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Electrical contractor software for small business: what to buy and what it costs
Short answer: electrical contractor software for a small business costs $59 to $533 a month on published prices. Housecall Pro Max is $299 for 8 users, Jobber Grow is $299 for 10 users, and Service Fusion Pro is $533 with unlimited users and progress billing. A shop that mixes service calls with project work often needs two tools, because the service tools and the project tools sell different features.
ServiceTitan publishes no price; a third-party estimate is $250 to $498 per tech a month.
What does electrical contractor software cost in 2026?
Most of the field service vendors publish a price. Two do not. All figures are monthly with yearly billing, as read on each vendor's pricing page on November 4, 2026.
| Software | Published price | Users included | What it is built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housecall Pro, Essentials | $149 | 5 | Service calls, flat-rate pricebook |
| Housecall Pro, Max | $299 | 8, then $35 each | Service calls, recurring plans |
| Jobber, Grow, 10 users | $299 | 10, then $29 each | Service calls, job costing |
| Service Fusion, Starter | $208 | Unlimited | Dispatch, estimates, invoices |
| Service Fusion, Pro | $533 | Unlimited | Adds progress billing, eSign |
| Knowify, Core | $99 | 1, then $29 each | Project billing, change orders |
| Knowify, Advanced | $329 | 10, then $29 each | Adds job costing, budgets |
| Joist, Elite | $26.67 | Not stated | Estimates, change orders |
| Workiz | Not published | Not stated | Flat rate on top tier only |
| ServiceTitan | Not published | Per tech | About $250 to $498 a tech (estimate) |
Knowify's page lists two figures per plan ($99 or $149, $329 or $399); the lower one is the most likely yearly price, and I did not confirm which is which. Joist's Elite price is $32 billed monthly and $26.67 on a yearly plan, and its page says the higher tiers include an introductory 30% discount. Month-to-month billing costs more at the field service vendors: Housecall Pro Max is $329 and Service Fusion Pro is $627. Workiz shows "Request pricing" on all three plans. The ServiceTitan range is a CostBench estimate, not a quote.
Notice the split. Housecall Pro, Jobber and Workiz are service-call tools. Knowify and Joist come from the project side of contracting. Service Fusion Pro sits in between.
Does an electrical shop need different software from an HVAC or plumbing shop?
Yes, if more than a third of your revenue comes from projects. A plumbing or HVAC shop mostly sells a visit: dispatch, price, invoice, done. An electrical shop sells visits too (outlets, panel swaps, EV chargers), but it also sells jobs that last weeks: a remodel rough-in, a tenant build-out, a service upgrade with a utility date attached.
That second kind of job strains software built for the visit. Four things matter.
- Two kinds of pricing. Service calls run on a flat-rate book, projects on an estimate built from takeoff, labor and materials. The electrical flat rate pricing guide covers the first. Check that the tool handles both without you retyping a bid into a pricebook.
- Progress billing. A $48,000 rewire is billed in stages: deposit, rough-in, trim, final. Service Fusion lists progress billing and recurring invoicing on Pro. Knowify lists it on every plan. Joist lists deposit and milestone payments but does not say which plan has them. On the Housecall Pro and Jobber pages I read, progress billing was not named; ask for it on the demo.
- Change orders. Knowify lists them on all plans and Joist on Elite. When a customer adds six circuits mid-job, that change needs a signed number, not a text message.
- Permits and inspections. I did not see permit or inspection tracking named on any of the pricing pages. Where it exists it is usually a custom field, a checklist, or a status on the job. Test it: can the office see which jobs are waiting on a rough-in inspection, and can a failed inspection reopen the job?
The Workiz page puts flat rate, multi-day jobs, checklists and sales proposals on Ultimate, the top tier. A shop that wants those on a lower plan should look elsewhere.
Which plan fits a 6-electrician shop?
For a shop doing mostly service work, Housecall Pro Max or Jobber Grow at $299 a month. For a shop doing a lot of projects, Service Fusion Pro at $533, or a service tool plus Knowify Advanced.
The deciding question is how you bill. If most invoices go out the day of the visit, you do not need progress billing and the cheaper tools do the job. If a quarter of your invoices are stage payments on a long job, a tool that cannot split a contract is costing you hours of spreadsheet work every month.
Housecall Pro puts the flat-rate pricebook at Essentials ($149 for 5 users) and recurring service plans at Max. Jobber Grow adds job costing over its lower tiers, which tells you what a project actually earned after labor and parts. Neither is a project-billing tool on the pages I read.
Count logins before you pick. Six electricians plus one office person is 7 users. That fits inside Housecall Pro Max (8 users) and Jobber Grow at the 10-user tier. Hire two more people and Housecall Pro charges $35 for each user above 8. Service Fusion charges nothing extra. The ServiceTitan alternatives guide compares the larger platforms if you are heading past 15 techs.
What does it cost over 3 years for a 6-electrician shop?
This is an example, not a client result. It assumes 6 electricians and 1 office user (7 users), the published yearly prices above held flat for 36 months, and no onboarding fees, card processing or add-ons. Real prices rise; owners report increases on review sites.
| Option | A month | A year | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housecall Pro Max | $299 | $3,588 | $10,764 |
| Service Fusion Pro | $533 | $6,396 | $19,188 |
| Housecall Pro Max + Knowify Advanced | $628 | $7,536 | $22,608 |
| ServiceTitan (estimate, 6 techs) | $2,244 | $26,928 | $80,784 |
| Owned, One tool (CNL) | $440 | $5,280 | $21,840 |
Arithmetic: Housecall Pro $299 x 12 = $3,588. Service Fusion $533 x 12 = $6,396. Housecall Pro plus Knowify, $299 + $329 = $628 a month, x 12 = $7,536. ServiceTitan 6 x $374 (midpoint of $250 to $498) = $2,244 a month, x 12 = $26,928; the range itself runs from $18,000 to $35,856 a year. Owned One tool: $6,000 once, plus ($290 + about $150 hosting) = $440 a month; 36 x $440 + $6,000 = $21,840.
Read it plainly. A single rented plan at $299 is the cheapest line and one owned tool does not beat it. Service Fusion Pro and the two-tool pair land within about $3,500 of an owned single tool over three years. ServiceTitan, on the estimate, costs roughly four times as much as the next line. The ServiceTitan pricing guide shows where that per-tech figure comes from.
When does owning electrical software beat renting it?
When you are paying for several tools that do one job between them. A shop on one $299 plan has nothing to gain from a rebuild. A shop paying for a service tool, a project billing tool, a review tool, call tracking, e-signature and an automation tool is a different case.
CNL rebuilds the tools trades shops rent as one system the shop owns: code in your GitHub, data in your own cloud account. For an electrical shop that could mean the dispatch board, the estimate, the progress invoice and the signed change order sitting in one place instead of three. Plans start at $6,000 once plus $290 a month for one tool, $18,000 plus $590 a month for two to four tools, and $30,000 plus $990 a month for five or more with AI agents. There are no per-tech or per-seat fees, the monthly fee is locked for 24 months, and you can leave with 30 days' notice. Hosting is about $150 a month, billed at cost in your account.
CNL only starts when the audit shows the rebuild paying for itself within 12 months of going live. If renting is cheaper, the audit says so, and for a 6-electrician shop with one tool that is the likely answer. Email, accounting ledgers and payroll are not rebuilt, and some tools are cheaper to rent. The free stack audit returns a line-by-line rebuild plan, a fixed fee and the payback month within five business days.
Service tool, project tool, or both? We will price it.
Tell us which tools you pay for. Within five business days you get a free, line-by-line audit: what each tool costs you a year, what we would rebuild as one system you own, a fixed price, and the month it pays for itself. The plan is yours to keep either way.
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What is the best electrical contractor software for a small business?
It depends on the mix of work. For mostly service calls with up to 8 people, Housecall Pro Max at $299 or Jobber Grow at $299 for 10 users. For long jobs billed in stages, look at Service Fusion Pro ($533) or Knowify, which lists progress billing on every plan from $99.
Is there free electrical contractor software?
Not a full one. The pricing pages I read show entry plans, such as Housecall Pro Basic at $59 a month for 1 user, Joist Basics at $10 a month, and a 7-day trial at Workiz. Free tools usually cap documents or users.
Do I need estimating software with electrical takeoff?
Only if you bid large commercial work from plans. Takeoff tools are a separate category, and none of the pricing pages above list one. Small shops usually build the estimate from a pricebook and a labor rate.
Can the software track permits and inspections?
I did not find permit or inspection tracking named on any of the pricing pages. Ask each vendor on the demo whether a job can carry an inspection status and a checklist, and whether a failed inspection can reopen the job.
Does ServiceTitan publish its prices?
No. Every plan says to request pricing. CostBench estimates $250 to $498 per tech a month, so a 6-tech shop is looking at roughly $1,500 to $2,988 a month before add-ons.
Sources
- Housecall Pro pricing, plans, users and features (read Nov 4, 2026): https://www.housecallpro.com/pricing/
- Jobber pricing, Grow and Plus by user count, $29 extra user (read Nov 4, 2026): https://www.getjobber.com/pricing/
- Service Fusion pricing, unlimited users, progress billing on Pro (read Nov 4, 2026): https://www.servicefusion.com/pricing
- Knowify pricing, progress billing and change orders by plan (read Nov 4, 2026): https://knowify.com/pricing/
- Joist pricing, Basics to Run plans (read Nov 4, 2026): https://www.joist.com/pricing/
- Workiz pricing, plans listed with no prices (read Nov 4, 2026): https://www.workiz.com/pricing/
- CostBench, ServiceTitan price estimate $250 to $498 per user a month (snapshots Mar and Jul 2026): https://costbench.com/software/field-service-management/servicetitan/price-history/