Tools for Trades

Plumbing Software

A plumbing business runs on three kinds of software: one to run the work, one to keep the books, and one to keep the phone ringing. All three are below, with prices from the vendors' own pages and honest markers where they hide them. Prices last checked September 15, 2026.

Plumbing field service management software

This is the system the day runs on: the burst-pipe call slotted between planned jobs, the quote for a water heater or a repipe, dispatch, invoicing on site, and payment before the truck leaves. Each tile says what that platform claims for plumbing specifically, read from its own plumbing page.

Run the Stack Builder

Jobber

$116–136/mo4-person crew, list · all tiers $29–499/mo

Quotes name the plumbing add-ons: water heater upgrades, expansion tanks, drain pans, valve replacements and pressure regulators.

Built forTeams of 1 to 15 people

Housecall Pro

$149–189/mo4-person crew, list · all tiers $59–329/mo

Plumbing-specific pages: repipes billed in stages, good-better-best on water heaters, sewer camera photo reports.

Built forTeams of 1 to 10 people

Service Fusion

$208–245/mo4-person crew, list · all tiers $208–627/mo

Scheduling, dispatch, invoicing and payments for plumbing, with eSign sent inside the estimate.

Built forTeams of 5 or more people (office-heavy shops)

QuoteIQ

$125–149.99/mo4-person crew, list · all tiers $25–699/mo

Price book set up around pipe repair, drain cleaning and water heater work, plus an estimator that quotes from job photos.

Built forTeams of 1 to 20 people

Kickserv

$48–60/mo4-person crew, list · all tiers $48–199/mo

A brief plumbing page; its stated claim is that Kickserv was founded by plumbers.

Built forTeams of 2 to 20 people

ServiceBox

On requestno published pricing

Built for commercial plumbing contractors: backflow devices, pumps and fixtures tracked per site, with backflow and boiler-room forms.

Built forTeams of 2 or more people (20 and up via Enterprise)

ServiceTitan

On requestno published pricing

Splits plumbing into residential, commercial and construction, with phase billing and WIP reporting on the construction side.

Built forTeams of 10 or more people

FieldEdge

On requestno published pricing

Sold to multi-truck plumbing shops, with flat-rate tools and good-better-best options through Proposal Pro.

Built forTeams of 5 or more people

FieldPulse

On requestno published pricing

Emergency jobs pushed up the schedule, recurring maintenance contracts, and serialized parts with warranty and service history.

Built forTeams of 2 or more people

Workiz

On requestno published pricing

Sells service plans for tank cleanings and inspections, good-better-best quoting and multi-day plumbing projects.

Built forTeams of 2 or more people (20 and up multi-location)

Every price and every "on request" is documented in the pricing database; head-to-heads live under comparisons.

Five deeper guides cover the work itself: plumbing estimating software for bidding and quoting, plumbing CRM software for customer records and repeat work, plumbing invoice software for billing and card fees, plumbing dispatch software for emergency calls and the live board, and plumbing scheduling software for online booking and multi-day jobs.

Accounting software for plumbing businesses

The books decide whether a job actually made money, and they only work if invoices flow from the field software into the ledger instead of waiting for tax season. That makes the sync question the deciding one, and the accounting guide for contractors covers which field platforms reach QuickBooks Desktop, Xero and Sage at all.

Xero

$25–90/molist price band

Cheapest full double-entry entry point at $25/mo

Works with1 field platforms

FreshBooks

$23–70/molist price band

Easiest invoicing-first bookkeeping for a solo operator

Works withno field platform we track

Wave

$0–19/molist price band

The only real free tier in the set

Works withno field platform we track

Marketing and review software for plumbing businesses

Emergency work tends to go to whoever answers first and looks trustworthy on a phone screen, which is why review and messaging tools sell hard to plumbers. Before buying anything here, check what your field software already bundles; several sell review tools on their upper tiers, and the plumbing CRM guide lists which ones.

GoHighLevel

$97–497/molist price band

One subscription replaces a stack of marketing point tools

Rolereplaces separate review, SMS and funnel tools; overlaps with FSM marketing add-ons

Podium

On requestno published pricing

A reviews-and-messaging layer for local businesses

Rolereviews and messaging layer on top of your field software

Birdeye

On requestno published pricing

Deepest reviews-plus-listings platform in the set

Rolereputation and listings layer on top of your field software

NiceJob

$75–125/molist price band

Published prices in a category that hides them

Rolereview automation layer on top of your field software