Handyman service software is what a search returns when a handyman goes looking for something simpler than the field service suite his HVAC friend uses. The handyman software solutions that fit have a short feature list and do it completely: a quote priced from hours at his rate, materials marked up and a trip charge; a work order that puts hours against each task on the punch list; an invoice with the balance due; and a record of all three under the customer. Everything else on a vendor's list is for a company with a dispatcher. The free tools on this site do the three documents on the page with no account.
Service software for a service that is a list of small jobs
A handyman's visit is six tasks at one rate with a trip charge, not one install with a parts order. Handyman service software has to work at the task level: hours per task on the work order, so the customer sees why a morning cost what it did, and so the tasks not done today can be quoted for the next visit.
The quote, the work order and the invoice share one set of numbers
Hours, rate, materials, markup, trip charge and tax entered once and carried through. 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. Handyman software solutions that quote in one module and invoice in another have two places for the numbers to disagree.
The record and the callback
Every document filed under the customer, the balance due visible, an export for the accountant. That is the paid layer, and it is the whole of what a handyman needs from management software. The tools on this site work this from your own figures, free and with no account, and PunchListWorks Pro keeps the result under the customer.
Leave out what you do not run
Dispatch boards, GPS, inventory and crew scheduling are priced per user and per module for companies with trucks in the plural. 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 service software
What should handyman service software include?
The quote, the work order and the invoice from one set of hours and a rate, and the record of them under the customer. Nothing else is required for one truck.
Are handyman software solutions different from field service software?
In price and in scope. Field service suites are built for dispatched crews; a handyman needs the paperwork and the record.
Where do I start for free?
With the handyman quote tool on this site, which prices a visit on the page with no account; the work order and invoice tools follow from it.