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    ALTERNATIVE/SERVICETITAN VS ESTIMATEKIT/2026

    ServiceTitan Alternative for Small Shops What a 1 to 25 person shop uses, for $49 a month.

    ServiceTitan is built for large operations. It prices per technician and publishes no number: its three plans, Starter, Essentials and The Works, all say Request Pricing (servicetitan.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-17). Third-party estimates run $245 to $500 per technician per month, usually on a 12-month contract. EstimateKit is $49 a month for up to 25 people, month to month.

    SERVICETITAN
    $245-500/tech (est.)per month · 12 months typical (reported)
    CONTRACT
    12 months typical (reported)vs month-to-month at EstimateKit
    ESTIMATEKIT
    $49/mowhole team, up to 25, month-to-month
    3-PERSON CREW KEEPS
    $8,232+a year vs ServiceTitan (est.)
    IN THIS COMPARISON ▾
    01 — QUICK COMPARISON

    ServiceTitan vs EstimateKit in three numbers before the details.

    SERVICETITANESTIMATEKIT
    Price for 3 techs$735 to $1,500/mo (est.)$49/mo
    Price on the websiteNone, all 3 plans say Request Pricing$49, on the page
    Contract12 months typicalMonth-to-month

    ServiceTitan is the big system in the trades, and for a 20-truck operation with dispatchers and an office manager it earns its price. Its own numbers show who it's built for: $961.0 million in revenue from about 10,800 active customers in the year to January 31, 2026, or about $89,000 per customer per year on average (ServiceTitan's fiscal 2026 results, March 12, 2026).

    It prices per technician and publishes no number. The pricing page lists three plans, Starter, Essentials and The Works, and every one says Request Pricing (servicetitan.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-17). Third-party estimates put it at $245 to $500 per technician per month; 12-month contracts are typical, and implementation is reported at $5,000 to $50,000 or more. For a crew of three, that's $735 to $1,500 a month before setup.

    Most shops are not that company. If you run one to ten trucks, the day is: look at the job, quote it, get the yes, do the work, get paid, and come back for the next visit. A call center and campaign tracking don't help with any of that.

    What EstimateKit does instead

    →Good, better and best options from your own price book on every quote
    →A priced price book to start from for HVAC, plumbing or electrical
    →Email it, or text it from your phone; the customer picks an option and signs on their phone
    →The approval creates the job, a deposit invoice if you take one, and the final invoice when the job is done
    →A dispatch board, maintenance plans with visit and renewal reminders, and equipment records with data-plate photos
    →Up to 25 people with owner, office and technician roles, for $49 a month, month to month

    Switching from ServiceTitan

    →Start with your contract. Find the renewal date and notice period in your order form, and give notice in writing before it: contracts are typically annual and renew on their own, so that date decides when you can leave
    →Export your customers: Search, choose Customers with no filters, then Export to Excel (ServiceTitan help center). Open the file in Excel or Google Sheets, save it as CSV, and import it into EstimateKit, which matches the columns for you
    →Export your pricebook: Pricebook, Import/Export, then the Export tab. It downloads as an Excel workbook with Services and Materials tabs; save each tab as CSV. Our price book import reads the Name, Price and Cost columns
    →Membership customers: set up each plan once, add each customer's agreement, and send them the autopay link so plan payments charge the card they save
    →Setup help is free: send us the files and we'll build your price book and first real quote with you. It's month to month, so you can run both side by side until your ServiceTitan term ends

    Weighing ServiceTitan against Jobber instead? See Jobber vs ServiceTitan. For the price question on its own, what ServiceTitan costs works it out by crew size.

    02 — COST FOR YOUR CREW

    ServiceTitan pricing for your crew. Move the slider to your headcount.

    SERVICETITAN (EST.)$735 to $1,500a month · estimated, per technician
    ESTIMATEKIT$49a month · all 3 people
    YOU KEEP A YEAR$8,232 to $17,412$686+ a month back

    ServiceTitan publishes no price. Third-party estimates run $245 to $500 per technician per month, usually on a 12-month contract, before implementation fees. Counted here per person. Source: Tooled Up Pro (2026-05) and FieldCamp (2026-08) estimates; servicetitan.com/pricing lists no price, checked 2026-09-24. EstimateKit: $49 a month billed monthly, up to 25 people, no contract.

    03 — WHAT $49 INCLUDES

    Everything on one EstimateKit plan. No tiers, no add-ons.

    FEATUREESTIMATEKIT $49
    People on the planUp to 25, one price
    Good, better, best optionsOn every quote
    Customer approves and signs on their phoneIncluded
    Text the quote from your own phoneIncluded
    Automatic follow-up emails on quotes and invoicesIncluded
    Approved quote becomes the job and the invoiceAutomatic
    Deposits, partial payments, balancesIncluded
    Customer pays the invoice by card onlineYes, into your own Stripe account, no EstimateKit fee
    A priced price book to start fromHVAC, plumbing and electrical
    Maintenance plans with visit and renewal remindersIncluded
    Equipment records with data-plate photosIncluded
    Build quotes with no cell signalYes, syncs later
    Owner, office and technician rolesIncluded
    Setup helpFree, we build your price book with you
    04 — SIDE BY SIDE

    ServiceTitan vs EstimateKit features. Side by side.

    FEATURESERVICETITANESTIMATEKIT
    Monthly price$245-500/tech (est.)$49/month for up to 25 people
    Contract12 months typical (reported)Month-to-month, cancel in Settings
    SetupWeeks, paid implementation (reported)Same day, with free setup help
    Learning curveSteep; built for an office teamBuilt to learn on your first quote
    Best forLarge operations with a dispatch officeHome service shops of 1 to 25 people
    MobileYes, store appsPhone-ready, works with no signal
    05 — WHEN SERVICETITAN MAKES SENSE

    When ServiceTitan is genuinely the right call.

    ServiceTitan is the right call for some companies. If you have 20 or more trucks out every day and a dispatcher routing them, you'll use its routing and fleet tools. If you spend real money on advertising, its call tracking tells you which ads make the phone ring. If you have office staff whose job is to run the system, the setup and learning curve stop being a problem, and its reporting, marketing tools, inventory and financing are real.

    The question is whether you have that team and that volume. For a shop of one to 25 people that mainly needs to quote, win, schedule, invoice and keep maintenance customers, you'd be paying for a lot you don't open.

    06 — STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS

    ServiceTitan pros and cons. What's good, what isn't.

    SERVICETITAN · STRENGTHS
    +Dispatch board and routing for large fleets
    +Deep reporting for owners with an office team
    +Marketing tools and call tracking
    +Inventory and purchase orders
    +Card payments and customer financing
    +Built for companies with hundreds of jobs a week
    SERVICETITAN · LIMITATIONS
    −No public price: Starter, Essentials and The Works all say "Request Pricing" (checked 2026-10-17)
    −Priced per technician, so the bill grows with every hire; third-party estimates run $245 to $500 per tech a month
    −12-month contracts are typical, by contractor reports
    −Implementation is reported at $5,000 to $50,000+ and takes weeks
    −Its average customer pays about $89,000 a year: $961.0 million in revenue across about 10,800 active customers in the year to January 31, 2026
    −Built for a company with office staff to run it
    07 — WHEN ESTIMATEKIT IS BETTER

    Why shops switch. Every one of these is on the $49 plan.

    01
    The customer picks an option and signs before you leave

    Every quote carries good, better and best options from your own price book. Send it by email or text it from your phone; they choose, sign on their phone, and you get a notification.

    02
    One price for the whole crew

    $49 a month covers up to 25 people, with owner, office and technician roles. Hiring your next tech doesn't change the bill.

    03
    Signed quote to paid invoice without retyping

    Approval creates the job with the chosen option, a deposit invoice if you take one, and the final invoice when the job is done. Payments and balances stay on the same record.

    04
    The recurring work is in the same plan

    Maintenance plans lay out the visits for the year, remind the customer when a tune-up is due and before renewal. Equipment records keep model, serial, age and a photo of the data plate.

    05
    Works in the basement

    Techs build and edit quotes with no signal; it syncs when they're back in the truck. Nothing gets overwritten without asking.

    06
    We set it up with you

    Send your supplier price sheet during the trial and we'll load your price book and build the first real quote with you. Free, on the same $49 plan.

    IN ONE LINE

    EstimateKit takes a home service shop from the quote the customer signs to the invoice they pay, with maintenance plans and equipment records, for $49 a month for up to 25 people.

    08 — WHAT WE DON'T DO

    Where EstimateKit comes up short. Better you hear it from us.

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    No texting service

    Quotes and invoices can be texted from your own phone in one tap, and reminders go by email. We don't run two-way texting or automated text messages.

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    Not in the app stores yet

    It runs in the browser on any phone, installs to the home screen, and works with no signal. The store apps are built and in review.

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    No GPS truck tracking or call tracking

    There's a dispatch board with a map and a crew calendar with a tech on every job. Live truck tracking, route optimization and call tracking aren't built.

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    No tap-to-pay or customer financing

    Customers pay by card from the invoice link, and you can keep a card on file. Tap-to-pay on a phone and financing offers on a quote aren't built.

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    QuickBooks Online only, one way

    Customers, invoices and payments copy into QuickBooks Online. QuickBooks Desktop and changes made in QuickBooks aren't synced back, and US automatic sales tax is coming soon.

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    25 people is the cap

    Past 25 people on one account, this isn't the tool for you.

    09 — PRICING

    ServiceTitan vs EstimateKit cost: a year of each. Same crew, same work.

    SERVICETITAN$245-500/tech (est.)/mo= $2,940-6,000/tech (est.)/year
    ESTIMATEKIT$49/mo= $588/year, up to 25 people
    YOU KEEP$2,352$196 back in your pocket every month, against ServiceTitan's entry price

    PRICES CHECKED 2026-10-17

    10 — FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

    ServiceTitan prices per technician and publishes no number: Starter, Essentials and The Works all say Request Pricing (checked 2026-10-17). Third-party estimates run $245 to $500 per technician per month, with 12-month contracts typical and implementation reported at $5,000 to $50,000 or more. Across its whole business, $961.0 million in revenue from about 10,800 active customers works out to about $89,000 per customer per year. EstimateKit is $49 a month for up to 25 people, month to month.

    Yes. Customers export to Excel from Search (choose Customers with no filters, then Export to Excel), and the pricebook exports as an Excel workbook from Pricebook, Import/Export. Save the sheets as CSV and EstimateKit imports them; setup help is free if you'd rather send us the files.

    When your contract allows. ServiceTitan doesn't publish its terms; by contractor reports, contracts are typically 12 months and renew on their own. Find the renewal date and notice period in your order form and give notice in writing before it. EstimateKit is month to month, so you can start before your term ends.

    Shops leaving ServiceTitan usually look at Jobber, Housecall Pro and simpler quoting tools. Jobber sells plans by team size: Connect is $199 a month for five users plus $29 for each extra (checked 2026-10-12). Housecall Pro Essentials is $299 a month for five users plus $100 for each extra (checked 2026-10-08). EstimateKit is $49 a month for up to 25 people. Choose by what you'd miss: financing and online booking point to Housecall Pro, two-way texting and a website to Jobber, one flat price to EstimateKit.

    Routing and GPS tracking for large fleets, marketing tools and call tracking, inventory, and customer financing. EstimateKit has a dispatch board, takes card payments on the invoice and sends invoices and payments to QuickBooks Online, but has no financing, fleet tracking or call tracking.

    TRY ESTIMATEKIT FREE FOR 14 DAYS

    ServiceTitan costs $245-500/tech (est.) a month. This is $49, for the whole crew.

    Every feature during the trial, and we'll set up your price book with you. No card to start, no contract, cancel from Settings.

    Start your free trial →No credit card to start · Questions? hello@estimatekit.com
    →Good, better, best options on every quote
    →Emailed or texted; the customer signs on their phone
    →Approved quote becomes the job, then the invoice
    →Maintenance plans and equipment records included
    →Up to 25 people, one price, no contract