For Electrical Contractors
CrewNest is field service software for electrical contractors who need to schedule jobs, dispatch technicians, quote work, and get paid from one app. It is a general field-service tool, not an electrical-only platform, so it stays fast and affordable for solo electricians and small crews of 2 to 20.
Free plan to start. Pro is $29/month or $290/year flat, with unlimited users.
Electrical contractor software, compared
CrewNest is general field service management software that electrical contractors use to run the business side of their work: scheduling and dispatch, estimates, invoicing, and customer records. It is not electrical engineering software, so it has no load calculators, no wire or conduit sizing, and no dedicated permit module. What it does well is keep every service call, quote, and invoice on one customer record, on a flat plan instead of per-seat pricing. It is free to start, then a flat $29/month for Pro with unlimited users included. Compared with Jobber ($49/month plus $29 per extra user) and Housecall Pro (from $79/month), CrewNest is the option with a genuine free tier and no per-seat climb.
Most electrical shops end up choosing between two bad options: an enterprise field-service platform priced for large operations, or a per-seat tool that gets more expensive every time you hire an electrician. Here is where those tools fall short for a working electrical crew.
A whiteboard or shared spreadsheet works for a handful of service calls a week. Once you are juggling panel upgrades, troubleshooting calls, and rough-in work across a few electricians, double-bookings and missed appointments start costing real money. You lose the job, the callback, and the trust. Dispatch needs to live somewhere the whole crew can see, not on a magnet board back at the shop.
When you re-type the same panel-upgrade quote from scratch every time, and the estimate lives in one app while the job lives in another, numbers drift and jobs slip. A slow quote also loses the work, because the homeowner who called three electricians hires the one who got a clear price back first. Quoting needs to be fast and tied to the job it becomes.
On a larger service change or panel upgrade you want a deposit up front and progress billing along the way, not a single invoice at the end that ties up your cash. When quotes, jobs, and invoices sit in three different places, billing gets re-entered, deposits get forgotten, and payment slips a week. That gap is working capital you fronted for materials.
A repeat client calls about the panel you touched last year, and nobody can find what was done, what was quoted, or which breaker was flagged. Service history stuck in a truck notebook or one electrician memory does not scale, and it is the exact record that turns a one-off call into repeat and referral work. It needs to live on the customer, not on a person.
Enterprise electrical platforms solve some of this, but they bundle features a two-truck shop will never use and hide pricing behind a sales call. ServiceTitan, for example, is quote-only, so you sit through a demo just to learn the number. Per-seat tools like Jobber and Housecall Pro publish pricing but charge more every time you add an electrician. A small electrical business usually needs scheduling, estimates, and invoicing that work today, on a bill that does not punish hiring.
Electrical work runs on the same field-service fundamentals as any trade: get the job on the calendar, send the electrician with the right details, quote and bill accurately, and keep a clean record of the site. CrewNest covers those fundamentals without the weight of an enterprise system. Here is each one, applied to how an electrical shop actually works.
Book service calls, panel work, and installs on a shared calendar, then dispatch the right electrician to each one. Jobs move through a clear status flow from scheduled to confirmed to done, so the office always knows what is booked, what is in progress, and what still needs a tech assigned. When a same-day troubleshooting call comes in, you can see who is free and slot it in without double-booking a rough-in that was already promised for the afternoon.
Build itemized estimates with labor and material line items, email them to the customer, and turn an approved estimate straight into a scheduled job. Reusable line items mean common jobs like an outlet install, a ceiling-fan swap, a panel upgrade, or a diagnostic service call get quoted in a couple of minutes instead of from scratch each time. A faster, cleaner quote is often what wins the job against the other electricians the homeowner called.
Convert a completed job into an invoice, send it by email, and collect payment online. Deposits and progress billing let you take money up front on a service change and invoice partway through a larger install instead of waiting until the last device is landed. Every invoice is tied to the job and customer it came from, so your records reconcile cleanly and you are not fronting materials for weeks.
Keep every customer, property, and past job in one place. When a repeat client calls, the electrician can see what was done last time, what was quoted, and what was billed before rolling a truck. Service history on each customer record is what lets you say "we upgraded your panel to 200 amp in 2024" with confidence, and it turns a single call into a standing relationship instead of a stranger every time the phone rings.
Every job holds a running set of notes and file attachments. An electrician can photograph the existing panel before work, document the finished install, capture a breaker label or a wiring run, and attach the permit and inspection paperwork, all pinned to the job. The office and the next tech see exactly what happened on site, which settles callbacks and warranty questions without a phone tree. This is also where permit numbers and inspection dates live, since CrewNest has no dedicated permit module.
When an electrician has five calls booked across town, CrewNest can order them into an efficient route so the day is spent on panels and devices instead of driving back and forth between a troubleshooting call on one side of the city and a rough-in on the other. Fewer wasted miles means lower fuel cost and one or two more billable calls fit into the same day.
Assign jobs to specific electricians and control what each person sees with roles for owner, admin, manager, and technician. A technician gets a simplified view of their assigned jobs, while estimates and invoices they create can require owner or manager approval before they go out. The office keeps financial visibility without handing it to every field user, which matters as soon as you have a helper or a second van.
From the first phone call to a paid invoice, here is the path a single electrical service call takes through the app.
When a service call comes in, create the customer with their name, service address, and a short description of the problem. If it is a repeat client, pull up their record first to see what was done, quoted, and billed last time before you commit to anything.
Put the job on the shared calendar in an open time slot and assign the right electrician. The job moves through a clear status flow from scheduled to confirmed to done, and the assigned tech sees it on the mobile app with the address and notes attached.
If the electrician has several calls booked, order them into an efficient route so the day is spent working panels and devices instead of backtracking across town between jobs.
Build an itemized estimate from reusable line items for labor and common materials, whether it is an outlet install, a panel upgrade, or a troubleshooting call. Email it to the customer and turn the approved estimate straight into the scheduled job.
As the job is completed, add notes and attach photos of the panel before and after, capture breaker labels, and record permit numbers and inspection dates as attachments on the job so the paperwork stays with the record.
Convert the completed job into an invoice, take a deposit or full payment online, and use progress billing on larger installs. Every invoice ties back to the job and customer it came from, so the records reconcile without re-entry.
The estimate, job, photos, notes, and invoice all live on the customer record. The next time that client calls, the full history is one click away, which turns one-off calls into repeat and referral work.
CrewNest is general field service management software that works well for electrical contractors. It is not electrical-specific engineering software, and we would rather be clear about that than oversell. Here is the honest picture before you sign up.
Scheduling and dispatch, estimates and quotes, invoicing and online payments, customer management, technician assignment, route planning, job notes with photos, and service history. These are the day-to-day operations most electrical shops actually spend their time on, and they are the core of the product.
CrewNest does not include electrical-specific engineering tools such as load calculators, conduit or wire-size sizing, or a dedicated permit-management module. If those are must-haves for your workflow, use CrewNest for operations and keep your specialized tools for the engineering and code-compliance side.
There is no built-in permit workflow, but you can track permit numbers, inspection dates, and jurisdiction details as job notes and file attachments on the job. It keeps the paperwork with the job record; it does not file, submit, or manage permits for you.
All four handle the field-service basics an electrical shop needs. The real differences are the pricing model and how much enterprise depth you pay for. Prices below are the published starting figures for each tool.
| Dimension | CrewNest | Jobber | Housecall Pro | ServiceTitan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat plan, unlimited users | Per-user (extra seats +$29/mo) | Per-seat | Not publicly disclosed |
| Starting price | Free, then $29/mo Pro | $49/mo (Core) | $79/mo (Basic) | Custom / contact sales |
| Cost per extra user | None | $29/user/mo | $35/user/mo (top tier) | Not disclosed |
| Free tier | Yes | No (14-day trial) | No | No |
| Typical fit | Solo to small/mid crews | Solo to growing crews | Small to mid home-service | Mid-size to enterprise |
Competitor pricing verified from public pricing pages. ServiceTitan does not publish pricing, so its tiers are shown as custom / contact sales. Housecall Pro discloses a per-additional-user rate on its top tier only.
Pro Plan
$29/month
Or $290/year. Unlimited users included. Start on the free plan and upgrade when you are ready.
How flat pricing compares as your crew grows:
Example: a 5-person electrical shop on CrewNest Pro is $29/month, the same bill a solo electrician pays. On a per-seat tool, every one of those five people is billed individually every month.
No. CrewNest is general field service software, not electrical engineering software. It does not include load calculators, wire or conduit sizing, or a dedicated permit-management module. What it does well is the operations side of an electrical business: scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoicing, customer management, route planning, and service history.
You can record permit numbers, inspection dates, and jurisdiction details as job notes and file attachments on the job, so the paperwork stays with the job record. CrewNest does not file permits or run a permit-approval workflow for you; it keeps the reference information in one place next to the work it belongs to.
Yes. Start with the 14-day free trial and run scheduling, customer management and invoicing on your own — a card is required to start it and is not charged until the trial ends. After that it is the flat $29/month Pro plan, which includes unlimited users, instead of a per-seat fee for every person you add.
Yes. You can build itemized estimates with labor and material line items, email them to the customer, and turn an approved estimate into a scheduled job. For larger installs such as a panel upgrade or a service change, deposits and progress billing let you invoice partway through instead of waiting until the last device is landed.
Yes. The free plan covers core scheduling, customer management, and basic invoicing with monthly limits, and it does not require a credit card. When you need unlimited estimates and invoices, Pro is a flat $29/month or $290/year and includes unlimited users.
CrewNest Pro is flat: $29/month covers your whole crew, and there is no charge for the users you add. Per-seat tools charge for each user on top of the plan. Jobber, for example, adds $29/month per user, and Housecall Pro starts at $79/month for one user with additional users at $35/month on its top tier. The flat model keeps your bill the same as the crew grows.
Yes. CrewNest is a mobile app with an offline mode, so electricians can view assigned jobs, customer details, and job notes on site even when signal is weak, then sync when they are back online. Technicians see a simplified view scoped to the jobs assigned to them.
Yes. When you have several jobs booked across town, CrewNest can order them into an efficient route so electricians spend less time driving between a troubleshooting call on one side of the city and a rough-in on the other. Fewer wasted miles means more billable calls fit into a day.
Yes. Every job holds a running set of notes and file attachments. An electrician can photograph an existing panel before work, document the finished install, capture a breaker label, or attach permit and inspection paperwork, all pinned to the job so the office and the next tech can see what happened on site.
Jobber publishes pricing from $49/month for one user and charges $29/month per additional seat. Housecall Pro is a per-seat model starting at $79/month for a single user. ServiceTitan is enterprise software that does not publish pricing at all; you request a quote. CrewNest is the flat option: free to start, then $29/month Pro with unlimited users included. All four handle scheduling, estimates, and invoicing; the difference is pricing model and how much enterprise depth you pay for.
Yes. CrewNest lets you import your customers via CSV, and you can run it alongside your current tool during the switch. Setup time depends on how much data you are bringing over.
Free plan to start. Add your crew on flat pricing as you grow.
Scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoicing, route planning, and service history for electrical contractors, on a flat plan with a real free tier.
No per-seat surprises. No sales call. Cancel anytime.
