FieldEdge sends AI call answering and automated review requests to paid partners, and we found no customer self-quoting in its published features. For a 5-person crew that adds up to about $978–$1,298+ a month (third-party reported) — QuoteIQ Elite is $299/month with everything included.
FieldEdge by Xplor has been around since 1980, lists more than 40,000 users, and built its reputation on a drag-and-drop dispatch board. For an appliance installation business that spends the day on dishwasher installs, gas and electric range hookups, over-the-range microwave mounts, washer and dryer sets, dryer vent kits, refrigerator water lines, and old-unit haul-away, that dispatch strength is real. The trouble starts when the business tries to grow past scheduling and invoicing: answering every referral call, chasing reviews after each install, letting homeowners price a standard install without phoning the office, and keeping the right kits on the right truck.
On FieldEdge, several of those are separate products with separate bills. AI call answering runs through Goodcall ($79–$249/mo, plus $0.50 per unique caller over the cap). Automated review requests run through partners like Birdeye ($299–$449/mo per location, annual upfront). All of that sits on top of a per-user base of roughly $100 per office user and $125 per field tech, and on the lower tiers Inventory Management (~$39/mo) and Advanced Reporting (~$49/mo) are reported extras. There is no free trial; onboarding is team-led, takes about five weeks, and is reported at $500–$2,000+ one time. Every one of those figures is third-party or user-reported, because FieldEdge does not publish a full price list.
This guide doesn’t argue FieldEdge is a bad product. Its G2 reviewers praise the dispatch board, technician ease of use, and QuickBooks sync. It shows what a five-person appliance installation crew actually pays when the missing pieces are added — and what QuoteIQ Elite includes on one plan for $299/month. Where FieldEdge’s published features didn’t show a capability at all, we say “not found” rather than claiming it can’t exist.
FieldEdge’s plans (Select, Premier, Elite) are all sales-quoted. Using third-party estimates of about $100 per office user and $125 per field tech per month, a 5-person crew — 1 office user and 4 field techs — is about $600/month before add-ons. Here’s what it takes to match what QuoteIQ Elite includes natively.
All FieldEdge figures are third-party or user-reported. FieldEdge publishes no full price list. Verified September 26, 2026 against FieldEdge’s own site and pricing page plus third-party sources; re-verified every 30 days (next: October 25, 2026).
+ $500–$2,000+ one-time onboarding (no free trial). Select and Premier add ~$88/mo for Inventory and Reporting.
What we could not find in FieldEdge’s published features: customer self-quoting (a homeowner building and pricing their own quote) and AI photo-based estimating (checked FieldEdge’s own site, pricing page, consumer portal page, and current third-party reviews on September 26, 2026). FieldEdge’s Consumer Management Portal lets customers view and act on quotes you send, request service, and book appointments, and it offers two-way texting, so those are not gaps. If a FieldEdge rep says otherwise on a demo, ask them to confirm in writing.
A 5-person appliance installation crew on FieldEdge runs about $600/month before add-ons and about $978–$1,298+/month with partner tools for AI call answering and review requests — plus $500–$2,000+ in one-time onboarding, and roughly $88/month more for Inventory and Reporting on the lower tiers. QuoteIQ Elite is $299/month, up to 10 users, one login. That is $679–$999+ less every month.
Every feature that matters to an install crew. Partner and add-on costs shown alongside plan costs. FieldEdge figures are third-party or user-reported monthly rates — never annual, never promo.
| Feature | FieldEdge (~$600/mo for 5 users, reported) | QuoteIQ Elite ($299/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| Drag-and-Drop Dispatch Board | ✓ Native — FieldEdge says it built the industry’s first dispatch board. A genuine strength. | ✓ Drag-and-drop calendar, all plans. Assign a person on Pro and above, a crew on Max. |
| Route Optimization | ✓ Native, with map-based scheduling and real-time technician status | ✓ Included — Elite and above, plus Route Density Zones |
| Two-Way Texting | ✓ Native 2-Way SMS via MarketingEdge — included on the Elite tier, add-on on lower tiers (price on request) | ✓ ClientHub — Pro and above ($149.99/mo) |
| Online Booking | ✓ Native online appointment requests and portal booking; Schedule Engine partner (price not published) | ✓ InstaSchedule — Elite and above |
| Customer Portal | ✓ Consumer Management Portal — Elite tier or add-on (price on request): view and pay invoices, request service, view and act on quotes, book appointments | ✓ Client Portal — Pro and above |
| Customer Self-Quoting | ✗ Not found — the portal lets customers act on quotes you send, not build their own | ✓ InstaQuote — Elite and above |
| AI Photo-Based Estimating | ✗ Not found in FieldEdge’s published features | ✓ AI Estimator — all plans (IQ Credits) |
| AI Call Answering | ⚠ Goodcall partner — $79–$249/mo + $0.50 per unique caller over the cap | ✓ Virtual Call Team — all plans (IQ Credits) |
| Automated Review Requests | ⚠ Partner tools — Birdeye $299–$449/mo per location (annual upfront); Podium, Broadly, ReviewBuzz | ✓ Review Multiplier — automation on Elite and above; dashboard on every plan |
| Inventory Management | ⚠ Tier-dependent — Warehouse Inventory Management on the Elite tier; reported ~$39/mo add-on on lower tiers | ✓ Five modules — Elite and above |
| Advanced Reporting | ⚠ Tier-dependent — unlimited saved reports on the Elite tier (Premier: 10); reported ~$49/mo Advanced Reporting add-on | ✓ Advanced Analytics — Beginner and above |
| Vehicle / Crew GPS | ⚠ Partners — FleetSharp (hardware required) or ArgoTrak; price not published | ✓ GEO Location Tracker — Elite and above, phone-based, no hardware |
| Flat-Rate Price Book & Good/Better/Best | ✓ Native price book and flat-rate pricing; Multi-Option Quotes (Premier and up); Proposal Pro good-better-best (Elite tier, add-on below) | ✓ Price Book, Options (Good/Better/Best), and Package Estimates on every plan |
| Service Agreements / Recurring Plans | ✓ Native, with renewal, billing, and scheduling. A genuine strength. | ✓ Invoice Subscriptions / recurring service plans — all plans |
| QuickBooks Sync | ✓ QuickBooks Online and Desktop | ✓ QuickBooks Online — Pro and above |
| Setup & Free Trial | ⚠ No free trial (per FieldEdge’s pricing page). Team-led ~5-week onboarding, $500–$2,000+ one time (reported) | ✓ 14 days, full plan access. Optional Done-For-You setup: $299.99 |
| Plan for a 5-Person Crew (Monthly) | ~$600/mo base (1 office + 4 techs), before add-ons | Elite — $299/mo, up to 10 users, all features included |
| ⚠ = available via partner or add-on at extra cost. ✗ = not found in FieldEdge’s published features or current third-party reviews (verified September 26, 2026); we say “not found,” not “unavailable.” FieldEdge dollar figures are third-party or user-reported. Genuine FieldEdge advantages: native dispatch board and route optimization, QuickBooks Desktop support, and service agreement tools. | ||
QuoteIQ Elite matches FieldEdge on dispatch, routing, texting, online booking, the customer portal, price book, recurring plans, and QuickBooks Online (and on inventory and reporting if you are on FieldEdge’s Elite tier). It wins on what FieldEdge sends to partners (AI call answering, review automation, GPS) and on two capabilities we could not find in FieldEdge at all: customer self-quoting and AI photo-based estimating — at roughly half FieldEdge’s reported base price for the same crew, before any add-ons.
Being transparent: here is the honest case for choosing FieldEdge over QuoteIQ. These are real product strengths, not marketing.
A dispatch board with 20+ years of refinement. FieldEdge says it built the industry’s first dispatch board. Drag-and-drop dispatch, map-based scheduling, native route optimization, and real-time technician status are all built in, and its G2 reviewers (4.0/5 across 87 reviews, page modified September 17, 2026) specifically praise the dispatch board and technician ease of use. If a full-time dispatcher runs many techs off one board, that matters.
QuickBooks Desktop support. FieldEdge syncs with QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop. QuoteIQ syncs with QuickBooks Online only. If your accountant insists on Desktop, that is a legitimate reason to stay.
Built-in agreement and quoting tools, plus a bundled top tier. FieldEdge’s service agreements handle renewal, billing, and scheduling, and it ships a flat-rate price book, multi-option quotes, and Proposal Pro good-better-best proposals natively. Its Elite tier also bundles Warehouse Inventory Management, unlimited saved reports, two-way texting, and a customer portal. QuoteIQ has Invoice Subscriptions, Options Estimates, and a price book on every plan, but FieldEdge’s agreement tooling was built around renewals from the start.
A 40-year track record. FieldEdge, now part of Xplor Technologies, has been building field service software since 1980 and lists more than 40,000 users. QuoteIQ was founded in 2022. If vendor longevity is a hard requirement, that is a fair point in FieldEdge’s favor.
A full walkthrough of the platform built for home service contractors — by contractors who ran businesses like yours.
FieldEdge has no free trial and walks new customers through a team-led onboarding that reportedly takes about five weeks. QuoteIQ has no implementation fee and no mandatory onboarding period — here’s the process from account creation to your first install quote.
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.
Export your customer list from FieldEdge as a CSV. Names, service addresses, phones, and emails are all you need. If you would rather not do it yourself, the Done-For-You setup ($299.99) covers contact import, price book setup, and a one-on-one onboarding session.
Upload the CSV to QuoteIQ’s AI Smart Import. The AI maps your columns automatically, and you review the column mapping and duplicate flags in an import preview before anything lands in your account.
Add dishwasher installs, gas and electric range installs, over-the-range microwave mounts, washer and dryer set installs, refrigerator water-line hookups, dryer vent kits, and old-unit haul-away — as flat rates or Good/Better/Best package options. Link your install kits to Inventory so truck stock drops when an invoice is paid in full.
Share your InstaQuote link on your website or in a text to a referral. The homeowner picks the install, adds haul-away or a hookup kit, sees the price, and books — and you get the request without a phone call.
Reviews from G2 and Capterra about the limitations that push contractors to look for alternatives. Quoted verbatim; each was checked against the live review page on September 25, 2026.
These reviews date from 2024, so weigh them accordingly. FieldEdge’s G2 page shows 4.0/5 across 87 reviews, praising the dispatch board, technician ease of use, and QuickBooks; criticism centers on cost, integrations, support, and onboarding.
“Everything is an additional charge.”
Shannon A. · Office Manager · Validated G2 Review Pain point: Add-on charges“Lack of capabilities within one single dashboard, integrations are poorly connected and come at higher costs than competitors with little in house benefits”
Dusti C. · Admin · Validated G2 Review Pain point: Integrations and cost“We got almost no support from field edge while using their software.”
Leon W. · Service Manager · Capterra Review Pain point: Support quality4.7 stars · 4,100+ verified reviews across the App Store, Google Play, and Google Business Profile.
“This app has made my business so much more enjoyable not having to go to 8 different places to deal with one customer, I am able to go to one app for it all!!!”
— Jake kunk · App Store · Verified Review
“The QuoteIQ support is responsive and helps quickly resolve any CRM questions I have.”
— reichert annita · App Store · Verified Review
“Once I started using QuoteIQ, my closing rate went way up; Clients love how clear the estimates are.”
— Verified Reviewer · App Store
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 ran a pressure washing business for 20+ years before co-founding QuoteIQ, and he now shares contractor growth strategies with 580,000+ YouTube subscribers. The tools on this page — InstaQuote, Virtual Call Team, Review Multiplier, and Inventory Management — were built from real contractor feedback, and fixed-scope work like dishwasher, range, dryer, and microwave installs is exactly the kind of job they price, book, and track well.
Justin is a serial entrepreneur and pressure washing business owner who co-founded QuoteIQ after running his own service businesses on multiple disjointed apps for scheduling, quoting, and payments. His ForeverSelfEmployed YouTube channel covers business building for independent operators, and the same one-platform thinking shapes how QuoteIQ handles calls, quotes, reviews, and inventory in one login.
In the interest of full transparency — here is the complete case for staying. Unlike some competitors, FieldEdge’s reasons are real product strengths.
Your accountant requires QuickBooks Desktop. FieldEdge syncs with both QuickBooks Online and Desktop. QuoteIQ syncs with QuickBooks Online only. If Desktop is a hard requirement, that is a legitimate reason to stay.
A dedicated dispatcher lives in the dispatch board. If a full-time dispatcher runs many technicians from FieldEdge’s dispatch board and your team is trained on it, the retraining cost is real, and that board has 20+ years behind it.
Service agreements are the core of your revenue. If most of your income is renewal-driven maintenance agreements, FieldEdge’s agreement tooling for renewal, billing, and scheduling was built around that model.
The honest bottom line: If QuickBooks Desktop is required, or your revenue runs on FieldEdge’s dispatch and agreement tooling, stay. For an appliance installation business evaluating on total monthly cost and the tools that win installs — call answering, customer self-quoting, review automation, and truck stock — QuoteIQ Elite includes them in one plan for $299/month, versus about $978–$1,298+/month on FieldEdge with partner tools (third-party reported).
For most appliance installation businesses, yes. FieldEdge has a mature dispatch board, native route optimization, two-way texting, online appointment requests, a customer portal, and QuickBooks Desktop support. QuoteIQ Elite matches those on dispatch, routing, texting, booking, and the portal, and it includes what FieldEdge sends to partners: AI call answering, automated review requests, and GPS. It also includes customer self-quoting (InstaQuote) and AI photo-based estimating, which we did not find in FieldEdge’s published features. For a 5-person crew, QuoteIQ Elite is $299/month versus about $978–$1,298+/month on FieldEdge with partner tools (third-party reported).
FieldEdge does not publish a full price list; its Select, Premier, and Elite plans are sales-quoted, and its pricing page says pricing varies with the add-ons you choose. Third-party estimates put it at about $100 per office user and $125 per field tech per month, roughly $600/month for one office user and four techs. One source lists different “starting” prices ($89 and $149), so treat any figure as unsettled and get a written quote. The tiers include 2 (Select), 4 (Premier), or 6 (Elite) mobile app licenses; extra licenses are reported at about $25 per tech per month. Other reported costs: onboarding of about five weeks at $500–$2,000+ one time (FieldEdge offers no free trial), and on Select and Premier, Inventory Management at about $39/mo and Advanced Reporting at about $49/mo. All dollar figures are third-party or user-reported, verified September 26, 2026.
FieldEdge integrates with Goodcall, an AI call-answering service. Third-party listings show Goodcall at $79 (Starter), $129 (Growth), and $249 (Scale) per month, capped by unique callers, with $0.50 per unique caller over the cap. QuoteIQ’s Virtual Call Team is available on every plan and metered in IQ Credits (125 IQ Credits is about one minute of AI-answered call). Elite includes 5,000 IQ Credits a month shared across all AI features, and extra credits are available (2,500 for $25).
FieldEdge lists Birdeye, Podium, Broadly, and ReviewBuzz as review partners. Birdeye is quoted at $299 (Starter), $349 (Growth), or $449 (Dominate) per location per month, billed annually upfront and quote-based; we did not find published prices for the others. QuoteIQ’s Review Multiplier dashboard is on every plan, and automated Email or SMS review requests — triggered by Invoice Paid or other events — are included on Elite and above.
Yes to all three. FieldEdge lists 2-Way SMS Texting (part of MarketingEdge, included on its Elite tier and available as an add-on on lower tiers) and Online Appointment Requests, and it names Schedule Engine as an online-booking partner. Its Consumer Management Portal (Elite tier or add-on, priced on request) lets customers view and pay invoices, request service, view and act on quotes, and book appointments. That is parity, not a gap. QuoteIQ offers two-way texting through ClientHub (Pro and above), the Client Portal (Pro and above), and customer self-scheduling through InstaSchedule (Elite and above).
FieldEdge lists Warehouse Inventory Management on its Elite tier, and third-party sources report an Inventory Management add-on at about $39/month on lower tiers. QuoteIQ includes Inventory Management on Elite and above — Products, Locations, Suppliers, Orders, and Transactions — with materials on estimates and invoices linked to inventory, so stock deducts automatically when the invoice is paid in full. A deposit does not trigger deduction.
We did not find customer self-quoting (a homeowner building and pricing their own quote) or AI photo-based estimating in FieldEdge’s published features or in current third-party reviews (checked September 26, 2026), so we can’t say they are unavailable at any price. FieldEdge’s customer portal lets customers view and act on quotes you send and request service; ask FieldEdge to confirm in writing whether customers can price their own. QuoteIQ’s InstaQuote (Elite and above) lets a homeowner choose an install, add haul-away or a hookup kit, and see server-calculated pricing with ZIP-based travel fees and discount codes. AI Estimator (all plans, IQ Credits) builds an estimate from a photo.
No. FieldEdge is “FieldEdge by Xplor,” a product of Xplor Technologies, and is not owned or backed by ServiceTitan. FieldEdge says it has been building field service software since 1980 and lists more than 40,000 users across HVAC, plumbing, electrical, locksmith, and appliance repair.
Export your customer list from FieldEdge as a CSV, then upload it to QuoteIQ’s AI Smart Import. The AI maps your columns, shows an import preview with duplicate flags, and you confirm before anything lands. A Done-For-You setup ($299.99) covers contact import, price book setup, and a one-on-one onboarding session. FieldEdge reportedly requires about five weeks of onboarding; QuoteIQ has no implementation fee and no mandatory onboarding period.
Elite is $299/month for up to 10 users. It includes route optimization and density zones, GPS location tracking, InstaQuote, InstaSchedule, Inventory Management, review request automation, Pipelines, mass text and email campaigns, and EmployeeHub, plus everything in Pro: ClientHub business phone and texting, email and text automation, job costing, the client portal, and QuickBooks Online sync. AI tools — Autopilot (55 tools), Estimator, CoPilot, Before/After images, and Virtual Call Team — run on 5,000 IQ Credits a month.
Yes. Build each install as a flat-rate line item in the price book, offer Good/Better/Best options estimates, add haul-away and hookup kits as add-ons, and link kits to Inventory. Customers can approve with an e-signature on every plan, and estimates support deposits.
Three. If your accountant requires QuickBooks Desktop (QuoteIQ syncs with QuickBooks Online only), if a full-time dispatcher depends on FieldEdge’s dispatch board, or if renewal-driven service agreements are the core of your revenue. For an appliance installation business evaluating on cost, call answering, self-quoting, review automation, and truck stock, QuoteIQ Elite includes those tools for less than FieldEdge’s reported base price alone.
FieldEdge publishes no full price list, so every dollar figure here is third-party or user-reported. We verified this page on September 26, 2026 against FieldEdge’s own site, pricing page, and consumer portal page, its G2 and Capterra pages, and third-party pricing guides, and we re-verify every 30 days (next: October 25, 2026). If your FieldEdge quote differs from what you see here, go with the quote.
AI call answering, customer self-quoting, automated review requests, truck stock tracking, route optimization, and crew GPS — all on the Elite plan at $299/month. Plans start at $29.99/month.
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