Software for electrical contractors
- Estimate total
- $4,356.64
- Your cost
- $3,520
- Subtotal before tax
- $4,192
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Software for electrical contractors of one to ten trucks has five jobs in a fixed order: price from a book so every tech quotes the same number, estimate the bigger work from the service size and the circuit count, invoice at the door with the signature and the payment, keep the property record with the panel's size and age, and schedule the day from the phone and the records both. The free tools on this site do the pricing, the estimating and the invoicing without an account; BreakerDesk Pro keeps the property record and the schedule for the whole crew at one price rather than per seat.
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The five jobs, in order
Book, estimate, invoice, record, schedule. The first three are free tools on this site with no account; the record and the schedule are what a paid product exists for. Anything else on a vendor's feature list is decoration on those five.
Where the products differ
Not on invoicing, which everyone does, but on the property record and on price shape: per-seat pricing grows with every hire, and the panel record is either a first-class field or a notes box. Those two decide the choice more than any demo.
The property record
The field that earns the software its keep is the panel record per property, the service size and the age, the circuits added and when, because that is what tells you who needs an upgrade conversation before the next big load goes in. A software package whose answer to the panel record is a notes field is a generic product with a trade logo.
The schedule and the price shape
The day booked from the records as much as from the phone: the recommended upgrades, the follow-ups on unaccepted estimates, the annual service checks. From the vendors' own pricing pages: Tradify lists Lite at $47, Pro at $51 and Plus at $61 per user per month; Jobber lists Core at $49 per month for one user with additional users at $29 each; Housecall Pro lists Basic at $59 per month billed annually or $79 monthly. BreakerDesk Pro is $47 per month for the whole crew.
Software for electrical contractors: common questions
Is there a free way to start?
The electrician tools on this site, the price book, the estimate calculator and the invoicing software, run with no account and no card. Pro is the record and the schedule for the crew.
Is it priced per user?
Most vendors charge per seat; BreakerDesk Pro is one price for the whole crew.
What should the software hold per property?
The service size and the panel's age, the circuits added and when, and what was recommended and declined. That record is where the next job comes from.
Will it do what you need for Software for electrical contractors?
Tell us what your business needs and we will tell you straight whether BreakerDesk Pro does it today, whether it is coming, or whether you are better off with something else. A person reads these and replies.