Simple contractor software. Just say what happened.
If you paid for a big system, clicked through the setup and went back to the notebook a month later, the problem wasn't you. Redline skips the menus you'd have to learn. You type or say what happened, and it puts it in the right place.
Why the last software didn't stick
Most contractor software is built like an office program: a screen for customers, a screen for jobs, a screen for the schedule, and a setup checklist that wants your price book, your service list, your tax rules and your crew before it does anything. You're expected to learn where everything lives. By the time you've figured it out, it's busy season and the notebook is faster.
Redline turns that around. The main screen is a chat. You tell it things the way you'd tell your spouse or your office person, and it figures out which record to update. The screens are still there when you want to look at the week, but you never have to learn them to get started. This works the same for a crew of three as for one person: the people who hate software can still message.
This is the whole interface
Here's Maria Lopez in Lowell as a lead, with a gutter quote job. Got a phone number for her? Confirm and I'll save it.
Saved with her number. Tuesday at 9 is open, and you're in Lowell at 10:30 for the Byrne job, so that keeps you in town.
Book Tuesday at 9?
No forms. New contacts wait for your OK; the calendar booking goes straight on.
Your first day, start to finish
Three questions
Sign-up asks your trade, your crew size and your monthly goal ($5K to $100K+). That's the setup.
A checklist that ticks itself off
The chat home shows Getting started: set up your profile (only a name is needed), add your first customer, give them a job, open your Dashboard, drop something in Quick-Sort, have Redline build a quote, put Redline to work. Each step checks off when you actually do it.
This week's jobs, by chat
Don't retype the last five years. Tell it about the customers you're working for this week and add the rest as they call.
Look at the screens when you want to
The dashboard has Home, Money, Pipeline, Contacts, Calendar and Crew. You'll find your way around them because they're already full of your own jobs.
Things you don't have to set up
No price book to build
Mention a price once ("I charge $185 for a two-story gutter cleaning") and Redline remembers it for the next quote. See memory.
No fields to configure
There are no custom fields or job types to design. A job has a title, a value, a stage, a customer and notes.
No place to remember to put things
Grab a photo, a note or a price in Quick-Sort and file it later. Redline suggests where each item belongs.
No hunting for help
Help has a 30-second tour video, and Feedback in the side menu opens a conversation with the team behind Redline.
Simple, but honest about it
Redline keeps simple
- Adding customers, jobs and visits by one message
- Finding an open time without looking at the calendar
- Quotes and invoices you check, then approve
- One push a morning with the thing to do first (iPhone app)
Redline doesn't
- Import your old customer list or spreadsheet
- Work without internet (a logged call or note waits for signal, nothing else does)
- Take dictation in every browser (the mic needs one that supports speech-to-text, like Chrome or Edge)
- Come in any language but English
Questions contractors ask
How long does it take to set up?
Sign-up is three questions and a name. After that there's nothing to configure; setup is just telling it about your next customer.
Do I have to type everything?
You can talk instead, using the mic button, where your browser supports speech-to-text. It's English only. Photos work too: snap the job and ask for a quote.
Can my crew handle it if they hate apps?
On Team and up, techs get a separate, smaller app: their day, the job checklist, office notes, a Done button and crew chat. They never see prices.
What if I get stuck?
Use Feedback in the side menu, or email help@redlinewebservices.net. See support.
Is simple the same as cheap?
It's free to start. Free has no end date and covers the chat, contacts, pipeline and calendar for one person. Invoicing is Solo at $29 a month. See pricing.
See how simple looks in your trade
- PaintingEstimates by room
- Carpet cleaningRooms, stairs and stain treatment
- House cleaningRecurring cleans on a repeat
- LandscapingCleanups, mulch and installs
- AI chat assistantEverything you can say to it
- Job pipelineThe whiteboard view, if you want it
- Markup vs margin calculatorOne number to get right before you quote
Tell it about one customer.
That's the whole setup. Start on Free and see if it sticks this time.
Keep reading
- AI chat assistantMessage it like an office manager. It updates your contacts, jobs, calendar and invoices.
- Quick-SortA drop box for the field. Capture now, and Redline suggests where it belongs.
- Replace paper and spreadsheetsFor shops on a notebook, a whiteboard and an Excel sheet.
- PricingFree to start. Solo $29, Team $129, Team+ $299 a month.