Handyman pricing software has two jobs, and most products do only the second. The first is the handyman hourly rate calculator: what an hour has to bring in to cover the truck, the insurance, the tools, the unpaid drive time and the wage you intend to pay yourself, divided over the hours you will actually bill. The second is the quote: hours at that rate, materials at cost with the markup as one line, the trip charge on its own line, tax on the materials, the deposit to book. The tools on this site do both from your own figures and publish no market rate.
The hourly rate calculator, from costs upward
Add the year's fixed costs, the truck, insurance, tools, phone and software, to the wage you want, then divide by the hours you will bill after the driving, quoting and chasing are taken out. That is the rate. A handyman hourly rate calculator that starts from what other handymen charge has skipped the only figures that are yours.
The quote, from the rate outward
Handyman pricing software then prices the visit: hours per task from the punch list at your rate, materials marked up as one line, the trip charge on its own, sales tax on the materials where charged, the deposit beneath the total. On the quote tool's worked example, three hours at $75 is $225 of labor, $85 of materials marked up comes to $102, the trip charge is $35 and sales tax is charged on the materials only, and the deposit to book is shown beneath the total.
Minimums and the trip charge
A two-hour minimum stated as two hours is easier to defend than a flat call-out fee with no reason; the trip charge pays for the drive and the walk-through on every visit and keeps the ten-minute fix from losing money. The software should carry both as standing settings.
What it should cost
Pricing modules inside field service suites are priced per user. From the vendor's own pricing page, Jobber Core is $49 per month billed month to month and includes one user, each additional user is $29 per month, and Jobber Connect is $139 per month. PunchListWorks Pro is $49 per month for the whole crew, and every tool on this site works free with no account.
Questions people ask about handyman pricing software
What is the best handyman pricing software?
The one that computes your hourly rate from your own costs and then prices each visit from that rate, materials, markup and a trip charge, without publishing a market rate for you to copy.
How does the handyman hourly rate calculator work?
Fixed costs plus the wage you want, divided by billable hours after drive time and admin; every input is yours.
Is the pricing tool free?
Yes. The handyman quote on this site prices the visit on the page with no account; Pro saves it against the customer.