AI tools for trades & home services

An AI receptionist that answers calls 24/7, books appointments directly into a calendar, and sends SMS confirmations to customers.

$149/mo Growth PartnerBest for: Local service businesses such as plumbing, HVAC, roofing, and restoration, particularly those with one phone line that rings too much.

AI agents that answer inbound calls, texts, and chats 24/7, run outbound campaigns, and provide call coaching and analytics for trade businesses.

Contact salesBest for: Larger multi-truck HVAC, plumbing, and electrical shops running ServiceTitan with a call center

AI answering service and receptionist that answers calls 24/7, triages callers, qualifies leads, books appointments, and sends lead details to your systems.

From $79/mo (Starter)Best for: Plumbers and other small service businesses that get many short calls and want flat pricing not tied to call length

Answers calls and texts 24/7 inside Jobber, books visits, creates work requests, takes messages, and escalates urgent calls to you.

$29/mo add-on to a Jobber plan (Jobber Core is $49/mo billed monthly)Best for: Home service businesses already running scheduling and invoicing in Jobber

24/7 AI answering service that answers calls, answers FAQs, books appointments, and transfers to a live person when needed. Includes call transcription, recording, and notifications.

From $49/mo (Professional, 250 minutes/month)Best for: Small trade shops (plumbing, HVAC, electrical, construction) that want a low-cost AI line answering calls while they are on jobs

AI phone answering for home service businesses that answers calls, books and reschedules appointments, sends texts, and runs follow-up campaigns.

From $449/mo (Launch, 500 minutes)Best for: Established HVAC, plumbing, roofing, or pest control companies on ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro with steady call volume

AI receptionist that answers calls 24/7, qualifies leads, schedules, records and transcribes calls, with human agents available to step in.

Free plan available (25 calls/month); Pro from $150/moBest for: Service businesses with low call volume that want to test an AI receptionist free before paying

AI-based takeoff and estimating service that pulls quantities from construction plans and aerial imagery. It delivers QA-checked takeoffs in 24 to 72 hours, with instant do-it-yourself takeoffs for some trades.

Contact salesBest for: Subcontractors and service businesses that bid commercial or site work and want takeoffs done for them (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, paving, painting)

AI platform for residential contractors that builds estimates from photos or blueprints and turns them into proposals. It also covers scheduling, daily logs, client portals and invoicing.

From $119/mo billed annually ($149/mo otherwise), Flex plan with 2 users and 50 AI credits/moBest for: Residential remodelers, builders and handymen who want AI-drafted estimates that use regional material pricing

Field service management software for quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments. Jobber AI can draft quotes from incoming requests, past quotes and saved templates, by chat or by voice in the mobile app.

Core from $49/mo month-to-month as shown on the pricing page; annual and promotional rates varyBest for: Home service businesses (HVAC, plumbing, landscaping, cleaning) that want quoting inside a full job management system

Estimate, invoice and payment app for contractors. Its AI Estimate feature turns a typed or spoken job description into an estimate draft that you review before sending.

From $10/mo monthly or $8.34/mo billed annually (Basics plan, 5 documents/mo)Best for: Solo contractors and small crews who want fast, simple estimates from a phone on a low budget

AI quote generator that turns plain language descriptions or photographs of handwritten notes into itemized quotes, estimates, or proposals.

Free plan available (5 quotes); paid plans on their siteBest for: One-person and small service businesses in trades such as plumbing, HVAC, cleaning, landscaping, painting, electrical, and contracting.

Cloud preconstruction software for plan takeoffs (linear, area, count, volume), estimates and proposals. AI features include AI Takeoff and automatic plan organization.

Free version of Takeoff & Estimate available; paid Takeoff & Estimate starting at $299/user/monthBest for: Subcontractors such as electrical, drywall and concrete that bid from plans and want takeoff and estimating in one tool

AI takeoff software that detects, measures and compares quantities directly from architectural drawings. Teams can collaborate on the same takeoff in the cloud.

From $299/mo per user, billed yearly (Growth plan)Best for: Trade contractors and estimators who bid from plan sets (drywall, painting, flooring, electrical, framing)

Creates branded PDF quotes and invoices that can be sent via WhatsApp or email. It includes a quick quote builder with automatic calculations for totals, tax, and discounts.

From $12/mo (Starter)Best for: Solo tradesmen and small service businesses such as plumbers, electricians, builders, carpenters, painters, roofers, and handymen.

Field service management software for scheduling, dispatching, work orders, invoicing and reporting. It includes Maverick, an AI assistant on every plan that answers questions from your job data and drafts estimates, and offers Operator AI, an add-on that answers after-hours or overflow calls and books jobs.

Contact sales (seat-based custom quote)Best for: Growing trade businesses (HVAC/R, electrical, plumbing, garage door, locksmith) that want a quote-based setup with a sales conversation.

Business management software for home service companies that covers scheduling, dispatching, invoicing and payments. Its CSR AI answers calls and website chats 24/7 and books jobs based on your schedule and booking rules.

From $59/mo billed annually ($79/mo billed monthly) on the Basic plan, 1 userBest for: Owner-operators and small crews in trades like HVAC, plumbing, electrical, pest control, cleaning and landscaping that want booking, dispatch and an AI call answerer in one app.

Field service software for quoting, scheduling, invoicing and collecting payment. Its AI Receptionist answers calls and texts 24/7, books work using your booking settings, takes requests and answers customer questions.

From $49/mo on the Core plan billed monthly (lower if prepaid annually); AI Receptionist is a $29/mo add-onBest for: Small home service teams (cleaning, lawn care, landscaping, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, handyman) that want simple scheduling plus an add-on AI phone answerer.

All-in-one software for trades businesses covering dispatch, scheduling, invoicing, accounting and reporting. Its Titan Intelligence AI includes Atlas (an in-app AI assistant), an AI Virtual Agent for customer calls, and Dispatch Pro, which schedules using predicted job value.

Contact sales (priced per technician; Starter, Essentials and The Works tiers, 'Request Pricing')Best for: Established residential and commercial HVAC, plumbing, electrical and roofing contractors with several technicians who need deep reporting. It is likely more than a 1-3 person shop needs.

Field service management software for scheduling, invoicing and payments. Its Genius Answering AI (called 'Jessica') answers calls, emails, SMS and web forms 24/7, recognizes returning clients and books or reschedules jobs inside Workiz.

Contact sales (the pricing page lists Standard, Pro and Ultimate plans with no prices shown)Best for: Call-heavy service businesses such as HVAC, plumbing, locksmith, appliance repair and garage door companies that miss calls after hours.

AI-native accounting software with an AI bookkeeping agent that categorizes and reconciles transactions 24/7 and keeps the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow statements up to date. It also includes invoicing, bill pay and 'Ask Digits', a chat assistant for questions about your finances.

From $65/mo (Essentials)Best for: Owners who want the books kept mostly automatically and plan to have their accountant review them inside the same platform.

Invoicing and accounting software for estimates, invoices, expenses, time tracking and payments. For AI, it offers Kick, a bookkeeping partner service where AI categorizes transactions and flags possible write-offs while US-based accountants review the books at year-end, plus a connector that lets you ask Claude questions about your FreshBooks numbers.

From $23/mo (Lite); shown at $4.60/mo with an 80% off for 4 months promotionBest for: Solo operators and small contractors who mainly need clean invoices and estimates and get paid by card or ACH.

Accounting software for invoicing, expenses, bookkeeping and reports. Its AI agents include Accounting AI, which categorizes transactions and reconciles books, and Payments AI, which drafts invoice reminders and suggests late fees based on customer history.

Free plan available (1 user, 2 invoices/month); paid plans from $38/mo (Simple Start), shown at $19/mo for 3 months as a promotionBest for: Small service businesses that want the accounting system most bookkeepers and field service apps already connect to.

Accounting, invoicing, payments and payroll software for small businesses. It reads receipts with 'smart OCR technology' and, on the Pro plan, auto-imports, merges and categorizes bank transactions by learning from how you categorize.

Free plan available (Starter); Pro from $19/mo or $190/yrBest for: Very small or new service businesses and solo contractors on a tight budget who want free invoicing.

Accounting software for invoicing, bill pay, bank reconciliation, expenses and cash flow forecasting. JAX, its AI assistant, answers plain-language questions about your finances, and Xero offers automatic bank reconciliation and Smart Document Capture for bills and receipts.

From $27/mo (Early plan); promotion of $2.70/mo for the first 6 months, ending November 2, 2026Best for: Small businesses that want low-cost accounting and are comfortable with an accountant-friendly ledger, especially if their field service app already syncs with Xero.

Review platform that asks customers for reviews on the channel most likely to get a response and writes review replies in your brand voice, posting automatically or holding for approval.

Contact salesBest for: Multi-location or franchise home service companies that want review requests and AI replies managed together

Customer engagement platform for local service businesses that sends text and email review requests after a job, helps reply to reviews, and adds web chat and CRM.

From $399/mo (Standard) plus $350 onboardingBest for: Established HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and landscaping companies that want reviews, chat, and missed-call text-back in one tool

Collects reviews by email and SMS, monitors reviews on 100+ sites, and suggests AI-written on-brand replies.

From $99/mo (Small Business, 1 location)Best for: Single-location service businesses that want review requests plus monitoring at a mid-range price

Reputation marketing platform that sends SMS and email review requests, shows reviews on your website through widgets, and auto-posts reviews to social.

From $75/mo (Starter)Best for: Small home service businesses using Jobber, Housecall Pro, or QuickBooks that want review requests sent automatically after each job

Sends automated text review invites and reminders and uses an AI Reputation Specialist to write review invites and replies, managed from one inbox.

Contact salesBest for: Home service businesses that already text customers a lot and want reviews and messaging in one inbox

Sends automated SMS and email review requests to customers and monitors reviews across multiple platforms in a unified dashboard.

$49 StarterBest for: Small to medium local service businesses such as plumbing, HVAC, cleaning, or contracting that need to increase Google reviews.

Construction daily log app where you describe your day by voice or text and AI fills in the log form, including crew, weather, delays and inspections. It stores job photos with each log.

Free plan available (1 project, 50 photos); paid plans from $22/user/mo billed annually (Team), Pro $24/mo billed annuallyBest for: Residential builders, remodelers and small contractors who want quick daily logs without a full project management suite

Photo documentation and field management app for contractors. AI features generate reports, checklists, daily logs, photo captions and progress recaps from voice and photos.

From $63/month billed annually (Core, 1 user); AI features start on Crew at $129/month billed annuallyBest for: Small to mid-size trade contractors (roofing, HVAC, plumbing, landscaping, remodeling) who document every job with photos

Jobsite management app by Hilti for plans, tasks, punch lists, forms and reports. Its Field Intelligence AI adds voice-driven task updates, AI photo tagging, search across jobsite data and report generation from site updates.

Free plan available (Basic: 5 users, 3 projects); Pro $39/user/month billed annuallyBest for: Contractors running plan-based projects who want photos, tasks and punch lists tied to drawings

Field documentation app that captures geotagged photos, videos and scans and uses AI to turn them into shareable PDF or Word reports. It includes AI voice captioning and image annotation.

From $20 per data collector mobile app per month (Filio One)Best for: Contractors and inspectors who produce photo-heavy field or inspection reports for clients

Mobile daily reporting app that captures work logs, photos, videos, notes, time and safety data and builds branded PDF reports. It includes AI daily report summaries and voice-to-text note capture.

Contact sales (quote-based flat price with unlimited projects and reports)Best for: Contractors and specialty trades with field supervisors who file daily reports and need a paper trail for disputes