Trade software
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580 platforms & tools across 23 categories — filtered & ranked for the 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.
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.
Xactimate
Lehi, UT
Xactimate is the industry-standard property damage repair cost estimating platform developed by Xactware, a subsidiary of Verisk Analytics. Originally founded in 1986 and acquired by ISO (now Verisk) in 2006, it is used by approximately 80% of insurance repair contractors and 19 of the top 25 U.S. property insurers. The platform provides a continuously updated regional pricing database covering materials, labor, and equipment for hundreds of geographies, enabling restoration contractors, roofers, painters, and general contractors to produce insurance-defensible estimates. Xactimate operates across desktop, web, and mobile and includes tools like Sketch AR (LiDAR-powered floor plan capture), XactScope (guided estimating), XactRebuild (mitigation-to-rebuild workflow automation), Time and Materials job cost tracking, and XactAnalysis for claims performance dashboards and workflow management.
PlanSwift
Bountiful, UT (originally); Cincinnati, OH (ConstructConnect HQ)
PlanSwift is a Windows-based digital takeoff and estimating software by ConstructConnect (a Roper Technologies company) that allows construction contractors to click directly on digitized blueprints to measure areas, lengths, and counts, then automatically generate material and labor cost estimates. Originally founded in 2007 and acquired by ConstructConnect in 2018, it serves general contractors and specialty trades with customizable assemblies, Excel live-link integration, a QuickBooks export plugin, and an AI-powered Takeoff Boost suite. Priced at $2,000/year for the Professional plan.
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.
DocuSign
San Francisco, CA
DocuSign is the market-leading electronic signature and intelligent agreement management platform, used by 1.7 million customers including 95% of Fortune 500 companies. Widely adopted by contractors across all trades for proposals, contracts, change orders, lien waivers, and service agreements. The platform has expanded beyond e-signature into a full agreement lifecycle suite (IAM) with AI-powered contract analysis, CLM workflows, web forms, payments, and 1,000+ integrations. Listed on NASDAQ as DOCU.
Thumbtack
San Francisco, CA
Thumbtack is a nationwide online marketplace connecting homeowners with local service professionals across 500+ project categories. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Thumbtack operates a pay-per-lead model where contractors pay only for qualified leads — never a commission on completed jobs. The platform serves 4+ million customers annually, hosts 300,000+ active professional businesses, and has facilitated 90 million+ projects. Thumbtack offers AI-powered matching, professional profile pages with reviews and portfolio photos, background check and license verification badges, and integrations with ServiceTitan, Jobber, Workiz, and Google Calendar. It is strictly a lead generation and customer acquisition platform — job management, scheduling, dispatch, invoicing, and CRM must be handled in a separate FSM tool.
Angi
Denver, CO
Angi (formerly Angie's List / ANGI Homeservices) is the leading US home services marketplace connecting homeowners with local service professionals across 500+ categories. Formed by the 2017 merger of Angie's List (founded 1995) and HomeAdvisor (founded 1998 as ServiceMagic), and rebranded to Angi in March 2021. The platform operates a pay-per-lead model (Angi Leads), display advertising (Angi Ads), and a fixed-price instant-booking service powered by the 2018 Handy acquisition. Angi completed its spin-off from IAC on April 1, 2025, becoming an independent public company (NASDAQ: ANGI). Revenue in 2025 was approximately $1.05B (declining YoY as platform shifted to homeowner-choice lead model). As of 2025 the platform counts roughly 200,000 active service professionals across all trades.
TaskRabbit
San Francisco, CA (distributed/remote since 2022)
TaskRabbit is an on-demand home services marketplace that connects consumers with vetted independent service providers ("Taskers") for tasks ranging from furniture assembly and handyman work to cleaning, moving, yardwork, and errands. Founded in 2008 and acquired by IKEA Group in 2017, the platform operates across all 50 U.S. states and eight countries. Taskers set their own rates, undergo background checks, and receive 100% of earnings plus tips, while clients pay a service fee and trust-and-support fee on top of the task price. TaskRabbit also offers a B2B Partner API enabling retailers to embed assembly and installation services directly into checkout flows.
JobTread
Dallas, TX
Construction management software for remodelers and general contractors with job costing, budgeting, and client communication tools.
Bark
London, UK
Lead generation marketplace connecting homeowners with local service professionals across various trades.
Acumatica
Bellevue, WA
Cloud ERP platform for construction and field service companies with financial management and project tracking.
Yelp
San Francisco, CA
Business review and lead generation platform helping consumers find and connect with local service professionals.
Houzz Pro
Palo Alto, CA
Business management and marketplace platform for home renovation and design professionals with project management and lead generation.
Nextdoor
San Francisco, CA
Neighborhood social network with business pages and local advertising for service contractors to reach nearby customers.
HandsHQ
London, England, UK
HandsHQ is a UK-based health and safety software platform that helps construction and high-risk industry companies create, manage, and track RAMS (risk assessments and method statements), training registers, and on-site risk reporting.
ECI Software Solutions
Westlake, TX
ECI Software Solutions provides cloud-based ERP and project management software for residential construction, serving custom home builders, production builders, and trade contractors with tools for scheduling, job costing, budgeting, and change orders.
BIM&CO
Paris, France
BIM&CO offers a collaborative platform for managing and sharing BIM (Building Information Modeling) objects and their associated data. It is designed for building product manufacturers, architects, engineers, and contractors to streamline digital construction workflows and ensure data quality.
Buildxact
Melbourne, Australia
Buildxact is a cloud-based software solution designed for residential builders and remodelers to manage their projects from initial estimate to final invoice. It provides tools for accurate takeoffs, detailed estimating, and comprehensive project management to streamline workflows.
Chief Architect
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Chief Architect provides professional 3D architectural home design software for residential construction and remodeling. It is designed for builders, remodelers, architects, and interior designers to create detailed plans and visualizations.
ConstructConnect
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
ConstructConnect offers comprehensive pre-construction software and information solutions for the commercial construction industry. It helps general contractors, subcontractors, and building product manufacturers find, bid, and win projects through its extensive project intelligence, bid management, and takeoff tools.
dataArrows
dataArrows is a cloud-based software designed to manage construction projects from start to finish. It provides an integrated platform for design & build firms, general contractors, and specialty trades to streamline operations.
Drawboard
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Drawboard provides powerful PDF markup and collaboration tools for technical documents and plans. It enables construction and skilled trades professionals to review, annotate, and share project drawings in real-time, both in the office and on-site.