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Simpro alternatives for shops without a stockroom.

Simpro is built for trade contractors with inventory to manage, projects to cost and 5 to 50+ techs in the field. If your stock lives in the van and you know it by heart, you may be shopping a size up.

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Who Simpro is for, and how you buy it

Simpro is field service and project management software for electrical, HVAC, plumbing, security and fire protection contractors. It covers detailed estimating with live supplier pricing and tenders, office-to-field scheduling and dispatch, supplier catalogs and stock tracking, job costing with work in progress, labor productivity and material spend against budget, and a field app. Its Premium edition targets enterprise shops.

Simpro's pricing page publishes no figures. Pricing is tailored to team size and add-ons, billed monthly or annually, and Simpro states an initial setup fee covering onboarding, training and data migration. There's no self-serve trial; you book a tailored demo.

For a 15-tech electrical contractor bidding tenders and running a warehouse, that's exactly the point. For a 3-truck shop doing panel upgrades, service calls and the odd EV charger, it's a long sales process for tools you won't use yet. Two-way comparison: Redline vs Simpro.

A panel upgrade quote, no price book

Quote the Ruiz panel upgrade, 100 to 200 amp, new meter base, permit, plus a 50 A EV charger circuit. 50% deposit.
Redline

Quote for Elena Ruiz is ready to review:

Panel upgrade to 200 A with meter base and permit: $4,850

50 A EV charger circuit, about 40 ft run: $1,150

Total $6,000, with a 50% deposit of $3,000.

Put Tony on it once she says yes.
Redline

When she says yes, tell me and I'll put the job on Tony's board.

Example prices. Redline has no price book or supplier pricing; rates come from you or the prices it has remembered. Assigning techs is on Team.

Simpro alternatives

Redline

For 1 to 10 people who want to start without a sales call: quotes by chat, a calendar, invoices on Solo ($29), dispatch on Team ($129, 3 seats) or Team+ ($299, 10 seats). No inventory, price book, supplier pricing or labor job costing.

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Fergus

Job cards with materials, labor and supplier costs plus accounting sync, at published per-user prices. Its pricing page lists Essentials from $31 per user a month, month to month.

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Service Fusion

Flat pricing with unlimited users, listed from $208 a month billed annually, with QuickBooks Online and Desktop sync.

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FieldEdge

Also quote-based through a demo, but aimed at small and mid-size multi-truck HVAC, plumbing and electrical shops, with a flat-rate pricebook and service agreements.

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FieldPulse

Sold by quote and by seat, with job costing, a pricebook add-on and a tech app with offline mode.

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Side by side

Dollar figures only where the vendor's own pricing page confirmed them. Quote-based vendors are marked as such.

Built forPricing as publishedFree plan or trialFits a Simpro 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 10 people and keeps stock in the van
FergusTrade businesses with office and field staff: electrical, plumbing, HVAC, buildingFergus's pricing page lists Essentials from $31 and Professional from $44 per user a month, month to monthNo free plan. 14-day trial on EssentialsWants job cards and accounting sync, priced per user
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 a full office and wants unlimited users
FieldEdgeMulti-truck HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractorsQuote-based through a demo; varies by team size and add-onsNo free plan or trial listedWants flat-rate pricing and agreements for a multi-truck shop
FieldPulseService companies with office and field staff: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, septicQuote-based and per seat, with seats bought upfront for the contract termNo free trial. Demo insteadWants job costing with office and field seats
SimproElectrical, HVAC, plumbing, security and fire contractors, about 5 to 50+ techsQuote-based, tailored to team size and add-ons, plus a setup feeNo free plan or self-serve trial. Demo insteadFor reference

Simpro and Redline, side by side

Simpro has, Redline doesn't

  • Inventory and supplier catalogs
  • Estimating with live supplier pricing, and tenders
  • Job costing with WIP and labor
  • Tailored onboarding and data migration

Redline has

  • A Free plan you can open today
  • Published prices; change or cancel anytime
  • Quotes with a deposit %, built by chat (good, better and best options on Solo)
  • Jobs assigned by chat on Team
  • Techs who never see job values or invoices (Team and up)

Questions contractors ask

How much does Simpro cost?

Simpro doesn't publish prices. Its pricing page says pricing is tailored to team size and add-ons, billed monthly or annually, plus an initial setup fee for onboarding, training and data migration.

Does Redline track the stock on my van?

No. There's no inventory, price book or purchase orders. On Solo you can file materials as expenses against a job, which feeds profit per job.

When is Simpro the better pick?

When you bid tenders, hold stock across vans or a warehouse, or need labor in your job costing. Redline does none of those.

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