CrewNest is roofing software that lets you measure roofs from satellite imagery, turn an inspection into an itemized estimate, schedule your crews, and send invoices from one app built for roofing contractors. Start with a 14-day free trial.
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A roofing CRM keeps every customer, roof measurement, estimate, deposit, and invoice in one place instead of spread across paper, texts, and spreadsheets. CrewNest is a flat-priced roofing CRM: free to start, then $29/mo (or $290/yr) with unlimited users, versus Jobber at $49/mo plus $29 per extra user and Housecall Pro at $79/mo. It includes satellite and aerial roof measurement, so you can size a roof from imagery instead of climbing a ladder for every quote. ServiceTitan is the enterprise option and does not publish pricing. For small-to-mid roofing crews that want professional tools without per-seat creep or a sales call, CrewNest is the simplest fit.
A roofing CRM is customer relationship management software built for roofing contractors and their crews. A generic CRM is designed for office sales teams. A roofing CRM is designed for the way a roofing business actually runs: taking the call, inspecting the roof, measuring the roof area, building a material and labor estimate, scheduling a crew, collecting a deposit, and invoicing the balance when the job is done.
Most roofing companies start with phone calls, a tape measure, a ladder, handwritten estimates, and invoices sent days after the tear-off is finished. That works for a single crew. It falls apart once you are running several crews, juggling inspections and repairs, and tracking dozens of open estimates and deposits at once. The right roofing software replaces the clipboard and the spreadsheet with one system for every customer, every roof, every estimate, and every dollar.
CrewNest was built from the ground up for field service professionals. Every feature, from satellite roof measurement to inspection-to-estimate and online invoicing, is designed around the way roofing contractors work. If you have ever wished your software understood roof measurement, material and labor line items, and multi-crew scheduling the way you do, CrewNest is built for that.
Every roofing contractor loses jobs and margin to the same handful of friction points. Here is where the day actually leaks time and money, and what a roofing CRM fixes.
A homeowner calls about a leak, you get up on the roof, and then the estimate sits in your head or on a clipboard for two or three days while you are on other jobs. By the time the written quote goes out, the customer has already gotten a number from the next roofer. Speed wins roofing work, and every hour between the inspection and the quote is a chance to lose the job.
Climbing a ladder and pulling a tape on every single lead does not scale. It is slow, it is a fall risk, and it means you can only quote as fast as you can drive to properties. Under-measure the roof and you eat the extra squares of shingles; over-measure and your bid is too high to win. Manual takeoffs are the bottleneck on how many roofs you can quote in a week.
Roofing jobs need real money up front for materials, then a balance on completion. If you are chasing a deposit by text and mailing a paper invoice after tear-off, cash flow stalls and payments slip. Without a system that invoices the deposit, tracks the balance, and sends reminders automatically, you end up financing the material order out of your own pocket.
Once you are running more than one crew, keeping tear-offs, re-roofs, inspections, and repair calls straight in a group text becomes chaos. A crew shows up to a job that is not ready, two crews get sent to opposite ends of town, and a customer waits at home for an appointment nobody logged. Dispatch needs to live somewhere every crew can see, not in one person's memory.
Each feature maps to a real step in a roofing job, not a generic field service checkbox. Here is what each one actually does.
Pull up a property and measure the roof area from satellite and aerial imagery instead of driving out and climbing a ladder for every lead. You get a usable takeoff in minutes, which lets you quote more roofs per day and quote them without a site visit when the situation calls for it. The measurement flows straight into the estimate, so the squares you measured are the squares you bid, cutting the under-measure and over-measure guesswork.
Document the roof inspection with photos and notes on your phone, then turn it into an itemized estimate on-site without a second trip to the truck. Instead of the estimate living on a clipboard for three days, the customer gets a branded proposal by email or SMS and can approve it online while the roof is still fresh in their mind. Closing the gap between inspection and quote is the single biggest lever on close rate.
Build estimates with separate line items for materials and labor so a homeowner or property manager can see exactly what a repair or re-roof includes. Break out shingles, underlayment, flashing, and labor as distinct lines, present clean options, and let the customer approve online. When they say yes, the approved estimate converts into a job and an invoice without re-keying a single number.
Invoice for a deposit before you order materials and bill the balance on completion, all against the same job. CrewNest takes card payments online through its Stripe integration, sends automatic reminders, and tracks outstanding balances across every roof in progress. You stop financing material orders out of pocket and stop chasing final payments by text after the crew has already left.
Assign tear-offs, re-roofs, and repair calls to crews on a drag-and-drop calendar, set recurring inspection visits, and send automated appointment reminders so customers are ready when the crew arrives. Route optimization keeps estimators and crews from crossing town twice, and everyone sees the same schedule on their own device instead of relying on a group text and one person's memory.
Crews capture before-and-after roof photos and attach them straight to the job from the field. That gives you a visual record of the roof condition, the completed work, and any surprises found during tear-off, which protects you on callbacks and gives the customer proof of what was done. Photos and notes stay attached to the property, so the next time you are on that roof the history is right there.
Keep every customer, property, and roof in one place, with every estimate, invoice, photo, and note tied to the address. When a past customer calls about a new leak or it is time to bid the next phase on a commercial building, the measurements and history are already on file. A complete record turns one-time repairs into repeat customers and makes maintenance and replacement conversations easy.
From the first call to the final payment, here is the full workflow a roofing crew follows inside one app.
Log the call, storm-damage inquiry, or website request as a new customer with the property address, contact details, and a note on what the homeowner or property manager needs.
Pull the property up in CrewNest and measure the roof area from satellite and aerial imagery, so you have a usable takeoff before anyone climbs a ladder.
Turn the measurement into an itemized estimate with separate line items for materials and labor, then send it to the customer by email or SMS for online approval.
Invoice for a deposit and take payment online through the Stripe integration before ordering materials or mobilizing the crew.
Assign the tear-off, re-roof, or repair to a crew on the drag-and-drop calendar, set the date, and send the customer an automated appointment reminder.
The crew works from the job on their phone or tablet, captures before-and-after roof photos, and marks the job complete when the work is done.
Bill the remaining balance as a final invoice, send automatic payment reminders, and track the outstanding amount against the job until it is paid.
The biggest difference between roofing software options is the pricing model, not just the sticker price. Here is how the four compare on price and on how they charge.
| Dimension | CrewNest | Jobber | Housecall Pro | ServiceTitan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free, then $29/mo Pro | $49/mo (Core) | $79/mo (Basic) | Custom / contact sales |
| Annual price | $290/yr Pro | $29/mo billed annually | $59/mo billed annually | Not disclosed |
| Pricing model | Flat, unlimited users | Per-user (+$29/user/mo) | Per-seat, tiered | Quote-only (not disclosed) |
| Free tier | Yes | No (14-day trial) | No | No |
| Satellite roof measurement | Yes | No | No | No |
| Best for | Small-to-mid roofers | Solo to growing crews | Growing home-service teams | Mid-size to enterprise |
Competitor pricing verified from public pricing pages in 2026. ServiceTitan does not publish pricing, so its tiers are shown as custom / contact sales. Plans and prices may change.
| Feature | CrewNest | Jobber | Housecall Pro | ServiceTitan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job scheduling & dispatch | ||||
| Estimates & invoicing | ||||
| Online card payments | ||||
| Mobile / PWA app | ||||
| Satellite roof measurement | ||||
| Published pricing | ||||
| Free tier | ||||
| Flat pricing (no per-user fee) |
Comparison based on publicly available information as of 2026. Features may vary by plan.
No per-seat surprises and no sales call. Start free, and move to Pro when you outgrow the estimate cap.
$0 / forever
$29 / month
or $290/year, with unlimited team members
An honest read on who CrewNest serves well and who is better off with something else.
If that is you, an enterprise platform like ServiceTitan is built for that depth. CrewNest deliberately stays lean and flat priced for the crews in the middle.
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