Electrician software, as opposed to electrical business software, is the search a working electrician makes: what do I need on my phone to do this job, price it, bill it and move on? The answer is shorter than the feature lists suggest. An electrician needs to see the property's history before knocking, price the task from a book, get the estimate approved, record what was done, raise the invoice and take the payment. Six things, all on the phone, none requiring the office. This page goes through the six and says which are free.
Before the door: the history and the access notes
The record for the property should say what is installed, what was done last time and how to get in: the gate code, the dog, where the panel is. That is the customer record, and it is the part of electrician software that has to be paid for, because it must be reliable and shared with the office. Reading it takes a minute and saves the diagnostic conversation that would otherwise start on the doorstep.
At the job: the price book and the approved estimate
The task should be priced by tapping it in the book, not worked out on the tailgate. The estimate shows the customer the flat rate, they approve it on the phone with a signature, and the work starts. The cost calculator, estimate calculator, price book and residential price list on this site do this for free; the book stays on the phone and the estimate prints or saves. The paid product stores the estimate against the job so the invoice is built from it.
After the job: the record, the invoice and the payment
A photo of the finished panel, the material used, the time taken and the invoice raised from the approved estimate: that is the job closed. Payment on the phone before leaving is what keeps a small shop's cash flowing, and the receipt template settles it on the spot. The free invoice tool produces the invoice; the record the invoice attaches to is the subscription.
The trade this software serves
Electrician software is built around the working day described in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational outlook for electricians, cited below: service calls, installations and repairs at customers' properties, often alone, with the paperwork done wherever there is signal. The tools on this site were designed for that day rather than for a desk, which is why every one of them works on a phone first.
Questions people ask about electrician software
Which electrician software is free?
On this site: cost calculator, estimate calculator, invoice, price book, receipt template and residential price list. None needs an account. The subscription is for keeping and sharing the records those tools produce.
Do I need the office to use it?
No. The point is that the electrician does the job end to end from the phone, and the office sees the same record without re-typing anything.
What about code, wire sizing and load calculation apps?
They are the electrician's technical reference, not the business tool, and this site does not carry them today. BreakerDesk is the pricing, document and record side of the trade.