A chimney repair proposal has to explain a problem the homeowner can’t see, price it at more than one level and hold up against a second opinion. We compared 10 proposal tools on pricing, tiered options, e-signatures, deposits and photo support, and we say where each one falls short for chimney work.
The best proposal software for chimney repair businesses in 2026 is QuoteIQ. Its Proposals feature is built into the estimate workflow, so good/better/best options, job photos, online signatures and deposits sit in one document that homeowners can review and sign from a phone. Plans start at $29.99 a month. No vendor on this list, QuoteIQ included, has a chimney-specific proposal builder, so judge each tool on its photo, tier and signature support. Housecall Pro and Jobber are credible general-purpose alternatives, Smart Service is the closest chimney and venting specialist, and ServiceTitan suits large multi-technician operations.
| Rank | Platform | Starting Price | Best For | Standout Feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | QuoteIQ | $29.99/mo | Chimney crews of 1–20 users | Proposals, options, photos, signatures and deposits in one workflow |
| #2 | Housecall Pro | $59/mo billed annually ($79 monthly) | Residential crews focused on booking and payments | Sales Proposal Tool (Max plan only) |
| #3 | Jobber | $29/mo billed annually ($49 monthly) | Small service teams that want polished quotes | Quotes with optional line items (Grow plan) |
| #4 | Smart Service | $129.99/user/mo, 3-user minimum | Chimney, air duct and dryer vent specialists | Tiered estimates, photo capture and signatures |
| #5 | Workiz | Quote-only | Phone-heavy crews in peak season | Built-in phone system; sales proposals on Ultimate |
| #6 | ServiceTitan | Quote-only, per technician | Large multi-technician operations | Mobile Estimates in every tier |
| #7 | Joist | $10/mo | Solo operators who only need estimates and invoices | Change orders on the Elite plan |
| #8 | JobTread | $199/mo with 1 internal user | Large chimney rebuild and restoration projects | Contracts and e-signatures in the single plan |
| #9 | PandaDoc | Free; paid from $19/seat/mo | Teams that already have a separate job system | Free e-signature documents (5 per month) |
| #10 | Proposify | $35/user/mo billed annually ($49 monthly) | Sales-led firms writing designed proposals | Document design and content library |
Pricing was read from each vendor’s own pages on October 15, 2026. Vendors change plans often, so confirm current rates on their sites before you buy.
We’re QuoteIQ. We made this list. We also picked our own platform as #1 — here’s exactly why, with the trade-offs each tool brings to the table. Competitor details come from each vendor’s own pricing and feature pages, read on October 15, 2026, plus third-party roundups and review sites. We did not run hands-on tests of competitor products, so confirm anything that drives a purchase on the vendor’s site.
Five criteria drove every ranking decision:
Outside data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Fire Administration, the Chimney Safety Institute of America and the Federal Trade Commission. All of it is listed under Sources Cited at the bottom of the page.
“Most contractors who buy software never turn the automation on.”
— Justin Rogers, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ
Most chimney work starts with an inspection, and most inspections end with a repair recommendation the homeowner cannot check for themselves. The flue liner is inside the chimney. The crown is on top of it. Water damage hides behind brick. A proposal is the document that turns your findings into something a homeowner can see, compare and sign.
The Chimney Safety Institute of America describes three inspection levels (CSIA inspection levels). A Level 1 inspection applies when the system is unchanged. A Level 2 inspection is called for after a change in fuel type or appliance, when a property is sold or transferred, or after an event such as a chimney fire or severe weather. A Level 3 inspection is for suspected concealed hazards. Each level produces findings, and each finding needs a line on the proposal.
Take a chimney with a cracked crown and failing mortar joints. The three tiers might read as follows. These are illustrations of structure, not prices or code advice, and your scope depends on your inspection findings and local requirements.
The point is not to push the most expensive option. It is to let the homeowner see the cheapest safe fix next to the complete repair and choose with the facts in front of them.
Two legal notes, offered as general information and not legal advice. The federal E-SIGN Act says a signature or contract cannot be denied legal effect solely because it is electronic (15 U.S.C. §7001). Separately, the FTC’s Cooling-Off Rule covers certain door-to-door sales over $25 and gives buyers three business days to cancel (FTC rule summary), so ask an attorney whether it applies to proposals you sign at a customer’s home.
Here are the ten tools in ranked order. Each entry gives the verified price, how the tool handles the chimney proposal jobs described above, an honest list of pros and cons, and a question to ask before you buy. Where a vendor’s own pages are silent or conflict, we say so instead of guessing.
QuoteIQ is the platform we built, and its Proposals feature (Proposal+) is the reason it tops this list. A proposal lives inside the estimate workflow rather than in a separate document tool, so the company story, the services and scope, job photos, supporting documents, customer reviews and an online signature all travel in one link. Save a finished proposal as a template, set it as the default and reuse it on the next cap, crown or liner job.
Chimney repair is where that setup earns its keep. Build the three-tier version of a job with an Options Estimate — minimum-safe, recommended and full restoration — and the homeowner picks a tier and approves it on their phone. Attach the inspection photos from QuoteIQ Cam so the cracked crown or rusted damper sits next to its price. Add a deposit before you order a stainless liner or a custom cap. QuoteIQ has no chimney-specific proposal builder, and neither does any other tool here, so you build your own templates once and reuse them.
Best for: Chimney sweep and repair companies, from solo operators to teams of about 20, that want proposals, scheduling, invoicing and follow-up in one system. The QuoteIQ chimney sweep software page covers the Virtual Call Team, InstaSchedule online booking and Review Multiplier that surround the proposal.
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“Whoever sends a clear, specific estimate first is the one the customer starts comparing everyone else to.”
— Mike Vidan, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ
Verdict: If you want one system that takes a chimney lead from the first call to a signed, deposited proposal, QuoteIQ is the strongest fit here. Solo sweeps can start on Essentials at $29.99/mo. Crews that want inspection photos should price Beginner at $99.99/mo (2 users) or Pro at $199.99/mo (4 users). Larger teams land on Elite at $299.99/mo (10 users) or Max at $699.99/mo (20 users). Annual billing is two months free.
Housecall Pro is an easy-to-adopt home service platform known for online booking, scheduling, invoicing and payments, and it publishes an industry page for chimney businesses. Card processing on its pricing page starts at 2.59%.
The proposal story is where chimney shops need to read carefully. Its pricing page lists a Sales Proposal Tool on the Max plan only: $299/mo billed annually or $329 monthly, with eight users included. Basic ($59/mo billed annually, one user) and Essentials ($149/mo billed annually, five users) list estimates and invoicing. The page does not mention e-signatures on any plan, so ask for a demo of the signing flow before you commit.
Best for: Residential chimney crews that care most about booking conversion and getting paid, and that can justify the Max plan to get proposals.
Ask in the demo: can a proposal carry three priced options and inspection photos, does the customer sign inside it, and what does Max cost for the number of users you have?
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Verdict: A solid pick if booking and payments are your bottleneck and you are ready to pay for Max. If you mainly want proposals with tiers, photos and signatures at a lower entry price, QuoteIQ gets you there on every plan.
Jobber is a widely used general-purpose home service platform with quoting, scheduling, invoicing and a client portal. Its pricing page lists “send professional quotes” on Core, automated quote and invoice follow-ups on Connect, and quotes with rich visuals and optional line items on Grow. Signature approvals appear among the features of its quote templates, though the page does not say which plans include them.
For chimney work, the optional line items on Grow suit add-ons such as a cap upgrade or a waterproofing treatment that the homeowner can accept or skip. The pricing page does not describe a good/better/best format, and it does not mention deposits; the closest feature it lists is progress invoicing. Extra users cost $29/mo each, and the trial runs 14 days.
Best for: Small chimney teams that want a familiar, polished quoting tool and are comfortable with the Grow plan for visual quotes.
Ask in the trial: which plan includes signature approvals, and can a quote carry three tiers or only optional add-ons?
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Verdict: A credible general-purpose alternative with a clean quoting flow. Chimney shops that want tiered options, inspection photos and deposits in the same proposal will find QuoteIQ more direct, and at a lower starting price.
Smart Service builds field service software for chimney, air duct and dryer vent companies, which makes it the nearest thing to a chimney specialist on this list. Its chimney estimating guide describes field-built tiered estimates, photo capture and digital signatures, and says a signed estimate converts into a scheduled work order. The same guide lays out a three-tier sales approach: minimum-safe, recommended-protection and full-restoration. It does not explain how those tiers are built inside the software.
Pricing starts at $129.99 per user per month with a three-user minimum, roughly $390 a month at the minimum, with a discount for annual billing. The pricing page says the full price depends on team size and the cost of moving customer and QuickBooks data, and that a written quote includes software, onboarding and data conversion. There is no free trial, only a live demo, and the pricing page does not mention proposals or e-signatures, so ask to see the signing flow. Technicians work in the iFleet mobile app, which shows customer history and prior-visit photos on a tablet.
Best for: Established chimney, air duct and dryer vent companies with at least three users that want software shaped around their trade.
Ask in the demo: how are the tiered estimates built, what does signing look like on a customer’s phone, and does the written quote cover data conversion?
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Verdict: Worth a demo if you run a venting-focused company and can staff three users. For smaller crews, or anyone who wants to try a proposal flow before talking to sales, QuoteIQ’s published plans and 14-day trial are easier to test.
Workiz is a field service platform with a built-in phone system, two-way texting, scheduling and invoicing, and it has its own chimney sweep industry page. The phone tools matter in October and November, when a chimney company’s phones ring all day.
Workiz’s pricing page shows “Request pricing” on all three plans (Standard, Pro and Ultimate). Estimates are unlimited on every plan, but “sales proposals” are included only on Ultimate. Online payments come with every plan, and the page describes a 7-day free trial. A third-party pricing tracker reports that Workiz removed its disclosed per-seat overage pricing on August 24, 2026 and now treats all plans as quote-only, although the tracker’s own sidebar still lists older figures, so verify directly with Workiz. The pricing page does not mention e-signatures.
Best for: Call-heavy chimney companies that want phone, text and scheduling in one tool and will pay for the top plan to get proposals.
Ask in the demo: what does Ultimate cost per user today, and does the sales proposal include photos and signing?
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Verdict: A good fit when the phone is your bottleneck. If proposals are the priority, the quote-only pricing and the Ultimate-only proposal feature make it harder to compare than QuoteIQ’s published plans.
ServiceTitan is the enterprise field service platform used by larger residential and commercial contractors, covering dispatch, job costing and reporting. Its pricing page lists no dollar amounts. Every tier (Starter, Essentials and The Works) carries a “Request Pricing” button, and the page says per-technician pricing is designed to fit your business and goals.
Mobile Estimates appear in all three tiers, and Starter lists a pricebook, which is the foundation for consistent chimney repair pricing. The page does not describe proposal templates or use good/better/best language, and add-ons such as Pricebook Pro and Fleet Pro are listed without prices. A chimney company can build strong proposals here, but you will need a demo to see exactly how, and what each add-on costs.
Best for: Chimney and masonry companies with 20 or more technicians, dedicated office staff and the appetite for a longer setup.
Ask in the demo: what does each tier and add-on cost per technician, and how do options and photos work inside Mobile Estimates?
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Verdict: The right call for a large operation with office staff to run it. Below that size, the cost and complexity rarely pay off for proposal work, and QuoteIQ Max covers up to 20 users at a published $699.99/mo.
Joist is a low-cost estimating and invoicing app for contractors. Basics costs $10/mo and covers five documents a month, estimates that convert to invoices, online payments and homeowner financing. Pro is $17/mo and adds unlimited documents and clients, line items, document photos and work orders. Elite is $32/mo and adds change orders. Run is $70/mo (struck down from $100) and adds job organization, scheduling and links between jobs and estimates. Each plan says annual billing gives two months free. Some third-party listings show Pro at $16, so confirm before you buy.
Change orders matter in chimney work, where opening a wall often reveals more damage. Joist’s comparison table lists in-app digital signatures, deposit and milestone payments and pass-through processing fees, but the page text does not show which plans include each, so check before choosing. It is an estimates-and-invoices app rather than a full CRM, and the pricing page does not describe tiered options.
Best for: Solo chimney operators who want a cheap way to send professional estimates and collect payment.
Ask before buying: which plan includes in-app signatures and deposits, and how many documents does your busiest month need?
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Verdict: The budget pick for solo operators who only need estimates and invoices. Once you want scheduling, follow-up and tiered proposals in one place, QuoteIQ’s all-in-one setup is the better long-term home.
JobTread is built around construction projects rather than service calls. Its pricing page lists a single plan: $199/mo with one internal user included and $20/mo for each additional internal user, with lower per-user rates as the team grows. All features are included, among them estimating, contracts and e-signatures, customer invoices and online payments. An annual subscription saves 20%, external portal users such as customers and subcontractors are free, and the page lists free implementation, training and support plus a 30-day money-back guarantee on monthly plans. It does not describe a free trial, and it does not single out proposals.
A full chimney rebuild or a masonry restoration that stretches over several visits suits a project tool. A routine cap-and-crown repair does not, and a $199 base price is heavy for a small sweep-and-repair crew.
Best for: Chimney rebuild and masonry restoration contractors who run multi-week projects with subcontractors.
Ask in the demo: how does a contract handle a three-option chimney scope, and what would five internal users cost?
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Verdict: Strong for large restoration projects, overbuilt for everyday chimney repair. If most of your jobs close in one or two visits, a service-focused tool such as QuoteIQ fits the work better.
PandaDoc is a general-purpose document and e-signature platform. Its free plan allows five documents a month with e-signature included but no payments. Starter is $19 per seat and lists unlimited uploads and e-signatures. Business is $49 per seat and adds payment collection and in-person signing. Enterprise is custom. The page shows identical monthly and annual seat prices for Starter and Business despite a “Save up to 46%” banner, and it lists per-document overage fees tied to usage credits for API and automation use, so confirm the real cost for your volume.
For chimney repair, PandaDoc can produce a polished, signable document, and Business can collect payment. What it is not is a field service system: there is no dispatch, scheduling or job tracking, so you would pair it with a separate tool for the rest of the business.
Best for: Chimney companies that already run a job-management system and only want a better document and signature layer on top.
Ask before buying: how are usage credits charged for the number of proposals you send, and how does the document connect to your job system?
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Verdict: A good document layer, not a complete answer. If you have to run the rest of the business somewhere else, you pay twice. QuoteIQ puts proposals, scheduling and invoicing in one system.
Proposify is a proposal design and tracking tool. The Build plan costs $49 per user monthly or $35 per user billed annually, with unlimited documents and signatures, a document editor, a content library and a product catalog. Grow is $325/mo billed annually for five users, and Scale is $1,066/mo billed annually for ten users, with extra users at $780 a year. Drafting and editing are always unlimited; only sends count against a limit. The page lists those send limits under a separate Basic, Team and Business scheme (10, 30 and 75 sends a month, with overage fees) that it does not map to Build, Grow and Scale, so the pricing is hard to read at a glance.
Signatures are available on every plan. Payments are not listed as a plan feature, although the page says Stripe processes payments and is PCI DSS Level 1 certified. Proposify has no field scheduling, so it fits a sales-led restoration firm better than a crew that runs service calls all day.
Best for: Chimney and masonry firms with a dedicated salesperson who writes large, designed proposals.
Ask before buying: which send limit applies to your plan, and what do overage fees add up to in a busy fall?
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Verdict: Best for polished, sales-led proposals on big projects. For everyday chimney repair, the cost and the missing job tools make it a harder fit than QuoteIQ.
A few figures show why homeowners respond to specific, photographed findings, and why chimney repair is worth running with proper tools.
Treat these as context rather than precise measures of your local market. Market-research estimates vary by publisher, the BLS category covers all masonry workers rather than chimney specialists, and the USFA’s 77% figure counts confined fires, a category broader than chimney fires alone.
Pick QuoteIQ Essentials at $29.99/mo. Proposals and Options Estimates are included on the plan, and the 14-day trial lets you build and test your first template before you pay. Confirm signing options during the trial, and remember that QuoteIQ Cam starts at Beginner and each proposal uses IQ Credits on the lower plans. If all you need is estimates and invoices, Joist Basics at $10/mo is the cheaper starting point.
Choose QuoteIQ Beginner at $99.99/mo (2 users) or Pro at $199.99/mo (4 users). Both include QuoteIQ Cam and Inspection Forms, so photos attach straight to the proposal, and Pro adds QuickBooks sync and Job Costing. Jobber Grow is the usual general-purpose comparison, but check how many users its price covers before you compare totals.
QuoteIQ Elite at $299.99/mo (10 users) includes unlimited proposals, so a busy October does not drain your IQ Credits. Housecall Pro Max covers eight users at $299/mo billed annually, and Jobber Grow for five users is $229/mo billed annually. Compare exactly what each plan includes for proposals before you decide.
Look at QuoteIQ Elite or Max at $699.99/mo for 20 users, which also includes unlimited proposals. Put it next to a ServiceTitan quote and ask each vendor what extra users cost. QuoteIQ charges $25/mo per additional user on every plan.
ServiceTitan or QuoteIQ Max. ServiceTitan offers more depth in dispatch and reporting, while QuoteIQ Max publishes its price and sets up faster. Get demos of both and ask each to build a three-tier chimney proposal from photo to signature while you watch.
Smart Service is worth a demo because it is built for that trade mix, provided you can staff its three-user minimum. If your work is mostly large masonry rebuilds, JobTread’s project tools may fit better. QuoteIQ also has a dedicated chimney sweep page covering the call-to-invoice workflow.
Start with QuoteIQ Essentials or Housecall Pro Basic, both aimed at quick setup. QuoteIQ has more headroom to grow into, since proposals, options and follow-up are already on the plan, while Housecall Pro’s proposal tool requires the Max plan.
We started from the job, not the feature lists: explain a hidden defect, offer tiers, show photos, take a deposit, lock the scope and let the homeowner sign on a phone.
General field service platforms (QuoteIQ, Housecall Pro, Jobber, Workiz and ServiceTitan), a chimney and venting specialist (Smart Service), and estimate or document tools (Joist, JobTread, PandaDoc and Proposify). QuoteIQ publishes this list and ranks first on the criteria below.
We recorded published prices, plan limits, and proposal and signature features, and we noted wherever pages conflict or stay silent. We did not test competitor products hands-on.
Pricing transparency, chimney proposal depth, mobile usability, review signals, and onboarding and support, with extra weight on tiers, photos, signatures and deposits.
Mike Vidan and Justin Rogers, Co-Founders of QuoteIQ, shaped what we looked for. Inspection, safety, legal and market context comes from the CSIA, USFA, BLS, the FTC and the E-SIGN Act.
“Managing roofing quotes and clients has never been easier thanks to QuoteIQ’s intuitive features.”
“Great app being able to give estimates is so easy and convenient.”
“Very user friendly software and the support staff has been amazing as well.”
These are verbatim 5-star reviews from QuoteIQ users on the App Store, Google Play and Google. None is specific to chimney work, and the first comes from a roofing contractor.
Mike co-founded QuoteIQ in 2022 after running multi-trade service businesses. His YouTube channel (580K+ subscribers) covers field service operations, pricing, and contractor business strategy.
Read Mike’s insights →Justin co-founded QuoteIQ alongside Mike. As the operator behind the ForeverSelfEmployed YouTube channel (743K+ subscribers), he’s built and scaled service businesses across multiple verticals.
Read Justin’s insights →QuoteIQ is the best proposal software for most chimney repair businesses in 2026. Proposals are included on all five paid plans and live inside the estimate workflow, so good/better/best options, job photos, online signing and deposits sit in one document. No vendor has a chimney-specific proposal builder, so you build your own templates once and reuse them. Smart Service is the nearest chimney and venting specialist, and ServiceTitan suits teams of 20 or more technicians with office staff to run it.
Published prices run from $10/mo for Joist Basics and $29.99/mo for QuoteIQ Essentials up to $699.99/mo for QuoteIQ Max with 20 users. Jobber starts at $29/mo billed annually, Housecall Pro at $59/mo billed annually (its proposal tool needs the $299/mo Max plan), and Smart Service at $129.99 per user per month with a three-user minimum. ServiceTitan and Workiz ask you to request pricing. Prices change often, so confirm on each vendor’s site.
PandaDoc has a free plan with e-signature and five documents a month, but it has no payments and is not a field service system. QuoteIQ has no permanent free plan, though every plan starts with a 14-day free trial and Proposals are free to use during the trial. Joist’s cheapest plan costs $10/mo. A free tool that handles only the document leaves scheduling and invoicing to something else, so count that cost too.
QuoteIQ Essentials at $29.99/mo is the best fit for most solo chimney sweeps who want proposals, scheduling and invoicing in one app. Proposals and Options Estimates are included, though QuoteIQ Cam starts at Beginner and each proposal draws 100 IQ Credits on the lower plans. Joist Basics at $10/mo is cheaper if you only need estimates and invoices, and Jobber Core is a general-purpose alternative at $29/mo billed annually.
QuoteIQ Beginner ($99.99/mo, 2 users) or Pro ($199.99/mo, 4 users) covers most chimney crews of two to five. Both include QuoteIQ Cam and Inspection Forms for photos, and extra users cost $25/mo. Jobber Grow and Housecall Pro Essentials are general alternatives, but Housecall Pro’s proposal tool requires its Max plan. Compare the number of users each price covers, not only the headline number.
ServiceTitan and QuoteIQ Max are the two main contenders. ServiceTitan offers more depth in dispatch and reporting but publishes no prices and charges per technician. QuoteIQ Max is $699.99/mo for 20 users with unlimited proposals and a published price. Smart Service also sells franchise and multi-location tiers on a quote basis. Ask each vendor to demonstrate a three-tier chimney proposal from photo to signature before you decide.
QuoteIQ has iOS and Android apps with a 4.7-star aggregate rating across 4,103 App Store and Google Play reviews, and customers can review and sign proposals from their own phones. Jobber and Housecall Pro also offer mobile apps, and Smart Service technicians use the iFleet app on a tablet. Test the proposal flow on your own phone during a trial, because that is the screen your estimator will use in the driveway.
Yes. QuoteIQ customers can review and sign proposals online from a phone, and Joist, JobTread, PandaDoc and Proposify all list e-signatures. Under the federal E-SIGN Act, a signature or contract cannot be denied legal effect solely because it is electronic. Housecall Pro and Workiz do not mention e-signatures on their pricing pages, so ask for a demo. This is general information, not legal advice.
QuoteIQ’s Options Estimates put good/better/best tiers on one estimate, on every plan, and customers approve one with an e-signature. Smart Service’s chimney guide describes a three-tier minimum-safe, recommended and full-restoration approach. Jobber’s Grow plan offers optional line items for add-ons, but its pricing page does not describe a tiered format. Tiers help because a homeowner can see the cheapest safe fix and the full repair side by side.
QuoteIQ, Housecall Pro, Jobber, Workiz, ServiceTitan and Smart Service all combine estimates or proposals with scheduling. QuoteIQ adds InstaSchedule so homeowners can book online against real availability, plus a Virtual Call Team that answers calls in peak season. Joist adds scheduling only on its $70/mo Run plan, and PandaDoc and Proposify have no scheduling, so you would pair them with another system.
QuoteIQ supports deposit requirements, partial payments and online payments, with Affirm, Klarna and Afterpay financing at checkout on every plan. Housecall Pro lists card processing from 2.59%, Joist lists deposit and milestone payments without saying which plans include them, and PandaDoc collects payments on Business. Jobber’s pricing page does not mention deposits. Take the deposit before ordering special-order materials such as stainless liners.
QuoteIQ Cam and Inspection Forms attach job and inspection photos to estimates and reports and send them to homeowners by text or email; both start on the Beginner plan. Smart Service’s guide describes photo capture, and Joist adds document photos on Pro. Photos matter because the defect is usually out of sight, and a pictured crack makes the price easier to accept. Ask any vendor whether photos appear inside the proposal itself or only in a separate gallery.
Export your customer list from Jobber, then rebuild your five most-used proposals as templates in the new tool. Run both systems side by side for a couple of weeks so open quotes finish where they started. QuoteIQ offers paid Done-For-You Setup, so ask sales what it covers for your data. Check how your existing quotes and signed documents can be exported before you cancel.
QuoteIQ is the best Housecall Pro alternative for chimney repair proposals because Proposals are available on every paid plan, while Housecall Pro’s Sales Proposal Tool is listed only on its Max plan at $299/mo billed annually. QuoteIQ starts at $29.99/mo. Jobber and Workiz are other general options. Housecall Pro still suits some shops on online booking and payments, so compare both during a trial.
Yes. QuoteIQ Max is $699.99/mo for 20 users and QuoteIQ Pro is $199.99/mo for four, both with published prices. ServiceTitan lists no prices and charges per technician, so cost grows with the crew. Housecall Pro Max is $299/mo billed annually for eight users. ServiceTitan still offers more dispatch and reporting depth, so a cheaper option only wins if you do not need that depth.
A good chimney repair proposal includes the inspection findings with photos, a plain-language description of each defect, two or three priced options from minimum-safe to full restoration, materials and warranty terms, a deposit amount, a clear scope with a change-order process, and a signature line. If your inspection followed a CSIA level, say which one. Keep the language simple, because the homeowner cannot see inside the chimney.
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For most chimney repair businesses in 2026, QuoteIQ is the best proposal software choice. Proposals are built into the estimate workflow on every paid plan, and options, photos, signatures and deposits sit in the same document, so a homeowner can compare a minimum-safe repair with a full restoration and approve one from a phone. Pricing is published, from $29.99/mo for a solo operator to $699.99/mo for a 20-user team, and every plan starts with a 14-day free trial. The honest caveats: no tool here, QuoteIQ included, has a chimney-specific proposal builder; proposals draw IQ Credits on the lower three plans; and the photo tools start at Beginner.
The runners-up each earn their place. ServiceTitan remains the pick for operations with 20 or more technicians and office staff. Housecall Pro and Jobber are credible general-purpose alternatives, as long as you budget for the plan that unlocks proposals. Smart Service is worth a demo for venting-focused companies that can staff three users. Joist is the budget option, and JobTread, PandaDoc and Proposify suit large projects or companies that already run another job system.
Chimney work is seasonal and built on trust, because homeowners are asked to pay for repairs they cannot see. The companies that win are the ones that show the defect, price the options and make signing effortless on the same visit. Proposal software is how that happens at scale, and the 14-day QuoteIQ trial is a low-risk way to build your first template and send it to a real customer.
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