FieldEdge vs Contractor Autopilot
FieldEdge is custom quote — no published pricing — and it is one piece of your business. Contractor Autopilot is $149–$499/mo flat for the whole company, unlimited users: one source of truth, 60+ features from the missed call to the paid invoice. No integrations to build, nothing to keep in sync.
What FieldEdge does well
Deep QuickBooks sync and mature service agreement handling. If you run maintenance contracts, FieldEdge understands them.
Best for: Established HVAC and plumbing companies with QuickBooks Desktop and a service agreement book.
Where it leaves you exposed
- →No public pricing. You book a demo before you learn what it costs.
- →Built for the office. The marketing side — website, Google, reviews, social — is not in the product.
- →Nothing answers the phone after hours.
One app for the whole business — finally
A back-office system. Everything customer-facing before the job is bought elsewhere.
The call, the lead, the quote, the job, the invoice, the review and the website all live on the same customer record. Your whole crew and your office get their own login — we never charge per seat.
Get found, capture leads, quote & close, run jobs, get paid — the whole business, not one slice of it.
No Zapier, no CSV exports, no paying a consultant to wire your tools together every time something changes.
The time it gives you back
One record from the missed call to the paid invoice, instead of a dispatch system on one side and a marketing agency on the other.
What it really costs to run FieldEdge
Until now, nobody ran a contracting business on one app. Here is the rest of the bill you are still paying.
| FieldEdge | quoted, typically $200–$500+/mo |
| Answering service | $300+/mo |
| Website + hosting | $50–$300/mo |
| SEO / Google Business help | $300–$1,500/mo |
| Typical all-in | $850–$2,600/mo across 4 vendors |
| Contractor Autopilot — all of it, one bill | $149–$499/mo |
Stack costs are typical published US market rates for each category, August 2026. Your numbers will vary — run our free business review and we will price your actual stack.
What it costs at 1, 5 and 10 people
Their price grows with your crew. Ours does not — every plan is unlimited users, so the tenth hire costs you nothing in software.
| Crew size | FieldEdge | + what it doesn't include | Their all-in | Contractor Autopilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just you | $300/mo | $850/mo | $1,150/mo | $499/mo |
| 5 people | $300/mo | $850/mo | $1,150/mo | $499/mo |
| 10 people | $600/mo | $850/mo | $1,450/mo | $499/mo |
At five people that is $1,150 a month — more than Autopilot Pro — and it still does not answer your phone, build your website, or ask your customers for reviews.
Same money buys the whole business instead of one slice of it: 60+ features across all five stages, unlimited users, one bill.
FieldEdge does not publish pricing, so their column uses the rates customers report — ask them for a written quote and hold it against this. "What it doesn't include" is the same basket every time: answering service ~$300, website and hosting ~$150, reviews and social ~$100, local SEO help ~$300. Our column is Autopilot Pro at $499/mo — everything, unlimited users. Starter is $149 and Autopilot is $399.
Side by side
| Feature | Contractor Autopilot | FieldEdge |
|---|---|---|
| Published price you can check | Yes | No |
| AI receptionist answering 24/7 | Included on Autopilot Pro | No |
| Website + custom domain built for you | Yes | No |
| Service agreements and dispatch | Recurring billing + dispatch | Best in class |
| QuickBooks | QuickBooks Online push, rolling out | Deep two-way sync |
| AI estimating with a price book that learns | Yes | No |
| Flat price for the whole company | Yes | Per user, quoted |
| Price | $149–$499/mo, whole company | custom quote — no published pricing |
FieldEdge pricing and features from their published information, read 20 August 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
The honest verdict
If your business is service agreements and QuickBooks Desktop, FieldEdge is strong. For everyone else it is a quoted-price back office that leaves the entire front of the business to other vendors.
We aren't for everyone
Stay on FieldEdge if any of this is you. We would rather lose the sale than take money from a contractor we make worse off.
- —Your QuickBooks Desktop sync and service agreements run through FieldEdge and your bookkeeper will not move.
- —Your books live in QuickBooks Desktop. Our QuickBooks connection is not live in production yet, and there is no two-way Desktop sync coming. Do not break month-end for a website.
- —You run 10 or more techs with memberships, commission plans and a real dispatch board. That is ServiceTitan's job. We would be a downgrade and we will say so.
- —You are mid-contract. What you still owe on a term deal is real money, not sunk cost — put us on your renewal date instead of paying two bills.
- —You already have more leads than you can work and only need to send invoices. A bundle you do not use is not a saving.
None of that you? Then the rest of this page is worth your ten minutes.
Questions contractors ask
What does FieldEdge cost?
They do not publish pricing — you book a demo and get a quote. Ours is on the pricing page: $149, $399 or $499 a month for the whole company.
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