# Kickserv

> Field service software with flat plans for 5, 10 or 20 users

Kickserv is field service management software for small service businesses such as plumbing, HVAC, electrical, landscaping and restoration. It covers estimates, job scheduling, invoicing, online payments, a customer center and a mobile app with GPS and time tracking. It is sold in three plans, each a flat price for a set number of users, with 20% off for paying yearly.

- **Category:** Field Service Software
- **Made by:** Kickserv
- **Website:** https://www.kickserv.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

Kickserv is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $60 per month for up to 5 users, billed annually ($75 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Start | $60 per month for up to 5 users, billed annually ($75 billed monthly) | Contact form, automated email and text reminders, 20+ reports, time and expense tracking, and QuickBooks Online sync. |
| Run | $119 per month for up to 10 users, billed annually ($149 billed monthly) | Adds dispatch mapping, GPS check-ins, custom fields and custom reports. QuickBooks Desktop sync is available for $50 a month more. |
| Scale | $199 per month for up to 20 users, billed annually ($249 billed monthly) | Adds custom templates and reviews for businesses with more technicians in the field. |

Read from https://www.kickserv.com/pricing on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kickserv before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 20% with an annual subscription** (Annual discount): Yearly billing lowers Start from $75 to $60 a month, Run from $149 to $119 and Scale from $249 to $199. Source: https://www.kickserv.com/pricing
- **Kickserv Kickback: 5% off for online payment volume** (Other savings): Accounts that process at least $1,000 (Start), $2,000 (Run) or $3,000 (Scale) a month in online payments get 5% off their subscription fee. Source: https://www.kickserv.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Estimates and pipeline:** Build estimates and send them by text or email for signature approval, with a customer pipeline that shows which opportunities are still open.
- **Job scheduling:** The Planner schedules jobs for the team, and each job holds notifications, expenses, photos, documents and notes.
- **Invoices and online payments:** Send invoices by text or email, see when customers open them, and collect by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, with payments synced to QuickBooks.
- **Customer Center:** Customers track job progress and pay in a self-service Customer Center, and automatic email and text reminders go out before visits.
- **Mobile app for technicians:** The iOS and Android app shows each technician's schedule and handles GPS and time tracking, digital signatures and card payments on site.
- **Reports and dispatch mapping:** Every plan has 20+ business reports; Run adds a dispatch map, GPS check-ins, custom data fields and a custom report builder.

## Good for

- Small service companies with up to 20 field staff
- Teams that want a flat monthly price instead of paying per user
- Businesses that keep their books in QuickBooks Online or Desktop

## Worth knowing

- Plans cap users at 5, 10 and 20, and anyone added as an employee counts as a user.
- QuickBooks Desktop sync needs Run or Scale and costs $50 a month extra.
- Dispatch mapping, GPS check-ins and custom reports start on Run; custom templates and reviews need Scale.
- Annual subscriptions are not refunded; a monthly one is refunded only if the account was not used after renewal.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Kickserv is the budget pick for a small service team: $60 a month billed yearly covers up to 5 users, with estimates, scheduling, invoicing and a customer portal. It's lighter than the big names, and the dispatch map and GPS check-ins wait for the $119 plan.

- **Value for money: B.** Start is $60 a month billed yearly ($75 monthly) for up to 5 users, so a crew of three pays $60 in total. That's inside the cheapest quarter here, and processing $1,000 a month in online payments takes 5% off.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A 30-day free trial, longer than most here. No free plan.
- **Features: C.** Estimates with e-signature, a job planner, invoices with card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, a Customer Center, reminders and GPS time tracking. The basics, but the dispatch map waits for Run, and there's a contact form rather than online booking.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record for it. Getting going means setting up the planner, reminders and QuickBooks sync, which is ordinary for this category.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Stripe, Mailchimp, Podium and Customer Lobby, plus an open API. No desktop app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Kickserv's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among field service apps

- Kickserv's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 6 of the 15 other field service apps we grade, and level with 2.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 13 of 15) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $60 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 8 of the 10 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/field-service

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of Kickserv you could make: job scheduling, quotes and estimates, invoicing, time tracking, expense tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $720 a year.

- You could make: Job scheduling, quotes and estimates, invoicing, time tracking, expense tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop and Stripe among them, and has an API.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Stripe, Mailchimp, Podium, Customer Lobby

**Tags:** Job scheduling, Quotes and estimates, Invoicing, Time tracking, Expense tracking, Reports, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Jobber](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jobber): Quotes, scheduling and payments for home service businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jobber-vs-kickserv)
- [Housecall Pro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/housecall-pro): Scheduling, quotes and payments for home service businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/housecall-pro-vs-kickserv)
- [GorillaDesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gorilladesk): Field service software for pest control, lawn care and pool routes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gorilladesk-vs-kickserv)
- [Service Fusion](https://toolgpa.com/tools/service-fusion): Field service software with flat pricing and unlimited users. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kickserv-vs-service-fusion)
- [FieldPulse](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fieldpulse): Field service software for trades, priced by seat on a quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fieldpulse-vs-kickserv)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://www.kickserv.com/pricing
- https://www.kickserv.com
- https://www.kickserv.com/about

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/kickserv
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