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Zuper alternatives for crews that don't need the whole platform.

Zuper is a full field service platform: scheduling, dispatch, quotes, timesheets, asset management and a customer portal, priced per user. For a crew of three, the question is whether you need all of that yet, and what it costs as you add people.

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Who Zuper fits, and the per-user model

Zuper sells to multi-technician field service companies and features roofing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical and solar. Techs share estimates and invoices from the mobile app, customers accept or reject quotes and track job status in a portal, and the office gets work orders, timesheets, job checklists and asset management.

Zuper prices per user, so the bill rises with every tech you add, and its own article on dispatch software cost puts the configurable, rules-based dispatch board on the Premium tier. We found a starting price on a product page but not on a pricing page, so we haven't listed it. Ask Zuper for the number at your headcount, and ask which tier your must-haves sit on.

For a 20-tech HVAC company with service agreements and equipment records, asset management is the point. For a three-person roofing or solar crew, the daily questions are simpler: who's on which roof today, which quotes are still out, who owes money. Two-way comparison: Redline vs Zuper.

Dispatch for a three-person roofing crew

Put Dre on the Whitfield tear-off tomorrow and push the Ochoa inspection to Friday 9.
Redline

Done. Whitfield tear-off is on Dre for tomorrow; his phone and the board show it. Ochoa inspection moved to Friday 9am.

What's still unassigned this week?
Redline

Two jobs: Nakamura skylight flashing Wednesday and Ellis gutter reset Thursday.

Example names. Dispatch by chat is on Team ($129 a month, 3 seats) and Team+ ($299, 10 seats).

Zuper alternatives

Redline

Seats in bundles, not per user: Team is $129 a month for 3 seats, Team+ $299 for 10, extra seats $29. Dispatch board, tap-driven tech status and crew chat. No timesheets, asset records, customer portal, GPS or online quote approval.

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Housecall Pro

Users bundled into published plans: Essentials at $149 a month billed annually with 5 users, MAX at $299 with 8, with GPS and a price book.

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Service Fusion

One price for unlimited users, listed from $208 a month billed annually, with a customer portal on its Pro plan and GPS fleet tracking as an add-on.

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Tradify

Also per user, but published: $47, $51 or $61 per user a month, month to month, with timesheets for staff and subcontractors.

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JobNimbus

For roofing and exteriors: visual workflow boards, measurement-driven estimates and QuickBooks, on team plans by user count.

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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 Zuper 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 webHas 2 to 10 people and wants dispatch without per-user math
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 up to 8 users at a published price
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 enough people that unlimited users pays off
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-user pricing with timesheets, month to month
JobNimbusExterior contractors: roofing, restoration, solar, gutters, sidingTeam-based plans by user count, monthly or annual agreements. See JobNimbus's pricing pageNo free plan. 14-day trial, no cardSells and installs roofs and wants a board view
ZuperMulti-technician field service: roofing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, solarPer user, in tiers (Starter, Core, Premium). See Zuper's siteNo free plan. A free trial is mentioned; terms not listedFor reference

Be honest about what Zuper has

Zuper has, Redline doesn't

  • Timesheets
  • Asset management
  • A customer portal where customers approve quotes
  • A configurable, rules-based dispatch board (Premium)

Redline has

  • A Free plan to test with your own jobs
  • Published prices for every plan
  • Jobs assigned by chat (Team and up)
  • Techs who never see job values, quotes or invoices (Team and up)
  • Change or cancel anytime

Questions contractors ask

How much does Zuper cost?

Zuper prices per user in tiers (Starter, Core, Premium). We didn't find full prices on a Zuper pricing page, so ask for a quote at your headcount and ask which tier includes the dispatch board you want.

Does Redline track where my techs are?

No. There's no GPS or location tracking, by design. Techs tap Idle, En route or On job, and the board shows it live. See crew dispatch.

What does a 5-person crew pay on Redline?

Team covers 3 seats for $129 a month, owner included, so a crew of 5 needs Team+ at $299 a month, which covers 10. Yearly billing is 20% off. Every person who logs in, techs included, holds a seat.

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Put tomorrow's crew on the board tonight.

Start free, then move to Team when your techs join: 3 seats for $129 a month.

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