Published March 2026 · Updated September 2026
QuoteIQ is the #1 CRM for decorative lighting companies — per-linear-foot tiered pricing, satellite roofline and landscape measurement, per-project job costing, seasonal and year-round package upsells, builder and property manager pipelines, and AI-powered tools built for outdoor lighting crews. Plans start at $29.99/month.
QuoteIQ is the best CRM for decorative lighting companies in 2026. It prices permanent roofline and landscape lighting per linear foot in Good/Better/Best Options Estimates on every plan, measures rooflines from satellite imagery on Beginner and up, and tracks profit per install on Pro and up. Plans run $29.99 to $699 per month, and every plan includes a 14-day free trial.
TL;DR: Decorative lighting companies sell by the linear foot, by the fixture, and by the season, so their CRM has to quote in tiers, measure before the visit, and track profit per install. QuoteIQ does that with Options Estimates for warm-white vs RGBW vs smart tiers, Package Estimates for landscape add-ons, MapMeasure Pro for satellite roofline takeoffs, job costing, QuoteIQ Cam documentation, Pipelines & Deals for builder accounts, and a 24/7 Virtual Call Team. LEDs use at least 75% less energy than incandescent lighting per the U.S. Department of Energy, and OSHA requires fall protection at six feet in construction.
QuoteIQ is the #1 CRM for decorative lighting companies in 2026. If you run a decorative lighting company and you are searching for the best CRM software to manage your operation, QuoteIQ was built for the way lighting companies actually sell and install. Decorative lighting companies use QuoteIQ to manage estimates, scheduling, job costing, crew management, builder pipelines, and client communication from one platform. Unlike generic CRM tools, QuoteIQ handles the unique demands a decorative lighting company faces every day — from per-foot pricing by LED type and color capability to satellite roofline measurement to seasonal package upsells that raise project values.
The best CRM for decorative lighting companies needs to handle Good/Better/Best fixture pricing, because every decorative lighting company presents standard warm-white LED, upgraded color-changing RGB, and premium smart-home-integrated options depending on the homeowner’s aesthetic goals, budget, and property style. QuoteIQ Options Estimates let a decorative lighting company show all three fixture tiers side by side on every plan. On a 175-foot roofline, that is $3,150 at $18 per foot, $4,900 at $28 per foot, or $7,350 at $42 per foot — three decisions on one screen instead of three separate quotes, and a natural path for the homeowner to choose the middle or top tier.
QuoteIQ pricing for decorative lighting companies starts at $29.99 per month on the Essentials plan with all four estimate types, scheduling, online payments, and AI tools powered by 500 monthly IQ Credits. The Pro plan at $149.99 per month is the recommended tier for growing decorative lighting companies because it adds ClientHub, per-project job costing, email and text automations, QuickBooks Online integration, and 4 users. Multi-crew shops step up to the Elite plan at $299 per month for Pipelines, inventory, EmployeeHub, and 10 users.
MapMeasure Pro, included on Beginner and higher plans, gives a decorative lighting company the ability to measure rooflines, fascia runs, tree canopy perimeters, pergola dimensions, pathway lengths, and driveway borders from satellite imagery before the site visit. You arrive at the consultation with preliminary linear footage and fixture counts already calculated, so the meeting is spent designing and closing instead of measuring. Since August 2026, MapMeasure Pro also lets you scroll back through years of historical aerial photos and shows calculated roof pitch. For a fast pricing sanity check on seasonal work, run the numbers through the free Christmas light installation cost calculator.
Inventory Management on the Elite plan tracks LED strip rolls by color temperature and wattage, bullet fixtures, wash lights, spotlights, pathway bollards, RGB controllers, DMX interfaces, smart-home hubs, low-voltage transformers, wire spools by gauge, splice connectors, and mounting clips across trucks and the warehouse. Materials on estimates and invoices link to inventory products so pricing stays current, and stock deducts when the invoice is paid — a deposit alone does not move stock. A decorative lighting company with proper inventory tracking knows what is on every truck before the crew leaves the shop.
Pipelines & Deals (Elite and up) tracks residential projects, builder new-construction contracts, property manager seasonal agreements, commercial facade installations, landscape architect referrals, and event lighting opportunities. Elite runs up to 5 pipelines and Max runs unlimited pipelines, with close-probability stages and weighted forecasting. A decorative lighting company that builds pipeline diversity generates year-round revenue instead of surviving on seasonal surges. QuoteIQ was co-founded by Mike Vidan and Justin Rogers, contractors who built QuoteIQ for operators like the decorative lighting company reading this.
AI Before/After previews show homeowners their dark facade transformed into a warm, professionally illuminated showcase, generated from a photo of their actual home in roughly 15 to 20 seconds and attachable to any estimate type. Contract attachments (Beginner and up) let a decorative lighting company attach fixture spec sheets, warranty documents, smart-home integration guides, and maintenance agreements directly to the estimate, and e-signatures on every plan let the homeowner sign on their phone. Fewer follow-up questions means faster decisions.
Residential LEDs — especially ENERGY STAR rated products — use at least 75% less energy and last up to 25 times longer than incandescent lighting, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. That efficiency story belongs in every permanent-lighting proposal a decorative lighting company sends.
QuoteIQ includes the features decorative lighting companies need to quote, install, document, and grow. Here are the 12 features that make QuoteIQ the #1 CRM for decorative lighting companies in 2026, with the plan each one starts on so you can match the tool to your crew size.
Present Standard warm-white LED permanent lighting at $18 per linear foot, Upgraded color-changing RGB permanent lighting at $28 per linear foot, and Premium app-controlled smart permanent lighting with music sync and scene programming at $42 per linear foot on the same estimate. On a 185-foot roofline, the homeowner compares $3,330, $5,180, and $7,770 side by side, along with fixture quality, color options, and smart-home integration. Presenting one price leaves the upgrade conversation to chance; presenting three makes it part of every quote.
Measure roofline fascia runs, soffit perimeters, pergola frames, tree canopy drip lines, pathway lengths, driveway borders, fence perimeters, and patio outlines from satellite imagery before you visit. A 3,200 sq ft home with 185 linear feet of roofline, 120 feet of pathway, and a 40-foot pergola gets pre-measured so you arrive with fixture counts and pricing ready. MapMeasure Pro screenshots attach to the estimate as visual proof of measured scope, and the historical imagery timeline added in August 2026 lets you scroll back through years of aerial photos.
Track LED strip rolls by color temperature (2700K warm white, 3000K neutral, 4000K cool, RGB, RGBW), bullet fixtures by beam angle and wattage, wash lights, spotlights, pathway bollards, low-voltage transformers by rating (150W, 300W, 600W, 900W), wire spools by gauge (12/2, 10/2, 8/2), splice connectors, waterproof junction boxes, mounting channels, diffuser lenses, DMX controllers, smart-home hubs, timers, and photocells. Five modules — Products, Locations, Suppliers, Orders, and Transactions — cover every truck and bin, with reorder points and In Stock/Low/Out indicators. Stock deducts when the invoice is paid.
Track every dollar on every installation. A 185-linear-foot permanent roofline project at $28 per foot equals $5,180 revenue. Materials include 200 feet of RGBW strip at $4.20 per foot for $840, 2 controllers at $185 each for $370, 1 transformer at $280, 60 mounting channels at $3.50 each for $210, and wire and connectors at $165, plus labor at 12 crew hours times $35 per hour for $420. Total cost $2,285 gives a 55.9% gross margin. The Report tab calculates Price minus Labor minus Expenses equals Profit, pulling labor from clocked hours automatically.
Bundle a holiday overlay program for existing permanent-system customers at $1,500 per season. Bundle annual maintenance with cleaning, connector checks, and fixture replacement at $350 per visit. Bundle commercial facade lighting with quarterly color reprogramming at $8,500 per year. Package Estimates present each bundle as one clear decision, and Invoice Subscriptions turn an accepted maintenance plan into automatic recurring billing, so the revenue keeps coming after the install crew leaves.
Show homeowners their dark facade transformed into a professionally illuminated showcase with warm LED wash on stone columns, accent spotlights on architectural features, soft pathway lighting guiding guests to the front door, and color-changing roofline accents for holidays and events. The preview is generated from a photo of the actual home in roughly 15 to 20 seconds and attaches to any estimate type or invoice. Each generated image uses IQ Credits, and every AI action shows its credit cost before it runs.
Decorative lighting companies depend on weather for installation timing — rain delays roofline work, wind stops ladder and lift operations, and cold temperatures affect adhesive and sealant curing. Drag-and-drop scheduling across day, week, month, and employee-timeline views reschedules affected installations in seconds, with automated appointment reminders by SMS and email. Multi-day projects spanning wiring day, fixture mounting day, and programming day render as one continuous event, and Schedule Later lets you book a signed job before the date is set.
Capture every phase of every installation in 4K — wire routing behind fascia, transformer placement, junction box connections, fixture alignment, controller mounting, and the final nighttime reveal. This documentation supports warranty claims, demonstrates craftsmanship to future clients, and creates marketing content for the next project. Photos and video are organized by job and date with unlimited cloud storage, and galleries can be shared with the customer. The Before & After Photo Editor turns day and night shots into a side-by-side.
Bundle roofline permanent lighting at $5,180, landscape accent lighting at $3,200, pathway lighting at $1,850, smart-home hub and app integration at $650, and an annual maintenance contract at $700 — $11,580 if priced individually — into a Complete Property Illumination Package at $10,160, saving the homeowner $1,420. Mobilization, transformer capacity, and wire runs are shared across the scope, so the package protects margin while giving the homeowner one decision that covers curb appeal, safety, and entertaining.
Control your CRM from the rooftop by voice or text through Ask AI. Tell AI Autopilot to create an estimate for 185 linear feet of RGBW permanent roofline lighting at $28 per foot on the Johnson residence, add 120 feet of warm-white pathway lighting at $15 per foot and smart-home hub integration at $650, then schedule installation for Tuesday and Wednesday next week. AI Autopilot works across 55 integrated tools in 13 categories, so commands like “invoice all of today’s completed jobs and send them” run in seconds.
A homeowner driving through a neighborhood at 9 PM admires a house with beautiful landscape lighting and calls for a quote. The AI Virtual Call Team answers instantly, asks about property size, desired lighting areas, existing electrical setup, and preferred style, and books the consultation while you are running wire at another property. Every call is recorded and transcribed with a summary. Minutes are drawn from IQ Credits at 125 credits per minute, so lower tiers include limited minutes; larger plans carry bigger monthly credit pools.
A visual Kanban board — named Deals in the app — tracks every opportunity from Lead through Design Consultation, Estimate Sent, Contract Signed, Material Order, Installation Scheduled, Installation Complete, Programming, and Final Walkthrough. Stages carry close probabilities, so weighted value equals amount times probability. One builder installing 25 homes per year at a $4,500 average lighting package equals $112,500 annually. Elite runs up to 5 pipelines; Max runs unlimited.
Gross margin on the worked example above: a 185-foot RGBW roofline sold at $5,180 with $2,285 in materials and labor. Per-project job costing shows this number on every install instead of at tax time.
Here is how the #1 CRM for decorative lighting companies works on a real day. Meet Vanessa Reyes, owner of Luminary Outdoor Designs, a decorative lighting company running two crews in the Dallas-Fort Worth market on the Elite plan, which covers her six-person team with room to grow to 10 users. This is the daily workflow, from installing permanent roofline lighting to closing a $9,400 consultation to upselling a $4,850 landscape and pathway package to tracking a builder contract worth $135,000 per year.
Vanessa checks her QuoteIQ calendar, and today at Site 1 is a 210-linear-foot permanent RGBW roofline lighting installation on a 4,200 sq ft custom home at $8,820. Yesterday Crew A ran all low-voltage wire behind the fascia, mounted 210 aluminum channels with diffuser lenses, installed two 600W transformers in the garage, and placed three waterproof junction boxes at key distribution points. Today the crew of Vanessa plus 2 installers is on-site at 7:30 AM to mount the RGBW strip into channels, connect all runs to junction boxes, wire controllers, and program scenes. The truck’s inventory location confirms 220 feet of RGBW strip (10 feet overage), 3 DMX controllers, splice connectors, silicone sealant for waterproofing, and the Bluetooth smart-home bridge. Everyone clocks in on Time Tracker Pro with GPS location tracking. Crew B of 2 installers is at Site 2, a landscape accent lighting installation on a 6,500 sq ft property at $4,800, mounting 18 bullet fixtures and 6 wash lights and running 350 feet of 12/2 wire to a 300W transformer. This is how decorative lighting companies keep two crews running to maximize installations per week.
The first RGBW strip section is pressed into the aluminum channel at 8:00 AM, the diffuser lens snapped into place, and the splice connector tested. Each 16-foot section goes the same way — feed into channel, connect splice, test continuity, seal the connection with silicone, snap the diffuser, next section. QuoteIQ Cam captures every junction box connection, every controller mounting location, and every sealed splice, because this documentation supports the 5-year warranty and shows the homeowner exactly how the system was built. By noon all 210 feet of strip are mounted and connected, three DMX controllers are wired and responding, and the Bluetooth bridge is communicating with the app. The afternoon is scene programming — warm white for everyday at 2700K, cool white for security at 5000K, red and green for Christmas, orange and purple for Halloween, team colors for game day, and a custom slow-fade party mode. The crew logs actual usage in the job’s Materials section — 215 of 220 feet of strip installed, 12 splice connectors, and 2 tubes of sealant — and the lift rental receipt goes into expense tracking linked to the job. When the final invoice is paid, the used stock deducts from inventory automatically.
While Crew A finishes programming, Vanessa heads to a new consultation. Before arriving she ran MapMeasure Pro on the property: the roofline measures approximately 175 linear feet of installable fascia on the front and two visible sides, with a 55-foot covered patio perimeter and 80 feet of pathway from driveway to front entrance. Property Street View shows a 5-year-old stone-and-stucco home with clean fascia, a covered patio with exposed cedar beams, and mature landscaping along the front pathway. At the house Vanessa confirms fascia material, checks transformer location options near the electrical panel, verifies soffit depth for channel mounting, and notes the cedar beam spacing for patio downlighting. She builds the Options Estimate: Standard at $5,250 (175 linear feet of warm-white permanent roofline plus the 55-foot patio perimeter at $18 per foot for $4,140, a basic timer and photocell at $110, and installation at $1,000); Upgraded at $9,400 (the same 230 feet in RGBW at $28 per foot for $6,440, smart-home controller and app at $650, 80 feet of warm-white pathway at $15 per foot for $1,200, and installation at $1,110); and Premium at $14,200 (RGBW roofline and patio, smart-home hub, landscape accent package, pathway, and an annual maintenance contract). She shows the AI Before/After preview transforming the dark facade into a warm amber glow across the stone, attaches fixture spec sheets, warranty documents, a smart-home setup guide, and the maintenance agreement with contract attachments, and sends it for e-signature. They pick Upgraded at $9,400. She collects a 40% deposit of $3,760 by card through online payments and moves the deal to Material Order in Pipelines & Deals.
Before they sign, Vanessa walks the front yard. The homeowner has mature live oaks with dramatic canopies, a stone retaining wall along the driveway, and a water feature near the front entrance. Since the crew is already running wire and installing transformers, this is the time to add landscape accent lighting. She builds an on-site Package Estimate add-on with 8 tree-mounted canopy uplights at $165 each for $1,320, 4 retaining wall wash lights at $195 each for $780, 2 water feature submersible lights at $285 each for $570, an additional 300W transformer for the landscape circuit at $340, 180 feet of additional 12/2 wire at $1.20 per foot for $216, smart-home zone integration connecting landscape to the roofline controller at $450, and installation labor at $1,174 — $4,850 for the Complete Landscape Accent Package. The crew is already on-site with trenching equipment, so the incremental labor is 6-8 hours versus a full return mobilization. Signed. The project jumps from $9,400 to $14,250. Job costing recalculates with $1,320 in fixtures, $340 transformer, $216 wire, $450 smart integration, and 8 crew hours at $280 for $2,606 in cost on $4,850 revenue — a 46.3% margin on the upsell alone. For a big-ticket combined project like this, homeowners can also choose consumer financing at checkout, with Affirm covering up to $30,000 per job.
Job costing runs on Site 1 at $8,820. Materials include 215 feet of RGBW strip at $4.20 per foot for $903, 210 aluminum channels with diffusers at $2.80 each for $588, 3 DMX controllers at $185 each for $555, 2 transformers at $280 each for $560, a smart-home bridge at $145, wire and connectors at $220, splice connectors and sealant at $95, and mounting hardware at $180, totaling $3,246 in materials. Labor is 28 crew hours across wire day and fixture day for $960, and ladder and lift rental is $380. Total cost is $4,586, on track for a 48% margin. Site 2 at $4,800 runs a 44% margin. The Deals board shows 12 active projects — 2 in design consultation, 3 with estimates sent awaiting signatures, 2 in material ordering, 3 scheduled for installation next week, 1 in programming, and 1 awaiting final walkthrough. Expense tracking and Time Tracker Pro feed the numbers automatically, so the owner sees real profit on every installation without a spreadsheet.
Friday evening, Site 1 powers on for the first time at dusk. All 210 feet of RGBW roofline glow warm amber, the patio perimeter is softly lit, and scene transitions run smoothly from warm white to Christmas red-and-green to slow-fade party mode. Final nighttime photos from the street and from the app become the content that sells the next project, and the Before & After Photo Editor creates the dramatic side-by-side — dark facade on the left, illuminated showcase on the right. Vanessa sends the final invoice, and the customer pays by ACH through online payments. Review Multiplier redirects the happy customer to Vanessa’s Google review page right after payment, and the review mentions the color-changing roofline and the neighbors who already asked for the same company. Then the big win: a custom home builder completing 30 homes per year in a new luxury subdivision wants permanent decorative lighting installed on every home as a standard feature. Vanessa builds the bid at $4,500 per home for roofline permanent LED with a smart controller and patio perimeter lighting — 30 homes equals $135,000 annually — and creates the deal. Business analytics show 2 residential installations completed at $13,620, 1 new project signed at $14,250, the builder deal at $135,000, and total active pipeline at $485,000.
That entire workflow — installing a 210-foot RGBW roofline system, closing a $9,400 consultation, adding a $4,850 landscape accent upsell, costing every project, tracking 12 projects across installation stages, and landing a $135,000 builder contract — runs on one platform. QuoteIQ replaces the lighting spreadsheet, the separate photo app, and the second phone line with one CRM built for decorative lighting companies, by operators who understand the business.
“Same day. Not tomorrow morning — same day. Whoever sends a clear, specific estimate first is the one the customer starts comparing everyone else to. That’s a psychological anchor, and it’s real.”
— Mike Vidan, Co-Founder, QuoteIQ · Read Mike’s insights
Decorative lighting companies need tools that generic CRMs were not designed around: per-foot tiered pricing by LED type and color capability, satellite roofline measurement for fixture layout, lighting inventory, and multi-stage installation pipelines. Most shortlists include Jobber, Housecall Pro, and ServiceTitan, often paired with a separate photo app like CompanyCam. Those vendors update plans, add-ons, and AI features frequently, so the fair comparison is a checklist: confirm each capability below on the vendor’s own live pricing page the day you buy. Here is exactly where each capability sits in QuoteIQ’s plan ladder.
| Capability for Lighting Companies | QuoteIQ Feature | QuoteIQ Plan | What to Ask Any Other Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per-fixture tier options | Options Estimates | All plans ($29.99+) | Are Good/Better/Best quotes on the base plan or a higher tier? |
| Satellite roofline measurement | MapMeasure Pro | Beginner+ ($74.99+) | Is measurement built in, or a separate subscription? |
| Lighting inventory tracking | Inventory Management (5 modules) | Elite+ ($299+) | Does stock track by truck and warehouse location? |
| 4K installation documentation | QuoteIQ Cam | Beginner+ | Is photo documentation native or an integration? |
| Per-project job costing | Job Costing | Pro+ ($149.99+) | Does labor pull automatically from clocked hours? |
| AI Before/After previews | AI Image Generator | All plans (IQ Credits) | Is AI included or billed as an add-on? |
| Landscape and lighting packages | Package Estimates | All plans | Can bundles show savings versus individual pricing? |
| Builder and commercial pipelines | Pipelines & Deals | Elite+ (5) · Max (unlimited) | How many pipelines, and are stages probability-weighted? |
| 24/7 AI call answering | Virtual Call Team | All plans (credit-based minutes) | How are AI call minutes priced and capped? |
| Dedicated business phone | ClientHub | Pro+ | Is calling and texting included or an add-on? |
| Customer self-quoting | InstaQuote | Elite+ | Can homeowners build their own quote from your price list? |
| E-signatures and contracts | E-Signatures | All plans (attachments Beginner+) | Can customers sign estimates on their phone? |
| QuickBooks integration | QuickBooks Online | Pro+ | Which QuickBooks product and which plan tier? |
| Conversational AI control | AI Autopilot (55 tools) | All plans (IQ Credits) | Can AI take actions across the CRM, or only draft text? |
| Monthly price | QuoteIQ pricing | $29.99 · $74.99 · $149.99 · $299 · $699 | Paid plans — see each vendor’s pricing page |
The takeaway for a decorative lighting company is simple: price the whole stack, not the base plan. A CRM that needs a separate measurement tool, a separate photo app, and a separate phone line costs more than its headline price suggests. QuoteIQ puts tiered quoting, satellite measurement, documentation, job costing, pipelines, and AI in one platform with published plan prices. For head-to-head breakdowns against specific platforms, browse the full QuoteIQ comparison hub.
“Around $75,000 to $100,000 in annual revenue is where the invisible cost of manual management typically starts exceeding what software would cost. The most expensive thing in manual management isn’t the time spent on the tasks — it’s the revenue lost to the things that don’t get done.”
— Justin Rogers, Co-Founder, QuoteIQ · Read Justin’s insights
Every growing decorative lighting company reaches the point where one crew is not enough and crew management becomes the difference between scaling and stalling. EmployeeHub on the Elite plan gives a decorative lighting company GPS location tracking while clocked in, GPS clock in and out, team chat, and roles and permissions from one dashboard. Clocked-out employees never appear on the map.
Crew A (Premium Installations): Lead installer plus 2 technicians. Handles permanent roofline systems, smart-home integrations, and commercial facade projects averaging $6,000-$15,000. Their permissions in EmployeeHub are set to show job details, QuoteIQ Cam, and Time Tracker Pro, with pricing and customer financials hidden.
Crew B (Volume Installations): Lead installer plus 1 technician. Handles landscape accent lighting, pathway lighting, and standard warm-white roofline installations averaging $3,000-$6,000. Same field permissions. Runs 3-4 installations per week during peak season, sequenced with route optimization.
Vanessa Reyes (Owner/Sales): Full access to Pipelines & Deals, job costing, analytics, financial data, and estimating. Runs 4-5 consultations per week, manages builder relationships, and handles every design presentation with AI Before/After previews. Uses GPS tracking to see both crews in real time and team chat to coordinate material deliveries between sites.
OSHA requires fall protection at elevations of six feet in the construction industry, and its fall prevention campaign tells employers to include safety equipment when estimating job costs. Add harnesses, ladder stabilizers, and lift rental as line items so roofline bids protect both crews and margin.
Median annual wage for electricians in May 2025, with employment projected to grow 9 percent from 2025 to 2035 and about 72,700 openings per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Skilled lighting labor is competitive — price labor honestly and track every clocked hour.
Every permanent roofline estimate without landscape lighting leaves money on the table. The transformer is already installed, the trenching equipment is already on-site, and the incremental labor to add tree uplights, retaining wall wash fixtures, and pathway bollards is small compared to mobilizing for them later. Package Estimates present the Complete Property Illumination Package as a natural add-on. A 50% attach rate on landscape packages across 60 roofline installations per year equals 30 upgraded projects times a $4,850 average upsell — $145,500 per year in additional revenue from jobs the company is already doing. Design the add-on responsibly: the Five Principles for Responsible Outdoor Lighting from DarkSky International and the Illuminating Engineering Society are a useful checklist for aiming, shielding, and dimming landscape fixtures.
Custom home builders want one decorative lighting company they can specify on every home as a standard feature. Property managers want one company handling seasonal facade lighting across their portfolio of commercial and HOA properties. Pipelines & Deals tracks each relationship. One builder completing 25 homes per year at a $4,500 average lighting package equals $112,500 annually. One property management firm with 8 commercial properties at $3,200 per seasonal install plus $1,800 per seasonal removal equals $40,000 annually. Three active builder partnerships equal $337,500 or more per year in referred work — pre-sold installations on homes that are already under contract.
Seasonally adjusted annual rate of single-family housing completions in July 2026, per the U.S. Census Bureau’s New Residential Construction report. Every completed home is a potential builder-specified lighting package.
Every permanent lighting installation is a recurring revenue opportunity that many decorative lighting companies miss. Annual maintenance contracts covering inspection, cleaning, connector and fixture replacement, and system testing at $350 per visit create predictable revenue. Seasonal reprogramming visits to update color scenes for holidays, sports seasons, and special events at $150 per visit add 4-6 visits per year per customer. Invoice Subscriptions automate recurring billing. 150 active maintenance customers at $350 per annual visit equals $52,500 per year; seasonal reprogramming at $150 times 4 visits for 80 customers adds $48,000 — $100,500 in recurring revenue from the existing customer base. The AI Virtual Call Team captures maintenance inquiries and seasonal requests around the clock, and the holiday lighting software playbook covers the seasonal side in depth.
The reason QuoteIQ is the #1 CRM for decorative lighting companies is not just the lighting-specific features. QuoteIQ replaces the separate apps a decorative lighting company juggles — no fixture spreadsheet, no separate photo subscription, no second phone line — with one platform and one monthly price per plan.
Across the plan ladder, decorative lighting companies also get AI Autopilot with 55 tools, the AI Virtual Call Team, AI Estimator, the AI Text Generator, e-signatures, online payments (credit and debit cards, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay), consumer financing through Affirm, Klarna, and Afterpay, invoice subscriptions, business calculators, and data export on every plan. Property Street View, Zillow Quick Access, contract attachments, and expense tracking start on Beginner. Client Portal and website contact forms start on Pro. InstaQuote, InstaSchedule, mass SMS and email campaigns, route density, and route optimization start on Elite, and the Sales Team Tracker and crew scheduling are part of Max. Google Calendar sync and Google Reserve booking connect the calendar to the tools homeowners already use.
IRS business standard mileage rate per mile from July 1, 2026, per the IRS. Forty unnecessary miles a day on each of two trucks is $60.80 a day — about $15,200 over 250 working days. Route optimization on Elite sequences stops to cut drive time 15–30%.
Every QuoteIQ plan includes all four estimate types, Options pricing, scheduling, online payments, and AI features powered by monthly IQ Credits. For most growing decorative lighting companies the Pro plan is the recommended starting point because it unlocks ClientHub, per-project job costing, email and text automations, and QuickBooks Online at $149.99 per month for 4 users. Companies running two or more crews typically move to Elite for Pipelines, inventory, EmployeeHub, and 10 users.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (2 months free) | Users | IQ Credits / mo | Key additions for lighting companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $29.99 | $299.99 | 1 | 500 | Options and Package Estimates, e-signatures, invoicing, consumer financing, AI tools |
| Beginner | $74.99 | $749.99 | 2 | 1,500 | MapMeasure Pro, Property Street View, QuoteIQ Cam, contract attachments, expense tracking |
| Pro | $149.99 | $1,499.99 | 4 | 3,000 | ClientHub, job costing, automations, Client Portal, QuickBooks Online |
| Elite | $299 | $2,990 | 10 | 5,000 | Pipelines (up to 5), inventory, InstaQuote, InstaSchedule, routing, EmployeeHub |
| Max | $699 | $6,990 | Unlimited | 8,000 | Unlimited pipelines, crews, Sales Team Tracker, AI Website Builder, priority support |
When you compare software costs, add up the full stack a decorative lighting company actually needs — CRM, measurement, photo documentation, business phone, and job costing — and check each vendor’s current pricing page, since competitor plans and add-ons change often. QuoteIQ Pro at $149.99 per month covers most of that stack in one subscription, and Elite adds inventory and pipelines for multi-crew operations. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial, so you can price a real roofline job end to end before you commit to a plan.
QuoteIQ is the best CRM for decorative lighting companies in 2026 for owner-operators and multi-crew shops, because it combines tiered per-foot quoting, satellite measurement, and per-project profit tracking in one app starting at $29.99 per month. Options Estimates put warm-white, RGBW, and smart-controlled tiers side by side on every plan. MapMeasure Pro, on Beginner and up, measures fascia runs and pathways before the consultation. Job costing, on Pro and up, shows Price minus Labor minus Expenses on each install. Pipelines & Deals, on Elite and up with up to 5 pipelines, tracks builder and property-manager accounts, and the Virtual Call Team answers after-dark calls 24/7 using IQ Credits. Lighting accounts for around 15% of an average home’s electricity use according to the U.S. Department of Energy, which is why efficient LED systems sell well when the quote is clear and fast.
QuoteIQ costs $29.99 to $699 per month depending on users and features, and annual billing gives two months free ($299.99, $749.99, $1,499.99, $2,990, or $6,990 per year). Essentials is $29.99 for 1 user and 500 IQ Credits. Beginner is $74.99 for 2 users and adds MapMeasure Pro and QuoteIQ Cam. Pro is $149.99 for 4 users and adds ClientHub, job costing, and QuickBooks Online. Elite is $299 for 10 users and adds Pipelines, inventory, InstaQuote, route optimization, and EmployeeHub. Max is $699 with unlimited users, crew scheduling, and the AI Website Builder included. Most two-crew lighting companies land on Elite once they need inventory and GPS time tracking, and every plan includes a 14-day free trial. When you budget, count truck miles too — the business standard mileage rate is 76 cents per mile from July 1, 2026, per the IRS.
Most decorative lighting companies price permanent roofline lighting per linear foot by tier, then add controllers, transformers, and installation as separate lines. A typical three-tier example is warm-white LED at $18 per foot, color-changing RGBW at $28 per foot, and app-controlled smart systems with scene programming at $42 per foot — so a 185-foot roofline quotes at $3,330, $5,180, or $7,770. Options Estimates show all three tiers on one screen, and Package Estimates bundle landscape and pathway add-ons. The free Christmas light installation cost calculator helps sanity-check seasonal pricing, while Business Calculators and the home service business calculator library round out the math. Before you set rates, check local labor costs — electricians earned a median $63,190 per year in May 2025 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Yes. QuoteIQ’s MapMeasure Pro, included on Beginner ($74.99 per month) and higher plans, measures roofline fascia runs, pergola perimeters, pathway lengths, and driveway borders from satellite imagery inside estimate creation. A 3,200 sq ft home with 185 feet of roofline, 120 feet of pathway, and a 40-foot pergola can be measured from the office, and a screenshot of the measured scope attaches to the estimate as visual proof. Since August 2026 you can also scroll back through years of historical aerial photos and see calculated roof pitch. Property Street View and Zillow Quick Access fill in facade and property details, and AI Estimator drafts line items from photos. It is the same pre-measure workflow used by holiday lighting companies. Pre-measuring also cuts ladder time on unqualified visits, which matters because OSHA requires fall protection at six feet in construction.
Decorative lighting companies track fixtures, LED strip, transformers, and wire by product and location, and QuoteIQ’s Inventory Management on the Elite plan ($299 per month) does that with five modules: Products, Locations, Suppliers, Orders, and Transactions. Set each truck and the warehouse as a location, add reorder points for 300W and 600W transformers, and move supplier orders from Draft to Confirmed to Received, which creates receipt transactions automatically. Materials on estimates link to inventory products so pricing stays current, and stock deducts when the invoice is paid — a deposit alone does not move stock. Pair inventory with job costing, expense tracking for lift rentals and receipts, business analytics for margin by project type, and data export for your accountant. Stock ENERGY STAR rated LED products where you can: the Department of Energy notes they last up to 25 times longer than incandescent lighting.
Decorative lighting companies should look for six features: tiered estimates, satellite measurement, photo documentation, a business phone, job costing, and pipeline tracking. In QuoteIQ those are Options Estimates on all plans, MapMeasure Pro and QuoteIQ Cam from Beginner, ClientHub and job costing from Pro, and Pipelines & Deals from Elite. Count the full stack: a CRM that needs a separate measuring tool, photo app, and phone line costs more than its base price, so confirm every capability on each vendor’s current pricing page before you buy. Side-by-side breakdowns live in the QuoteIQ comparison hub. For design quality, look for documentation that supports responsible fixtures and aiming — the Five Principles for Responsible Outdoor Lighting from DarkSky International are a practical checklist for landscape and facade layouts that look better and draw fewer complaints from neighbors.
Decorative lighting companies build recurring revenue with maintenance contracts, seasonal reprogramming, and builder partnerships. A $350 annual maintenance visit across 150 customers is $52,500 a year, and $150 reprogramming visits four times a year for 80 customers adds $48,000. Invoice Subscriptions bill those plans automatically, email and text automations on Pro and up send seasonal reminders, and Pipelines & Deals tracks builder accounts — one builder at 25 homes and $4,500 per home is $112,500 a year. Review Multiplier turns paid invoices into review requests that feed new leads, and consumer financing through Affirm covers projects up to $30,000 so larger scopes close faster. Builder demand is steady: single-family completions ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 878,000 in July 2026, per the U.S. Census Bureau.
Yes. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial, and the trial gives full access to the features of the plan you choose — so pick Pro to test job costing and ClientHub, or Elite to test Pipelines and inventory. A credit or debit card is required to start. The trial converts to the selected plan’s rate unless you cancel before it ends, you can cancel any time during the trial, and there is one free trial per person, per business, and per payment method. Use the 14 days to price one real job end to end: import customers with AI Smart Import, build a 185-foot RGBW roofline quote in Options Estimates, and run it from your phone with mobile and web access. Compare every plan on the pricing page, and include vehicle costs in the job — the IRS business mileage rate is 76 cents per mile from July 1, 2026.
Options Estimates present warm-white, RGBW, and premium smart-home tiers on the same estimate on every plan, so a $5,250 warm-white system sits next to a $9,400 RGBW system and a $14,200 full-property package.
MapMeasure Pro (Beginner and up) pre-measures roofline fascia runs, pergola perimeters, pathway lengths, and tree canopy outlines from satellite, with historical aerial imagery and roof pitch added in August 2026.
Per-project job costing (Pro and up) tracks fixtures, controllers, transformers, wire, and crew hours, so an $8,820 roofline installation that costs $4,586 shows its 48% margin in real time.
Package Estimates bundle roofline, landscape accent, and pathway lighting, turning a $9,400 installation into $14,250 with a $4,850 add-on while the crew is already on-site.
AI Before/After previews generate an illuminated version of the homeowner’s real facade in roughly 15 to 20 seconds, with the IQ Credit cost shown before each image runs.
Pipelines & Deals (Elite and up, 5 pipelines; unlimited on Max) tracks builder, property manager, and commercial accounts — one 30-home builder at $4,500 per home is $135,000 a year.
The 24/7 AI Virtual Call Team answers the after-dark calls that lighting inspires, with minutes drawn from IQ Credits at 125 credits per minute and limited minutes on lower tiers.
QuoteIQ plans run $29.99 to $699 per month, Pro at $149.99 is the recommended tier, and every plan includes a 14-day free trial of the plan you choose.
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Pick the plan that matches your crew size — Pro for a single crew that needs job costing and ClientHub, Elite for two or more crews that need Pipelines and inventory — on the pricing page. The trial includes the full feature set of the plan you choose. A credit or debit card is required to start.
Bring in your customer list from a spreadsheet or another CRM with AI Smart Import, then add per-foot line items for warm-white, RGBW, and smart roofline tiers, plus fixtures, transformers, controllers, and maintenance plans.
Save Good/Better/Best templates in Options Estimates, create landscape add-on bundles in Package Estimates, and connect online payments so homeowners can pay deposits by card, ACH, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
Add installers with the right permissions, drop your next roofline job on the scheduling calendar, and document it start to finish in QuoteIQ Cam so the nighttime reveal becomes your next piece of marketing.
QuoteIQ LLC was founded on September 21, 2022, in Savannah, Georgia, by two co-founders who built the platform around how home service contractors actually quote, schedule, and get paid. Their published insights shape the workflows on this page.
Co-Founder, QuoteIQ. Mike’s writing focuses on estimating speed, pricing discipline, and the follow-up systems that turn quotes into signed jobs — including the same-day estimate rule quoted above.
Co-Founder, QuoteIQ. Justin’s writing focuses on the hidden cost of manual operations and the point where software pays for itself for a growing service business.
QuoteIQ holds a 4.7-star average across 4,103 reviews. Here is what three contractors in roofline and electrical-adjacent trades wrote.
“I recently started up a roof and gutter cleaning business and this app has everything in one place. I can send estimates over the phone without even going to the house. It saves me time, and time is money.”
Hayden Hoppe · Google Play
“Great app! Very user friendly. Perfect for saving customers information, photos, and addresses. Also has useful tools to help you create invoices on the fly. And you can even measure the square footage of the house/roof and concrete. I definitely recommend giving it a try.”
Davey Owen · Google Play
“Just downloaded the app in preparation for my solar panel cleaning business. Will be starting projects this coming spring and this app will help keep track of appointment and sending quote for jobs. Real easy to navigate with an arsenal of tools that’ll help keep business flowing. Highly recommend for entrepreneurs starting out in the service industry.”
Gavino Rodriguez · Google Play
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