Plumber business management software is a long name for one system that does five jobs, and the question that separates the products is not which jobs but how they charge for them. The customer and property record, the dispatch board, the estimate-to-invoice chain from one price book, payment in the truck and the accounting hand-off are the five. Per user or per crew is the price question, and the vendors' own pages answer it below. The price book template on this site is the free piece every estimate and invoice draws from.
The five jobs, briefly
The record holds the person, property, equipment and history. The board shows the day by truck and pushes changes to the phone. The estimate is priced from the price book and the invoice printed from the estimate. Payment is taken on site. The paid invoice posts to the accounts. The guides on this site cover the record, dispatch and accounting; the tools print the estimate, invoice and price book.
Per user or per crew
From the vendors' own pricing pages on the day they were read: Tradify lists its Lite plan at $47 USD per user per month, Pro at $51 and Plus at $61; Jobber's Core plan is $49 per month for one user with additional users at $29 per month each; Housecall Pro's Basic plan is $59 per month billed annually or $79 billed monthly. RoughInDesk Pro is $47 per month for the whole crew. A three-technician shop on a per-user price pays for three; a shop that adds an office user pays for four. The per-crew price is the one that does not grow with the business.
What to check before paying
That the invoice is printed from the estimate and not re-typed; that the technician can take payment and issue the receipt from the phone; that the price book is one place and not a list per product; and that the accounts hand-off carries the job reference. Each is a ten-minute check on a trial.
What is free first
The price book template, the flat rate pricing tool, the estimating and invoice tools, the proposal, contract and service agreement tools, all on this site without an account. The record, the board and the payments are what RoughInDesk Pro adds for $47 per month for the whole crew.
Questions people ask about plumber business management software
Is management software different from a CRM?
The CRM is the record; management software is the record plus the board, the money chain and the accounts hand-off. The customer record guide on this site covers the CRM part.
Can a one-truck shop justify it?
The money chain, yes, from the first unpaid invoice. The board earns its keep with the second truck.
Where are these prices from?
The vendors' own pricing pages, cited below, on the day they were read.