# PaintScout review (2026): is it worth $99 a month, billed yearly? > Estimating, proposals and CRM for painting contractors Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. PaintScout is estimating and sales software for painting contractors. It builds estimates from production rates and material lists, sends interactive proposals with e-signature and payment links, and tracks deals in a pipeline. An optional Operations add-on brings customer, job and scheduling tools into the same account. - **Category:** Field Service Software - **Made by:** PaintScout (since 2015) - **Website:** https://www.paintscout.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need scheduling and job management included, as that is a $79 add-on. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, PaintScout is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $99 per month, billed annually ($119 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Sales | $99 per month, billed annually ($119 billed monthly) | Core platform: estimates, proposals, payments, follow-ups, customer chat, pipeline and sales analytics. | | Operations add-on | $79 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) | Added to Sales for customer and job management, scheduling and team task management. | Read from https://www.paintscout.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with PaintScout before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing lowers the monthly rate** (Annual discount): Billed annually, Sales is $99 a month instead of $119 and the Operations add-on $79 instead of $99. Source: https://www.paintscout.com/pricing ## Key features - **Production-rate estimating:** Estimates use production rates and material lists, with pre-built templates, photos, optional add-ons and change orders. - **Interactive proposals:** Branded proposals sent by email or text, with e-signature, customer chat and viewed or signed notifications. - **Payments:** Deposits and final payments by ACH or card, payment links in estimates, and a Wisetack financing integration. - **Pipeline and tasks:** A drag-and-drop sales pipeline, deal filters, task assignment and a full interaction timeline. - **Automation and reports:** Automated email and SMS, reminders, deal automations, close-rate reports and sales leaderboards. - **Scheduling:** A central calendar with two-way Google Calendar sync for booking estimates, visits and follow-ups. ## Good for - Painting contractors who want to speed up estimates and proposals - Sales-led painting companies that track deals in a pipeline - Painters who later want job and scheduling tools in the same account ## Worth knowing - Job management and scheduling for operations are a paid add-on on top of the Sales plan. - Team seats cost $20 per user per month; the page does not say how many seats the base plan includes. - Free onboarding is included; Success Packages that do setup work for you are listed from $999 to $1,999. - Built for painting contractors, with no listed app-store apps on the pages read. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. PaintScout does production-rate estimates, interactive proposals and a sales pipeline for painters, from $99 a month on yearly billing. Job management and scheduling are a separate $79 add-on, team seats cost $20 each, and it is web only. - **Value for money: C.** $99 a month billed annually, $119 billed monthly. Adding the Operations add-on makes it $178. That sits between the middle and the dearer quarter. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial with no card is listed, and no free plan. - **Features: C.** Production-rate estimates, proposals, payments, pipeline, automation and reports. Job management and scheduling need a paid add-on, and it is for painters only. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You build rates, templates and follow-ups. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Google Calendar, Wisetack and Zapier. No native phone or desktop apps were on the pages read. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from PaintScout's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among field service apps - PaintScout's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 55 of the 87 other field service apps we grade, and level with 12. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 7 of 87) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $99 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 40 of the 53 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 13 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.** To replace PaintScout you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $1,188 a year. - You could make: Quotes and estimates, sales pipeline, job scheduling, invoicing and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Calendar, Wisetack, Zapier **Tags:** Quotes and estimates, Sales pipeline, Job scheduling, Invoicing, Workflow automation, Reports ## Alternatives - [Jobber](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jobber): Quotes, scheduling and payments for home service businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jobber-vs-paintscout) - [Estimate Rocket](https://toolgpa.com/tools/estimate-rocket): Estimating, job tracking and invoicing for contractors. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/estimate-rocket-vs-paintscout) - [JobNimbus](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jobnimbus): CRM and project management for roofing and exterior contractors. 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