Trade software
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580 platforms & tools across 23 categories — filtered & ranked for the trades.
ServiceTitan
Glendale, CA
All-in-one field service management platform built for residential and commercial trades.
Jobber
Edmonton, Alberta
Field service management software designed for small to mid-size home service businesses.
Housecall Pro
San Diego, CA
Housecall Pro is a cloud-based field service management platform built for residential home service contractors. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Diego, CA, it serves 45,000+ businesses across HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, roofing, painting, landscaping, and 50+ other trades. The platform covers the full job lifecycle — scheduling, dispatching, estimating, invoicing, payments, GPS fleet tracking, CRM, online booking, and marketing automation — delivered via web and native iOS/Android apps. Operated by parent company Codefied Inc., it also runs subsidiaries BuildBook and Trade Academy.
simPRO
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (US office: Westminster, CO)
simPRO is a cloud-based field service management and job management platform purpose-built for trade contractors. Founded in 2002 in Brisbane, Australia by an electrical contractor and a software engineering student, it covers the full job lifecycle from quoting and estimating through scheduling, dispatch, inventory, invoicing, and reporting. It is widely used by HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, and general-contracting businesses across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The platform scales from single-trade service companies to multi-division commercial contractors with project management complexity.
BuildOps
Los Angeles, CA
BuildOps is an all-in-one commercial contractor management platform purpose-built for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire and life safety, and refrigeration contractors. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, it unifies service management, project management, financials, and CRM into a single cloud-based system with AI-powered automation (OpsAI). The platform targets mid-size to enterprise commercial trade contractors and has achieved unicorn status with over $250M in total funding.
ServiceTrade
Durham, NC
ServiceTrade is a cloud-based field service management platform purpose-built for commercial service contractors. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Durham, NC, it serves mechanical, HVAC, fire protection, electrical, and refrigeration contractors with an integrated suite covering scheduling, dispatch, inspections, parts management, CRM, and accounting integrations. The platform serves 1,300+ commercial contractors and processes millions of service requests annually.
Workiz
San Diego, CA
Workiz is a cloud-based field service management platform built for home service businesses. Founded in 2015 by former locksmiths in San Diego, it serves 120,000+ professionals across 50+ trades including locksmith, junk removal, carpet cleaning, appliance repair, HVAC, and plumbing. The platform covers scheduling, dispatching, CRM, invoicing, payments, online booking, inventory, and an AI-powered communication suite (Workiz Genius) — all accessible via web and mobile apps.
Kickserv
Denver, CO
Kickserv is a cloud-based field service management platform designed for small to mid-sized home service businesses. It covers the full job lifecycle — customer management, estimating, scheduling, dispatch, GPS tracking, invoicing, and online payments — in a straightforward, affordable package. Originally launched in 2006 as ServiceSidekick, it rebranded in 2011 and was acquired by EverCommerce in 2023, joining the EverPro portfolio alongside ServiceFusion and Profit Rhino.
STACK Construction Technologies
Cincinnati, OH
Cloud-based construction preconstruction and operations platform offering AI-accelerated takeoff, estimating, proposal generation, and field collaboration tools. Serves general contractors, specialty subcontractors, and suppliers with solutions spanning plan management, digital measurement, cost estimating, and mobile field operations. Founded by Phil Ogilby and Justin Ogilby, STACK integrates with major ERP and accounting systems including QuickBooks, Sage, and Acumatica.
Roofr
San Francisco, CA
Roofr is an all-in-one roofing CRM built specifically for roofing contractors, combining aerial measurement reports, instant estimating, digital proposals with e-signatures, invoicing, payments, material ordering, and job pipeline management. Founded in 2016 by third-generation roofer Richard Nelson and Kevin Redman, Roofr serves over 12,000 roofing companies across North America with a cloud-based platform designed to take a job from lead capture to signed contract and payment in one workflow.
Sage 100 Contractor
Austin, TX (Sage Group plc HQ: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Sage 100 Contractor is a construction-specific accounting and project management platform built for small to mid-size specialty contractors and general contractors. Originally developed as Master Builder Software (founded ~1980 by Dan Smith), acquired by Intuit in 2001, then by Sage Software in 2006, and rebranded Sage 100 Contractor. The platform integrates job cost accounting, construction payroll (including union and certified payroll), estimating, project management, service dispatch, scheduling, and document control in a single system. It supports both on-premise and cloud-hosted deployment and is used by approximately 18,000+ contractor businesses across the US.
Foundation Software
Strongsville, OH
Foundation Software is a construction-specific accounting and payroll software provider founded in 1985 and headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio. Its flagship FOUNDATION platform delivers job cost accounting, payroll (including prevailing wage and union), accounts payable/receivable, service dispatch, project management, equipment tracking, and mobile field solutions to over 43,000 construction professionals. The company has been majority-owned by Thoma Bravo since 2020 and positions itself as America's #1 construction accounting software for small- to mid-sized specialty contractors and general contractors.
ComputerEase
Cincinnati, OH (parent Deltek headquartered in Herndon, VA)
Deltek ComputerEase is a construction accounting and project management platform purpose-built for subcontractors and specialty contractors. Founded in 1983 in Cincinnati, OH, and acquired by Deltek in 2019, it serves more than 6,000 contractors with integrated job costing, payroll, billing, service management, and field-to-office mobile tools. The platform targets companies of all sizes from small specialty subs to mid-market general contractors, with particular strength in union/certified payroll, WIP reporting, and AIA billing.
Viewpoint Vista
Portland, Oregon, USA
Viewpoint Vista is an enterprise-grade construction ERP platform owned by Trimble, built for mid-size to large general contractors, specialty subcontractors, and commercial contractors. It delivers a deeply integrated accounting-first suite spanning job costing, payroll, HR, project management, equipment management, service management, and document control. Part of the Trimble Construction One ecosystem, Vista runs on Microsoft Azure and serves contractors with annual revenues ranging from $50 million to over $1 billion.
AccuLynx
Beloit, WI
AccuLynx is an all-in-one business management platform built exclusively for roofing contractors. Developed by ExactLogix, Inc., it covers the full job lifecycle from lead capture and CRM through estimating, production scheduling, material ordering, insurance restoration tracking, invoicing, and payments. The platform integrates directly with aerial measurement providers (EagleView, Hover, GAF QuickMeasure), major roofing distributors (ABC Supply, SRS Distribution, QXO), and QuickBooks, making it the dominant vertical SaaS choice for residential and commercial roofing companies.
Leap
Columbia, Maryland, USA
Leap is a vertical SaaS platform for roofing, remodeling, windows-doors, and home improvement contractors. It combines an in-home digital sales app (SalesPro) with a full-cycle CRM covering lead management, estimating, proposals, e-signature, financing, production management, invoicing, and payments. The platform is known for its 'Good, Better, Best' proposal pricing, measurement integrations (EagleView, Hover, QuickMeasure), and 35+ partner integrations including QuickBooks and CompanyCam.
When I Work
Minneapolis, MN
When I Work is a cloud-based employee scheduling and time-tracking platform built for hourly and shift-based workforces. It combines auto-scheduling, GPS-enabled time clocks with geofencing, team messaging, labor forecasting, and payroll integrations into a single mobile-first app. Serving 200,000+ workplaces across 30+ industries—including construction, cleaning, landscaping, pest control, and other field trades—it targets small to mid-size businesses that need to manage distributed crews without complex enterprise software.
Deputy
Sydney, AU / San Francisco, CA
Deputy is an AI-powered workforce management platform built for shift-based and hourly workforces. Founded in 2008 in Sydney, Australia, Deputy provides employee scheduling, time and attendance tracking, labor compliance, HR onboarding, payroll integration, and team communication tools. Serving over 375,000 workplaces across 100+ countries, it is widely used in trades, field services, construction, cleaning, landscaping, and hospitality. Deputy's platform spans mobile and web, with deep integrations into payroll (ADP, Gusto, Paycor, QuickBooks) and POS systems.
Verizon Connect
Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
Verizon Connect is a fleet management and field workforce platform owned by Verizon Communications. Built from the 2018 merger of Fleetmatics, Telogis, and Verizon Telematics, it delivers GPS vehicle tracking, ELD compliance, AI-powered dashcams, route optimization, and a field service dispatch module. The flagship product, Reveal, serves construction, utilities, distribution, and trades businesses managing mobile workforces and equipment.
Motive
San Francisco, CA
Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) is an AI-powered fleet management and driver safety platform serving over 120,000 businesses. Founded in 2013 in San Francisco, it combines GPS fleet tracking, ELD compliance, AI dashcams, dispatch, asset monitoring, spend management via a fleet card, and workforce management into a unified operations platform. Widely used in construction, landscaping, trucking, logistics, and field service industries.
CompanyCam
Lincoln, NE
CompanyCam is a photo documentation and field communication platform purpose-built for contractors. Founded in 2015 by Luke Hansen out of his family's roofing business in Lincoln, Nebraska, the platform lets field teams capture timestamped, GPS-tagged photos and videos, annotate images, manage project timelines, run AI-powered checklists and reports, collect in-app payments, and collaborate with customers and subcontractors — all organized by job. Serving 140,000+ contractors and pros across 50+ trades, CompanyCam is a documentation-first layer that integrates with field service management, estimating, and CRM tools rather than replacing them.
SafetyCulture (iAuditor)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
SafetyCulture is a mobile-first workplace operations and safety platform (originally launched as iAuditor in 2012) used by 76,000+ organizations globally. It enables field teams to conduct digital inspections, report issues, manage assets, assign corrective actions, and track compliance — all from a mobile device. Widely adopted in construction, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and roofing trades for site safety audits, quality checklists, equipment maintenance, and incident documentation. The platform works offline and syncs automatically, making it practical for job sites with limited connectivity.
GoCanvas
Reston, VA
GoCanvas is a mobile-first field data collection and workflow automation platform that replaces paper forms with digital mobile forms, inspections, checklists, and reports. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Reston, VA, it serves 5,000+ companies across construction, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, roofing, and other field service industries. Acquired by Nemetschek Group in 2024 for approximately $770 million, GoCanvas enables field crews to capture photos, GPS data, e-signatures, and barcodes offline with automatic cloud sync, then route data to back-office systems via native integrations with QuickBooks, Salesforce, SAP, and Zapier.
Knowify
New York, NY
Knowify is a cloud-based construction management platform built for trade contractors and specialty subcontractors. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, it serves as an all-in-one system for estimating, project management, job costing, field service management, time tracking, subcontractor management, and QuickBooks-integrated financial operations. Knowify positions itself as the leading QuickBooks integration in construction, targeting small to mid-size electrical, plumbing, HVAC, painting, and general contracting businesses.