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Best AI for Techs

Best AI for quotes and estimates

By Arthur Allilaire, co-founder and CTO of Kenner ยท Vendor facts checked on

The short answer

Four tools draft the quote in full and three more help with part of it. They differ in what they price from: your own item list, supplier prices by location, or the service record of the job.

  • ServiceM8 AI features: AI Automated Quoting drafts the quote description and a list of materials and services.
  • Jobber AI: Jobber creates draft quotes automatically from new requests, or with the Draft for me button, for you to review and send.
  • FieldPulse Field Intelligence: Maverick drafts an estimate from a typed or dictated request using your item list and prices, and you approve it.
  • Handoff: The AI builds an estimate from a photo, floor plan or quick scope, priced by location, and generates the proposal.
  • Kenner: Prepares the quote for you through your CRM and ERP. Our product.
  • ServiceTitan Atlas: Atlas adds a part to the invoice or estimate. Writing or pricing the whole estimate is not stated on its pages.
  • CompanyCam AI: The Crew plan lists creating proposals using voice notes and photos. The page does not say that AI writes or prices them.

Service work or project work

Handoff is built for remodels and installs: it prices an estimate from a photo, a floor plan or a typed scope. ServiceM8, Jobber and FieldPulse draft the quote inside the job software, from the request or from your own price list.

Kenner prepares the quote from the service record through your CRM and ERP, so it follows from the diagnosis instead of starting from a blank form.

You still approve it

Every one of these drafts for a person to review. Jobber's quotes wait for you to review and send, FieldPulse's Maverick asks for approval, and ServiceM8 drafts the description and the list of materials.

The tools side by side

ToolTypeAnswers fromHow technicians use itWrites the job reportPublished price
ServiceM8 AI featuresBuilt into the field service softwareYour ServiceM8 data: the job card, past jobs, staff experience, materials and customer correspondenceThe ServiceM8 apps for iPhone, iPad and Android and ServiceM8 Online, by typing or voice. Phone Agent answers your callsYes. Drafts the invoice description and billable items, and summarises jobsFree plan for 1 user. Paid plans from $29 to $349 per month by job volume, with unlimited users. Office Agent Pro is $39 per month pricing page
Jobber AIBuilt into the field service softwareYour Jobber account: company profile, services, request forms, booking settings and live business dataJobber on web and mobile: Chat on both, Voice on mobile. Receptionist answers your customers' calls and textsPartly. Field workers log notes and document work by speaking. A written job report is not describedPlans from $29 per month (Core, 1 user) to $529 per month (Plus, 15 users), billed annually. Receptionist is a $29 per month add-on pricing page
FieldPulse Field IntelligenceBuilt into the field service softwareYour live FieldPulse data: customers, jobs, invoices, item list and pricesInside FieldPulse. Maverick is typed or dictated in the office, Operator AI answers calls, Chat AI sits on your websitePartly. Maverick drafts invoices and other records for approval. Job reports and visit summaries are not describedNot published. FieldPulse is seat-based with a custom quote. Maverick is included on all plans. Operator AI and Chat AI are optional premium products pricing page
HandoffAI estimating and project software for residential contractorsThe scope, photos, floor plans or files you give it, your own pricing catalog, and supplier prices and labor rates by locationMobile and desktop app: type or speak a scope, upload a photo or planPartly. Generates proposals, contracts, scopes and change orders, and keeps daily logs. Service visit reports are not describedFlex $119, Pro $239 and Scale $719 per month billed annually, or $149, $299 and $899 monthly. 7-day free trial pricing page
KennerAssistant on a knowledge graph of your own systemsYour company's own knowledge base, which Kenner builds: units, past jobs, alarms, parts and manuals from all your systems, linked in a knowledge graphA normal phone call, or WhatsApp, iMessage, Teams or RCS. No new appYes. From a voice note, written back to your FSM, ERP or CRMFree while in beta, starting with a two-week pilot for 5 to 10 technicians. Prices after the beta are not published
ServiceTitan AtlasBuilt into the field service softwareYour ServiceTitan data and equipment manuals, spec sheets and installation guides, with sources citedAsk Atlas in the ServiceTitan mobile apps, by typing or speakingPartly. Adds a part to the invoice or estimate, or creates a job noteNot published. The technician version needs Field Pro
CompanyCam AIPhoto documentation app with AIThe job photos you take and what you say while taking themThe CompanyCam mobile app: snap a photo and talkYes. Field reports, checklists, photo captions and updates from photos and voiceCore $63, Crew $129 and Scale $199 per month, shown as billed annually. AI features are in Crew, Scale and Enterprise. Additional users $29 each pricing page

Each tool has a full entry, with sources, in the main guide.

Questions and answers

Can AI price a job from a photo?

Handoff says it builds a priced estimate from a photo, a floor plan or a quick scope, for residential construction. For service and repair, the tools here draft from your request and your price list.

Which quoting AI publishes its price?

ServiceM8, Jobber and Handoff do. FieldPulse quotes on request.

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