TradeAI index

Free price comparisons of AI and software tools for plumbers, HVAC, electricians and roofers. All trades.

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@Codie_Sanchez meanwhile trade shops can't find a tech who'll show up monday. "hard market" depends a lot on which market you're looking at

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@ServiceTitan training 3 out of 4 techs in-house is the real moat. hiring them away from other shops gets expensive fast, and they leave just as fast

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@sweatystartup boring is the filter. year three of a cleaning or hvac company is mostly fixing the same five problems until they finally stop happening

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@isaac_saas the build is never the hard part. it's month four when dispatch breaks on a saturday and the guy who wrote it is gone. how many techs before $4k a month starts looking cheap?

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Lawn care software, starting prices:

Yardbook free
LawnPro free for 1 user, $29/mo annual
Service Autopilot $49/mo + sign-up fee
Arborgold $129/mo annual
SingleOps $200/mo annual
LMN $297/mo

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@MarkLindheimer yep, and it lands better when it's simple. calls answered, jobs booked, what it cost. most owners tune out a dashboard with 20 charts on it

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@mhp_guy $20/hr direct beats paying a sub's markup every time, as long as you've got enough work to keep him busy. the slow weeks are where it gets tricky

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@cleanwithmike payment collection is the one people put off way too long. chasing a $150 invoice for two weeks eats more time than the clean did. reminders and review requests are easy wins after that

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@_toddanderson this one's sneaky. primary category set to HVAC and the plumbing pages never had a shot no matter how good they were. did they split it into separate profiles or just move plumber up?

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@HVACSEO weekend calls are usually the ones nobody else picked up, so they close easy. shops that let saturday go to voicemail are basically handing those jobs out. you see that more in summer or year round?

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Same plan, two prices. Annual vs monthly:

Jobber $29 vs $49
Clear Estimates $59 vs $79
CompanyCam $63 vs $79
Contractor+ $58 vs $98
Buildxact $169 vs $199

Paying Contractor+ monthly costs $480 more a year.
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@mhp_guy half the number plus shipping is the rule that saves you. most people learn it right after their first pallet of broken stuff

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@Codie_Sanchez finishing is underrated. every shop running three half set up apps knows exactly what you mean

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@stevehunsaker1 paper to CRM is the easy part. getting the old techs to actually close jobs out in the app is where it gets real. Jobber starts at $29 a month, the training is the expensive bit

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@Losermayhem @walls_jason1 @adebit83 building your own CRM for a plumbing company is a big swing. who fixes it when something breaks at 7am on a Monday?

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@cleanwithmike boring wins. recurring cleans plus a scheduler that books itself beats any 4am routine. ZenMaid starts at $19 a month, cheaper than the cold plunge

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@_toddanderson booked jobs by service is the only number that matters. problem is a lot of shops never tag job type in the CRM, so that report can't exist even if the agency wanted to send it

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@HVACSEO 70k in a mild month and hiring an installer is a strong spot going into winter. you keeping dispatch on a whiteboard or moving it into software before the rush?

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@ibbysmb would love that. a photo of the actual job next to a 1 star rant settles most of those in about two seconds

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Hot take: check the user minimum before the sticker price.

Smart Service: $129/user, 5-user min = $645/mo, even with 2 techs.
Arrivy: $50/user, 3-user min = $150/mo.
Kickserv: $60/mo covers 5 users.

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