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Redline vs FieldPulse: prices on the page.

Redline is free to start, and every paid plan has its price on the pricing page. FieldPulse sells seats by quote for a contract term, with no free trial. It also does a few things Redline doesn't, like full job costing and an offline tech app.

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The short version

Redline doesn't sell seats up front. You start on Free as one person, with no card and no end date, and move up when the business does: Solo at $29 a month when you start invoicing, Team at $129 for 3 seats with the dispatch board and tech app, Team+ at $299 for 10. On Team+, an extra seat is $29 a month, charged prorated from the day you add it, and removing one lowers the next bill.

FieldPulse is a field service management platform for scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoices, payments, pricebooks and job costing. It's built for companies with both office and field staff in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, septic, garage door, locksmith and other service and installation trades. Its technician app works offline, and it connects to QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Time.

FieldPulse doesn't publish prices. Its pricing page describes Essential, Professional and Enterprise plans priced by seat, with seats bought upfront for the contract term and cheaper field-only seats. Pricebook, custom forms and AI are paid add-ons. Its FAQ says there's no free trial; it offers a free demo instead.

A panel upgrade quote with a deposit

Quote the Whitfield panel upgrade, 100 to 200 amp, new meter socket, permit and inspection. Here's the photo of the old panel. 40% deposit.

Drafted for Tom Whitfield: 200A panel and breakers, meter socket, labor, permit and inspection fee, $4,600. Deposit at 40% is $1,840.

Add a whole-home surge protector?

Yes, $325 more. Then save it.

Added the surge protector line and saved it: $4,925 with a $1,970 deposit.

Quotes by chat work on every plan. Billing the deposit as an invoice needs Solo.

Redline and FieldPulse, side by side

	Redline	FieldPulse
How you use it	Chat first. You message it ("invoice Sullivan for the roof job") and it updates contacts, jobs, the calendar and invoices, asking you to confirm before it changes customer records. Web and iPhone.	A platform with office and technician apps for scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoices and job costing.
Free plan	Yes. $0 with no end date: AI chat, contacts, pipeline, calendar, scheduling assistant, Quick-Sort and a Pro Page. 1 seat and 4,000 AI credits that don't refill.	No free plan and no free trial, per its FAQ. A free demo is offered.
Starting price	Solo at $29 a month, or $23 a month billed yearly. 7-day free trial on the web.	Not published. Seat-based, quoted per business.
Seats	Free and Solo: 1. Team ($129 a month): 3. Team+ ($299 a month): 10, plus extra seats at $29 each.	Seats bought upfront for the contract term, with lower-priced field-only seats.
Quotes	Itemized quotes by chat, including from a site photo, with an optional deposit %. Good, better and best options and tax are in the Quote composer (Solo and up). Saved as drafts; you email the customer from your own Gmail. No quote link, online approval or e-sign today.	Quotes and estimates. Pricebook and proposals are a paid add-on.
Invoicing and payments	Solo and up. Branded card pay links on your own Stripe account, no Redline fee on top. Card only, US dollars. Overdue flags at day 3, 7 and 14.	Invoices and payments. QuickBooks Online, Desktop and QuickBooks Time integrations.
Scheduling	Every plan. Suggests up to 3 open slots, groups visits in the same town, sets up repeating visits with one save. No calendar sync, no online booking.	Job scheduling.
Dispatch	Team and up. Dispatch board, tech app, assign jobs by chat, crew chat. Techs tap their status; there's no GPS.	Dispatching, with a technician app that works offline.
What FieldPulse has that Redline doesn't	Not in Redline today.	Full job costing, an offline tech app, a pricebook (add-on), custom forms (add-on), QuickBooks integrations including QuickBooks Time.
What Redline has that FieldPulse doesn't	A Free plan. Published prices. Plans you can change or cancel anytime.	No free plan or trial. Prices by quote, with seats bought for a contract term.

FieldPulse details come from FieldPulse's own website, checked October 2026. Plans and prices change, so confirm on their site before you decide.

Who should pick which

Pick FieldPulse if

You have office staff and field staff who need different seats
Your techs work in basements and crawlspaces with no signal
You want full job costing on every job, not just materials
You need QuickBooks Desktop or QuickBooks Time connected
You want a guided onboarding and are fine with a contract term

Pick Redline if

You want to know the price without a demo
You're the owner and the office, and want it handled by chat
You'd rather add seats a plan at a time than buy them upfront
Profit per job after materials is enough for now (Solo and up)
You want to start today for $0

Questions contractors ask

Does Redline do job costing like FieldPulse?

Partly. On Solo and up you file receipts against a job (you type the vendor and amount) and Reports shows profit per job after materials. Labor isn't tracked, since Redline has no time tracking yet. See expenses and reports.

Does the Redline tech app work offline?

No. Redline needs a connection. The one exception is activity logs: a call you log with no signal waits on the phone and syncs when you're back in range.

How do seats work in Redline?

Every person counts as a seat, you included. Team has 3 and Team+ has 10, with extra seats on Team+ at $29 a month each. Techs get the app at no extra cost; each one just uses a seat. See team accounts.

What else is worth a look?

See FieldPulse alternatives, or how Redline handles electrical estimating.

No demo needed.

Start on Free, quote your next panel or repipe by chat, and decide from there.