Why contractors switch to SayEstimate
Same paperwork. Less money out of your pocket. More tools on the jobsite — and your money never takes a detour through somebody else's account.
| SayEstimate | Typical big-name field app | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99–$59.99/mo · or $199 once, forever | $39–$169+/mo, often per user |
| Who holds your money | Nobody — straight to YOUR Stripe account | Often held & paid out on their schedule |
| Card fee markup | 0% — Stripe's standard rate only | Markup frequently baked in |
| Team pricing | Crew: 8 people, $59.99 flat | Per user, per month, forever |
| Buy-it-once option | $199 forever | ✗ |
| Invoices & estimates | Unlimited on every plan | Often capped on lower tiers |
| 🎤 Voice walkthrough → priced estimate | ✓ Talk & snap photos on site | ✗ |
| AI reads plans, photos & receipts | ✓ | Rare, or extra |
| Live web material pricing | ✓ One-tap current prices | ✗ |
| Good / Better / Best proposals | ✓ Generated by AI | Manual, higher tiers |
| E-signatures | ✓ Every plan | Sometimes gated |
| Deposits & partial payments | ✓ Every plan | Higher tiers |
| ACH bank payments | ✓ Low-fee | Sometimes, with markup |
| Customer financing at checkout | ✓ Affirm, $500–$17,500 | Select plans/partners |
| Estimate open tracking + alerts | ✓ 👀 first-open email | Higher tiers |
| Automatic estimate follow-ups | ✓ Quiet quotes get a nudge | ✗ |
| Automatic payment reminders | ✓ Every plan | Often gated |
| Send estimates by text | ✓ From your own number, free | Paid SMS add-ons |
| Recurring invoices | ✓ Auto-create & auto-send | Higher tiers |
| Client portal | ✓ One link per client | Top tiers |
| Job scheduling | ✓ Approved work books itself | ✓ |
| Automatic review requests | ✓ Included | $150+/mo add-on |
| Job costing / profitability | ✓ With AI receipt scanning | Top tiers |
| Instant owner alerts (open/sign/pay) | ✓ Email the moment it happens | Varies |
| Weekly business digest | ✓ Monday morning email | ✗ |
| English & Español — app AND customer pages | ✓ | Rare |
| QuickBooks & Excel export | ✓ Every plan | Higher tiers |
| Batch import from your old app | ✓ One upload | Manual or paid migration |
| Refer & earn 3.5% of referred subscriptions, for life | ✓ | ✗ |
"Typical big-name field app" reflects published pricing and plan gating of leading contractor invoicing/field-service apps as of mid-2026. Offerings change — check current competitor pricing before relying on a specific claim.
The three that matter most
Your money never detours
Payments settle to YOUR Stripe account directly. No holds, no "payout schedules," no waiting on someone else's risk team to release your own money.
Estimating is actually different here
Nobody else turns a voice walkthrough and a few photos into a priced, tiered, e-signable estimate. This is the part you'll show your friends.
The bill stays small on purpose
Flat plans, no per-user fees, no payment markups, and a buy-once option. Software should cost less than the problems it solves.
Switching is a coffee break, not a weekend
Export your clients, invoices, and estimates from your current app as CSV, drop them into SayEstimate's batch import, and everything comes over — clients matched, duplicates skipped. Most folks are fully moved in under 20 minutes.
Bring your business over. Keep your money.
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