) | QuoteIQ Elite ($299/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| Automated Follow-Up (Drips) | ✓ 40+ pre-built drip sequences — a genuine strength, included | ✓ Email & Text Automation — built in, Beginner and above ($74.99/mo) |
| Two-Way Texting + Business Phone | ⚠ DripJobs Chat add-on — +$25/mo | ✓ ClientHub — in-app calling + texting, Pro and above ($149.99/mo) |
| Production-Rate / Cabinet Estimating | ⚠ Production Rates add-on — +$99/mo | ✓ Custom price book + AI Estimator — included, no add-on |
| Job Costing (Margins) | ⚠ Job Costing add-on — +$49/mo | ✓ Included — labor + material per job, Elite and above |
| Review Automation | ⚠ NiceJob integration — separate subscription, +$75/mo ($199 setup) | ✓ Review Multiplier — native, Beginner and above ($74.99/mo) |
| Before & After AI Photos | ✗ No AI photo generation — CompanyCam stores photos but doesn’t generate | ✓ Before & After AI Generator — all plans via IQ Credits |
| Inventory Management | ✗ Not available on any plan or via any integration | ✓ Primer, lacquer, hardware, truck stock, POs — Elite and above |
| AI Assistant / Natural Language Control | ⚠ Jobi AI add-on — contact-for-pricing, no public rate | ✓ AI Autopilot — 35 tools, all plans (IQ Credits) |
| Users on the Plan | ⚠ 1 admin user on Pro/Advanced — more are a quote-on-request add-on | ✓ Up to 7 on Elite, unlimited on Max ($699/mo) — no per-seat add-on |
| Customer Self-Scheduling / Online Booking | ✓ Online Booking form — included | ✓ InstaSchedule — books to live calendar, Elite and above |
| Proposals & E-Signatures | ✓ Included — proposals, e-sign, customer portal | ✓ Included — e-signatures, Beginner and above |
| Online Payments & Invoicing | ✓ Included — ACH + card via Chargebee/Stripe | ✓ Included — ACH + card via Stripe |
| Consumer Financing (Good/Better/Best) | ✓ Financing + Package Pricing — included | ✓ Stripe BNPL (Affirm/Klarna/Afterpay) + Options Estimates — all plans |
| Route Optimization + Live GPS | ✗ Not available — no routing or live crew GPS | ✓ Route optimization + live GPS — Elite and above |
| Free Trial | ✗ None — DripJobs states it does not offer a free trial | ✓ 14 days, full plan access |
| ⚠ = available as a paid add-on or third-party integration at extra cost. DripJobs is not in our internal facts sheet; all DripJobs and NiceJob figures verified June 2026 from each vendor’s published pricing and may change. One honest DripJobs edge: its 40+ done-for-you drip sequences ship pre-written and painting-tuned out of the box. | ||
QuoteIQ Elite includes natively what DripJobs charges for piece by piece. Just the add-ons a cabinet shop needs — texting ($25), production-rate estimating ($99), job costing ($49), and review automation ($75) — stack $248/mo on top of Advanced’s $147, reaching $395/mo before you add a single extra user or AI, and that still leaves no inventory. QuoteIQ Elite is $299/mo, all of it included, for up to seven users.
Being straight with you: DripJobs has real product strengths, not just marketing. Here is the honest case for it.
The drip follow-up library is genuinely excellent out of the box. DripJobs ships with 40+ done-for-you, multi-step follow-up sequences organized by pipeline stage, pre-written and tuned for the painting sales conversation. If your single biggest leak is failing to follow up with estimates, DripJobs closes that leak on day one with almost no setup. QuoteIQ automates follow-up too, but DripJobs’ pre-built sequence library is a real, specific strength worth naming.
The whole product is built around the painting sales process. Package pricing (Good/Better/Best), proposal-first workflow, customer financing, and an automated deal pipeline are all front-and-center because DripJobs is a sales tool first. For a solo estimator or a shop where one person sells and subs out the work, that tight sales focus can feel cleaner than a full operations platform. It’s a real fit for a real use case — just a narrower one than running production end to end.
A full walkthrough of the platform built for home service contractors — by contractors who ran businesses like yours.
Most cabinet painting shops 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. Every plan includes 14 days of full access to every feature on that tier — including the production-rate estimating, texting, and job costing DripJobs sells as add-ons.
Export your contacts and deal history from DripJobs as a CSV from your account settings. If you need a full data pull, DripJobs support can provide one — you only need names, addresses, phones, and emails to get moving.
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 door and drawer-front pricing, box and frame refinishing, raw-wood-to-painted conversions, primer and lacquer line items, hardware swaps, and spray-day surcharges — with your per-unit or per-linear-foot rates. The price book feeds your estimates and job costing directly.
Build a Good/Better/Best cabinet proposal, drop in a Before & After AI preview, and turn on Email & Text Automation so every estimate gets followed up automatically. Most operators send their first professional proposal within an hour of importing.
Rather than quote anonymous reviews, here are three facts taken directly from DripJobs’ own published pricing page and FAQ, verified June 2026.
Pro and Advanced plans both include one admin user. Every additional estimator, crew lead, or office seat is a quote-on-request add-on.
Source: dripjobs.com/pricing · Plan inclusions Gap: Team pricing isn’t publishedTwo-way texting, production-rate estimating, job costing, and the Jobi AI assistant are all sold as separate add-ons on top of the plan price.
Source: dripjobs.com/pricing · Available Add-Ons Gap: Core tools cost extraDripJobs states it does not offer a free trial. There is also no inventory management, route optimization, or live GPS on any plan.
Source: dripjobs.com/pricing FAQ + feature list Gap: No trial, no inventory4.7 stars across 4,100+ verified reviews on the App Store and Google Play.
“Has the right tools available in the app that are needed to run my business.”
— Paradise Stain and Seal · App Store · Verified Review
“The fact that all of this is in one place saves so much time and hassle.”
— BartonSWS · App Store · Verified Review
“Best CRM out there — this app will make you so much money and offers everything in one app. Absolutely amazing!”
— RoseHonor · App Store · Verified Review
QuoteIQ was co-founded by Mike Vidan 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, chasing follow-ups, and managing crews — the exact problems a cabinet painting shop hits when a pure sales tool runs out of runway and production takes over. 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 five separate tools — or pay for add-on after add-on — to run one business. His ForeverSelfEmployed YouTube channel covers business building for independent operators.
In the interest of full transparency — here is the honest case for staying. Both reasons are real, and both come down to the same thing: DripJobs is a sales tool, and if that’s all you need, it’s a good one.
Pure sales follow-up is your only need, and you want zero setup. DripJobs’ 40+ pre-built drip sequences are genuinely strong and work from day one. If you’re a solo estimator who sells and subs out the painting, and you don’t need inventory, job costing, routing, or a team of logins, DripJobs’ tight sales focus is a legitimate reason to stay.
You’ve already built and tuned your DripJobs proposals and sequences. If your pipeline is dialed in and you’re happy paying for each add-on you use, there’s no emergency to switch. The question is what happens as the shop grows past one user and into real production — that’s where the add-on stack and the missing inventory start to cost more than they save.
The honest bottom line: If you only need sales follow-up and want it pre-built, DripJobs is a fair choice. For a cabinet painting business that has to estimate by the unit, track material and margin per kitchen, run a crew on more than one login, and collect reviews without a second subscription — QuoteIQ Elite delivers all of it on one plan for $299/mo, less than DripJobs Advanced plus the add-ons you’d need.
Yes, especially once you grow past pure sales follow-up. DripJobs is excellent at automated drips, but for cabinet painting it charges add-ons for two-way texting ($25/mo), production-rate estimating ($99/mo), job costing ($49/mo), and AI, includes only one user on its base plans, has no native review engine (it uses a separate NiceJob subscription), and offers no inventory management at any price. QuoteIQ Elite includes all of those natively for $299/mo with up to seven users. Note: DripJobs is not in our internal data set, so these figures were verified from DripJobs’ own pricing page in June 2026.
DripJobs lists Pro at $97/mo and Advanced at $147/mo, each with one admin user, plus a custom-priced Growth plan. To match what a cabinet shop runs on, you add DripJobs Chat for texting ($25/mo), Production Rates for estimating ($99/mo), Job Costing ($49/mo), and NiceJob for reviews ($75/mo + $199 setup) — roughly $395/mo before adding any extra users or the Jobi AI assistant, both of which are quote-on-request. QuoteIQ Elite is $299/mo all-in for up to seven users. All DripJobs and NiceJob figures verified June 2026 from each vendor’s published pricing.
Not in the base plan. Two-way texting and a dedicated business number are the DripJobs Chat add-on at $25/mo (included only on the custom Growth plan). QuoteIQ’s ClientHub gives you in-app calling and texting logged to every job on Pro plans and above — no separate add-on, no extra line item.
DripJobs’ Production Rates feature — the estimating tool painting and cabinet shops quote on — is a $99/mo add-on. QuoteIQ includes a fully custom price book plus an AI Estimator at no extra charge, so you can quote by door, drawer, box front, linear foot, or full refinish using your own rates.
Yes, but as a $49/mo add-on. For a cabinet shop, job costing matters — primer, lacquer, hardware, and finisher hours add up fast on a single kitchen. QuoteIQ Elite includes job costing natively so you can see true labor-plus-material profit on every job without paying extra.
Not natively. DripJobs integrates with NiceJob, a separate review-management subscription that starts around $75/mo with a $199 setup fee. QuoteIQ’s Review Multiplier is built in on Beginner plans and above — it automatically requests a review after every finished job, with no second app and no separate bill.
No. There is no inventory management on any DripJobs plan and no integration that provides it. For a cabinet shop tracking primer, lacquer, hardware, and truck stock, that is a genuine gap with no paid path to close it. QuoteIQ Elite includes inventory management with products, locations, suppliers, and purchase orders built in.
No. DripJobs integrates with CompanyCam for photo storage, but it does not generate AI before/after images. QuoteIQ’s Before & After AI Generator is built into all plans via IQ Credits — turn a photo of dated cabinets into a preview of the finished result and drop it straight into the proposal.
DripJobs Pro and Advanced both include one admin user; additional users are a quote-on-request add-on, and 5+ users come with the custom Growth plan. QuoteIQ Elite includes up to seven users for the flat $299/mo, and the Max plan ($699/mo) is unlimited — so estimators, finishers, and office staff each get their own login without per-seat surprises.
Per DripJobs’ own pricing page FAQ, it does not offer a free trial. QuoteIQ offers a 14-day free trial with full access to every feature on your chosen plan, so you can build a real cabinet proposal and test the estimating, texting, and job costing before you commit.
One real thing: its 40+ done-for-you drip sequences ship pre-written and tuned for the painting sales conversation, so a shop whose only need is automated follow-up gets value on day one with almost no setup. QuoteIQ automates follow-up too, but DripJobs’ pre-built sequence library is a specific strength worth crediting. The trade-off is that DripJobs is a sales tool first, while QuoteIQ runs the whole operation — estimating, production, costing, inventory, reviews, and a team — on one plan.
Export your contacts as a CSV from your DripJobs account settings (or request a data export from DripJobs support), then upload it to QuoteIQ’s AI Smart Import. The AI reads your column headers and maps name, address, phone, and email automatically — no manual matching. Most imports finish in under a minute, and a Done-For-You migration is available for $299.
Production-rate estimating, job costing, two-way texting, native reviews, AI before/after photos, inventory, and automated follow-up — all on one plan, for a whole crew, starting at $29.99/month.
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