Best FieldEdge Alternative
for Radiant Heating Companies

It depends on where your revenue comes from. If most of it is installs, snow-melt systems, and seasonal boiler service — quoted by area, sold in good/better/best, and scheduled around construction — QuoteIQ Elite includes the tools that work needs (MapMeasure Pro, Virtual Call Team, InstaQuote, InstaSchedule, route optimization, inventory, and job costing) for a published $299/month. FieldEdge’s plan table lists no satellite measurement or native AI, and its per-user pricing is reported at about $1,150/month for a 10-person team. If most of your revenue is HVAC repair tickets and agreement renewals, or you need QuickBooks Desktop, FieldEdge has genuine advantages.

FieldEdge doesn’t publish prices. It sells three tiers — Select, Premier, and Elite — by demo. Third-party sources report about $100 per office user and $125 per field technician per month, plus $500–$2,000+ in setup and roughly five weeks of onboarding. On those reported rates a 5-person team (3 field, 2 office) is about $575/month, a 10-person team (6 field, 4 office) about $1,150/month, and a 20-person team about $2,300/month. Get your own quote in writing. QuoteIQ Elite is $299/month for up to 10 users, and Max is $699/month for unlimited users.

No. FieldEdge’s own FAQ says it doesn’t offer a free trial, because new members do best when its onboarding team walks them through setup. QuoteIQ offers a 14-day trial with full access to the plan you choose, so you can test it on real estimates before you commit.

Not on its published plan table. FieldEdge’s Select, Premier, and Elite lists don’t include satellite or aerial measurement, so ask about it in your demo and get the answer in writing. QuoteIQ’s MapMeasure Pro is built into Beginner ($74.99/month) and above. It measures driveways, walkways, patios, roofs, and building exteriors from satellite and exports the area straight to the estimate. It gives you exterior areas and footprints; interior heated area for an in-floor system still comes from the plans or a site visit.

FieldEdge lists FleetSharp as a GPS integration but doesn’t publish pricing for it, so the cost depends on the quote you get. QuoteIQ Elite and above include EmployeeHub with a GEO Location Tracker and Time Tracker Pro — real-time location for clocked-in employees — with no separate GPS subscription.

FieldEdge’s Warehouse Inventory Management is included only on the Elite tier, and per FieldEdge’s own footnote it is only available to companies that use QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise with Advanced Inventory — a separate QuickBooks license. Third-party sources also report an inventory add-on of about $39/month on lower tiers. QuoteIQ Elite and above include Inventory Management natively: products, truck and warehouse locations, suppliers, purchase orders, and transactions.

An independent 2026 review found no native AI receptionist or AI dispatcher in FieldEdge. QuoteIQ’s Virtual Call Team is available on every plan: it answers 24/7, qualifies the caller, filters spam, and sends you a summary, with every call recorded and transcribed. It runs on IQ Credits — 125 IQ Credits (about $1.25) for the first minute, then by the second. Elite includes 5,000 IQ Credits a month, and more can be added from $25 per 2,500.

Yes, with a caveat. Invoice Subscriptions, available on every plan, handle recurring billing for maintenance plans and memberships and schedule the recurring visits. Elite adds Mass Campaigns and Review Multiplier to promote and follow up on them. FieldEdge’s agreement workflow — Basic on Select, Advanced on Premier and above, with MarketingEdge automation — is deeper and HVAC-specific. If agreement renewals are your core revenue engine, weigh that honestly.

Yes. QuoteIQ Cam, available on Beginner and above, includes inspection reports, job forms, and 4K photo and video upload attached to the customer record, so tubing layouts, manifold connections, and pressure-test readings are documented before the pour. One honest boundary: QuoteIQ is not hydronic design software. It doesn’t calculate heat loss or lay out loops, so keep your manufacturer’s design tools for that.

Yes. Consumer financing through Affirm, Klarna, and Afterpay is available at checkout on every plan, with no separate integration. Customers apply in about 30 seconds and get an instant decision, which helps on high-ticket in-floor and boiler installs.

QuoteIQ syncs invoices and payments with QuickBooks Online on Pro and above ($149.99/month). It does not sync with QuickBooks Desktop. FieldEdge supports both. If your bookkeeper requires QuickBooks Desktop, that is a legitimate reason to stay on FieldEdge.

Export a customer list from FieldEdge’s reports, or ask FieldEdge support for a data export. Your QuickBooks customer list is a second source, since FieldEdge syncs customers with QuickBooks. Upload the CSV to QuoteIQ’s AI Smart Import, which maps name, address, phone, and email fields automatically. Done-For-You setup is available for $299.99 or $999.99 one-time. Check your FieldEdge renewal date and contract terms first.

Yes, three. First, your revenue is mostly HVAC repair tickets and service-agreement renewals, where FieldEdge Flat Rate and its agreement automation are built to excel. Second, you rely on Carrier or Trane manufacturer programs. Third, your bookkeeper requires QuickBooks Desktop. If none of those describe you, a radiant heating company quoting installs and snow-melt systems by area gets more from QuoteIQ Elite at $299/month than from a per-user stack.