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FieldEdge alternatives for shops not yet running a fleet.

FieldEdge is built for multi-truck HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractors, with flat-rate pricing and service agreements at its core. If you're a one or two-truck shop, or you want to see a price before a demo, here's what else fits the same trades.

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Who FieldEdge is for, and how you get a price

FieldEdge sells to small and mid-market multi-truck HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractors. Its entry plan, Select, covers dispatching, booking and scheduling, basic agreements and quotes, customer management, and a pricebook with flat rate. Its flat-rate product (formerly Coolfront) is a big part of the pitch. The idea of flat rate is that techs present set prices at the kitchen table instead of building a time-and-material number on the spot.

To find out what it costs, you book a demo. FieldEdge says it has three plans and that pricing varies by team size and add-ons, set with its product experts. That's normal for software aimed at multi-truck shops, but it means a smaller contractor can't compare it against anything until after a sales conversation.

If you live by a flat-rate book and run several trucks, FieldEdge may be exactly right. If you're earlier than that, look at the list below. Two-way comparison: Redline vs FieldEdge.

Your standard prices, remembered instead of a price book

Our diagnostic is $129 and the Comfort Club tune-up is $159 a visit, two visits a year.
Redline

Remembered. I'll use $129 for diagnostics and $159 per Comfort Club visit on quotes and invoices.

Quote Alvarez: diagnostic, run capacitor, and sign him up for Comfort Club.
Redline

Quote for Hector Alvarez is ready to review: diagnostic $129, run capacitor replaced $185, Comfort Club first visit $159. Total $473. Want the next tune-up booked for spring?

Example prices. Memory is not a price book: it holds a list of facts you can edit in Settings.

FieldEdge alternatives

Redline

Published prices and a Free plan. It remembers your standard prices, schedules agreement visits as a series, and dispatches on Team ($129 a month, 3 seats). No flat-rate price book, no agreement billing, no GPS, no accounting sync.

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Housecall Pro

A flat-rate price book at a published price, plus GPS and AI call answering; its pricing page lists Essentials at $149 a month billed annually with 5 users.

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Service Fusion

Unlimited users on every plan, listed from $208 a month billed annually, with two-way QuickBooks sync and GPS fleet tracking as an add-on.

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Tradify

Per-user pricing, listed at $47 to $61 per user a month with no long-term contract, plus quoting, scheduling, timesheets and Xero or QuickBooks.

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ServiceTitan

If you're heading the other way, toward 20+ techs, ServiceTitan adds payroll, commissions and memberships. Also quote-based, per technician.

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Side by side

Dollar figures only where the vendor's own pricing page confirmed them.

Built forPricing as publishedFree plan or trialFits a FieldEdge shopper who
RedlineContractors and home-service businesses, solo up to about 10 peopleFree; Solo $29 a month; Team $129 with 3 seats; Team+ $299 with 10 seatsFree plan, no card. Solo has a 7-day trial on the webRuns 1 to 3 trucks and quotes from a short list of standard prices
Housecall ProSolo pros and growing home-service teamsHousecall Pro's pricing page lists Basic at $59 a month billed annually for 1 user ($79 monthly), Essentials $149 with 5 users, MAX $299 with 8 usersNo free plan. 14-day trial on MAX, no cardWants a flat-rate book without a demo
Service FusionSmall to midsize service contractors: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaningService Fusion's pricing page lists Starter at $208 a month billed annually ($245 month-to-month) up to Pro at $533, unlimited usersNo free plan. Demo offeredHas office staff and wants unlimited users
TradifySmall trade businesses: electrical, plumbing, HVAC, building tradesTradify's pricing page lists $47, $51 or $61 per user per month, month-to-monthNo free plan. 14-day trial, no cardWants per-person pricing, month to month
ServiceTitanMulti-technician residential and commercial trade contractorsQuote-based, per technician. No prices publishedNo free plan or trial listedIs growing toward a large multi-tech operation
FieldEdgeMulti-truck HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractorsQuote-based through a demo; varies by team size and add-onsNo free plan or trial listedFor reference

What an HVAC or plumbing shop should know

Redline doesn't

  • Keep a flat-rate price book or parts inventory
  • Bill service agreements every month on its own
  • Track trucks by GPS
  • Sync with QuickBooks (it exports a QuickBooks-format CSV)

Redline does

  • Quote repairs and changeouts, with good, better and best options in the quote editor (Solo and up)
  • Schedule spring and fall tune-ups as a repeating series
  • Dispatch no-heat and no-cool calls from a board (Team and up)
  • Invoice from the truck with a card pay link (Solo and up)

Questions contractors ask

How much does FieldEdge cost?

FieldEdge doesn't publish prices. It says it has three plans and that pricing depends on team size and add-ons, worked out in a demo.

Can Redline replace a flat-rate price book?

No. It remembers prices you tell it (a diagnostic fee, a tune-up price, your trip charge) and uses them when drafting, but it isn't a searchable book of tasks with set prices. If your techs present from a flat-rate book, stay with a tool that has one.

How do maintenance agreements work in Redline?

Book the visits as a repeating series, every 6 months for example, and save it as a preset. Billing is manual: invoice each visit or the agreement. See HVAC maintenance agreements.

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See the price before the demo.

Redline is free to start, and every plan price is on the pricing page.

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