QuoteIQ

Competitor Comparison

QuoteIQ vs Buildertrend — Right Tool, Right Job

Buildertrend is construction project management software for home builders and remodelers. QuoteIQ is the all-in-one CRM for home service contractors, starting at $29.99/mo with AI, two-way texting, routing and scheduling built in. They are built for two different jobs — this page shows which one matches yours.

40,000+Contractors
4.7★Average Rating
4,103Verified Reviews
$29.99Starting Price / Mo
The Short Answer

Which One Is Right for Your Business?

Choose Buildertrend if you run multi-month residential construction. Buildertrend is construction project management software built for home builders, remodelers and contractors who need Gantt-style project scheduling, digital takeoffs, selections management, change orders and subcontractor coordination across a build that runs for months. If that is your workflow, evaluate it on its own merits and check their site for current plans and rates.

Choose QuoteIQ if you run same-day and next-day service work. Plumbers, HVAC techs, electricians, roofers, painters, cleaners, landscapers and pest control operators do not manage one job for six months — they run six jobs before lunch. QuoteIQ is built around that rhythm: estimates on every plan, invoicing and recurring billing on every plan, two-way texting and calling from Pro, and route optimization from Elite — starting at $29.99/mo on Essentials.

TL;DR

QuoteIQ vs Buildertrend in 60 Seconds

TL;DR: Buildertrend is construction project management software; QuoteIQ is a home service CRM. QuoteIQ starts at $29.99/mo for one user and runs to $699/mo for unlimited users, with a 14-day free trial on whichever plan you pick. Every plan includes estimating, recurring invoices, online payments, consumer financing, scheduling, e-signatures and the AI Autopilot suite through IQ Credits. Field tooling layers up by tier: MapMeasure Pro from Beginner, job costing from Pro, EmployeeHub from Elite. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts median pay in installation, maintenance and repair work at $59,620 and in construction and extraction at $59,540 — two different labor markets, two different tools.

Positioning

Project Management and Service Operations Are Not the Same Job

The reason this comparison exists is that both products get filed under “contractor software,” and that label hides a fault line. One category is organized around a project. The other is organized around a visit.

Construction project management software assumes a long arc. A single job has a start date months from the sale, a critical path, a budget that gets revised, a set of client selections, a stack of subcontractors who each need a slice of the schedule, and a change-order trail that has to survive an argument a year later. Every screen in that category is designed to hold one large thing steady over a long time. Buildertrend sits squarely in that category, and describes itself that way: project scheduling, financials, client communication and project operations for home builders and remodelers.

Home service software assumes the opposite shape. The work unit is a visit that lasts two hours, and the business runs on volume and repetition. Your constraint is not the critical path — it is how many stops you can physically reach today, how fast a quote goes out while the customer is still interested, and whether last April’s customer books you again this April. That is why QuoteIQ’s core is built from drag-and-drop scheduling, route optimization, recurring invoice subscriptions and automated follow-up rather than Gantt dependencies.

The two markets are genuinely separate. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks them as distinct occupational families: construction and extraction occupations project roughly 587,000 openings a year, while installation, maintenance and repair occupations project about 569,000. Similar scale, different work, different software.

55 tools

AI Autopilot spans 55 integrated tools across 13 categories

Conversational control of the CRM by voice or text — “move all of today’s jobs to Friday and text every customer,” “invoice all of today’s completed jobs and send them.” Available on every plan through IQ Credits. See AI Autopilot.

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The project mindset

One job, many months, many trades. Success is hitting a milestone without blowing the budget. Takeoffs, selections, change orders and subcontractor scheduling are the load-bearing features, and they matter enormously to builders and remodelers.

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The service mindset

Many jobs, one day, one or two techs. Success is stops completed, quotes answered the same hour, and invoices paid before the week closes. Route density, ClientHub texting and instant payment carry the weight.

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The recurring-revenue mindset

Maintenance plans, seasonal contracts and route work are the backbone of service businesses and have no equivalent in a build. QuoteIQ handles them with invoice subscriptions and repeating calendar events on every plan.

The Daily Workflow

What a Home Service Day Actually Demands

Walk a service day end to end and the feature list stops being abstract. Here is the loop QuoteIQ is built to close, and where each piece lives in the plan ladder.

Morning: the quote race

A lead comes in at 7:40am and is shopping three contractors. Whoever quotes first usually wins. QuoteIQ gives you four estimate types on every plan — Standard for line-item work, Quick for simple jobs, Options for good/better/best upsells, and Package for bundles. The AI Estimator reads property photos, asks targeted follow-up questions and produces market-accurate line-item pricing for your area. From Beginner up, MapMeasure Pro measures the roof, lawn, driveway or deck from satellite imagery before you leave the shop, with Property Street View and Zillow Quick Access alongside it. Send by SMS, email, PDF or link, and the customer signs on their phone with e-signatures, which are on every plan.

If the customer needs help with the number, consumer financing is on every plan and independent of your payment processor — Affirm up to $30,000 a job across 3–36 months, plus Klarna and Afterpay short-term options. The customer applies at checkout, gets an instant decision, and you are paid in full upfront.

$30,000

Affirm financing reaches up to $30,000 per job, on every plan

Terms run 3–36 months. Klarna Pay-in-4 and Pay-in-30 and Afterpay Pay-in-4 cover smaller tickets. The provider owns collections and default risk; you are paid upfront. Details on consumer financing.

Midday: the route

Six stops across a metro area is a routing problem, not a project plan. From Elite, Route Optimization sequences the day for minimum drive time, respects appointment windows and job durations, recalculates when a job is added late, and hands off to GPS navigation — QuoteIQ’s own figure is a 15–30% cut in drive time. Route Density answers the other half of the question: where your work clusters, so you can plan a zone before you plan an order. Meanwhile GPS location tracking shows the live team map while crews are clocked in, and Time Tracker Pro logs GPS clock in/out against each job.

Drive time is real money. The IRS standard mileage rate for business use rose mid-year to 76 cents per mile effective July 1, 2026, up from 72.5 cents for the first half of the year. Trimming twenty avoidable miles a day across a five-day week is not a rounding error on a service P&L.

15–30%

Route Optimization’s drive-time reduction

Priced into Elite and Max alongside Route Density. At the IRS business mileage rate of 76¢/mile from July 1, 2026, recovered miles convert directly into margin — and into more stops per truck per day.

Afternoon: the conversation

Service customers text. From Pro, ClientHub gives the business a dedicated phone number with two-way calling and texting inside the app on phone, tablet or desktop, every message saved to the customer profile, with call routing and forwarding. On-the-way texts fire automatically, website contact forms land as real records, and the Client Portal lets a customer approve an estimate, pay an invoice, see appointments and submit a request without downloading anything. The Virtual Call Team answers inbound calls around the clock, qualifies leads, filters spam, records and transcribes every call and runs outbound campaigns; it is metered at 125 IQ Credits per minute, so it is a budgeted tool rather than an unlimited one.

Documentation travels with the job. From Beginner, QuoteIQ Cam captures 4K photo and video organized by job and date, builds custom inspection forms and job reports, and keeps a customer documentation archive. The Before & After Photo Editor and the Before & After AI generator turn a single job photo into a realistic preview you can attach to any estimate.

Evening: getting paid and getting the next job

Every plan converts an estimate to an invoice in one tap and accepts credit and debit cards, ACH bank transfer, Apple Pay and Google Pay online, with cash and check recorded in-app. Tips sit on the invoice. From Beginner, mass invoicing clears a whole day of completed jobs at once and expense tracking captures receipts against the job. From Pro, Job Costing does the arithmetic that decides whether you keep taking that kind of work — price minus labor minus expenses equals profit, with labor pulled automatically from time tracking — and the QuickBooks Online integration syncs invoices, payments, customers and expense categories.

Then the loop restarts. Email and text automations from Pro fire event-triggered, multi-step sequences with personalization tags, and can be built by describing them in plain language. From Elite, mass campaigns reach tagged segments, InstaSchedule takes 24/7 bookings against real calendar availability, InstaQuote lets customers self-quote from your service library, and Pipelines & Deals forecasts on probability-weighted value (Elite runs up to five pipelines; Max is unlimited). Review Multiplier turns a completed payment into a review request, either as an instant post-payment redirect or as an email and SMS automation.

Honest Assessment

Where Buildertrend Is the Better Choice

A comparison page that claims the competitor is bad at everything is worth nothing. Buildertrend is a mature, well-regarded product in its own category, and there are businesses that should pick it over QuoteIQ without hesitating.

Multi-month build scheduling

Gantt-style scheduling with task dependencies and baselines is the right abstraction for a custom home or a gut remodel. QuoteIQ’s calendar is deliberately built for same-day and next-day visits instead, including multi-day jobs and recurring series — a different tool for a different shape of work.

Takeoffs and selections

Quantity takeoff from uploaded digital plans, plus managing client selections for finishes and fixtures so they flow into budgets, is core construction work. QuoteIQ measures from satellite and street imagery with MapMeasure Pro — excellent for exterior service work, not a substitute for plan-based takeoff.

Subcontractor coordination

Builders orchestrate many trades across one site over months. QuoteIQ’s team tooling is aimed at your own staff — EmployeeHub, team communication and roles and permissions, with crew creation and scheduling on Max.

Change orders and warranty

Formal change-order trails and post-handover warranty tracking are construction contract mechanics. Service work handles scope change inside the estimate itself, with contract attachments and e-signature approval on the document.

Editorial note

On Buildertrend’s pricing and plan details

We do not publish rates, seat counts, trial terms or feature-availability claims for Buildertrend on this page. Vendor pricing and packaging change often, and third-party comparison sites go stale quickly. For current plans, inclusions and pricing, go to Buildertrend’s own website and its pricing page directly — that is the only source that is current by definition. QuoteIQ’s own pricing is published in full on our pricing page and repeated below.

Feature Matrix

What QuoteIQ Includes, and From Which Plan

This is the service-operations checklist, mapped to the plan that unlocks each capability. Rather than guess at another vendor’s current packaging, we publish ours precisely and let you hold it against whatever Buildertrend lists on their own site today.

CapabilityIncluded fromWhat it does on a service job
Quoting & Estimating
Standard EstimatesAll plansLine-item quoting with photos, notes, terms, markup and discount controls, deposits and real-time totals.
Quick EstimatesAll plansFast path for simple jobs quoted from the driveway.
Options EstimatesAll plansGood/better/best tiers that raise average ticket without a second visit.
Package EstimatesAll plansBundled service offerings priced as one package.
AI EstimatorAll plans (IQ Credits)Photo-to-quote: reads property photos, asks follow-ups, prices line items for your local market.
E-SignaturesAll plansCustomer approves and signs on their phone; editing a sent estimate voids the outstanding request.
Contract AttachmentsBeginner+Attach contract PDFs to estimates and invoices.
MapMeasure ProBeginner+Satellite measurement inside estimate creation, with historical aerial imagery and saved measurements.
Invoicing & Payments
InvoicingAll plansOne tap from estimate or job, payment reminders, partial payments, deposits, audit trail.
Recurring Invoice SubscriptionsAll plansMaintenance plans and seasonal contracts billed automatically with full tax and discount math.
Card, ACH, Apple Pay, Google PayAll plansEmbedded on-page checkout; cash and check recorded manually in-app.
Consumer FinancingAll plansAffirm, Klarna and Afterpay at checkout; you are paid in full upfront.
Tips on InvoicesAll plansOptional gratuity at online checkout.
Mass InvoicingBeginner+Invoice a whole day of completed jobs from the dashboard or calendar.
QuickBooks OnlinePro+Syncs invoices, payments, customers and expense categories. Online edition only.
Scheduling & Field Operations
Scheduling & CalendarAll plansDrag-and-drop day/week/month/employee views, colour-coded status, recurring series, GEO map view.
Google Reserve BookingAll plansCustomers book straight from Google Search and Maps.
QuoteIQ Cam & InspectionsBeginner+4K job photo and video, inspection forms, job reports, customer documentation archive.
On-The-Way TextsPro+Automatic arrival notifications, fanned out to every contact on the job.
InstaScheduleElite+24/7 customer self-booking against real, live calendar availability.
Route OptimizationElite+Sequences the day’s stops for minimum drive time and recalculates on late additions.
Route DensityElite+Shows where work clusters so you can plan the zone before the order.
Communication & Customer Experience
ClientHubPro+Dedicated business number, two-way calling and texting in-app, call routing and forwarding.
Client PortalPro+Branded self-service: approve estimates, pay invoices, see appointments, submit requests.
Website Contact FormsPro+Site enquiries arrive as real records, not just email.
Email & Text AutomationsPro+Event-triggered multi-step sequences; describe one in plain language and it gets built.
Mass SMS & Email CampaignsElite+Tag-segmented blasts; you connect your own SMS and email gateways.
Virtual Call TeamAll plans (125 IQC/min)24/7 inbound answering, lead qualification, spam filtering, transcripts and outbound campaigns.
Review MultiplierPost-payment redirect plus email/SMS review automationTurns a paid invoice into a review request on Google, Facebook, Yelp or Angi.
Money Intelligence & Team
Expense TrackingBeginner+Categorised expenses with receipts, linked to the job, CSV export.
Advanced AnalyticsBeginner+Revenue, sales, operations and customer dashboards. Basic analytics on Essentials.
Job CostingPro+Price − labour − expenses = profit, with labour pulled from time tracking.
Pipelines & DealsElite+Probability-weighted forecasting. Elite runs up to five pipelines; Max is unlimited.
Inventory ManagementElite+Products, locations, suppliers, orders and transactions. Stock deducts when the invoice is paid.
EmployeeHubElite+GPS location tracking, Time Tracker Pro and team communication for clocked-in staff.
Crew Creation & SchedulingMaxCrew-level assignment, routing and analytics.
Sales Team TrackerMaxCommission percentage per rep, conversion and cycle metrics, year-to-date leaderboards.
Unlimited UsersMaxFlat price, unlimited seats, plus four additional businesses and priority support.
Data ExportAll plansYou own your data and can export it on every plan, including Essentials.

Tier notes: Review Multiplier’s plan gate is under review between our live plan pages and the shipped app, so we state what it does rather than which plan it sits on. Person-to-job assignment is part of Pro scheduling and crew assignment is a Max capability; QuoteIQ does not ship a separate dispatching module.

Pricing

QuoteIQ Pricing, Published in Full

Five plans, month to month, every one with a 14-day free trial that gives you full access to the features of the plan you choose. Annual billing is monthly × 10, so two months are free.

Essentials $29.99 per month · 1 user
500 IQ Credits/mo
$299.99 billed annually

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Beginner $74.99 per month · 2 users
1,500 IQ Credits/mo
$749.99 billed annually

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Pro · Recommended $149.99 per month · 4 users
3,000 IQ Credits/mo
$1,499.99 billed annually

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Elite $299 per month · 10 users
5,000 IQ Credits/mo
$2,990 billed annually

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Max $699 per month · unlimited users
8,000 IQ Credits/mo
$6,990 billed annually

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500 → 8,000

IQ Credits scale with the plan, and every AI action shows its cost first

Credits are included monthly — 500 on Essentials up to 8,000 on Max — and reset each billing cycle. There is no separate AI add-on. Sending a proposal costs 100 credits and is free on trial, Elite and Max; the Virtual Call Team is metered at 125 credits per minute. Every AI action previews its credit cost and asks for confirmation before it runs.

Setup and onboarding

You can set QuoteIQ up yourself — most contractors do, and the AI Smart Import tool maps a CSV exported from almost any CRM automatically, or pulls straight from your phone contacts. If you would rather hand it over, Done-For-You setup is available as a one-time service at two tiers, $299.99 and $999.99, covering contact import, price book setup and a one-to-one onboarding session. The AI Website Builder is a $34.99/mo add-on and is included on Max.

Subscriptions are processed through Whop for new accounts; accounts established earlier on Stripe remain there and may migrate one way to Whop. Mobile subscriptions purchased through the App Store or Google Play are governed and cancelled through the store. Your customers’ invoice payments run through the QuoteIQ Payments Service on the same basis. Processing fees vary by method, configuration, risk profile, industry and volume, so we do not publish a rate — ask during your trial and you will get the figures that apply to your account.

By Trade

Where the Line Actually Falls, Trade by Trade

“Home service” and “construction” blur at the edges, and plenty of businesses sit on the boundary. Here is a practical way to place yourself.

You are firmly in service software territory

If your typical job is booked and completed inside a week, you are a service business regardless of what trade licence you hold. That covers plumbing, HVAC, electrical, pest control, house cleaning, lawn care, landscaping, pressure washing, window cleaning, gutter cleaning, tree care, pool service, snow removal, appliance repair, garage door and chimney sweep work. For these, route work, recurring plans and same-day quoting are the whole game, and a construction PM tool will fight you on every screen.

You are on the boundary — and the answer is usually still service

Trades like roofing, painting, siding, fencing, deck building, concrete, flooring, drywall, insulation, masonry, window replacement and solar installation run jobs measured in days, not months. The decision hinges on one question: do you need takeoff from architectural plans and a formal change-order chain, or do you need to quote fast, measure from imagery, schedule a crew and collect payment? Most contractors in this band need the second, and MapMeasure Pro plus Options Estimates covers it.

You are genuinely a builder

If you run general contracting, ground-up construction, whole-home remodels, kitchen and bathroom renovations with long selection cycles, or excavation and foundation packages inside a larger build, a construction platform earns its keep. Many builders end up running both — a PM tool for the build and a service CRM for the maintenance and warranty call-backs that follow. If you want to see how the rest of the field lines up, the full comparison hub covers every major platform.

76¢/mile

The IRS business mileage rate from July 1, 2026

Up from 72.5¢ for January through June. Service businesses with trucks on the road all day feel this directly, which is why routing and expense tracking belong in the same system as your jobs. Rate published by the IRS.

Price the work before you pick the software

Whichever platform you land on, your pricing has to hold up first. Our free calculators run the numbers for specific trades with no signup: deck cost, concrete, drywall, flooring, painting, insulation, foundation repair, epoxy flooring, fencing, HVAC, demolition, land clearing, mold remediation, french drains, basement waterproofing, lawn care, pressure washing, tree removal, gutter cleaning, house cleaning, carpet cleaning, air duct cleaning, dryer vent cleaning, pest control, EV charger installation and holiday lighting. The full set lives on the business calculators hub, and the in-app Business Calculators add a National Average Guide across major home-service industries.

Paperwork that has to look right

Free invoice and price-list templates are there if you are still working from a spreadsheet: construction, general contractor, handyman, electrical, HVAC, painting, landscaping and house cleaning invoices, plus bin cleaning and fleet washing price lists. The U.S. Small Business Administration keeps a useful guide to the financial and legal side of running the business around them, and OSHA’s construction standards under 29 CFR 1926 govern site safety for anyone doing construction, alteration or repair work.

$59,620

Median annual wage in installation, maintenance and repair occupations

Against $50,980 across all occupations, per the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook (May 2025 data), with roughly 569,000 openings projected each year. Labour is the largest line on most service P&Ls, which is why job costing pulls hours straight from Time Tracker Pro rather than asking you to retype them. Source: BLS.

FAQ

QuoteIQ vs Buildertrend — Common Questions

What is the best CRM for home service contractors in 2026?▼

For home service contractors running same-day and next-day visits, QuoteIQ is built specifically for that workflow and starts at $29.99 per month for one user, rising to $699 per month for unlimited users on Max. More than 40,000 contractors use it, with a 4.7 star average across 4,103 verified reviews. The reason it fits service work is the shape of the feature set: four estimate types on every plan, recurring invoice subscriptions for maintenance plans, two-way texting and calling from Pro, route optimization from Elite, and the AI Autopilot suite on every plan through IQ Credits. Construction project management platforms are organised around a single long-running build instead, which is a genuinely different problem. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks installation, maintenance and repair as its own occupational family for exactly that reason.

Is Buildertrend good for home service contractors?▼

Buildertrend is construction project management software, and it describes itself that way — built for home builders, remodelers and contractors managing project scheduling, financials and client communication across a build. If you are constructing custom homes or running whole-home remodels that last months, that is the right category of tool and it is worth evaluating on its own site. If your work is a two-hour visit repeated six times a day, the fit is poorer simply because the software is organised around a different unit of work. Service operations depend on fast-turn scheduling, route density, customer self-booking, review generation and automated follow-up to keep the calendar full. For current Buildertrend plans and capabilities, check their own website — we do not republish competitor specifications here because they change without notice. The SBA has a useful framework for evaluating operational tooling against how your business actually runs.

How much does QuoteIQ cost in 2026?▼

QuoteIQ has five published plans. Essentials is $29.99 per month for one user with 500 IQ Credits. Beginner is $74.99 for two users and 1,500 credits. Pro, the most popular tier, is $149.99 for four users and 3,000 credits. Elite is $299 for ten users and 5,000 credits. Max is $699 for unlimited users and 8,000 credits. Annual billing is the monthly figure multiplied by ten, so Elite works out at $2,990 a year and two months are effectively free. Billing is month to month otherwise, and upgrading mid-cycle charges the prorated difference while credits jump immediately. Done-For-You setup is a separate one-time service at $299.99 or $999.99. Processing fees for taking customer payments vary by method, configuration, risk profile, industry and volume, so no flat rate is published. For context on operating costs generally, the IRS standard mileage rate moved to 76 cents per mile on July 1, 2026.

Does QuoteIQ offer a free trial?▼

Yes. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial with full access to the features of the plan you choose, one trial per person, business and payment method, a credit or debit card is required to start. The trial gives you the plan you selected rather than a different tier, so if you want to test route optimization or EmployeeHub, start the trial on Elite rather than Essentials. It converts to paid at your selected plan’s rate unless you cancel before it expires, and you can cancel at any point during the trial. Proposal sends, which normally cost 100 IQ Credits each, are free during the trial. Moving your existing data in is handled by AI Smart Import, which maps a CSV from almost any CRM automatically, and you can export your data again on any plan. Small business guidance from the SBA is a good companion while you evaluate.

What AI features does QuoteIQ include?▼

AI is on every plan and runs on IQ Credits rather than a separate subscription. AI Autopilot is the general manager — 55 integrated tools across 13 categories, driven by voice or text, so you can say “move all of today’s jobs to Friday and text every customer” and it happens. AI Estimator is the photo-to-quote specialist, analysing property photos and generating market-accurate line-item pricing. AI CoPilot works inside estimate and invoice creation to add services, set discounts and draft client messages. The Virtual Call Team answers calls around the clock, qualifies leads, transcribes everything and runs outbound campaigns, metered at 125 credits per minute. Before & After AI renders a realistic result preview from a real job photo in about 15 to 20 seconds, and the AI Text Generator writes customer messages in one tap. Every AI action previews its credit cost and asks for confirmation before running. Credit allowances run from 500 a month on Essentials to 8,000 on Max. For wider context on technology adoption in small firms, see the SBA’s guidance.

How do I switch from construction project management software to QuoteIQ?▼

Start a 14-day trial on the plan that matches your team size, then bring your customer list across with AI Smart Import, which reads a CSV exported from almost any CRM and maps the columns automatically, or imports straight from your phone contacts. Build your service library and pricing next so quoting is fast from day one — the Business Calculators and the National Average Guide help you sanity-check rates, and Options Estimates let you offer good, better and best tiers. Then run both systems side by side for a fortnight on real jobs, because that is the only test that matters. If you want it done for you, Done-For-You setup covers contact import, price book configuration and a one-to-one onboarding session at $299.99 or $999.99. Whatever you decide, you can export your data from QuoteIQ on any plan, and the customer database keeps every record in one place. The SBA recommends documenting your current process before migrating, which is sound advice.

Does QuoteIQ have route optimization and GPS tracking?▼

Yes, from the Elite plan at $299 per month for ten users. Route Optimization sequences the day’s stops for minimum drive time, accounts for appointment windows and job durations, recalculates when a job is added late and hands off to GPS navigation — QuoteIQ’s own figure is a 15 to 30 percent reduction in drive time. Route Density is the companion tool that shows where your work clusters geographically so you can plan which zone to work before you plan the order within it. GPS location tracking shows a live team map while staff are clocked in, pauses on breaks and stops at clock-out; employees who are clocked out never appear on any map. Time Tracker Pro handles GPS clock in and out with per-job hours and full edit history, and those hours flow straight into Job Costing. At the IRS rate of 76 cents per mile from July 2026, avoided miles are straightforward margin.

QuoteIQ vs Buildertrend: which is better for remodelers?▼

It depends on the length of your jobs. A remodeler running whole-home renovations over several months, coordinating multiple subcontractors, managing client selections for finishes and fixtures and maintaining a formal change-order trail is doing construction project management, and a platform built for that — Buildertrend among them — is the better fit. A remodeler whose typical job is a bathroom finished in a week, a kitchen in two, or a run of flooring and drywall work is closer to service operations, and benefits more from fast quoting, texting, instant payment and review generation. Plenty of firms run both. Our remodeling page covers the QuoteIQ side in detail. Bear in mind that BLS projects around 587,000 annual openings in construction and extraction occupations, so whichever tool you choose, staffing pressure is the constraint most remodelers actually feel.

Key Takeaways

The Decision in Six Lines

  • Buildertrend is construction project management software for builders and remodelers; QuoteIQ is a home service CRM. Neither is a worse version of the other — they are organised around different units of work.
  • QuoteIQ publishes five plans: $29.99, $74.99, $149.99, $299 and $699 per month, for 1, 2, 4, 10 and unlimited users respectively, with annual billing at ten times the monthly rate.
  • Every plan carries estimating, invoicing, recurring billing, online payments, consumer financing, scheduling, e-signatures and the AI suite through IQ Credits.
  • The service-critical layers arrive by tier: MapMeasure Pro and QuoteIQ Cam from Beginner, ClientHub and Job Costing from Pro, routing and EmployeeHub from Elite, crews and unlimited seats on Max.
  • For current Buildertrend pricing, plan inclusions and trial terms, use their own website. We deliberately do not republish competitor figures that go stale.
  • 40,000+ contractors, 4.7 stars, 4,103 verified reviews across the App Store and Google Play. Start on the plan you actually intend to run — the trial gives you that plan’s features.
See It Work

What Is QuoteIQ?

A short walkthrough of the platform — quoting, scheduling, getting paid and the AI tools — from the team that built it.

What Is QuoteIQ? — video walkthrough of the QuoteIQ home service CRM

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Getting Started

How to Move to QuoteIQ in Four Steps

No implementation consultant required. Most contractors are quoting from QuoteIQ the same afternoon they sign up.

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Start a trial on the plan you actually want

The 14-day trial gives you full access to the features of the plan you choose, so pick the tier that matches your team. If routing and EmployeeHub are the point, start on Elite; if you are a one-truck operation, Essentials is the right starting line.

2

Import your customers

Export a CSV from your current system and let AI Smart Import map the columns, or import straight from your phone contacts. Everything lands in the customer database, and jobs, estimates and invoices can each carry multiple contacts so notifications reach the whole household or property team.

3

Build your price book and estimate templates

Load your services and rates once, then quote from them all season. Use Options Estimates for good/better/best tiers and Package Estimates for bundles, and check your numbers against the free trade calculators before you commit to them.

4

Run both systems side by side for two weeks

Quote real jobs in both, schedule real crews in both, and collect real payments in both. Billing is month to month, so there is no lock-in while you decide, and you can export your data from QuoteIQ at any time on any plan. If you would rather hand the setup over, Done-For-You onboarding is available at $299.99 or $999.99.

Built by Contractors

Who’s Behind QuoteIQ

QuoteIQ was founded on September 21, 2022 and is based in Savannah, Georgia. It was built by people who ran home service businesses first and wrote software second — which is why the product is shaped around a service day rather than a construction schedule.

MV

Mike Vidan

Co-Founder, QuoteIQ

Started out as a pressure washing contractor and built one of the best-known home service channels on YouTube teaching other contractors how to grow. He co-founded QuoteIQ to build the all-in-one tool he wanted when he was still in the field — which is why quoting speed and getting paid sit at the centre of the product rather than at the edges.

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JR

Justin Rogers

Co-Founder, QuoteIQ

Scaled his own service business from nothing and documented the whole climb publicly, including the parts that did not work. He co-founded QuoteIQ to build a CRM that matches the way contractors actually think about their week — jobs, routes and cash — instead of the way project managers think about a build.

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Real Reviews

What Contractors Say About QuoteIQ

4.7 stars across 4,103 verified reviews on the App Store and Google Play.

★★★★★

“I have been using quoteiq for a year and a half now and I can’t express enough how easy/User friendly it is to use. I have tried a couple other crm’s and though they also had a lot of features they were hard to navigate and had a poor layout. I get tons of compliments from customers on how professional my quotes look and how easy it is to make payments. Also the cost of quoteiq is second to none, by far most affordable. I highly recommend!!”

Josh Shaffer Google Play · Verified Review
★★★★★

“Last time, I started a business, keeping track of my expenses, customers, payments, upcoming jobs, and scheduling was a pain, and it was spread over 4 different apps. Everything I need is in one place now, and the value you get with the affordable subscription upgrades is immeasurable compared to the time you save.”

Brandon Kingston Google Play · Verified Review
★★★★★

“A very good all-in-one tool to use for any small business and definitely for the service industry. Being able to make quick estimates for customers that look professional and clearly list out the services and fees while also being able to attach files/images to the invoice makes it easy to protect both the property owner and the service provider. This tool has definitely helped my business grow.”

Michael Roberts Google Play · Verified Review

The Right Tool for the Right Job

If you build houses, use a construction platform. If you run service calls, QuoteIQ was built for your day — and you can have it running before the end of it. Start your 14-day free trial on any plan.

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