Two different products answer to this name, and buying the wrong one wastes a year. One bids new construction and commercial work off drawings. The other quotes a water heater or a repipe at the customer's door. This page covers both, checked September 16, 2026 against each company's own pages.
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If your estimates start from a set of drawings, you need takeoff software: pipe measured off the plan, fittings and fixtures counted, labor hours from a published standard, and material prices fed from a supply house. If your estimates start in somebody's basement with a failed water heater, none of that helps. There you need a priced service catalog, options the homeowner can compare, and a signature before you leave. The first half of this page covers bid software, the second half covers the field platforms.
Twelve products name plumbing on their own pages. The first seven are built around a plumbing catalog with labor units; the last five are takeoff tools, most of them serving every trade, so the plumbing assemblies and prices are largely yours to build. Five publish a price at all, which tells you how the rest of this market sells.
| Product | Built for | Catalog and labor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| FastEST FastPIPE | Commercial and industrial plumbing | 150,000 items, Ferguson and Harrison pricing; MCAA and PHCC labor cost extra | $4,995 once, or $250/mo |
| QuoteSoft Pipe | Plumbing, piping and mechanical | 110,000 items, MCAA hours, Harrison pricing | On request |
| McCormick Systems | Plumbing, residential to institutional | 40,000 items, 20,000 assemblies, supply-house pricing | On request |
| Wendes WenPipe | Commercial mechanical and plumbing | National average, MCAA or PHCC labor, Ferguson and Harrison pricing | On request |
| Trimble AutoBid Mechanical | Commercial mechanical, piping and plumbing | Trimble pricing service included, industry-standard labor units | On request |
| PataBid Quantify | Mid-size and enterprise mechanical | 60,000+ items, supplier pricing, AI counting | On request |
| TurboBid | Small plumbing shops to large firms | Own database; takeoff through a PlanSwift bundle | $135/mo, or $1,395 once |
| PlanSwift | Takeoff for every trade | Pipe and fixture takeoff, your own assemblies and formulas | $2,000–3,000/yr for one seat |
| On Center | Takeoff and bidding for every trade | Pipe runs and fixture counts, your own material database | On request |
| STACK | Cloud takeoff for every trade | Searches drawings for fixture symbols | From $249 per user/mo |
| Beam AI | AI takeoff, plumbing among three trades | Pipe, fittings and fixtures from PDFs; no labor catalog described | From $8,000/yr per trade |
| TaksoAi | AI takeoff for commercial contractors | Pipe and fixture counts exported to your estimating tool | On request |
"On request" means the company publishes no price, not that it is expensive. Some details behind the figures: FastEST sells FastPIPE with FastDUCT for $7,490 and makes maintenance optional after the first year at $1,250 a year, while its own pricing page says MCAA and PHCC labor rates cost extra even though the FastPIPE page names them. PlanSwift drops to $1,500 to $2,500 per seat once you buy two or more. TurboBid's $1,395 is a sale price, down from $1,620.
Both license Profit Rhino content, so somebody else maintains the rates instead of a spreadsheet you last touched in 2023. Housecall Pro calls it pricing built on industry averages, puts good-better-best on water heaters and repipes, and takes a signature in the app.
Our pick
The only platform naming plumbing supply houses: a live Reece pricebook and cart sync with The Granite Group. Estimates run on formulas with waste factors, and options stack as good-better-best or repair-replace-upgrade.
Our pick
Reusable quote templates for repairs, maintenance and replacements, a shared pricing catalog rather than flat rate, and approved quotes carried straight into work orders. Its pages claim no financing and no signature on quotes.
QuoteIQ quotes from job photos and sells financing through Affirm, Klarna and Afterpay. Jobber's pages name no pricebook at all, but it quotes against live Home Depot pricing and finances through Wisetack.
A flat-rate pricebook is only as good as the numbers in it, and the platforms split three ways. Some license content: Housecall Pro and Service Fusion use Profit Rhino, and FieldEdge's flat rate runs on Coolfront with 30,000+ repairs. Some maintain their own: ServiceTitan's Pricebook Pro is a paid add-on whose staff track supplier prices and update them monthly, and Workiz says Price Book Pro is "built and maintained by HVAC, plumbing, and electrical pros" without saying which plan includes it. The rest hand you an empty pricebook: FieldPulse, QuoteIQ and Kickserv price from your own services, Jobber's pages name no pricebook, and ServiceBox keeps a shared price catalog it never calls flat rate.
A repipe or a water heater quote closes on three things: options the homeowner can compare, a way to sign on the spot, and a monthly payment for a five-figure job. "Not claimed" means the vendor's own pages don't state it, and we won't guess.
| Platform | Flat-rate content | Tiered options | Signature on the estimate | Financing in the estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housecall Pro | Profit Rhino industry averages | Yes, water heaters and repipes | Yes, in the app | Wisetack |
| FieldPulse | Own pricebook, an add-on | Yes, or repair-replace-upgrade | Shown in product images | Yes, in the estimate |
| ServiceTitan | Pricebook Pro add-on, updated monthly | Yes | Yes, on screen | Named, no partner |
| Workiz | Price Book Pro, plan not disclosed | Yes, three tiers | Yes, in the portal | Wisetack, Sunbit |
| Service Fusion | Profit Rhino, 30,000+ repair types | Not claimed | Yes, eSign; add-on below Pro | Acorn Finance |
| FieldEdge | Coolfront, 30,000+ repairs | Premier and Elite only | Not claimed | Not claimed |
| QuoteIQ | Own price book, photo estimator | Yes, options and packages | Yes | Affirm, Klarna, Afterpay |
| Jobber | No pricebook; Home Depot catalog | Yes | Not claimed; online approval | Wisetack |
| Kickserv | Your own charge items | Not claimed | Yes, in person or online | Klarna at payment |
| ServiceBox | Shared price catalog, not flat-rate | Not claimed | Not claimed | Not claimed |
Two caveats worth carrying into a demo. QuoteIQ's own plumbing FAQ says it lacks the "deep good-better-best flat-rate pricebook presentation" that ServiceTitan has, while its quoting pages sell tiered options, so ask to see it. FieldPulse shows a signature panel in its product screenshots but never describes signing in the page text.
We found no permit-tracking claim on any page we read, in either half of this page, and no field platform names a plumbing supply house except FieldPulse. Backflow shows up once in the whole set, on ServiceBox, which sells to commercial contractors, and even there it means site forms rather than test reports. If those jobs run your week, expect to keep a separate system, and ask about them by name on every demo.
What software do plumbers use for estimating?
It depends where the estimate starts. For bids off drawings, plumbing contractors use takeoff software such as FastEST FastPIPE, QuoteSoft Pipe, McCormick Systems, Wendes WenPipe or Trimble AutoBid Mechanical, which carry plumbing catalogs and MCAA or PHCC labor units. For service and replacement work, estimating lives inside field service platforms such as Housecall Pro, FieldPulse, ServiceTitan and Jobber: a priced service catalog, options the homeowner compares, and a signature on the spot.
How much does plumbing estimating software cost?
Most bid software is quoted, not published. Five companies print a price: FastEST FastPIPE costs $4,995 once or $250 a month with the license owned after 36 payments, TurboBid costs $135 a month or $1,395 once, PlanSwift costs $2,000 to $3,000 a year for one seat and less per seat above that, STACK starts at $249 per user a month, and Beam AI starts at $8,000 a year per trade. Service estimating comes with the field platform, which runs from about $25 to $699 a month depending on plan, billing and seats, and four of the ten platforms publish no price at all.
Which plumbing software includes flat-rate pricing?
Housecall Pro and Service Fusion license Profit Rhino content, FieldEdge uses Coolfront, and ServiceTitan sells Pricebook Pro as a paid add-on whose prices its team updates monthly. Workiz has Price Book Pro but does not say which plan includes it. FieldPulse, QuoteIQ and Kickserv give you a pricebook to fill yourself, Jobber names no flat-rate pricebook on its pages, and ServiceBox offers a shared price catalog instead.
Can plumbing estimating software pull supply house pricing?
In bid software, yes: FastPIPE names Ferguson, Harrison and Allpriser, QuoteSoft names Harrison, and Wendes names Ferguson, Harrison and Trade Services among others. Among the ten field platforms, only FieldPulse names plumbing suppliers, through a live Reece pricebook and cart sync with The Granite Group. Jobber integrates Home Depot pricing, which is a retailer rather than a plumbing wholesaler.
Bidding commercial work off drawings puts you in the takeoff market, where FastPIPE is the only plumbing-specific catalog system printing its price, and McCormick, PataBid and STACK all sell cloud takeoff for plumbers. Quoting service work puts you in the field platforms, where the real question is who maintains your numbers: Profit Rhino through Housecall Pro or Service Fusion, Coolfront through FieldEdge, ServiceTitan's own content at add-on prices, or you, on a Sunday, in a spreadsheet.
The Stack Builder scores all ten platforms on your answers, the plumbing software overview covers the books and marketing side, and the HVAC estimating guide answers the same question for heating and cooling.