Field Service Software

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the Field Service Software page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.

Quote, schedule and invoice jobs for a trade business, with an app for the crew on site.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about field service apps, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 16 field service apps

   2 of them are free or have a free plan, and 10 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $49 a month in the middle

   From $8.34 (Joist) to $208 (Service Fusion), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: ServiceM8, Jobber and Joist

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.

4. 4

   15 of 16 have iPhone and Android apps

   16 run in a web browser and 1 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.4

   1 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is ServiceM8, at 3.4.

6. 6

   Best free option: ServiceM8

   ServiceM8 has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.4. Job management for trades, priced by jobs a month, not users.

7. 7

   16 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 16 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 0 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three field service apps we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   3.4GPA

   ServiceM8

   Free plan · from $29/mo

   For: Most small trade and home-service businesses

   ServiceM8 covers job cards, scheduling, quotes and invoices built on site, card and Tap to Pay payments, online booking, automatic client texts and a dispatch map with GPS time tracking. The free plan gives 1 user 30 new jobs a month, and Starter is $29 a month for 50 new jobs with unlimited users; Growing is $79 for 150. It runs on the web, iPhone and Android, with desktop apps for Mac and Windows, and its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.6 from 849 ratings. Know the limits: every plan caps new jobs a month and only Premium Plus lets you go over, forms and proposals start on Growing, and job costing needs Premium at $149.

   The ServiceM8 Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   2.8GPA

   Jobber

   Free trial · from $29/mo

   For: Busy home-service firms with many repeat visits

   Jobber covers online booking, quotes clients approve online, scheduling, invoices paid by card, bank or Tap to Pay, a client hub and a crew app that works in Spanish. Core is $29 a month for 1 user billed annually ($49 monthly), and Connect is $149 for up to 5 users billed annually, adding reminders, automatic payments and QuickBooks sync (prices read from an archived copy of its pricing page). Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 from about 21,300 ratings. It is second because three people need Connect at $149 where ServiceM8 charges $79 for 150 jobs a month for any headcount, there is no free plan, annual plans are paid up front and not refunded, and crew scheduling needs Plus at $399.

   The Jobber Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   2.6GPA

   Housecall Pro

   Free trial · from $59/mo

   For: Crews that want a price book and job costing from the start

   Housecall Pro covers online booking from Google or your own site, scheduling and dispatch, estimates, invoices, card and bank payments, a price book and job costing, with a crew app in English and Spanish. Basic is $59 a month for 1 user billed annually ($79 monthly), and Essentials is $149 for up to 5 users, adding routes, flat-rate pricing, GPS tracking, commissions and QuickBooks Online sync. Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 from about 31,000 ratings. It is third because one user costs $59 to Jobber's $29 billed annually, route optimization, service plans and the API need Max at $299, and AI call answering and payroll are add-ons with no listed price.

   The Housecall Pro Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, ServiceM8, Jobber and Joist give the most for the money among field service apps: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $49 a month across the 11 that charge, from $8.34 (Joist) to $208 (Service Fusion).

3 of the 11 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 3 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded field service apps, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
ServiceM8	A	B	B	B	A	3.4
Jobber	C	C	B	A	B	2.8
Contractor Foreman	B	C	B	C	B	2.6
Housecall Pro	C	C	B	B	B	2.6
JobNimbus	C	C	C	A	B	2.6
Joist	C	C	C	A	B	2.6
Workiz	C	C	B	B	B	2.6
Fergus	C	C	B	C	B	2.4
GorillaDesk	C	C	B	C	B	2.4
Kickserv	B	C	C	C	B	2.4
Houzz Pro	D	C	C	B	B	2.2
Tradify	C	C	C	C	B	2.2

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where field service apps land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 16

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 0

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every field service app we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1ServiceM8Free plan · from $29/mo3.4
2. 2JobberFree trial · from $29/mo2.8
3. 3Contractor ForemanFree trial · from $49/mo2.6
4. 4Housecall ProFree trial · from $59/mo2.6
5. 5JobNimbusFree trial2.6
6. 6JoistFree trial · from $8.34/mo2.6
7. 7WorkizFree trial2.6
8. 8FergusFree trial · from $31/mo2.4
9. 9GorillaDeskFree trial · from $49/mo2.4
10. 10KickservFree trial · from $60/mo2.4
11. 11Houzz ProFree plan · from $99/mo2.2
12. 12TradifyFree trial · from $47/mo2.2
13. 13BuildertrendPaid2.0
14. 14FieldPulsePaid2.0
15. 15Service FusionFrom $208/mo1.8
16. 16ServiceTitanPaid1.8

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

• 2,068

  tools graded

• 57

  categories

• 426

  price changes on record

• 579

  apps priced in 12 countries