Electrical Contracting Software: 7 Options for 2027 Buyers

Pick the category before the brand

Electrical contracting software is the set of tools that schedule technicians, price electrical jobs and bill customers, and for most small shops the first purchase should be a field-service platform rather than a bid engine.

TL;DR: pick a field-service platform for dispatch and invoicing, shortlist on published prices, and confirm QuickBooks sync and job costing in a live demo before you sign.

Two categories sit under that heading. Field-service platforms run the daily loop of dispatch, quote, job and invoice, and ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Jobber, FieldEdge, Workiz, Service Fusion and Projul all sit in that group here. Estimating-first tools focus on bids and takeoffs for commercial work. They are a separate category and are not scored in this guide, so a shop that bids large commercial takeoffs should evaluate them on their own.

Most of these vendors treat electrical as one trade among many. FieldEdge says it is trusted by service leaders in HVAC, plumbing and electrical, Workiz lists electrical among its industries, and ServiceTitan lists it under both commercial and residential trades. Our read: the electrical label tells you the vendor sells to electricians, not that it models electrical work such as service agreements, panel upgrades or multi-day installs. Ask for that workflow in the demo.

Key Takeaways

• Choose the category first: field-service platforms handle dispatch and invoicing, and estimating-first tools handle bids and takeoffs.

• Four of the seven vendors publish list prices: Housecall Pro, Jobber, Service Fusion and Projul. ServiceTitan, FieldEdge and Workiz are quote-based.

• Projul's job costing and QuickBooks Online connection are listed from its Core+ tier up, so a shop that needs them pays for a higher plan than the entry tier.

• Service Fusion limits API access to its Pro plan, so an integration-heavy shop should budget for that tier from the start.

• Four platforms scored on one independent roundup sit between 8.1 and 8.3, but sample sizes are small and that roundup's rank order does not match its own scores.

• A DIY stack in Zapier, Make or n8n can work, but the buyer owns error handling, access control and upkeep.

Who this is for

This guide is for an owner or operations lead at a small electrical business who has narrowed the list and needs to know which platform to demo first. The typical reader runs a few field crews, has someone in the office who sends invoices, and wants to know what the platform will cost once users are added.

Red flags: you mainly bid large commercial takeoffs, nobody on staff will own setup and admin after go-live, or your main need is a bid engine rather than dispatch and invoicing.

How we evaluated these tools

We built this guide from public pages: vendor pricing and product pages opened in November 2026, plus three review directories that publish ratings. We did not run trials or demos, and nothing below is a hands-on test. Facts are the figures and features we could read on a cited page. Lines marked Our read are our judgment. One directory, Software Connect, links to an affiliate disclosure, so its editor scores are a directory's view, not a neutral audit.

Our read: price transparency carries as much weight as dispatch, because a shortlist only helps if the buyer can compare cost. Review scores carry the least weight, because most samples are small and none of them measure electrical fit.

Feature matrix from public pages

The matrix records what each vendor's page states. "Not stated" means the page we opened did not say it, which is not the same as the feature being absent.

Our read: the four vendors with published prices differ most on job costing and QuickBooks detail, so that is where a demo should start. Workiz's mobile app and Projul's electrical content were thin on the pages we read, so those two need the most verification.

What the published prices show

Pricing checked November 8, 2026. Only four vendors print list prices, and each states them differently, so compare the monthly figure at your own user count rather than the headline number.

On Housecall Pro, the Basic plan is $59/mo billed annually for one user, according to Housecall Pro. The Essentials and Max plans each show two figures, $149/mo and $189/mo, and $299/mo and $329/mo, and the page does not label every figure by billing term, so confirm which one applies at signup.

Grow plan on Jobber, 5 users: $229/mo billed annually according to Jobber (2026). The same tier is $299/mo with no commitment, and the one-user Core plan is $29/mo billed annually or $49/mo with no commitment, all from the same page.

On Service Fusion, the Starter tier is $208/mo billed annually and $245/mo monthly, with unlimited users, and the Pro tier is $533/mo billed annually, according to Service Fusion.

ServiceTitan's pricing page presents its Starter, Essentials and The Works tiers with a request button and no dollar figure, according to ServiceTitan. FieldEdge presents Select, Premier and Elite the same way, according to FieldEdge. Workiz shows Standard, Pro and Ultimate with request-pricing buttons, and the page we read gives no dollar figure for any of them.

Illustrative example: take a shop with five field users on the Grow tier on Jobber. At $229/mo billed annually, the subscription is $2,748 a year ($229 × 12). With no commitment, the same five-user tier is $299/mo, or $3,588 a year ($299 × 12). The gap is $840 a year ($3,588 minus $2,748), which is the price of staying flexible. Our read: the commitment is worth it only if the shop will use the platform for the full term, and only after the buyer has confirmed the QuickBooks sync, the trial terms and the payment fees on the pricing page.

Review signals from independent directories

Score: 8.3 for ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro and Jobber according to Field Service Software IO (2026). The same roundup gives FieldEdge 8.1. Its page says picks are ordered by score, not by commercial yield, but its displayed scores do not fully match that order, so read the numbers rather than the rank.

Software Connect lists editor's ratings of 9.1 for Housecall Pro from 10 ratings, 9.0 for Jobber from 6 ratings and 9.0 for ServiceTitan from 3 ratings, according to Software Connect. SourceForge shows 5.0 out of 5 for Projul from 14 ratings, 4.9 for Housecall Pro from 22 and 4.9 for Jobber from 9, and 3.0 for Workiz from 6, according to SourceForge.

Our read: the sample counts run from 3 to 22 ratings, so treat these as a tiebreaker, not a verdict.

Seven vendor profiles

Each profile gives best fit, limitations, implementation and the evidence we read. Figures come from the sections above or the link in each profile.

ServiceTitan

• Best fit: shops that want dispatch, call booking, CRM and a customer portal in one platform and expect to buy add-ons. Its site lists an Electrician Software industry page.

• Limitations: no list price, so a cost comparison needs a sales call. Its independent review signal is thin, as the table above shows.

• Implementation: expect a sales-led onboarding. Ask for the included modules and any add-on prices in writing before you sign. Our read: a larger shop may justify the breadth, while a small shop should check whether it pays for modules it will not use.

• Evidence: the quote-based pricing page cited above.

Housecall Pro

• Best fit: small teams that want published monthly tiers, a mobile field app and a QuickBooks link. Its site links an electrical contractor software page and offers electrical invoice and contract templates.

• Limitations: the public tiers do not show feature differences on the page we read, so confirm which tier includes the reporting and sync you need. Our read: the Basic price is low, but the tier that carries your features may not be Basic.

• Implementation: trial the tier only after you confirm the features you need are in it.

• Evidence: the published tiers and review scores cited above.

Jobber

• Best fit: service firms that want a quote-to-invoice flow with plans sized by user count. Its site lists Electrical among its industries and links an electrical contractor software page.

• Limitations: Plus has no single-user tier, and the Core plan's feature list does not mention QuickBooks. Extra users are priced per seat, so the monthly bill climbs as the crew grows.

• Implementation: run a real job from quote to invoice before you commit to an annual term. Our read: test payments and the QuickBooks sync first, since those two decide whether the subscription pays off.

• Evidence: the Grow plan figures cited in the pricing section.

FieldEdge

• Best fit: HVAC, plumbing and electrical shops that want a trade-specific dispatch board and good-better-best proposals. Its site describes itself as "Trusted by SMB and Mid-Market Service Leaders in HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical" and lists Smart Dispatching with GPS and automated task assignment.

• Limitations: Select, Premier and Elite all show Request Pricing. The electrical content is a trust line and a navigation link, not a described electrical feature set. Field Service Software IO gives it 8.1, the lowest of the four platforms it scored.

• Implementation: ask the sales team for an electrical walkthrough that covers service agreements and multi-day jobs. Our read: the demo should prove electrical fit before anything else.

• Evidence: the quote-based pricing page cited above.

Workiz

• Best fit: call-heavy home service shops that want AI call answering next to dispatch and invoicing. Its homepage calls it an "AI growth engine for home service businesses" and says "AI answers every call, so no lead slips through."

• Limitations: Standard, Pro and Ultimate all show request pricing, and the Genius add-ons are sold separately. Its mobile app details are thin on the page we read, and its SourceForge rating rests on a small sample.

• Implementation: get the add-on prices in writing and check how many automations each tier allows, since the limit rises by tier. Our read: AI answering pays off if missed calls cost jobs; otherwise it is an extra line you can skip.

• Evidence: the request-pricing page and the review table above.

Service Fusion

• Best fit: shops that want unlimited users on every published tier and a full field-service feature set.

• Limitations: API access is available only to Pro-plan subscribers, according to Service Fusion. Its homepage does not name electrical among its trades. Our read: a shop that needs integrations pays for the Pro tier from day one.

• Implementation: confirm the Pro requirement and the credential setup before you plan any sync. The help center covers Open API setup in several articles.

• Evidence: the published tiers and the help article above.

Projul

• Best fit: contractors who bid, track change orders, bill by milestone and need job costing and QuickBooks Online. The site lists estimate assemblies, milestone invoicing, geofenced time tracking and a QuickBooks Online connection.

Core+ tier on Projul: $599/mo billed annually according to Projul (2026). Projul's Starter tier is $199/mo billed annually, which is $2,388 a year.

• Limitations: electrical appears only as a link under specialty contractors and in a "Built for Every Trade" section, with no electrical-specific content on the page. Job costing and QuickBooks Online sit in the higher tiers.

• Implementation: demo the estimate-to-invoice path, including a real change order, before you pay for a tier.

• Evidence: the published tiers and the SourceForge rating cited above.

Where a DIY stack fits, and where US Tech Automations fits

The alternative many buyers actually face is stitching tools together in Zapier, Make or n8n, or building an in-house script. Those tools can support run histories, retries, error branches and audit evidence when they are configured. The buyer still has to design and own observability, idempotency (so a retried event does not create a second job), escalation, access controls and maintenance. Our read: that work is reasonable for a shop with an admin who enjoys it, and a poor bet for a shop that will call a contractor when a sync fails.

A proposed US Tech Automations design for estimate-to-job handoff is a configurable workflow, not a live deployment. The trigger is an estimate marked accepted in the field-service platform. The action creates a draft job with the scope lines and a materials list copied from the estimate. The output is a dispatch card for the office and a draft invoice in QuickBooks Online. Prerequisites are API or export access on the platform, which Service Fusion limits to its Pro tier, a QuickBooks Online connection, and a named owner. Human review points are the dispatcher who assigns the crew and the owner who approves any invoice before it is sent.

A second proposed US Tech Automations workflow watches open invoices. The trigger is an invoice whose due date has passed with a balance still open. The action sends a reminder from a template the owner has approved and adds a task for the office manager. The output is a log of reminders sent and a weekly list of overdue jobs. Prerequisites are QuickBooks Online access and an approved template. Human review points are any collection call and any change to late fees, which a person decides.

Read both designs as things to test, not results. The honest benefit is build time: a configured workflow replaces a script you would otherwise write and maintain yourself, though it still needs an owner.

Glossary for this buying decision

• Dispatch board: the screen where a dispatcher assigns jobs to technicians and watches progress.

• Pricebook: a stored list of services and parts with set prices, used to build quotes.

• Good-better-best estimate: a proposal with three priced options for the customer to choose from.

• Job costing: comparing labor, materials and other costs on a job with the price it was sold for.

• Progress billing: invoicing a long job in stages, usually by milestone or percentage.

• Change order: a written change to scope and price agreed after work has started.

Decision checklist before a demo

• List your three most common job types and ask each vendor to build one live.

• Confirm in writing which tier includes QuickBooks sync and job costing.

• Ask for the monthly total at your real user count, including add-ons and extra users.

• Get API or export details in writing if you plan any integration.

• Check trial length, cancellation terms and card or ACH fees.

• Ask who configures the system after go-live and which support hours cover it.

When NOT to use US Tech Automations

Skip US Tech Automations when a simpler tool already does the job. If you need dispatch and invoicing running this month and have nobody to configure automations, buy a field-service platform with its native features, such as Jobber or Housecall Pro. If your only need is a QuickBooks invoice sync that a platform's built-in connector already handles, use that connector and stop there. If you bid commercial jobs with takeoffs, an estimating-first tool fits better than any platform in this guide.

Questions buyers ask first

Which electrical contracting software publishes prices?

Housecall Pro, Jobber, Service Fusion and Projul publish list prices on their pricing pages, while ServiceTitan, FieldEdge and Workiz show request-pricing buttons instead.

Does Jobber connect to QuickBooks?

Yes. Jobber's pricing page lists a QuickBooks Online sync with its Connect plan, and the Grow and Plus plans include Connect's features, but the Core plan's list does not mention it, so confirm the sync for your tier in writing before you choose it.

Do I need a separate estimating tool?

Only if you bid large commercial takeoffs, since many small shops can quote inside a field-service platform using good-better-best proposals.

Can I skip a platform and run everything in Zapier?

Zapier can move data between tools, but it does not give you a dispatch board or a technician-facing job record, so pair it with a platform that has those screens.

Which vendor fits a shop that needs integrations?

Service Fusion requires its Pro tier for API access, so budget for that tier before you plan an integration, and ask every other vendor for its API terms in writing.

Next step

Shortlist two platforms from the feature matrix and run the decision checklist on each, using the same job types and the same user count. Decide on the workflow you saw in the demo, not on the headline price or the trade label. To test the two workflow designs above against your own jobs, review our approach.